diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 73cbca36a69c8..c6b6b9d98cdae 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FilterDirectoryReader;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexCommit;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReader;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.QueryCachingPolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.ReferenceManager;
@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ public class IndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements IndicesCl
     private final IndexStorePlugin.SnapshotCommitSupplier snapshotCommitSupplier;
     private final Engine.IndexCommitListener indexCommitListener;
     private FieldInfos fieldInfos;
+    private volatile ShardFieldStats shardFieldStats;
+
     // sys prop to disable the field has value feature, defaults to true (enabled) if set to false (disabled) the
     // field caps always returns empty fields ignoring the value of the query param `field_caps_empty_fields_filter`.
     private final boolean enableFieldHasValue = Booleans.parseBoolean(
@@ -3489,7 +3492,7 @@ private EngineConfig newEngineConfig(LongSupplier globalCheckpointSupplier) {
             cachingPolicy,
             translogConfig,
             IndexingMemoryController.SHARD_INACTIVE_TIME_SETTING.get(indexSettings.getSettings()),
-            List.of(refreshListeners, refreshPendingLocationListener, refreshFieldHasValueListener),
+            List.of(refreshListeners, refreshPendingLocationListener, refreshFieldHasValueListener, new RefreshShardFieldStatsListener()),
             Collections.singletonList(new RefreshMetricUpdater(refreshMetric)),
             indexSort,
             circuitBreakerService,
@@ -4060,6 +4063,38 @@ public void afterRefresh(boolean didRefresh) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the shard-level field stats, which includes the number of segments in the latest NRT reader of this shard
+     * and the total number of fields across those segments.
+     */
+    public ShardFieldStats getShardFieldStats() {
+        return shardFieldStats;
+    }
+
+    private class RefreshShardFieldStatsListener implements ReferenceManager.RefreshListener {
+        @Override
+        public void beforeRefresh() {
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void afterRefresh(boolean didRefresh) {
+            if (shardFieldStats == null || didRefresh) {
+                try (var searcher = getEngine().acquireSearcher("shard_field_stats", Engine.SearcherScope.INTERNAL)) {
+                    int numSegments = 0;
+                    int totalFields = 0;
+                    for (LeafReaderContext leaf : searcher.getLeafContexts()) {
+                        numSegments++;
+                        totalFields += leaf.reader().getFieldInfos().size();
+                    }
+                    shardFieldStats = new ShardFieldStats(numSegments, totalFields);
+                } catch (AlreadyClosedException ignored) {
+
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Ensures this shard is search active before invoking the provided listener.
      * <p>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardFieldStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardFieldStats.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9c53abb1e95e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardFieldStats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.shard;
+
+/**
+ * A per shard stats including the number of segments and total fields across those segments.
+ * These stats should be recomputed whenever the shard is refreshed.
+ *
+ * @param numSegments the number of segments
+ * @param totalFields the total number of fields across the segments
+ */
+public record ShardFieldStats(int numSegments, int totalFields) {
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
index 142c03cdfa053..0f29ad0be6b8a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
@@ -1784,6 +1784,57 @@ public void testExternalRefreshMetric() throws IOException {
         closeShards(shard);
     }
 
+    public void testShardFieldStats() throws IOException {
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(IndexSettings.INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.MINUS_ONE).build();
+        IndexShard shard = newShard(true, settings);
+        assertNull(shard.getShardFieldStats());
+        recoverShardFromStore(shard);
+        ShardFieldStats stats = shard.getShardFieldStats();
+        assertNotNull(stats);
+        assertThat(stats.numSegments(), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat(stats.totalFields(), equalTo(0));
+        // index some documents
+        int numDocs = between(1, 10);
+        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+            indexDoc(shard, "_doc", "first_" + i, """
+                {
+                    "f1": "foo",
+                    "f2": "bar"
+                }
+                """);
+        }
+        assertThat(shard.getShardFieldStats(), sameInstance(stats));
+        shard.refresh("test");
+        stats = shard.getShardFieldStats();
+        assertThat(stats.numSegments(), equalTo(1));
+        // _id, _source, _version, _primary_term, _seq_no, f1, f1.keyword, f2, f2.keyword,
+        assertThat(stats.totalFields(), equalTo(9));
+        // don't re-compute on refresh without change
+        shard.refresh("test");
+        assertThat(shard.getShardFieldStats(), sameInstance(stats));
+        // index more docs
+        numDocs = between(1, 10);
+        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+            indexDoc(shard, "_doc", "first_" + i, """
+                {
+                    "f1": "foo",
+                    "f2": "bar",
+                    "f3": "foobar"
+                }
+                """);
+        }
+        shard.refresh("test");
+        stats = shard.getShardFieldStats();
+        assertThat(stats.numSegments(), equalTo(2));
+        // 9 + _id, _source, _version, _primary_term, _seq_no, f1, f1.keyword, f2, f2.keyword, f3, f3.keyword
+        assertThat(stats.totalFields(), equalTo(21));
+        shard.forceMerge(new ForceMergeRequest().maxNumSegments(1).flush(true));
+        stats = shard.getShardFieldStats();
+        assertThat(stats.numSegments(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(stats.totalFields(), equalTo(12));
+        closeShards(shard);
+    }
+
     public void testIndexingOperationsListeners() throws IOException {
         IndexShard shard = newStartedShard(true);
         indexDoc(shard, "_doc", "0", "{\"foo\" : \"bar\"}");