diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config.py b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config.py
index 533b21b050..d44bdf129b 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class PyTorchConfig:
     kv_cache_dtype: str = "auto"
     use_kv_cache: bool = True
     enable_iter_perf_stats: bool = False
+    iter_perf_latest_stats_size: Optional[int] = None
     # If true, enables per request stats per iteration
     # Must also set enable_iter_perf_stats to true to get request stats
     enable_iter_req_stats: bool = False
diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py
index 415e92445b..95c2dfe897 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import time
 import traceback
 import weakref
-from collections import namedtuple
+from collections import deque, namedtuple
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from itertools import chain
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.max_draft_tokens = max_draft_tokens
         self.print_log = model_engine.pytorch_backend_config.print_iter_log
         self.enable_iter_perf_stats = model_engine.pytorch_backend_config.enable_iter_perf_stats
+        self.iter_perf_latest_stats_size = model_engine.pytorch_backend_config.iter_perf_latest_stats_size
         self.enable_iter_req_stats = model_engine.pytorch_backend_config.enable_iter_req_stats
         self.num_fetch_requests_cur_rank = 0
         self.num_fetch_requests = 0
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.is_shutdown = False
 
         self.stats_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self.stats = []
+        self.stats = deque(maxlen=self.iter_perf_latest_stats_size)
         self.start_times = {}
         self.new_active_requests_queue_latency_ms = 0
         self.gather_all_responses = False
@@ -391,8 +392,8 @@ def get_latest_iteration_stats(self):
         latest_stats = (IterationStats(), None)
         try:
             self.stats_lock.acquire()
-            latest_stats = self.stats
-            self.stats = []
+            latest_stats = list(self.stats)
+            self.stats.clear()
         finally:
             self.stats_lock.release()
 
diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/executor/result.py b/tensorrt_llm/executor/result.py
index 0f2e1581ca..ff39fc6a76 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/executor/result.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/executor/result.py
@@ -590,6 +590,20 @@ async def __anext__(self):
             self._done = True
             raise StopAsyncIteration
 
+    def get_latest(self, exp_size: Optional[int] = None) -> List[dict]:
+        results = []
+        cur_size = len(self.queue)
+        if cur_size == 0:
+            return results
+        if exp_size is None:
+            exp_size = cur_size
+        while cur_size > 0:
+            data = self.queue.get()
+            if cur_size <= exp_size:
+                results.append(json.loads(data))
+            cur_size -= 1
+        return results
+
 
 def compute_logprobs(
     k_prompt_logprobs: int,
diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/llmapi/utils.py b/tensorrt_llm/llmapi/utils.py
index 5872174ab9..2d1c82c8cd 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/llmapi/utils.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/llmapi/utils.py
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ async def get(self, timeout=None):
             self._event.clear()
         return res
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._q)
+
 
 class _SyncQueue:
     """
@@ -435,6 +438,9 @@ def get(self, timeout=None):
             except asyncio.QueueEmpty:
                 time.sleep(0.01)
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._aq)
+
 
 def set_sched_setaffinity(required_cores: int):
     ''' Set the CPU affinity of the current process to the required number of
diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py b/tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py
index dcc71e43bf..de661c051a 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # yapf: disable
 from tensorrt_llm.executor import CppExecutorError
 from tensorrt_llm.executor.postproc_worker import PostprocParams
+from tensorrt_llm.executor.result import IterationResult
 from tensorrt_llm.inputs import prompt_inputs
 from tensorrt_llm.inputs.utils import ConversationMessage, apply_chat_template
 from tensorrt_llm.llmapi import LLM
@@ -196,8 +197,18 @@ async def get_model(self) -> JSONResponse:
 
     async def get_iteration_stats(self) -> JSONResponse:
         stats = []
-        async for stat in self.llm.get_stats_async(2):
-            stats.append(stat)
+        enable_iter_perf_stats = self.llm.pytorch_backend_config.enable_iter_perf_stats
+        if not enable_iter_perf_stats:
+            return stats
+        iter_perf_latest_stats_size = self.llm.pytorch_backend_config.iter_perf_latest_stats_size
+        if iter_perf_latest_stats_size is not None:
+            iter_result = self.llm.get_stats_async(2)
+            if isinstance(iter_result, IterationResult):
+                for stat in iter_result.get_latest(iter_perf_latest_stats_size):
+                    stats.append(stat)
+        else:
+            async for stat in self.llm.get_stats_async(2):
+                stats.append(stat)
         return JSONResponse(content=stats)
 
     async def get_kv_cache_events(self) -> JSONResponse:
diff --git a/tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_metrics.py b/tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_metrics.py
index 1b075b6756..ba40ef51fd 100755
--- a/tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_metrics.py
@@ -89,3 +89,48 @@ def test_metrics(client):
     assert "pinnedMemUsage" in response_dict
     assert "staticBatchingStats" in response_dict
     assert "timestamp" in response_dict
+
+
+def test_metrics_size():
+    build_config = BuildConfig()
+    build_config.max_batch_size = 8
+    build_config.max_seq_len = 512
+    iter_perf_latest_stats_size = 3
+    hf_tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(llama_model_path)
+    llm = PyTorchLLM(
+        model=llama_model_path,
+        tokenizer=hf_tokenizer,
+        build_config=build_config,
+        kv_cache_config=KvCacheConfig(),
+        backend="pytorch",
+        pytorch_backend_config=PyTorchConfig(
+            enable_overlap_scheduler=True,
+            enable_iter_perf_stats=True,
+            iter_perf_latest_stats_size=iter_perf_latest_stats_size,
+        ))
+
+    app_instance = OpenAIServer(llm, model=llama_model_path)
+    client = TestClient(app_instance.app)
+
+    response = client.get("/metrics")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert len(response.json()) == 0
+
+    response = client.post("/v1/completions",
+                           json={
+                               "prompt": "A B C",
+                               "model": llama_model_path,
+                               "max_tokens": 100
+                           })
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.get("/metrics")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert len(response.json()) == iter_perf_latest_stats_size
+    response_dict = response.json()[0]
+    assert "cpuMemUsage" in response_dict
+    assert "gpuMemUsage" in response_dict
+
+    response = client.get("/metrics")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert len(response.json()) == 0