diff --git a/pkg/controllers/leaderworkerset_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/leaderworkerset_controller.go
index e449d686..feab0d77 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/leaderworkerset_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/leaderworkerset_controller.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 
 	leaderworkerset "sigs.k8s.io/lws/api/leaderworkerset/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/lws/pkg/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/lws/pkg/utils"
 	podutils "sigs.k8s.io/lws/pkg/utils/pod"
 	statefulsetutils "sigs.k8s.io/lws/pkg/utils/statefulset"
@@ -367,7 +369,8 @@ func (r *LeaderWorkerSetReconciler) updateConditions(ctx context.Context, lws *l
 			}
 			if podutils.PodRunningAndReady(leaderPod) {
 				readyCount++
-
+				waitTime := getLastTransitionTime(string(leaderworkerset.LeaderWorkerSetProgressing), lws)
+				metrics.ReplicaReadyStatus(sts.Name, time.Since(waitTime.Time))
 				if sts.Labels[leaderworkerset.TemplateRevisionHashKey] == templateHash && leaderPod.Labels[leaderworkerset.TemplateRevisionHashKey] == templateHash {
 					updatedCount++
 				}
@@ -569,3 +572,12 @@ func templateUpdated(sts *appsv1.StatefulSet, lws *leaderworkerset.LeaderWorkerS
 func replicasUpdated(sts *appsv1.StatefulSet, lws *leaderworkerset.LeaderWorkerSet) bool {
 	return *sts.Spec.Replicas != *lws.Spec.Replicas
 }
+
+func getLastTransitionTime(conditionType string, lws *leaderworkerset.LeaderWorkerSet) metav1.Time {
+	for _, condition := range lws.Status.Conditions {
+		if condition.Type == conditionType {
+			return condition.LastTransitionTime
+		}
+	}
+	return metav1.Now()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index ee6ff1a1..9282a18e 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ var (
 			Help:      "number of times a group has been recreated",
 		}, []string{"leadername"},
 	)
+
+	replicaReadyStatusDuration = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Subsystem: "lws",
+			Name:      "replica_ready_status_duration",
+			Help:      "latency for each replica to be scheduled and become ready",
+		}, []string{"leadername"},
+	)
 )
 
 func RollingUpdate(hash string, duration time.Duration) {
@@ -49,9 +57,14 @@ func RecreatingGroup(leaderName string) {
 	recreateGroupTimes.WithLabelValues(leaderName).Inc()
 }
 
+func ReplicaReadyStatus(leaderName string, time time.Duration) {
+	replicaReadyStatusDuration.WithLabelValues(leaderName).Observe(time.Seconds())
+}
+
 func Register() {
 	metrics.Registry.MustRegister(
 		rollingUpdateDuration,
 		recreateGroupTimes,
+		replicaReadyStatusDuration,
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics_test.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5443e62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
+)
+
+func TestRecreatingGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(recreateGroupTimes)
+
+	RecreatingGroup("lws-sample-0")
+	RecreatingGroup("lws-sample-1")
+	RecreatingGroup("lws-sample-0")
+
+	if count := testutil.CollectAndCount(recreateGroupTimes); count != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting %d metrics, got: %d", 2, count)
+	}
+
+	if count := testutil.ToFloat64(recreateGroupTimes.WithLabelValues("lws-sample-0")); count != float64(2) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting %s to have value %d, but got %f", "lws-sample-0", 2, count)
+	}
+
+	if count := testutil.ToFloat64(recreateGroupTimes.WithLabelValues("lws-sample-1")); count != float64(1) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting %s to have value %d, but got %f", "lws-sample-1", 1, count)
+	}
+}