diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisor.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisor.java
index a142f414762..e1a7656f23c 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisor.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisor.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.DataSourceMetadata;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.IndexerMetadataStorageCoordinator;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.TaskMaster;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.TaskStorage;
+import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagMetric;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagStats;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.seekablestream.SeekableStreamDataSourceMetadata;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.seekablestream.SeekableStreamEndSequenceNumbers;
@@ -427,6 +428,12 @@ public class KinesisSupervisor extends SeekableStreamSupervisor<String, String,
     );
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public LagMetric getLagMetricForAutoScaler()
+  {
+    return LagMetric.MAX;
+  }
+
   private SeekableStreamDataSourceMetadata<String, String> createDataSourceMetadataWithClosedOrExpiredPartitions(
       SeekableStreamDataSourceMetadata<String, String> currentMetadata,
       Set<String> terminatedPartitionIds,
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/autoscaler/LagBasedAutoScaler.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/autoscaler/LagBasedAutoScaler.java
index 8235f53e33f..7813725733b 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/autoscaler/LagBasedAutoScaler.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/autoscaler/LagBasedAutoScaler.java
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ public class LagBasedAutoScaler implements SupervisorTaskAutoScaler
           if (lagStats == null) {
             lagMetricsQueue.offer(0L);
           } else {
-            long totalLags = lagStats.getTotalLag();
-            lagMetricsQueue.offer(totalLags > 0 ? totalLags : 0L);
+            long lag = lagStats.get(supervisor.getLagMetricForAutoScaler());
+            lagMetricsQueue.offer(lag > 0 ? lag : 0L);
           }
           log.debug("Current lags for dataSource[%s] are [%s].", dataSource, lagMetricsQueue);
         } else {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/Supervisor.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/Supervisor.java
index 9d940bc55b6..8befa2adae3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/Supervisor.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/Supervisor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.druid.error.DruidException;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.DataSourceMetadata;
+import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagMetric;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagStats;
 import org.apache.druid.segment.incremental.ParseExceptionReport;
 
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ public interface Supervisor
    */
   LagStats computeLagStats();
 
+  /**
+   * Used by AutoScaler to either scale by max/total/avg.
+   */
+  default LagMetric getLagMetricForAutoScaler()
+  {
+    return LagMetric.TOTAL;
+  }
+
   int getActiveTaskGroupsCount();
 
   /**
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagMetric.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagMetric.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3f00b5c2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagMetric.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler;
+
+public enum LagMetric
+{
+  TOTAL,
+  MAX,
+  AVERAGE;
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagStats.java
index 7b6e5fd0bab..c7a6dfc6132 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/autoscaler/LagStats.java
@@ -46,4 +46,17 @@ public class LagStats
   {
     return avgLag;
   }
+
+  public long get(LagMetric metric)
+  {
+    switch (metric) {
+      case AVERAGE:
+        return avgLag;
+      case TOTAL:
+        return totalLag;
+      case MAX:
+        return maxLag;
+    }
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown Metric");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/LagStatsTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/LagStatsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b51882538b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/supervisor/LagStatsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor;
+
+import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagMetric;
+import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.supervisor.autoscaler.LagStats;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class LagStatsTest
+{
+
+  @Test
+  public void lagStatsByMetric()
+  {
+    int max = 1;
+    int avg = 2;
+    int total = 3;
+    LagStats lag = new LagStats(max, total, avg);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(max, lag.get(LagMetric.MAX));
+    Assert.assertEquals(total, lag.get(LagMetric.TOTAL));
+    Assert.assertEquals(avg, lag.get(LagMetric.AVERAGE));
+  }
+}