diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 844e0e0db0..7fca88c063 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## master
+
+Changes:
+
+- Expose provider stats on API intrerface via `.stats`
+
+
 ## 8.6.2 May 30, 2022
 
 Changes:
diff --git a/packages/api/src/base/Getters.ts b/packages/api/src/base/Getters.ts
index a12730fdf8..cb309e4aaf 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/base/Getters.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/base/Getters.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { RpcInterface } from '@polkadot/rpc-core/types';
+import type { ProviderInterface } from '@polkadot/rpc-provider/types';
 import type { Text } from '@polkadot/types';
 import type { Hash, RuntimeVersion } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 import type { Metadata } from '@polkadot/types/metadata';
@@ -188,6 +189,13 @@ export abstract class Getters<ApiType extends ApiTypes> extends Init<ApiType> im
     return assertResult(this._rx as Pick<ApiInterfaceRx, 'tx' | 'rpc' | 'query'>);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @description Returns the underlying provider stats
+   */
+  public get stats (): ProviderInterface['stats'] | undefined {
+    return this._rpcCore.provider.stats;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @description The type of this API instance, either 'rxjs' or 'promise'
    */
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.ts b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.ts
index e51bd39931..5edc02f9f1 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class HttpProvider implements ProviderInterface {
     this.#headers = headers;
     this.#stats = {
       active: { requests: 0, subscriptions: 0 },
-      total: { bytesRecv: 0, bytesSent: 0, cached: 0, requests: 0, subscriptions: 0, timeout: 0 }
+      total: { bytesRecv: 0, bytesSent: 0, cached: 0, errors: 0, requests: 0, subscriptions: 0, timeout: 0 }
     };
   }
 
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ export class HttpProvider implements ProviderInterface {
       return decoded;
     } catch (e) {
       this.#stats.active.requests--;
+      this.#stats.total.errors++;
 
       throw e;
     }
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/src/types.ts b/packages/rpc-provider/src/types.ts
index 09aa91a11c..f6d71bf118 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/src/types.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export interface ProviderStats {
     bytesRecv: number;
     bytesSent: number;
     cached: number;
+    errors: number;
     requests: number;
     subscriptions: number;
     timeout: number;
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/src/ws/index.ts b/packages/rpc-provider/src/ws/index.ts
index abef9bf001..a29befa34b 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/src/ws/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/src/ws/index.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class WsProvider implements ProviderInterface {
     this.#websocket = null;
     this.#stats = {
       active: { requests: 0, subscriptions: 0 },
-      total: { bytesRecv: 0, bytesSent: 0, cached: 0, requests: 0, subscriptions: 0, timeout: 0 }
+      total: { bytesRecv: 0, bytesSent: 0, cached: 0, errors: 0, requests: 0, subscriptions: 0, timeout: 0 }
     };
     this.#timeout = timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
 
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ export class WsProvider implements ProviderInterface {
         this.#stats.total.bytesSent += body.length;
         this.#websocket.send(body);
       } catch (error) {
+        this.#stats.total.errors++;
+
         reject(error);
       }
     });
@@ -492,6 +494,8 @@ export class WsProvider implements ProviderInterface {
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
+      this.#stats.total.errors++;
+
       handler.callback(error as Error, undefined);
     }
 
@@ -520,6 +524,8 @@ export class WsProvider implements ProviderInterface {
 
       handler.callback(null, result);
     } catch (error) {
+      this.#stats.total.errors++;
+
       handler.callback(error as Error, undefined);
     }
   };