diff --git a/internal/locate/region_cache.go b/internal/locate/region_cache.go
index 4601ff25..5139d5b2 100644
--- a/internal/locate/region_cache.go
+++ b/internal/locate/region_cache.go
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ func NewRegionCache(pdClient pd.Client) *RegionCache {
 	c.enableForwarding = config.GetGlobalConfig().EnableForwarding
 	// Default use 15s as the update inerval.
 	go c.asyncUpdateStoreSlowScore(time.Duration(interval/4) * time.Second)
+	go c.asyncReportStoreReplicaFlows(time.Duration(interval/2) * time.Second)
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -2277,6 +2278,8 @@ type Store struct {
 
 	// A statistic for counting the request latency to this store
 	slowScore SlowScoreStat
+	// A statistic for counting the flows of different replicas on this store
+	replicaFlowsStats [numReplicaFlowsType]uint64
 }
 
 type resolveState uint64
@@ -2718,6 +2721,7 @@ func (s *Store) recordSlowScoreStat(timecost time.Duration) {
 	s.slowScore.recordSlowScoreStat(timecost)
 }
 
+// markAlreadySlow marks the related store already slow.
 func (s *Store) markAlreadySlow() {
 	s.slowScore.markAlreadySlow()
 }
@@ -2737,6 +2741,7 @@ func (c *RegionCache) asyncUpdateStoreSlowScore(interval time.Duration) {
 	}
 }
 
+// checkAndUpdateStoreSlowScores checks and updates slowScore on each store.
 func (c *RegionCache) checkAndUpdateStoreSlowScores() {
 	defer func() {
 		r := recover()
@@ -2758,6 +2763,42 @@ func (c *RegionCache) checkAndUpdateStoreSlowScores() {
 	}
 }
 
+// getReplicaFlowsStats returns the statistics on the related replicaFlowsType.
+func (s *Store) getReplicaFlowsStats(destType replicaFlowsType) uint64 {
+	return atomic.LoadUint64(&s.replicaFlowsStats[destType])
+}
+
+// resetReplicaFlowsStats resets the statistics on the related replicaFlowsType.
+func (s *Store) resetReplicaFlowsStats(destType replicaFlowsType) {
+	atomic.StoreUint64(&s.replicaFlowsStats[destType], 0)
+}
+
+// recordReplicaFlowsStats records the statistics on the related replicaFlowsType.
+func (s *Store) recordReplicaFlowsStats(destType replicaFlowsType) {
+	atomic.AddUint64(&s.replicaFlowsStats[destType], 1)
+}
+
+// asyncReportStoreReplicaFlows reports the statistics on the related replicaFlowsType.
+func (c *RegionCache) asyncReportStoreReplicaFlows(interval time.Duration) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-c.ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			c.storeMu.RLock()
+			for _, store := range c.storeMu.stores {
+				for destType := toLeader; destType < numReplicaFlowsType; destType++ {
+					metrics.TiKVPreferLeaderFlowsGauge.WithLabelValues(destType.String(), store.addr).Set(float64(store.getReplicaFlowsStats(destType)))
+					store.resetReplicaFlowsStats(destType)
+				}
+			}
+			c.storeMu.RUnlock()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func createKVHealthClient(ctx context.Context, addr string) (*grpc.ClientConn, healthpb.HealthClient, error) {
 	// Temporarily directly load the config from the global config, however it's not a good idea to let RegionCache to
 	// access it.
diff --git a/internal/locate/region_request.go b/internal/locate/region_request.go
index 1e364965..5b21f739 100644
--- a/internal/locate/region_request.go
+++ b/internal/locate/region_request.go
@@ -594,6 +594,14 @@ func (state *accessFollower) next(bo *retry.Backoffer, selector *replicaSelector
 		state.lastIdx = state.leaderIdx
 		selector.targetIdx = state.leaderIdx
 	}
+	// Monitor the flows destination if selector is under `ReplicaReadPreferLeader` mode.
+	if state.option.preferLeader {
+		if selector.targetIdx != state.leaderIdx {
+			selector.replicas[selector.targetIdx].store.recordReplicaFlowsStats(toFollower)
+		} else {
+			selector.replicas[selector.targetIdx].store.recordReplicaFlowsStats(toLeader)
+		}
+	}
 	return selector.buildRPCContext(bo)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/locate/slow_score.go b/internal/locate/slow_score.go
index 0da7f145..562c9e9d 100644
--- a/internal/locate/slow_score.go
+++ b/internal/locate/slow_score.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package locate
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -155,3 +156,26 @@ func (ss *SlowScoreStat) markAlreadySlow() {
 func (ss *SlowScoreStat) isSlow() bool {
 	return ss.getSlowScore() >= slowScoreThreshold
 }
+
+// replicaFlowsType indicates the type of the destination replica of flows.
+type replicaFlowsType int
+
+const (
+	// toLeader indicates that flows are sent to leader replica.
+	toLeader replicaFlowsType = iota
+	// toFollower indicates that flows are sent to followers' replica
+	toFollower
+	// numflowsDestType reserved to keep max replicaFlowsType value.
+	numReplicaFlowsType
+)
+
+func (a replicaFlowsType) String() string {
+	switch a {
+	case toLeader:
+		return "ToLeader"
+	case toFollower:
+		return "ToFollower"
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", a)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index b72cfb5d..ea91ec4c 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ var (
 	TiKVGrpcConnectionState                  *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	TiKVAggressiveLockedKeysCounter          *prometheus.CounterVec
 	TiKVStoreSlowScoreGauge                  *prometheus.GaugeVec
+	TiKVPreferLeaderFlowsGauge               *prometheus.GaugeVec
 )
 
 // Label constants.
@@ -619,6 +620,14 @@ func initMetrics(namespace, subsystem string) {
 			Help:      "Slow scores of each tikv node based on RPC timecosts",
 		}, []string{LblStore})
 
+	TiKVPreferLeaderFlowsGauge = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "prefer_leader_flows_gauge",
+			Help:      "Counter of flows under PreferLeader mode.",
+		}, []string{LblType, LblStore})
+
 	initShortcuts()
 }
 
@@ -692,6 +701,7 @@ func RegisterMetrics() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVGrpcConnectionState)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVAggressiveLockedKeysCounter)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVStoreSlowScoreGauge)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVPreferLeaderFlowsGauge)
 }
 
 // readCounter reads the value of a prometheus.Counter.