---
name: "docker-container-stats"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "docker"
version: "1:29.9.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/docker-container-stats"
---

# docker-container-stats(1)

Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics

## NAME

docker-container-stats - Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics

## SYNOPSIS

**docker container stats \[OPTIONS\] \[CONTAINER...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage statistics

## Format

Format the output using the given Go template.\
    Valid placeholders:\
       .Container - Container name or ID.\
       .Name - Container name.\
       .ID - Container ID.\
       .CPUPerc - CPU percentage.\
       .MemUsage - Memory usage.\
       .NetIO - Network IO.\
       .BlockIO - Block IO.\
       .MemPerc - Memory percentage (Not available on Windows).\
       .PIDs - Number of PIDs (Not available on Windows).

## EXAMPLES

Running **docker container stats** on all running containers.

```
$ docker container stats
CONTAINER           CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT     MEM %               NET I/O             BLOCK I/O
1285939c1fd3        0.07%               796 KiB / 64 MiB        1.21%               788 B / 648 B       3.568 MB / 512 KB
9c76f7834ae2        0.07%               2.746 MiB / 64 MiB      4.29%               1.266 KB / 648 B    12.4 MB / 0 B
d1ea048f04e4        0.03%               4.583 MiB / 64 MiB      6.30%               2.854 KB / 648 B    27.7 MB / 0 B
```

Running **docker container stats** on multiple containers by name and id.

```
$ docker container stats fervent_panini 5acfcb1b4fd1
CONTAINER           CPU %               MEM USAGE/LIMIT     MEM %               NET I/O
5acfcb1b4fd1        0.00%               115.2 MiB/1.045 GiB   11.03%              1.422 kB/648 B
fervent_panini      0.02%               11.08 MiB/1.045 GiB   1.06%               648 B/648 B
```

Running **docker container stats** with customized format on all (Running and Stopped) containers.

```
$ docker container stats --all --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"
CONTAINER ID                                                       NAME                     CPU %               MEM USAGE / LIMIT
c9dfa83f0317f87637d5b7e67aa4223337d947215c5a9947e697e4f7d3e0f834   ecstatic_noether         0.00%               56KiB / 15.57GiB
8f92d01cf3b29b4f5fca4cd33d907e05def7af5a3684711b20a2369d211ec67f   stoic_goodall            0.07%               32.86MiB / 15.57GiB
38dd23dba00f307d53d040c1d18a91361bbdcccbf592315927d56cf13d8b7343   drunk_visvesvaraya       0.00%               0B / 0B
5a8b07ec4cc52823f3cbfdb964018623c1ba307bce2c057ccdbde5f4f6990833   big_heisenberg           0.00%               0B / 0B
```

**drunk\_visvesvaraya** and **big\_heisenberg** are stopped containers in the above example.

Running **docker container stats** in JSON format.

```
$ docker container stats --format json
{"BlockIO":"43.9MB / 0B","CPUPerc":"0.00%","Container":"14c505d03da8","ID":"14c505d03da8","MemPerc":"0.21%","MemUsage":"4.242MiB / 1.944GiB","Name":"registry","NetIO":"4.17kB / 0B","PIDs":"13"}
```

## OPTIONS

**-a**, **--all**\[=false\]\
 	Show all containers (default shows just running)

**--format**=""\
 	Format output using a custom template: 'table':            Print output in table format with column headers (default) 'table TEMPLATE':   Print output in table format using the given Go template 'json':             Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE':         Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates

**--no-stream**\[=false\]\
 	Disable streaming stats and only pull the first result

**--no-trunc**\[=false\]\
 	Do not truncate output

## SEE ALSO

**[docker-container(1)](/docker-container/1.md)**