diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionsTable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionsTable.java
index 4e2288a3322b..5a289d756c23 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionsTable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionsTable.java
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ public class PartitionsTable extends BaseMetadataTable {
     this.schema =
         new Schema(
             Types.NestedField.required(1, "partition", Partitioning.partitionType(table)),
-            Types.NestedField.required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get()),
-            Types.NestedField.required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get()),
-            Types.NestedField.required(4, "spec_id", Types.IntegerType.get()));
+            Types.NestedField.required(4, "spec_id", Types.IntegerType.get()),
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get(), "Count of records in data files"),
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ private DataTask task(StaticTableScan scan) {
           schema(),
           scan.schema(),
           partitions,
-          root -> StaticDataTask.Row.of(root.recordCount, root.fileCount));
+          root -> StaticDataTask.Row.of(root.dataRecordCount, root.dataFileCount));
     } else {
       return StaticDataTask.of(
           io().newInputFile(table().operations().current().metadataFileLocation()),
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ private DataTask task(StaticTableScan scan) {
 
   private static StaticDataTask.Row convertPartition(Partition partition) {
     return StaticDataTask.Row.of(
-        partition.key, partition.recordCount, partition.fileCount, partition.specId);
+        partition.key, partition.specId, partition.dataRecordCount, partition.dataFileCount);
   }
 
   private static Iterable<Partition> partitions(Table table, StaticTableScan scan) {
@@ -220,20 +222,20 @@ Iterable<Partition> all() {
 
   static class Partition {
     private final StructLike key;
-    private long recordCount;
-    private int fileCount;
     private int specId;
+    private long dataRecordCount;
+    private int dataFileCount;
 
     Partition(StructLike key) {
       this.key = key;
-      this.recordCount = 0;
-      this.fileCount = 0;
       this.specId = 0;
+      this.dataRecordCount = 0;
+      this.dataFileCount = 0;
     }
 
     void update(DataFile file) {
-      this.recordCount += file.recordCount();
-      this.fileCount += 1;
+      this.dataRecordCount += file.recordCount();
+      this.dataFileCount += 1;
       this.specId = file.specId();
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestMetadataTableScans.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestMetadataTableScans.java
index 1ba141f7b632..c45da54f03e6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestMetadataTableScans.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestMetadataTableScans.java
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ public void testPartitionsTableScanWithProjection() {
 
     Table partitionsTable = new PartitionsTable(table);
     Types.StructType expected =
-        new Schema(required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get())).asStruct();
+        new Schema(required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"))
+            .asStruct();
 
     TableScan scanWithProjection = partitionsTable.newScan().select("file_count");
     Assert.assertEquals(expected, scanWithProjection.schema().asStruct());
diff --git a/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java b/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
index 07d77dc99b8c..bf7e6e0960a0 100644
--- a/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
+++ b/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
@@ -1234,8 +1234,8 @@ public void testUnpartitionedPartitionsTable() {
 
     Types.StructType expectedSchema =
         Types.StructType.of(
-            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get()),
-            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get()));
+            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get(), "Count of records in data files"),
+            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"));
 
     Table partitionsTable = loadTable(tableIdentifier, "partitions");
 
diff --git a/spark/v3.1/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java b/spark/v3.1/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
index c51470f19c93..634b53c3d9b3 100644
--- a/spark/v3.1/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
+++ b/spark/v3.1/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
@@ -1232,8 +1232,8 @@ public void testUnpartitionedPartitionsTable() {
 
     Types.StructType expectedSchema =
         Types.StructType.of(
-            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get()),
-            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get()));
+            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get(), "Count of records in data files"),
+            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"));
 
     Table partitionsTable = loadTable(tableIdentifier, "partitions");
 
diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
index 361011dd1ce7..4f3e96d0e1cd 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ public void testUnpartitionedPartitionsTable() {
 
     Types.StructType expectedSchema =
         Types.StructType.of(
-            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get()),
-            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get()));
+            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get(), "Count of records in data files"),
+            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"));
 
     Table partitionsTable = loadTable(tableIdentifier, "partitions");
 
diff --git a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
index 0f6ae3f20d77..480fe556ad71 100644
--- a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
+++ b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
@@ -1252,8 +1252,8 @@ public void testUnpartitionedPartitionsTable() {
 
     Types.StructType expectedSchema =
         Types.StructType.of(
-            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get()),
-            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get()));
+            required(2, "record_count", Types.LongType.get(), "Count of records in data files"),
+            required(3, "file_count", Types.IntegerType.get(), "Count of data files"));
 
     Table partitionsTable = loadTable(tableIdentifier, "partitions");