diff --git a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
index ea2c9c63a51..dfc8cd58963 100644
--- a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
+++ b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ type Stats struct {
 	PartialQueryCacheSize *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels
 
 	ThrottledCounts *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels // By throttler and component
+
+	DDLEventActions *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels
 }
 
 // RecordHeartbeat updates the time the last heartbeat from vstreamer was seen
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ func NewStats() *Stats {
 	bps.PartialQueryCacheSize = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"type"})
 	bps.PartialQueryCount = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"type"})
 	bps.ThrottledCounts = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"throttler", "component"})
+	bps.DDLEventActions = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"action"})
 	return bps
 }
 
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
index 5b5b6ede24c..11f458d9541 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
@@ -527,6 +527,22 @@ func (st *vrStats) register() {
 			}
 			return result
 		})
+
+	stats.NewCountersFuncWithMultiLabels(
+		"VReplicationDDLActions",
+		"vreplication DDL processing actions per stream",
+		[]string{"workflow", "action"},
+		func() map[string]int64 {
+			st.mu.Lock()
+			defer st.mu.Unlock()
+			result := make(map[string]int64, len(st.controllers))
+			for _, ct := range st.controllers {
+				for key, val := range ct.blpStats.DDLEventActions.Counts() {
+					result[fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d.%s", ct.workflow, ct.id, key)] = val
+				}
+			}
+			return result
+		})
 }
 
 func (st *vrStats) numControllers() int64 {
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vplayer.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vplayer.go
index f2cb0a96e71..307bb2d6657 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vplayer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vplayer.go
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ func (vp *vplayer) applyEvent(ctx context.Context, event *binlogdatapb.VEvent, m
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			vp.vr.stats.DDLEventActions.Add([]string{"ignore"}, 1)
 			if posReached {
 				return io.EOF
 			}
@@ -680,6 +681,7 @@ func (vp *vplayer) applyEvent(ctx context.Context, event *binlogdatapb.VEvent, m
 			if err := vp.commit(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			vp.vr.stats.DDLEventActions.Add([]string{"stop"}, 1)
 			return io.EOF
 		case binlogdatapb.OnDDLAction_EXEC:
 			// It's impossible to save the position transactionally with the statement.
@@ -694,6 +696,7 @@ func (vp *vplayer) applyEvent(ctx context.Context, event *binlogdatapb.VEvent, m
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			vp.vr.stats.DDLEventActions.Add([]string{"exec"}, 1)
 			if posReached {
 				return io.EOF
 			}
@@ -706,6 +709,7 @@ func (vp *vplayer) applyEvent(ctx context.Context, event *binlogdatapb.VEvent, m
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			vp.vr.stats.DDLEventActions.Add([]string{"exec_ignore"}, 1)
 			if posReached {
 				return io.EOF
 			}