diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
index c5026a660210f..a518b6cc4670d 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.datastreams.action;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.document.LongPoint;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.DocValuesSkipper;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.PointValues;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
@@ -129,18 +130,21 @@ protected void shardOperation(
             assert indexAbstraction != null;
             DataStream dataStream = indexAbstraction.getParentDataStream();
             assert dataStream != null;
-            long maxTimestamp = 0L;
-            try (Engine.Searcher searcher = indexShard.acquireSearcher(ReadOnlyEngine.FIELD_RANGE_SEARCH_SOURCE)) {
-                IndexReader indexReader = searcher.getIndexReader();
-                byte[] maxPackedValue = PointValues.getMaxPackedValue(indexReader, DataStream.TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME);
-                if (maxPackedValue != null) {
-                    maxTimestamp = LongPoint.decodeDimension(maxPackedValue, 0);
-                }
-            }
-            return new DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamShardStats(indexShard.routingEntry(), storeStats, maxTimestamp);
+            return new DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamShardStats(indexShard.routingEntry(), storeStats, getMaxTimestamp(indexShard));
         });
     }
 
+    private static long getMaxTimestamp(IndexShard indexShard) throws IOException {
+        try (Engine.Searcher searcher = indexShard.acquireSearcher(ReadOnlyEngine.FIELD_RANGE_SEARCH_SOURCE)) {
+            IndexReader indexReader = searcher.getIndexReader();
+            byte[] maxPackedValue = PointValues.getMaxPackedValue(indexReader, DataStream.TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME);
+            if (maxPackedValue != null) {
+                return LongPoint.decodeDimension(maxPackedValue, 0);
+            }
+            return DocValuesSkipper.globalMaxValue(searcher, DataStream.TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String[] resolveConcreteIndexNames(ClusterState clusterState, DataStreamsStatsAction.Request request) {
         return DataStreamsActionUtil.resolveConcreteIndexNames(
diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/DataStreamsStatsTests.java b/modules/data-streams/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/DataStreamsStatsTests.java
index 6f0f2935449da..f70a1183ca64d 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/DataStreamsStatsTests.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/DataStreamsStatsTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.DataStreamOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.Template;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressedXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexMode;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.extras.MapperExtrasPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ public void testStatsExistingDataStream() throws Exception {
 
     public void testStatsExistingDataStreamWithFailureStores() throws Exception {
         maybeCreateCreatedStandAloneIndicesIndex();
-        String dataStreamName = createDataStream(false, true);
+        String dataStreamName = createDataStream(false, true, false);
         createFailedDocument(dataStreamName);
 
         DataStreamsStatsAction.Response stats = getDataStreamsStats();
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ public void testStatsExistingDataStreamWithFailureStores() throws Exception {
 
     public void testStatsExistingHiddenDataStream() throws Exception {
         maybeCreateCreatedStandAloneIndicesIndex();
-        String dataStreamName = createDataStream(true, false);
+        String dataStreamName = createDataStream(true, false, false);
         long timestamp = createDocument(dataStreamName);
 
         DataStreamsStatsAction.Response stats = getDataStreamsStats(true);
@@ -264,16 +267,53 @@ public void testStatsMultipleDataStreams() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testStatsMultipleDataStreamsWithSparseTimestampIndexes() throws Exception {
+        maybeCreateCreatedStandAloneIndicesIndex();
+        for (int dataStreamCount = 0; dataStreamCount < (2 + randomInt(3)); dataStreamCount++) {
+            createDataStream(false, false, true);
+        }
+
+        // Create a number of documents in each data stream
+        Map<String, Long> maxTimestamps = new HashMap<>();
+        for (String createdDataStream : createdDataStreams) {
+            for (int documentCount = 0; documentCount < (1 + randomInt(10)); documentCount++) {
+                long ts = createDocument(createdDataStream);
+                long maxTS = max(maxTimestamps.getOrDefault(createdDataStream, 0L), ts);
+                maxTimestamps.put(createdDataStream, maxTS);
+            }
+        }
+
+        DataStreamsStatsAction.Response stats = getDataStreamsStats();
+        logger.error(stats.toString());
+        assertEquals(createdDataStreams.size(), stats.getSuccessfulShards());
+        assertEquals(0, stats.getFailedShards());
+        assertEquals(createdDataStreams.size(), stats.getDataStreamCount());
+        assertEquals(createdDataStreams.size(), stats.getBackingIndices());
+        assertNotEquals(0L, stats.getTotalStoreSize().getBytes());
+        assertEquals(createdDataStreams.size(), stats.getDataStreams().length);
+        for (DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamStats dataStreamStats : stats.getDataStreams()) {
+            Long expectedMaxTS = maxTimestamps.get(dataStreamStats.getDataStream());
+            assertNotNull("All indices should have max timestamps", expectedMaxTS);
+            assertEquals(1, dataStreamStats.getBackingIndices());
+            assertEquals(expectedMaxTS.longValue(), dataStreamStats.getMaximumTimestamp());
+            assertNotEquals(0L, dataStreamStats.getStoreSize().getBytes());
+        }
+    }
+
     private String createDataStream() throws Exception {
-        return createDataStream(false, false);
+        return createDataStream(false, false, false);
     }
 
-    private String createDataStream(boolean hidden, boolean failureStore) throws Exception {
+    private String createDataStream(boolean hidden, boolean failureStore, boolean logsMode) throws Exception {
         String dataStreamName = randomAlphaOfLength(10).toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());
         DataStreamOptions.Template failureStoreOptions = failureStore == false
             ? null
             : new DataStreamOptions.Template(DataStreamFailureStore.builder().enabled(true).buildTemplate());
-        Template idxTemplate = new Template(null, new CompressedXContent("""
+        Settings.Builder settingsBuilder = Settings.builder();
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            settingsBuilder.put(IndexSettings.MODE.getKey(), logsMode ? IndexMode.LOGSDB.getName() : IndexMode.STANDARD.getName());
+        }
+        Template idxTemplate = new Template(settingsBuilder.build(), new CompressedXContent("""
             {"properties":{"@timestamp":{"type":"date"},"data":{"type":"keyword"}}}
             """), null, null, failureStoreOptions);
         ComposableIndexTemplate template = ComposableIndexTemplate.builder()