diff --git a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
index 88c4093f451..a108ca0d4ad 100644
--- a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
+++ b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/binlog_player.go
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ type Stats struct {
 
 	PartialQueryCount     *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels
 	PartialQueryCacheSize *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels
+
+	ThrottledCounts *stats.CountersWithMultiLabels
 }
 
 // RecordHeartbeat updates the time the last heartbeat from vstreamer was seen
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ func NewStats() *Stats {
 	bps.TableCopyTimings = stats.NewTimings("", "", "Table")
 	bps.PartialQueryCacheSize = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"type"})
 	bps.PartialQueryCount = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"type"})
+	bps.ThrottledCounts = stats.NewCountersWithMultiLabels("", "", []string{"throttler", "component"})
 	return bps
 }
 
@@ -369,13 +372,14 @@ func (blp *BinlogPlayer) applyEvents(ctx context.Context) error {
 			if backoff == throttler.NotThrottled {
 				break
 			}
+			blp.blplStats.ThrottledCounts.Add([]string{"trx", "binlogplayer"}, 1)
 			// We don't bother checking for context cancellation here because the
 			// sleep will block only up to 1 second. (Usually, backoff is 1s / rate
 			// e.g. a rate of 1000 TPS results into a backoff of 1 ms.)
 			time.Sleep(backoff)
 		}
 
-		// get the response
+		// Get the response.
 		response, err := stream.Recv()
 		// Check context before checking error, because canceled
 		// contexts could be wrapped as regular errors.
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
index 3ceee09d5f7..27be6442cfe 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
@@ -281,7 +281,10 @@ func (sct *sandboxTopo) WatchSrvVSchema(ctx context.Context, cell string, callba
 	}
 
 	sct.topoServer.UpdateSrvVSchema(ctx, cell, srvVSchema)
-	current, updateChan, _ := sct.topoServer.WatchSrvVSchema(ctx, cell)
+	current, updateChan, err := sct.topoServer.WatchSrvVSchema(ctx, cell)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("sandboxTopo WatchSrvVSchema returned an error: %v", err))
+	}
 	if !callback(current.Value, nil) {
 		panic("sandboxTopo callback returned false")
 	}
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
index 892247efee0..84520e19729 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats.go
@@ -502,6 +502,21 @@ func (st *vrStats) register() {
 			return result
 		})
 
+	stats.NewCountersFuncWithMultiLabels(
+		"VReplicationThrottledCounts",
+		"The number of times vreplication was throttled by workflow, id, throttler (trx or tablet), and the sub-component that was throttled",
+		[]string{"workflow", "id", "throttler", "component"},
+		func() map[string]int64 {
+			st.mu.Lock()
+			defer st.mu.Unlock()
+			result := make(map[string]int64)
+			for _, ct := range st.controllers {
+				for key, val := range ct.blpStats.ErrorCounts.Counts() {
+					result[fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d.%s", ct.workflow, ct.id, key)] = val
+				}
+			}
+			return result
+		})
 }
 
 func (st *vrStats) numControllers() int64 {
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats_test.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats_test.go
index 79149d34d6d..3b96219d14a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/stats_test.go
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ func TestVReplicationStats(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, int64(100), testStats.status().Controllers[0].CopyLoopCount)
 	require.Equal(t, int64(200), testStats.status().Controllers[0].CopyRowCount)
 
+	blpStats.ThrottledCounts.Add([]string{"tablet", "vcopier"}, 10)
+	blpStats.ThrottledCounts.Add([]string{"tablet", "vplayer"}, 80)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(10), testStats.controllers[1].blpStats.ThrottledCounts.Counts()["tablet.vcopier"])
+	require.Equal(t, int64(80), testStats.controllers[1].blpStats.ThrottledCounts.Counts()["tablet.vplayer"])
+
 	var tm int64 = 1234567890
 	blpStats.RecordHeartbeat(tm)
 	require.Equal(t, tm, blpStats.Heartbeat())
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vreplicator.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vreplicator.go
index 11633d95f33..9cd0977ecad 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vreplicator.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vreplicator.go
@@ -580,10 +580,18 @@ func (vr *vreplicator) throttlerAppName() string {
 	return throttlerapp.Concatenate(names...)
 }
 
+// updateTimeThrottled updates the time_throttled field in the _vt.vreplication record
+// with a rate limit so that it's only saved in the database at most once per
+// throttleUpdatesRateLimiter.tickerTime.
+// It also increments the throttled count in the stats to keep track of how many
+// times a VReplication workflow, and the specific sub-component, is throttled by the
+// tablet throttler over time.
 func (vr *vreplicator) updateTimeThrottled(appThrottled throttlerapp.Name) error {
+	at := appThrottled.String()
+	vr.stats.ThrottledCounts.Add([]string{"tablet", at}, 1)
 	err := vr.throttleUpdatesRateLimiter.Do(func() error {
 		tm := time.Now().Unix()
-		update, err := binlogplayer.GenerateUpdateTimeThrottled(vr.id, tm, appThrottled.String())
+		update, err := binlogplayer.GenerateUpdateTimeThrottled(vr.id, tm, at)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}