diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/columns.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/columns.tsx
index 907297cf69bfc..e8572ee150a9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/columns.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/columns.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { getAnalysisType, DataFrameAnalyticsId } from '../../../../common';
 import { CreateAnalyticsFormProps } from '../../hooks/use_create_analytics_form';
 import {
   getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress,
+  getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase,
   isDataFrameAnalyticsFailed,
   isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning,
   isDataFrameAnalyticsStopped,
@@ -66,22 +67,12 @@ export const getTaskStateBadge = (
 
 export const progressColumn = {
   name: i18n.translate('xpack.ml.dataframe.analyticsList.progress', {
-    defaultMessage: 'Progress per Step',
+    defaultMessage: 'Progress',
   }),
   sortable: (item: DataFrameAnalyticsListRow) => getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress(item.stats),
   truncateText: true,
   render(item: DataFrameAnalyticsListRow) {
-    const totalSteps = item.stats.progress.length;
-    let step = 0;
-    let progress = 0;
-
-    for (const progressStep of item.stats.progress) {
-      step++;
-      progress = progressStep.progress_percent;
-      if (progressStep.progress_percent < 100) {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
+    const { currentPhase, progress, totalPhases } = getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase(item.stats);
 
     // For now all analytics jobs are batch jobs.
     const isBatchTransform = true;
@@ -90,25 +81,30 @@ export const progressColumn = {
       <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center" gutterSize="xs">
         {isBatchTransform && (
           <Fragment>
-            <EuiFlexItem style={{ width: '40px' }} grow={false}>
-              <EuiProgress
-                value={progress}
-                max={100}
-                color="primary"
-                size="m"
-                data-test-subj="mlAnalyticsTableProgress"
-              >
-                {progress}%
-              </EuiProgress>
-            </EuiFlexItem>
-            <EuiFlexItem style={{ width: '35px' }} grow={false}>
-              <EuiText size="xs">{`${progress}%`}</EuiText>
-            </EuiFlexItem>
-            <EuiFlexItem style={{ width: '21px' }} grow={false}>
+            <EuiFlexItem style={{ width: '60px' }} grow={false}>
               <EuiText size="xs">
-                {step}/{totalSteps}
+                Phase {currentPhase}/{totalPhases}
               </EuiText>
             </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem style={{ width: '40px' }} grow={false}>
+              <EuiToolTip
+                content={i18n.translate('xpack.ml.dataframe.analyticsList.progressOfPhase', {
+                  defaultMessage: 'Progress of phase {currentPhase}: {progress}%',
+                  values: {
+                    currentPhase,
+                    progress,
+                  },
+                })}
+              >
+                <EuiProgress
+                  value={progress}
+                  max={100}
+                  color="primary"
+                  size="m"
+                  data-test-subj="mlAnalyticsTableProgress"
+                />
+              </EuiToolTip>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
           </Fragment>
         )}
         {!isBatchTransform && (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.test.ts
index 19a3857f3f71c..20cfad2b02c2c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import StatsMock from './__mocks__/analytics_stats.json';
 
 import {
+  getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress,
+  getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase,
   isCompletedAnalyticsJob,
   isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning,
   isDataFrameAnalyticsStats,
@@ -17,13 +19,15 @@ import {
 const completedJob = StatsMock.data_frame_analytics[0] as DataFrameAnalyticsStats;
 const runningJob = StatsMock.data_frame_analytics[1] as DataFrameAnalyticsStats;
 
-describe('Data Frame Analytics: common utils', () => {
-  test('isCompletedAnalyticsJob()', () => {
+describe('Data Frame Analytics: isCompletedAnalyticsJob()', () => {
+  test('should report if job is completed', () => {
     expect(isCompletedAnalyticsJob(completedJob)).toBe(true);
     expect(isCompletedAnalyticsJob(runningJob)).toBe(false);
   });
+});
 
-  test('isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning()', () => {
+describe('Data Frame Analytics: isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning()', () => {
+  test('should report if job is running', () => {
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning(completedJob.state)).toBe(false);
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning(runningJob.state)).toBe(true);
     runningJob.state = DATA_FRAME_TASK_STATE.STARTED;
@@ -35,11 +39,35 @@ describe('Data Frame Analytics: common utils', () => {
     runningJob.state = DATA_FRAME_TASK_STATE.FAILED;
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsRunning(runningJob.state)).toBe(false);
   });
+});
 
-  test('isDataFrameAnalyticsStats()', () => {
+describe('Data Frame Analytics: isDataFrameAnalyticsStats()', () => {
+  test('should return if valid analytics stats', () => {
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsStats(completedJob)).toBe(true);
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsStats(runningJob)).toBe(true);
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsStats({})).toBe(false);
     expect(isDataFrameAnalyticsStats('no-object')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('Data Frame Analytics: getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress()', () => {
+  test('should report overall job progress percentage', () => {
+    expect(getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress(completedJob)).toBe(100);
+    expect(getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress(runningJob)).toBe(59);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Data Frame Analytics: getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase()', () => {
+  test('should report progress by current phase', () => {
+    expect(getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase(completedJob)).toStrictEqual({
+      currentPhase: 4,
+      progress: 100,
+      totalPhases: 4,
+    });
+    expect(getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase(runningJob)).toStrictEqual({
+      currentPhase: 3,
+      progress: 37,
+      totalPhases: 4,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.ts
index 6f49e546981bb..e0622efe35ab6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/common.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,22 @@ export function getDataFrameAnalyticsProgress(stats: DataFrameAnalyticsStats) {
   return undefined;
 }
 
+export function getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase(
+  stats: DataFrameAnalyticsStats
+): { currentPhase: number; progress: number; totalPhases: number } {
+  let phase = 0;
+  let progress = 0;
+
+  for (const progressPhase of stats.progress) {
+    phase++;
+    progress = progressPhase.progress_percent;
+    if (progressPhase.progress_percent < 100) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return { currentPhase: phase, progress, totalPhases: stats.progress.length };
+}
+
 export interface DataFrameAnalyticsListRow {
   id: DataFrameAnalyticsId;
   checkpointing: object;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/expanded_row.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/expanded_row.tsx
index adb6822c524ab..94dc7ec87cc61 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/expanded_row.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_management/components/analytics_list/expanded_row.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   Eval,
 } from '../../../../common';
 import { getTaskStateBadge } from './columns';
-import { isCompletedAnalyticsJob } from './common';
+import { getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase, isCompletedAnalyticsJob } from './common';
 import {
   isRegressionAnalysis,
   ANALYSIS_CONFIG_TYPE,
@@ -171,14 +171,7 @@ export const ExpandedRow: FC<Props> = ({ item }) => {
     position: 'left',
   };
 
-  const totalSteps = item.stats.progress.length;
-  let step = 0;
-  for (const progressStep of item.stats.progress) {
-    step++;
-    if (progressStep.progress_percent < 100) {
-      break;
-    }
-  }
+  const { currentPhase, totalPhases } = getDataFrameAnalyticsProgressPhase(item.stats);
 
   const progress: SectionConfig = {
     title: i18n.translate(
@@ -188,10 +181,10 @@ export const ExpandedRow: FC<Props> = ({ item }) => {
     items: [
       {
         title: i18n.translate(
-          'xpack.ml.dataframe.analyticsList.expandedRow.tabs.jobSettings.step',
-          { defaultMessage: 'Step' }
+          'xpack.ml.dataframe.analyticsList.expandedRow.tabs.jobSettings.phase',
+          { defaultMessage: 'Phase' }
         ),
-        description: `${step}/${totalSteps}`,
+        description: `${currentPhase}/${totalPhases}`,
       },
       ...item.stats.progress.map(s => {
         return {