diff --git a/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/ml_commons_client.py b/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/ml_commons_client.py
index 1eb63885..5fbc3355 100644
--- a/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/ml_commons_client.py
+++ b/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/ml_commons_client.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from opensearch_py_ml.ml_commons.model_execute import ModelExecute
 from opensearch_py_ml.ml_commons.model_uploader import ModelUploader
 from opensearch_py_ml.ml_commons.validators.profile import validate_profile_input
+from opensearch_py_ml.ml_commons.validators.stats import validate_stats_input
 
 
 class MLCommonClient:
@@ -608,7 +609,13 @@ def delete_task(self, task_id: str) -> object:
             url=API_URL,
         )
 
-    def get_stats(self, node_id: Optional[str] = "", stat_id: Optional[str] = ""):
+    def get_stats(
+        self,
+        node_id: Optional[str] = "",
+        stat_id: Optional[str] = "",
+        payload: Optional[dict] = None,
+    ):
+        validate_stats_input(node_id, stat_id, payload)
         if node_id and stat_id:
             url = f"{ML_BASE_URI}/{node_id}/stats/{stat_id}"
         elif node_id:
@@ -618,7 +625,9 @@ def get_stats(self, node_id: Optional[str] = "", stat_id: Optional[str] = ""):
         else:
             url = f"{ML_BASE_URI}/stats"
 
-        return self._client.transport.perform_request(method="GET", url=url)
+        return self._client.transport.perform_request(
+            method="GET", url=url, body=payload
+        )
 
     def _get_profile(self, payload: Optional[dict] = None):
         """
diff --git a/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/validators/stats.py b/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/validators/stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2c4c8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opensearch_py_ml/ml_commons/validators/stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+# Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+"""Module for validating Stats API parameters """
+
+
+def validate_stats_input(node_id, stat_id, payload):
+    if payload:
+        if node_id or stat_id:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Stats API does not accept node_id or stat_id with payload"
+            )
+    if payload is not None and not isinstance(payload, dict):
+        raise ValueError("payload needs to be a dictionary or None")
+    if node_id is not None and not isinstance(node_id, str):
+        raise ValueError("node_id needs to be a string or None")
+    if stat_id is not None and not isinstance(stat_id, str):
+        raise ValueError("stat_id needs to be a string or None")