diff --git a/datafusion-examples/README.md b/datafusion-examples/README.md
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+++ b/datafusion-examples/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ cargo run --example csv_sql
 - [`memtable.rs`](examples/memtable.rs): Create an query data in memory using SQL and `RecordBatch`es
 - [`parquet_sql.rs`](examples/parquet_sql.rs): Build and run a query plan from a SQL statement against a local Parquet file
 - [`parquet_sql_multiple_files.rs`](examples/parquet_sql_multiple_files.rs): Build and run a query plan from a SQL statement against multiple local Parquet files
+- ['parquet_exec_visitor.rs'](examples/parquet_exec_visitor.rs): Extract statistics by visiting an ExecutionPlan after execution
 - [`pruning.rs`](examples/parquet_sql.rs): Use pruning to rule out files based on statistics
 - [`query-aws-s3.rs`](examples/external_dependency/query-aws-s3.rs): Configure `object_store` and run a query against files stored in AWS S3
 - [`query-http-csv.rs`](examples/query-http-csv.rs): Configure `object_store` and run a query against files vi HTTP
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_exec_visitor.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_exec_visitor.rs
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+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_exec_visitor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use datafusion::datasource::file_format::parquet::ParquetFormat;
+use datafusion::datasource::listing::{ListingOptions, PartitionedFile};
+use datafusion::datasource::physical_plan::ParquetExec;
+use datafusion::execution::context::SessionContext;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::metrics::MetricValue;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::{
+    execute_stream, visit_execution_plan, ExecutionPlan, ExecutionPlanVisitor,
+};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+
+/// Example of collecting metrics after execution by visiting the `ExecutionPlan`
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+
+    let test_data = datafusion::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+
+    // Configure listing options
+    let file_format = ParquetFormat::default().with_enable_pruning(true);
+    let listing_options = ListingOptions::new(Arc::new(file_format));
+
+    // First example were we use an absolute path, which requires no additional setup.
+    let _ = ctx
+        .register_listing_table(
+            "my_table",
+            &format!("file://{test_data}/alltypes_plain.parquet"),
+            listing_options.clone(),
+            None,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    let df = ctx.sql("SELECT * FROM my_table").await.unwrap();
+    let plan = df.create_physical_plan().await.unwrap();
+
+    // Create empty visitor
+    let mut visitor = ParquetExecVisitor {
+        file_groups: None,
+        bytes_scanned: None,
+    };
+
+    // Make sure you execute the plan to collect actual execution statistics.
+    // For example, in this example the `file_scan_config` is known without executing
+    // but the `bytes_scanned` would be None if we did not execute.
+    let mut batch_stream = execute_stream(plan.clone(), ctx.task_ctx()).unwrap();
+    while let Some(batch) = batch_stream.next().await {
+        println!("Batch rows: {}", batch.unwrap().num_rows());
+    }
+
+    visit_execution_plan(plan.as_ref(), &mut visitor).unwrap();
+
+    println!(
+        "ParquetExecVisitor bytes_scanned: {:?}",
+        visitor.bytes_scanned
+    );
+    println!(
+        "ParquetExecVisitor file_groups: {:?}",
+        visitor.file_groups.unwrap()
+    );
+}
+
+/// Define a struct with fields to hold the execution information you want to
+/// collect. In this case, I want information on how many bytes were scanned
+/// and `file_groups` from the FileScanConfig.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ParquetExecVisitor {
+    file_groups: Option<Vec<Vec<PartitionedFile>>>,
+    bytes_scanned: Option<MetricValue>,
+}
+
+impl ExecutionPlanVisitor for ParquetExecVisitor {
+    type Error = datafusion_common::DataFusionError;
+
+    /// This function is called once for every node in the tree.
+    /// Based on your needs implement either `pre_visit` (visit each node before its children/inputs)
+    /// or `post_visit` (visit each node after its children/inputs)
+    fn pre_visit(&mut self, plan: &dyn ExecutionPlan) -> Result<bool, Self::Error> {
+        // If needed match on a specific `ExecutionPlan` node type
+        let maybe_parquet_exec = plan.as_any().downcast_ref::<ParquetExec>();
+        if let Some(parquet_exec) = maybe_parquet_exec {
+            self.file_groups = Some(parquet_exec.base_config().file_groups.clone());
+
+            let metrics = match parquet_exec.metrics() {
+                None => return Ok(true),
+                Some(metrics) => metrics,
+            };
+            self.bytes_scanned = metrics.sum_by_name("bytes_scanned");
+        }
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+}