diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b70e225e715a..6f20863c26da4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Interpret byte array as primitive using VarHandles ([#11362](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11362))
 - Automatically add scheme to discovery.ec2.endpoint ([#11512](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11512))
 - Restore support for Java 8 for RestClient ([#11562](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11562))
+- Add deleted doc count in _cat/shards ([#11678](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11678))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yml
index f80c9f9c0bc80..32d44f555493b 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
                     warmer.total_time                .+   \n
                     path.data                        .+   \n
                     path.state                       .+   \n
+                    docs.deleted                     .+   \n
                $/
 ---
 "Help before - 2.4.0":
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@
              warmer.total_time                .+   \n
              path.data                        .+   \n
              path.state                       .+   \n
+             docs.deleted                     .+   \n
         $/
 ---
 "Test cat shards output":
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
index 5d5f55c7f4639..d0d00e4c4596a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ protected Table getTableWithHeader(final RestRequest request) {
 
         table.addCell("path.data", "alias:pd,dataPath;default:false;text-align:right;desc:shard data path");
         table.addCell("path.state", "alias:ps,statsPath;default:false;text-align:right;desc:shard state path");
+        table.addCell("docs.deleted", "alias:dd,docsDeleted;default:false;text-align:right;desc:number of deleted docs in shard");
 
         table.endHeaders();
         return table;
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ Table buildTable(RestRequest request, ClusterStateResponse state, IndicesStatsRe
 
             table.addCell(getOrNull(shardStats, ShardStats::getDataPath, s -> s));
             table.addCell(getOrNull(shardStats, ShardStats::getStatePath, s -> s));
+            table.addCell(getOrNull(commonStats, CommonStats::getDocs, DocsStats::getDeleted));
 
             table.endRow();
         }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsActionTests.java
index a8679a087216d..73f83a5642bb4 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsActionTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.TestShardRouting;
 import org.opensearch.common.Table;
+import org.opensearch.index.shard.DocsStats;
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.ShardPath;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 import org.opensearch.test.rest.FakeRestRequest;
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ public class RestShardsActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
 
     public void testBuildTable() {
         final int numShards = randomIntBetween(1, 5);
+        long numDocs = randomLongBetween(0, 10000);
+        long numDeletedDocs = randomLongBetween(0, 100);
         DiscoveryNode localNode = new DiscoveryNode("local", buildNewFakeTransportAddress(), Version.CURRENT);
 
         List<ShardRouting> shardRoutings = new ArrayList<>(numShards);
@@ -76,10 +79,12 @@ public void testBuildTable() {
             Path path = createTempDir().resolve("indices")
                 .resolve(shardRouting.shardId().getIndex().getUUID())
                 .resolve(String.valueOf(shardRouting.shardId().id()));
+            CommonStats commonStats = new CommonStats();
+            commonStats.docs = new DocsStats(numDocs, numDeletedDocs, 0);
             ShardStats shardStats = new ShardStats(
                 shardRouting,
                 new ShardPath(false, path, path, shardRouting.shardId()),
-                null,
+                commonStats,
                 null,
                 null,
                 null
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ public void testBuildTable() {
         assertThat(headers.get(6).value, equalTo("ip"));
         assertThat(headers.get(7).value, equalTo("id"));
         assertThat(headers.get(8).value, equalTo("node"));
+        assertThat(headers.get(74).value, equalTo("docs.deleted"));
 
         final List<List<Table.Cell>> rows = table.getRows();
         assertThat(rows.size(), equalTo(numShards));
@@ -132,10 +138,12 @@ public void testBuildTable() {
             assertThat(row.get(1).value, equalTo(shardRouting.getId()));
             assertThat(row.get(2).value, equalTo(shardRouting.primary() ? "p" : "r"));
             assertThat(row.get(3).value, equalTo(shardRouting.state()));
+            assertThat(row.get(4).value, equalTo(shardStats.getStats().getDocs().getCount()));
             assertThat(row.get(6).value, equalTo(localNode.getHostAddress()));
             assertThat(row.get(7).value, equalTo(localNode.getId()));
             assertThat(row.get(72).value, equalTo(shardStats.getDataPath()));
             assertThat(row.get(73).value, equalTo(shardStats.getStatePath()));
+            assertThat(row.get(74).value, equalTo(shardStats.getStats().getDocs().getDeleted()));
         }
     }
 }