diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/data_grid/data_grid_table.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/data_grid/data_grid_table.tsx
index c738bfd65d50..f2ee6d078e2b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/data_grid/data_grid_table.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/data_grid/data_grid_table.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface DataGridTableProps {
   isContextView?: boolean;
   isLoading?: boolean;
   storage: Storage;
+  showPagination?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const DataGridTable = ({
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export const DataGridTable = ({
   isContextView = false,
   isLoading = false,
   storage,
+  showPagination,
 }: DataGridTableProps) => {
   const { services } = useOpenSearchDashboards<DiscoverServices>();
 
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ export const DataGridTable = ({
         onFilter={onFilter}
         onClose={() => setInspectedHit(undefined)}
         sampleSize={pageSizeLimit}
+        showPagination={showPagination}
       />
     ),
     [
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ export const DataGridTable = ({
       onAddColumn,
       onFilter,
       pageSizeLimit,
+      showPagination,
     ]
   );
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/default_discover_table/default_discover_table.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/default_discover_table/default_discover_table.tsx
index 05fe7f5cdb33..e9ef657fc924 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/default_discover_table/default_discover_table.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/default_discover_table/default_discover_table.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import {
   EuiDataGridColumn,
   EuiDataGridSorting,
   EuiProgress,
+  EuiPagination,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@osd/i18n/react';
 import { TableHeader } from './table_header';
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export interface DefaultDiscoverTableProps {
   onFilter: DocViewFilterFn;
   onClose: () => void;
   sampleSize: number;
+  showPagination?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const LegacyDiscoverTable = ({
@@ -50,8 +54,17 @@ export const LegacyDiscoverTable = ({
   onFilter,
   onClose,
   sampleSize,
+  showPagination,
 }: DefaultDiscoverTableProps) => {
+  const pageSize = 50;
   const [renderedRowCount, setRenderedRowCount] = useState(50); // Start with 50 rows
+  const [displayedRows, setDisplayedRows] = useState(
+    showPagination ? rows.slice(0, pageSize) : rows.slice(0, renderedRowCount)
+  );
+  const [currentRowCounts, setCurrentRowCounts] = useState({
+    startRow: 0,
+    endRow: pageSize,
+  });
   const observerRef = useRef<IntersectionObserver | null>(null);
   const sentinelRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
@@ -81,9 +94,48 @@ export const LegacyDiscoverTable = ({
     };
   }, []);
 
+  const [activePage, setActivePage] = useState(0);
+  const PAGE_COUNT = Math.ceil(rows.length / pageSize);
+
+  const goToPage = (pageNumber: number) => {
+    const startRow = pageNumber * pageSize;
+    const endRow =
+      rows.length < pageNumber * pageSize + pageSize
+        ? rows.length
+        : pageNumber * pageSize + pageSize;
+    setCurrentRowCounts({
+      startRow,
+      endRow,
+    });
+    setDisplayedRows(rows.slice(startRow, endRow));
+    setActivePage(pageNumber);
+  };
+
   return (
     indexPattern && (
       <>
+        {showPagination ? (
+          <EuiFlexGroup>
+            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+              <EuiPagination
+                pageCount={PAGE_COUNT}
+                activePage={activePage}
+                onPageClick={(currentPage) => goToPage(currentPage)}
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem>
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="discover.docTable.pagerControl.pagesCountLabel"
+                defaultMessage="{startItem}&ndash;{endItem} of {totalItems}"
+                values={{
+                  startItem: currentRowCounts.startRow,
+                  endItem: currentRowCounts.endRow,
+                  totalItems: rows.length,
+                }}
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        ) : null}
         <table data-test-subj="docTable" className="osd-table table">
           <thead>
             <TableHeader
@@ -99,7 +151,7 @@ export const LegacyDiscoverTable = ({
             />
           </thead>
           <tbody>
-            {rows.slice(0, renderedRowCount).map((row: OpenSearchSearchHit, index: number) => {
+            {displayedRows.map((row: OpenSearchSearchHit, index: number) => {
               return (
                 <TableRow
                   key={index}
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/embeddable/search_embeddable_component.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/embeddable/search_embeddable_component.tsx
index 70da99e667fd..d4a52318d2f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/embeddable/search_embeddable_component.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/embeddable/search_embeddable_component.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ interface SearchEmbeddableProps {
 }
 export interface DiscoverEmbeddableProps extends DataGridTableProps {
   totalHitCount: number;
+  showPagination: boolean;
 }
 
 export const DataGridTableMemoized = React.memo((props: DataGridTableProps) => (
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export function SearchEmbeddableComponent({ searchProps }: SearchEmbeddableProps
     title: searchProps.title,
     description: searchProps.description,
     storage,
+    showPagination: true,
   } as DiscoverEmbeddableProps;
 
   return (