diff --git a/sstables/partition.cc b/sstables/partition.cc
index aa31dcaa9e..188ebd1613 100644
--- a/sstables/partition.cc
+++ b/sstables/partition.cc
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 flat_mutation_reader sstable::read_rows_flat(schema_ptr schema, const io_priority_class& pc, streamed_mutation::forwarding fwd) {
+    get_stats().on_sstable_partition_read();
     if (_version == version_types::mc) {
         return make_flat_mutation_reader<sstable_mutation_reader<data_consume_rows_context_m, mp_row_consumer_m>>(
             shared_from_this(), std::move(schema), pc, no_resource_tracking(), fwd, default_read_monitor());
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ sstables::sstable::read_row_flat(schema_ptr schema,
                                  streamed_mutation::forwarding fwd,
                                  read_monitor& mon)
 {
+    get_stats().on_single_partition_read();
     if (_version == version_types::mc) {
         return make_flat_mutation_reader<sstable_mutation_reader<data_consume_rows_context_m, mp_row_consumer_m>>(
             shared_from_this(), std::move(schema), std::move(key), slice, pc, std::move(resource_tracker), fwd, mutation_reader::forwarding::no, mon);
@@ -525,6 +527,7 @@ sstable::read_range_rows_flat(schema_ptr schema,
                          streamed_mutation::forwarding fwd,
                          mutation_reader::forwarding fwd_mr,
                          read_monitor& mon) {
+    get_stats().on_range_partition_read();
     if (_version == version_types::mc) {
         return make_flat_mutation_reader<sstable_mutation_reader<data_consume_rows_context_m, mp_row_consumer_m>>(
             shared_from_this(), std::move(schema), range, slice, pc, std::move(resource_tracker), fwd, fwd_mr, mon);
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index f6d2953d15..98b3a77c90 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -4292,6 +4292,12 @@ future<> init_metrics() {
             sm::description("Number of range tombstones written")),
         sm::make_derive("cell_tombstone_writes", [] { return sstables_stats::get_shard_stats().cell_tombstone_writes; },
             sm::description("Number of cell tombstones written")),
+        sm::make_derive("single_partition_reads", [] { return sstables_stats::get_shard_stats().single_partition_reads; },
+            sm::description("Number of single partition flat mutation reads")),
+        sm::make_derive("range_partition_reads", [] { return sstables_stats::get_shard_stats().range_partition_reads; },
+            sm::description("Number of partition range flat mutation reads")),
+        sm::make_derive("sstable_partition_reads", [] { return sstables_stats::get_shard_stats().sstable_partition_reads; },
+            sm::description("Number of whole sstable flat mutation reads")),
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/sstables/stats.hh b/sstables/stats.hh
index 1f84fa621c..ace8438e9a 100644
--- a/sstables/stats.hh
+++ b/sstables/stats.hh
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class sstables_stats {
         uint64_t range_tombstone_writes = 0;
         uint64_t cell_writes = 0;
         uint64_t cell_tombstone_writes = 0;
+        uint64_t single_partition_reads = 0;
+        uint64_t range_partition_reads = 0;
+        uint64_t sstable_partition_reads = 0;
     } _shard_stats;
 
     stats& _stats = _shard_stats;
@@ -68,6 +71,18 @@ public:
     inline void on_cell_tombstone_write() {
         ++_stats.cell_tombstone_writes;
     }
+
+    inline void on_single_partition_read() {
+        ++_stats.single_partition_reads;
+    }
+
+    inline void on_range_partition_read() {
+        ++_stats.range_partition_reads;
+    }
+
+    inline void on_sstable_partition_read() {
+        ++_stats.sstable_partition_reads;
+    }
 };
 
 }