diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go b/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
index 500671d31..f428672e1 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
@@ -185,44 +185,12 @@ type containerStats struct {
 	define.ContainerStats
 }
 
-func (s *containerStats) ID() string {
-	return s.ContainerID[0:12]
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) CPUPerc() string {
-	return floatToPercentString(s.CPU)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) AVGCPU() string {
-	return floatToPercentString(s.AvgCPU)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) Up() string {
-	return (s.UpTime.String())
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) MemPerc() string {
-	return floatToPercentString(s.ContainerStats.MemPerc)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) NetIO() string {
-	return combineHumanValues(s.NetInput, s.NetOutput)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) BlockIO() string {
-	return combineHumanValues(s.BlockInput, s.BlockOutput)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) PIDS() string {
-	if s.PIDs == 0 {
+func pidstring(pids uint64) string {
+	if pids == 0 {
 		// If things go bazinga, return a safe value
 		return "--"
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.PIDs)
-}
-
-func (s *containerStats) MemUsage() string {
-	return combineHumanValues(s.ContainerStats.MemUsage, s.ContainerStats.MemLimit)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", pids)
 }
 
 func (s *containerStats) MemUsageBytes() string {
@@ -268,16 +236,16 @@ func outputJSON(stats []containerStats) error {
 	jstats := make([]jstat, 0, len(stats))
 	for _, j := range stats {
 		jstats = append(jstats, jstat{
-			Id:         j.ID(),
+			Id:         j.ContainerID[0:12],
 			Name:       j.Name,
-			CPUTime:    j.Up(),
-			CpuPercent: j.CPUPerc(),
-			AverageCPU: j.AVGCPU(),
-			MemUsage:   j.MemUsage(),
-			MemPerc:    j.MemPerc(),
-			NetIO:      j.NetIO(),
-			BlockIO:    j.BlockIO(),
-			Pids:       j.PIDS(),
+			CPUTime:    j.UpTime.String(),
+			CpuPercent: floatToPercentString(j.CPU),
+			AverageCPU: floatToPercentString(j.AvgCPU),
+			MemUsage:   combineHumanValues(j.ContainerStats.MemUsage, j.ContainerStats.MemLimit),
+			MemPerc:    floatToPercentString(j.ContainerStats.MemPerc),
+			NetIO:      combineHumanValues(j.NetInput, j.NetOutput),
+			BlockIO:    combineHumanValues(j.BlockInput, j.BlockOutput),
+			Pids:       pidstring(j.PIDs),
 		})
 	}
 	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(jstats, "", " ")