diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index 778b131c8c..e05ac79570 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -1486,11 +1486,11 @@ func (s *readyStorage) Snapshot(dir string, withHead bool) error {
 }
 
 // Stats implements the api_v1.TSDBAdminStats interface.
-func (s *readyStorage) Stats(statsByLabelName string) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
+func (s *readyStorage) Stats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
 	if x := s.get(); x != nil {
 		switch db := x.(type) {
 		case *tsdb.DB:
-			return db.Head().Stats(statsByLabelName), nil
+			return db.Head().Stats(statsByLabelName, limit), nil
 		case *agent.DB:
 			return nil, agent.ErrUnsupported
 		default:
diff --git a/docs/querying/api.md b/docs/querying/api.md
index ef7fa54c67..edce366ee6 100644
--- a/docs/querying/api.md
+++ b/docs/querying/api.md
@@ -1074,6 +1074,10 @@ The following endpoint returns various cardinality statistics about the Promethe
 ```
 GET /api/v1/status/tsdb
 ```
+URL query parameters:
+- `limit=<number>`: Limit the number of returned items to a given number for each set of statistics. By default, 10 items are returned.
+
+The `data` section of the query result consists of
 - **headStats**: This provides the following data about the head block of the TSDB:
   - **numSeries**: The number of series.
   - **chunkCount**: The number of chunks.
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index aa7a3c1252..f094b3662c 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ func (h *Head) DisableNativeHistograms() {
 }
 
 // PostingsCardinalityStats returns top 10 highest cardinality stats By label and value names.
-func (h *Head) PostingsCardinalityStats(statsByLabelName string) *index.PostingsStats {
+func (h *Head) PostingsCardinalityStats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) *index.PostingsStats {
 	h.cardinalityMutex.Lock()
 	defer h.cardinalityMutex.Unlock()
 	currentTime := time.Duration(time.Now().Unix()) * time.Second
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ func (h *Head) PostingsCardinalityStats(statsByLabelName string) *index.Postings
 	if h.cardinalityCache != nil {
 		return h.cardinalityCache
 	}
-	h.cardinalityCache = h.postings.Stats(statsByLabelName)
+	h.cardinalityCache = h.postings.Stats(statsByLabelName, limit)
 	h.lastPostingsStatsCall = time.Duration(time.Now().Unix()) * time.Second
 
 	return h.cardinalityCache
@@ -1329,12 +1329,12 @@ type Stats struct {
 
 // Stats returns important current HEAD statistics. Note that it is expensive to
 // calculate these.
-func (h *Head) Stats(statsByLabelName string) *Stats {
+func (h *Head) Stats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) *Stats {
 	return &Stats{
 		NumSeries:         h.NumSeries(),
 		MaxTime:           h.MaxTime(),
 		MinTime:           h.MinTime(),
-		IndexPostingStats: h.PostingsCardinalityStats(statsByLabelName),
+		IndexPostingStats: h.PostingsCardinalityStats(statsByLabelName, limit),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tsdb/index/postings.go b/tsdb/index/postings.go
index 200100239c..2ac6edbdca 100644
--- a/tsdb/index/postings.go
+++ b/tsdb/index/postings.go
@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ type PostingsStats struct {
 }
 
 // Stats calculates the cardinality statistics from postings.
-func (p *MemPostings) Stats(label string) *PostingsStats {
-	const maxNumOfRecords = 10
+func (p *MemPostings) Stats(label string, limit int) *PostingsStats {
 	var size uint64
-
 	p.mtx.RLock()
 
 	metrics := &maxHeap{}
@@ -168,10 +166,10 @@ func (p *MemPostings) Stats(label string) *PostingsStats {
 	labelValuePairs := &maxHeap{}
 	numLabelPairs := 0
 
-	metrics.init(maxNumOfRecords)
-	labels.init(maxNumOfRecords)
-	labelValueLength.init(maxNumOfRecords)
-	labelValuePairs.init(maxNumOfRecords)
+	metrics.init(limit)
+	labels.init(limit)
+	labelValueLength.init(limit)
+	labelValuePairs.init(limit)
 
 	for n, e := range p.m {
 		if n == "" {
diff --git a/tsdb/index/postings_test.go b/tsdb/index/postings_test.go
index 9d8b5ebf32..9454def467 100644
--- a/tsdb/index/postings_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/index/postings_test.go
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ func BenchmarkPostings_Stats(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		p.Stats("__name__")
+		p.Stats("__name__", 10)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ func TestMemPostingsStats(t *testing.T) {
 	p.Add(2, labels.FromStrings("label", "value1"))
 
 	// call the Stats method to calculate the cardinality statistics
-	stats := p.Stats("label")
+	stats := p.Stats("label", 10)
 
 	// assert that the expected statistics were calculated
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(2), stats.CardinalityMetricsStats[0].Count)
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index e1168e1a66..f7249efb04 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ type TSDBAdminStats interface {
 	CleanTombstones() error
 	Delete(mint, maxt int64, ms ...*labels.Matcher) error
 	Snapshot(dir string, withHead bool) error
-	Stats(statsByLabelName string) (*tsdb.Stats, error)
+	Stats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) (*tsdb.Stats, error)
 	WALReplayStatus() (tsdb.WALReplayStatus, error)
 }
 
@@ -1472,8 +1472,15 @@ func TSDBStatsFromIndexStats(stats []index.Stat) []TSDBStat {
 	return result
 }
 
-func (api *API) serveTSDBStatus(*http.Request) apiFuncResult {
-	s, err := api.db.Stats(labels.MetricName)
+func (api *API) serveTSDBStatus(r *http.Request) apiFuncResult {
+	limit := 10
+	if s := r.FormValue("limit"); s != "" {
+		var err error
+		if limit, err = strconv.Atoi(s); err != nil || limit < 1 {
+			return apiFuncResult{nil, &apiError{errorBadData, errors.New("limit must be a positive number")}, nil, nil}
+		}
+	}
+	s, err := api.db.Stats(labels.MetricName, limit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return apiFuncResult{nil, &apiError{errorInternal, err}, nil, nil}
 	}
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index 620acd8629..baee2189ef 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ type fakeDB struct {
 func (f *fakeDB) CleanTombstones() error                        { return f.err }
 func (f *fakeDB) Delete(int64, int64, ...*labels.Matcher) error { return f.err }
 func (f *fakeDB) Snapshot(string, bool) error                   { return f.err }
-func (f *fakeDB) Stats(statsByLabelName string) (_ *tsdb.Stats, retErr error) {
+func (f *fakeDB) Stats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) (_ *tsdb.Stats, retErr error) {
 	dbDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "tsdb-api-ready")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -2636,7 +2636,7 @@ func (f *fakeDB) Stats(statsByLabelName string) (_ *tsdb.Stats, retErr error) {
 	opts := tsdb.DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkRange = 1000
 	h, _ := tsdb.NewHead(nil, nil, nil, nil, opts, nil)
-	return h.Stats(statsByLabelName), nil
+	return h.Stats(statsByLabelName, limit), nil
 }
 
 func (f *fakeDB) WALReplayStatus() (tsdb.WALReplayStatus, error) {
@@ -3283,8 +3283,19 @@ func TestTSDBStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			db:       tsdb,
 			endpoint: tsdbStatusAPI,
-
-			errType: errorNone,
+			errType:  errorNone,
+		},
+		{
+			db:       tsdb,
+			endpoint: tsdbStatusAPI,
+			values:   map[string][]string{"limit": {"20"}},
+			errType:  errorNone,
+		},
+		{
+			db:       tsdb,
+			endpoint: tsdbStatusAPI,
+			values:   map[string][]string{"limit": {"0"}},
+			errType:  errorBadData,
 		},
 	} {
 		tc := tc
diff --git a/web/federate_test.go b/web/federate_test.go
index bf7b6fefe7..6bc0ae212a 100644
--- a/web/federate_test.go
+++ b/web/federate_test.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (notReadyReadStorage) StartTime() (int64, error) {
 	return 0, errors.Wrap(tsdb.ErrNotReady, "wrap")
 }
 
-func (notReadyReadStorage) Stats(string) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
+func (notReadyReadStorage) Stats(string, int) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
 	return nil, errors.Wrap(tsdb.ErrNotReady, "wrap")
 }
 
diff --git a/web/web_test.go b/web/web_test.go
index 7da06a3060..8832c28390 100644
--- a/web/web_test.go
+++ b/web/web_test.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ type dbAdapter struct {
 	*tsdb.DB
 }
 
-func (a *dbAdapter) Stats(statsByLabelName string) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
-	return a.Head().Stats(statsByLabelName), nil
+func (a *dbAdapter) Stats(statsByLabelName string, limit int) (*tsdb.Stats, error) {
+	return a.Head().Stats(statsByLabelName, limit), nil
 }
 
 func (a *dbAdapter) WALReplayStatus() (tsdb.WALReplayStatus, error) {