diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TaskExecutor.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TaskExecutor.java
index af8ae5667e1e..6432c7279b73 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TaskExecutor.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TaskExecutor.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.airlift.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutorMBean;
 import io.airlift.log.Logger;
 import io.airlift.stats.CounterStat;
+import io.airlift.stats.DistributionStat;
 import io.airlift.stats.TimeDistribution;
 import io.airlift.stats.TimeStat;
 import io.airlift.units.Duration;
@@ -153,6 +154,12 @@ public class TaskExecutor
     private final TimeStat blockedQuantaWallTime = new TimeStat(MICROSECONDS);
     private final TimeStat unblockedQuantaWallTime = new TimeStat(MICROSECONDS);
 
+    private final DistributionStat leafSplitsSize = new DistributionStat();
+    @GuardedBy("this")
+    private long lastLeafSplitsSizeRecordTime;
+    @GuardedBy("this")
+    private long lastLeafSplitsSize;
+
     private volatile boolean closed;
 
     @Inject
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ public TaskExecutor(
         this.maximumNumberOfDriversPerTask = maximumNumberOfDriversPerTask;
         this.waitingSplits = requireNonNull(splitQueue, "splitQueue is null");
         this.tasks = new LinkedList<>();
+        this.lastLeafSplitsSizeRecordTime = ticker.read();
     }
 
     @PostConstruct
@@ -279,6 +287,7 @@ public void removeTask(TaskHandle taskHandle)
 
         // replace blocked splits that were terminated
         addNewEntrants();
+        recordLeafSplitsSize();
     }
 
     private void doRemoveTask(TaskHandle taskHandle)
@@ -293,6 +302,7 @@ private void doRemoveTask(TaskHandle taskHandle)
             intermediateSplits.removeAll(splits);
             blockedSplits.keySet().removeAll(splits);
             waitingSplits.removeAll(splits);
+            recordLeafSplitsSize();
         }
 
         // call destroy outside of synchronized block as it is expensive and doesn't need a lock on the task executor
@@ -343,6 +353,7 @@ else if (intermediate) {
 
                 finishedFutures.add(prioritizedSplitRunner.getFinishedFuture());
             }
+            recordLeafSplitsSize();
         }
         for (PrioritizedSplitRunner split : splitsToDestroy) {
             split.destroy();
@@ -378,6 +389,7 @@ private void splitFinished(PrioritizedSplitRunner split)
             scheduleTaskIfNecessary(taskHandle);
 
             addNewEntrants();
+            recordLeafSplitsSize();
         }
         // call destroy outside of synchronized block as it is expensive and doesn't need a lock on the task executor
         split.destroy();
@@ -400,6 +412,7 @@ private synchronized void scheduleTaskIfNecessary(TaskHandle taskHandle)
             startSplit(split);
             splitQueuedTime.add(Duration.nanosSince(split.getCreatedNanos()));
         }
+        recordLeafSplitsSize();
     }
 
     private synchronized void addNewEntrants()
@@ -459,6 +472,17 @@ private synchronized PrioritizedSplitRunner pollNextSplitWorker()
         return null;
     }
 
+    private synchronized void recordLeafSplitsSize()
+    {
+        long now = ticker.read();
+        long timeDifference = now - this.lastLeafSplitsSizeRecordTime;
+        if (timeDifference > 0) {
+            this.leafSplitsSize.add(lastLeafSplitsSize, timeDifference);
+            this.lastLeafSplitsSizeRecordTime = now;
+            this.lastLeafSplitsSize = allSplits.size() - intermediateSplits.size();
+        }
+    }
+
     private class TaskRunner
             implements Runnable
     {
@@ -577,6 +601,13 @@ public int getWaitingSplits()
         return waitingSplits.size();
     }
 
+    @Managed
+    @Nested
+    public DistributionStat getLeafSplitsSize()
+    {
+        return leafSplitsSize;
+    }
+
     @Managed
     public int getRunningSplits()
     {
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TestTaskExecutor.java b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TestTaskExecutor.java
index 4c718f6151bc..c5ff6fe528eb 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TestTaskExecutor.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/executor/TestTaskExecutor.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.OptionalInt;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.Phaser;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
@@ -498,6 +499,30 @@ public void testMinDriversPerTaskWhenTargetConcurrencyIncreases()
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLeafSplitsSize()
+    {
+        MultilevelSplitQueue splitQueue = new MultilevelSplitQueue(2);
+        TestingTicker ticker = new TestingTicker();
+        TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(4, 1, 2, 2, splitQueue, ticker);
+
+        TaskHandle testTaskHandle = taskExecutor.addTask(new TaskId(new StageId("test", 0), 0, 0), () -> 0, 10, new Duration(1, MILLISECONDS), OptionalInt.empty());
+        TestingJob driver1 = new TestingJob(ticker, new Phaser(), new Phaser(), new Phaser(), 1, 500);
+        TestingJob driver2 = new TestingJob(ticker, new Phaser(), new Phaser(), new Phaser(), 1, 1000 / 500);
+
+        ticker.increment(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        taskExecutor.enqueueSplits(testTaskHandle, false, ImmutableList.of(driver1, driver2));
+        assertEquals(taskExecutor.getLeafSplitsSize().getAllTime().getMax(), 0.0);
+
+        ticker.increment(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        taskExecutor.enqueueSplits(testTaskHandle, false, ImmutableList.of(driver1));
+        assertEquals(taskExecutor.getLeafSplitsSize().getAllTime().getMax(), 2.0);
+
+        ticker.increment(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        taskExecutor.enqueueSplits(testTaskHandle, true, ImmutableList.of(driver1));
+        assertEquals(taskExecutor.getLeafSplitsSize().getAllTime().getMax(), 2.0);
+    }
+
     private void assertSplitStates(int endIndex, TestingJob[] splits)
     {
         // assert that splits up to and including endIndex are all started