diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-toys-peel.md b/.changeset/grumpy-toys-peel.md
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index 0000000000..5a56d11f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-toys-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'graphql-executor': patch
+---
+
+Memoize field lists created by the collectFields utility function.
+
+This allows functions that operate on these field lists to be memoized.
diff --git a/src/execution/__tests__/collectFields-test.ts b/src/execution/__tests__/collectFields-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fa74912e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/execution/__tests__/collectFields-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
+
+import type { FragmentDefinitionNode, OperationDefinitionNode } from 'graphql';
+import {
+  GraphQLID,
+  GraphQLList,
+  GraphQLObjectType,
+  GraphQLSchema,
+  GraphQLString,
+  parse,
+} from 'graphql';
+
+import { collectFields } from '../collectFields';
+
+const friendType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+  fields: {
+    id: { type: GraphQLID },
+    name: { type: GraphQLString },
+  },
+  name: 'Friend',
+});
+
+const heroType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+  fields: {
+    id: { type: GraphQLID },
+    name: { type: GraphQLString },
+    friends: {
+      type: new GraphQLList(friendType),
+    },
+  },
+  name: 'Hero',
+});
+
+const query = new GraphQLObjectType({
+  fields: {
+    hero: {
+      type: heroType,
+    },
+  },
+  name: 'Query',
+});
+
+const schema = new GraphQLSchema({ query });
+
+const document = parse(`
+query HeroQuery($skipFirst: Boolean, $skipSecond: Boolean) {
+  hero {
+    name
+  }
+  ...HeroFragment1 @skip(if: $skipFirst)
+  ...HeroFragment2 @skip(if: $skipSecond)
+}
+fragment HeroFragment1 on Query {
+  hero {
+    name
+  }
+}
+fragment HeroFragment2 on Query {
+  hero {
+    name
+  }
+}
+`);
+
+const selectionSet = (document.definitions[0] as OperationDefinitionNode)
+  .selectionSet;
+const fragments = {
+  HeroFragment1: document.definitions[1] as FragmentDefinitionNode,
+  HeroFragment2: document.definitions[2] as FragmentDefinitionNode,
+};
+
+describe('collectFields', () => {
+  it('memoizes', () => {
+    const { fields: fields1 } = collectFields(
+      schema,
+      fragments,
+      {
+        skipFirst: false,
+        skipSecond: false,
+      },
+      query,
+      selectionSet,
+    );
+    const { fields: fields2 } = collectFields(
+      schema,
+      fragments,
+      {
+        skipFirst: false,
+        skipSecond: false,
+      },
+      query,
+      selectionSet,
+    );
+
+    const heroFieldNodes1 = fields1.get('hero');
+    const heroFieldNodes2 = fields2.get('hero');
+
+    expect(heroFieldNodes1).to.equal(heroFieldNodes2);
+  });
+
+  it('does not yet (?) memoize everything', () => {
+    const { fields: fields1 } = collectFields(
+      schema,
+      fragments,
+      {
+        skipFirst: true,
+        skipSecond: false,
+      },
+      query,
+      selectionSet,
+    );
+    const { fields: fields2 } = collectFields(
+      schema,
+      fragments,
+      {
+        skipFirst: false,
+        skipSecond: true,
+      },
+      query,
+      selectionSet,
+    );
+
+    const heroFieldNodes1 = fields1.get('hero');
+    const heroFieldNodes2 = fields2.get('hero');
+
+    expect(heroFieldNodes1).to.not.equal(heroFieldNodes2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/execution/collectFields.ts b/src/execution/collectFields.ts
index cd747e30a4..b6a4f1ce04 100644
--- a/src/execution/collectFields.ts
+++ b/src/execution/collectFields.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
 
 import type { Maybe } from '../jsutils/Maybe';
 import type { ObjMap } from '../jsutils/ObjMap';
+import { memoize1 } from '../jsutils/memoize1';
+import { memoize2 } from '../jsutils/memoize2';
 
 import { GraphQLDeferDirective } from '../type/directives';
 
@@ -129,9 +131,9 @@ function collectFieldsImpl(
         const name = getFieldEntryKey(selection);
         const fieldList = fields.get(name);
         if (fieldList !== undefined) {
-          fieldList.push(selection);
+          fields.set(name, updateFieldList(fieldList, selection));
         } else {
-          fields.set(name, [selection]);
+          fields.set(name, createFieldList(selection));
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -310,3 +312,20 @@ function doesFragmentConditionMatch(
 function getFieldEntryKey(node: FieldNode): string {
   return node.alias ? node.alias.value : node.name.value;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates a field list, memoizing so that functions operating on the
+ * field list can be memoized.
+ */
+const createFieldList = memoize1((node: FieldNode): Array<FieldNode> => [node]);
+
+/**
+ * Appends to a field list, memoizing so that functions operating on the
+ * field list can be memoized.
+ */
+const updateFieldList = memoize2(
+  (fieldList: Array<FieldNode>, node: FieldNode): Array<FieldNode> => [
+    ...fieldList,
+    node,
+  ],
+);
diff --git a/src/jsutils/memoize1.ts b/src/jsutils/memoize1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9650196b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jsutils/memoize1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Memoizes the provided one-argument function.
+ */
+export function memoize1<A1 extends object, R>(
+  fn: (a1: A1) => R,
+): (a1: A1) => R {
+  let cache0: WeakMap<A1, R>;
+
+  return function memoized(a1) {
+    if (cache0 === undefined) {
+      cache0 = new WeakMap();
+    }
+
+    let fnResult = cache0.get(a1);
+    if (fnResult === undefined) {
+      fnResult = fn(a1);
+      cache0.set(a1, fnResult);
+    }
+
+    return fnResult;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/jsutils/memoize2.ts b/src/jsutils/memoize2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d15d400159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jsutils/memoize2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Memoizes the provided two-argument function.
+ */
+export function memoize2<A1 extends object, A2 extends object, R>(
+  fn: (a1: A1, a2: A2) => R,
+): (a1: A1, a2: A2) => R {
+  let cache0: WeakMap<A1, WeakMap<A2, R>>;
+
+  return function memoized(a1, a2) {
+    if (cache0 === undefined) {
+      cache0 = new WeakMap();
+    }
+
+    let cache1 = cache0.get(a1);
+    if (cache1 === undefined) {
+      cache1 = new WeakMap();
+      cache0.set(a1, cache1);
+    }
+
+    let fnResult = cache1.get(a2);
+    if (fnResult === undefined) {
+      fnResult = fn(a1, a2);
+      cache1.set(a2, fnResult);
+    }
+
+    return fnResult;
+  };
+}