diff --git a/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts b/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
index 9dc4bc957a..7c415f8b8e 100644
--- a/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
+++ b/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
@@ -615,12 +615,16 @@ export class IncrementalPublisher {
       }
 
       this._introduce(subsequentResultRecord);
+      subsequentResultRecord.publish();
       return;
     }
 
     if (subsequentResultRecord._pending.size === 0) {
       this._push(subsequentResultRecord);
     } else {
+      for (const deferredGroupedFieldSetRecord of subsequentResultRecord.deferredGroupedFieldSetRecords) {
+        deferredGroupedFieldSetRecord.publish();
+      }
       this._introduce(subsequentResultRecord);
     }
   }
@@ -701,33 +705,56 @@ function isStreamItemsRecord(
 export class InitialResultRecord {
   errors: Array<GraphQLError>;
   children: Set<SubsequentResultRecord>;
+  priority: number;
+  deferPriority: number;
+  published: true;
   constructor() {
     this.errors = [];
     this.children = new Set();
+    this.priority = 0;
+    this.deferPriority = 0;
+    this.published = true;
   }
 }
 
 /** @internal */
 export class DeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord {
   path: ReadonlyArray<string | number>;
+  priority: number;
+  deferPriority: number;
   deferredFragmentRecords: ReadonlyArray<DeferredFragmentRecord>;
   groupedFieldSet: GroupedFieldSet;
   shouldInitiateDefer: boolean;
   errors: Array<GraphQLError>;
   data: ObjMap<unknown> | undefined;
+  published: true | Promise<void>;
+  publish: () => void;
   sent: boolean;
 
   constructor(opts: {
     path: Path | undefined;
+    priority: number;
+    deferPriority: number;
     deferredFragmentRecords: ReadonlyArray<DeferredFragmentRecord>;
     groupedFieldSet: GroupedFieldSet;
     shouldInitiateDefer: boolean;
   }) {
     this.path = pathToArray(opts.path);
+    this.priority = opts.priority;
+    this.deferPriority = opts.deferPriority;
     this.deferredFragmentRecords = opts.deferredFragmentRecords;
     this.groupedFieldSet = opts.groupedFieldSet;
     this.shouldInitiateDefer = opts.shouldInitiateDefer;
     this.errors = [];
+    // promiseWithResolvers uses void only as a generic type parameter
+    // see: https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/no-invalid-void-type/
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-invalid-void-type
+    const { promise: published, resolve } = promiseWithResolvers<void>();
+    this.published = published;
+    this.publish = () => {
+      resolve();
+      this.published = true;
+    };
     this.sent = false;
   }
 }
@@ -778,21 +805,42 @@ export class StreamItemsRecord {
   errors: Array<GraphQLError>;
   streamRecord: StreamRecord;
   path: ReadonlyArray<string | number>;
+  priority: number;
+  deferPriority: number;
   items: Array<unknown>;
   children: Set<SubsequentResultRecord>;
   isFinalRecord?: boolean;
   isCompletedAsyncIterator?: boolean;
   isCompleted: boolean;
   filtered: boolean;
+  published: true | Promise<void>;
+  publish: () => void;
+  sent: boolean;
 
-  constructor(opts: { streamRecord: StreamRecord; path: Path | undefined }) {
+  constructor(opts: {
+    streamRecord: StreamRecord;
+    path: Path | undefined;
+    priority: number;
+  }) {
     this.streamRecord = opts.streamRecord;
     this.path = pathToArray(opts.path);
+    this.priority = opts.priority;
+    this.deferPriority = 0;
     this.children = new Set();
     this.errors = [];
     this.isCompleted = false;
     this.filtered = false;
     this.items = [];
+    // promiseWithResolvers uses void only as a generic type parameter
+    // see: https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/no-invalid-void-type/
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-invalid-void-type
+    const { promise: published, resolve } = promiseWithResolvers<void>();
+    this.published = published;
+    this.publish = () => {
+      resolve();
+      this.published = true;
+    };
+    this.sent = false;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/execution/__tests__/defer-test.ts b/src/execution/__tests__/defer-test.ts
index 33c310523b..d430142f7c 100644
--- a/src/execution/__tests__/defer-test.ts
+++ b/src/execution/__tests__/defer-test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { assert, expect } from 'chai';
 import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
 
 import { expectJSON } from '../../__testUtils__/expectJSON.js';
 import { expectPromise } from '../../__testUtils__/expectPromise.js';
 import { resolveOnNextTick } from '../../__testUtils__/resolveOnNextTick.js';
 
+import { isPromise } from '../../jsutils/isPromise.js';
+
 import type { DocumentNode } from '../../language/ast.js';
+import { Kind } from '../../language/kinds.js';
 import { parse } from '../../language/parser.js';
 
+import type { FieldDetails } from '../../type/definition.js';
 import {
   GraphQLList,
   GraphQLNonNull,
@@ -216,6 +220,174 @@ describe('Execute: defer directive', () => {
       },
     });
   });
+  it('Can provides correct info about deferred execution state when resolver could defer', async () => {
+    let fieldDetails: ReadonlyArray<FieldDetails> | undefined;
+    let deferPriority;
+    let published;
+    let resumed;
+
+    const SomeType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'SomeType',
+      fields: {
+        someField: {
+          type: GraphQLString,
+          resolve: () => Promise.resolve('someField'),
+        },
+        deferredField: {
+          type: GraphQLString,
+          resolve: async (_parent, _args, _context, info) => {
+            fieldDetails = info.fieldDetails;
+            deferPriority = info.deferPriority;
+            published = info.published;
+            await published;
+            resumed = true;
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const someSchema = new GraphQLSchema({ query: SomeType });
+
+    const document = parse(`
+      query {
+        someField
+        ... @defer {
+          deferredField
+        }
+      }
+    `);
+
+    const operation = document.definitions[0];
+    assert(operation.kind === Kind.OPERATION_DEFINITION);
+    const fragment = operation.selectionSet.selections[1];
+    assert(fragment.kind === Kind.INLINE_FRAGMENT);
+    const field = fragment.selectionSet.selections[0];
+
+    const result = experimentalExecuteIncrementally({
+      schema: someSchema,
+      document,
+    });
+
+    expect(fieldDetails).to.equal(undefined);
+    expect(deferPriority).to.equal(undefined);
+    expect(published).to.equal(undefined);
+    expect(resumed).to.equal(undefined);
+
+    const initialPayload = await result;
+    assert('initialResult' in initialPayload);
+    const iterator = initialPayload.subsequentResults[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    await iterator.next();
+
+    assert(fieldDetails !== undefined);
+    expect(fieldDetails[0].node).to.equal(field);
+    expect(fieldDetails[0].target?.deferPriority).to.equal(1);
+    expect(deferPriority).to.equal(1);
+    expect(isPromise(published)).to.equal(true);
+    expect(resumed).to.equal(true);
+  });
+  it('Can provides correct info about deferred execution state when deferred field is masked by non-deferred field', async () => {
+    let fieldDetails: ReadonlyArray<FieldDetails> | undefined;
+    let deferPriority;
+    let published;
+
+    const SomeType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'SomeType',
+      fields: {
+        someField: {
+          type: GraphQLString,
+          resolve: (_parent, _args, _context, info) => {
+            fieldDetails = info.fieldDetails;
+            deferPriority = info.deferPriority;
+            published = info.published;
+            return 'someField';
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const someSchema = new GraphQLSchema({ query: SomeType });
+
+    const document = parse(`
+      query {
+        someField
+        ... @defer {
+          someField
+        }
+      }
+    `);
+
+    const operation = document.definitions[0];
+    assert(operation.kind === Kind.OPERATION_DEFINITION);
+    const node1 = operation.selectionSet.selections[0];
+    const fragment = operation.selectionSet.selections[1];
+    assert(fragment.kind === Kind.INLINE_FRAGMENT);
+    const node2 = fragment.selectionSet.selections[0];
+
+    const result = experimentalExecuteIncrementally({
+      schema: someSchema,
+      document,
+    });
+
+    const initialPayload = await result;
+    assert('initialResult' in initialPayload);
+    expect(initialPayload.initialResult).to.deep.equal({
+      data: {
+        someField: 'someField',
+      },
+      pending: [{ path: [] }],
+      hasNext: true,
+    });
+
+    assert(fieldDetails !== undefined);
+    expect(fieldDetails[0].node).to.equal(node1);
+    expect(fieldDetails[0].target).to.equal(undefined);
+    expect(fieldDetails[1].node).to.equal(node2);
+    expect(fieldDetails[1].target?.deferPriority).to.equal(1);
+    expect(deferPriority).to.equal(0);
+    expect(published).to.equal(true);
+  });
+  it('Can provides correct info about deferred execution state when resolver need not defer', async () => {
+    let deferPriority;
+    let published;
+    const SomeType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'SomeType',
+      fields: {
+        deferredField: {
+          type: GraphQLString,
+          resolve: (_parent, _args, _context, info) => {
+            deferPriority = info.deferPriority;
+            published = info.published;
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const someSchema = new GraphQLSchema({ query: SomeType });
+
+    const document = parse(`
+      query {
+        ... @defer {
+          deferredField
+        }
+      }
+    `);
+
+    const result = experimentalExecuteIncrementally({
+      schema: someSchema,
+      document,
+    });
+
+    expect(deferPriority).to.equal(undefined);
+    expect(published).to.equal(undefined);
+
+    const initialPayload = await result;
+    assert('initialResult' in initialPayload);
+    const iterator = initialPayload.subsequentResults[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    await iterator.next();
+
+    expect(deferPriority).to.equal(1);
+    expect(published).to.equal(true);
+  });
   it('Does not disable defer with null if argument', async () => {
     const document = parse(`
       query HeroNameQuery($shouldDefer: Boolean) {
diff --git a/src/execution/__tests__/executor-test.ts b/src/execution/__tests__/executor-test.ts
index c29b4ae60d..9132ca36bd 100644
--- a/src/execution/__tests__/executor-test.ts
+++ b/src/execution/__tests__/executor-test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { inspect } from '../../jsutils/inspect.js';
 import { Kind } from '../../language/kinds.js';
 import { parse } from '../../language/parser.js';
 
+import type { GraphQLResolveInfo } from '../../type/definition.js';
 import {
   GraphQLInterfaceType,
   GraphQLList,
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ describe('Execute: Handles basic execution tasks', () => {
   });
 
   it('provides info about current execution state', () => {
-    let resolvedInfo;
+    let resolvedInfo: GraphQLResolveInfo | undefined;
     const testType = new GraphQLObjectType({
       name: 'Test',
       fields: {
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ describe('Execute: Handles basic execution tasks', () => {
 
     expect(resolvedInfo).to.have.all.keys(
       'fieldName',
-      'fieldNodes',
+      'fieldDetails',
       'returnType',
       'parentType',
       'path',
@@ -222,6 +223,9 @@ describe('Execute: Handles basic execution tasks', () => {
       'rootValue',
       'operation',
       'variableValues',
+      'priority',
+      'deferPriority',
+      'published',
     );
 
     const operation = document.definitions[0];
@@ -234,14 +238,24 @@ describe('Execute: Handles basic execution tasks', () => {
       schema,
       rootValue,
       operation,
+      priority: 0,
+      deferPriority: 0,
+      published: true,
     });
 
-    const field = operation.selectionSet.selections[0];
     expect(resolvedInfo).to.deep.include({
-      fieldNodes: [field],
       path: { prev: undefined, key: 'result', typename: 'Test' },
       variableValues: { var: 'abc' },
     });
+
+    const fieldDetails = resolvedInfo?.fieldDetails;
+    assert(fieldDetails !== undefined);
+
+    const field = operation.selectionSet.selections[0];
+    expect(fieldDetails[0]).to.deep.include({
+      node: field,
+      target: undefined,
+    });
   });
 
   it('populates path correctly with complex types', () => {
diff --git a/src/execution/collectFields.ts b/src/execution/collectFields.ts
index 43b36343eb..dc63ff803e 100644
--- a/src/execution/collectFields.ts
+++ b/src/execution/collectFields.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ import type {
 import { OperationTypeNode } from '../language/ast.js';
 import { Kind } from '../language/kinds.js';
 
-import type { GraphQLObjectType } from '../type/definition.js';
+import type {
+  DeferUsage,
+  FieldDetails,
+  GraphQLObjectType,
+  Target,
+} from '../type/definition.js';
 import { isAbstractType } from '../type/definition.js';
 import {
   GraphQLDeferDirective,
@@ -28,24 +33,13 @@ import { typeFromAST } from '../utilities/typeFromAST.js';
 
 import { getDirectiveValues } from './values.js';
 
-export interface DeferUsage {
-  label: string | undefined;
-  ancestors: ReadonlyArray<Target>;
-}
-
 export const NON_DEFERRED_TARGET_SET = new OrderedSet<Target>([
   undefined,
 ]).freeze();
 
-export type Target = DeferUsage | undefined;
 export type TargetSet = ReadonlyOrderedSet<Target>;
 export type DeferUsageSet = ReadonlyOrderedSet<DeferUsage>;
 
-export interface FieldDetails {
-  node: FieldNode;
-  target: Target;
-}
-
 export interface FieldGroup {
   fields: ReadonlyArray<FieldDetails>;
   targets: TargetSet;
@@ -213,12 +207,19 @@ function collectFieldsImpl(
         let target: Target;
         if (!defer) {
           target = newTarget;
+        } else if (parentTarget === undefined) {
+          target = {
+            ...defer,
+            ancestors: [parentTarget],
+            deferPriority: 1,
+          };
+          newDeferUsages.push(target);
         } else {
-          const ancestors =
-            parentTarget === undefined
-              ? [parentTarget]
-              : [parentTarget, ...parentTarget.ancestors];
-          target = { ...defer, ancestors };
+          target = {
+            ...defer,
+            ancestors: [parentTarget, ...parentTarget.ancestors],
+            deferPriority: parentTarget.deferPriority + 1,
+          };
           newDeferUsages.push(target);
         }
 
@@ -255,12 +256,19 @@ function collectFieldsImpl(
         if (!defer) {
           visitedFragmentNames.add(fragName);
           target = newTarget;
+        } else if (parentTarget === undefined) {
+          target = {
+            ...defer,
+            ancestors: [parentTarget],
+            deferPriority: 1,
+          };
+          newDeferUsages.push(target);
         } else {
-          const ancestors =
-            parentTarget === undefined
-              ? [parentTarget]
-              : [parentTarget, ...parentTarget.ancestors];
-          target = { ...defer, ancestors };
+          target = {
+            ...defer,
+            ancestors: [parentTarget, ...parentTarget.ancestors],
+            deferPriority: parentTarget.deferPriority + 1,
+          };
           newDeferUsages.push(target);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/execution/execute.ts b/src/execution/execute.ts
index 55bba806f5..1683aaffae 100644
--- a/src/execution/execute.ts
+++ b/src/execution/execute.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { OperationTypeNode } from '../language/ast.js';
 import { Kind } from '../language/kinds.js';
 
 import type {
+  DeferUsage,
   GraphQLAbstractType,
   GraphQLField,
   GraphQLFieldResolver,
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ import type { GraphQLSchema } from '../type/schema.js';
 import { assertValidSchema } from '../type/validate.js';
 
 import type {
-  DeferUsage,
   DeferUsageSet,
   FieldGroup,
   GroupedFieldSet,
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ function executeOperation(
   const newDeferredGroupedFieldSetRecords = addNewDeferredGroupedFieldSets(
     incrementalPublisher,
     newGroupedFieldSetDetails,
+    initialResultRecord,
     newDeferMap,
     path,
   );
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ function executeField(
     fieldGroup,
     parentType,
     path,
+    incrementalDataRecord,
   );
 
   // Get the resolve function, regardless of if its result is normal or abrupt (error).
@@ -691,12 +693,31 @@ export function buildResolveInfo(
   fieldGroup: FieldGroup,
   parentType: GraphQLObjectType,
   path: Path,
+  incrementalDataRecord?: IncrementalDataRecord | undefined,
 ): GraphQLResolveInfo {
   // The resolve function's optional fourth argument is a collection of
   // information about the current execution state.
+  if (incrementalDataRecord === undefined) {
+    return {
+      fieldName: fieldDef.name,
+      fieldDetails: fieldGroup.fields,
+      returnType: fieldDef.type,
+      parentType,
+      path,
+      schema: exeContext.schema,
+      fragments: exeContext.fragments,
+      rootValue: exeContext.rootValue,
+      operation: exeContext.operation,
+      variableValues: exeContext.variableValues,
+      priority: 0,
+      deferPriority: 0,
+      published: true,
+    };
+  }
+
   return {
     fieldName: fieldDef.name,
-    fieldNodes: toNodes(fieldGroup),
+    fieldDetails: fieldGroup.fields,
     returnType: fieldDef.type,
     parentType,
     path,
@@ -705,6 +726,12 @@ export function buildResolveInfo(
     rootValue: exeContext.rootValue,
     operation: exeContext.operation,
     variableValues: exeContext.variableValues,
+    priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority,
+    deferPriority: incrementalDataRecord.deferPriority,
+    published:
+      incrementalDataRecord.published === true
+        ? true
+        : incrementalDataRecord.published,
   };
 }
 
@@ -1469,6 +1496,7 @@ function deferredFragmentRecordFromDeferUsage(
 function addNewDeferredGroupedFieldSets(
   incrementalPublisher: IncrementalPublisher,
   newGroupedFieldSetDetails: Map<DeferUsageSet, GroupedFieldSetDetails>,
+  incrementalDataRecord: IncrementalDataRecord,
   deferMap: ReadonlyMap<DeferUsage, DeferredFragmentRecord>,
   path?: Path | undefined,
 ): ReadonlyArray<DeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord> {
@@ -1483,12 +1511,23 @@ function addNewDeferredGroupedFieldSets(
       newGroupedFieldSetDeferUsages,
       deferMap,
     );
-    const deferredGroupedFieldSetRecord = new DeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord({
-      path,
-      deferredFragmentRecords,
-      groupedFieldSet,
-      shouldInitiateDefer,
-    });
+    const deferredGroupedFieldSetRecord = shouldInitiateDefer
+      ? new DeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord({
+          path,
+          priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority + 1,
+          deferPriority: incrementalDataRecord.deferPriority + 1,
+          deferredFragmentRecords,
+          groupedFieldSet,
+          shouldInitiateDefer: true,
+        })
+      : new DeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord({
+          path,
+          priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority,
+          deferPriority: incrementalDataRecord.deferPriority,
+          deferredFragmentRecords,
+          groupedFieldSet,
+          shouldInitiateDefer: false,
+        });
     incrementalPublisher.reportNewDeferredGroupedFieldSetRecord(
       deferredGroupedFieldSetRecord,
     );
@@ -1533,6 +1572,7 @@ function collectAndExecuteSubfields(
   const newDeferredGroupedFieldSetRecords = addNewDeferredGroupedFieldSets(
     incrementalPublisher,
     newGroupedFieldSetDetails,
+    incrementalDataRecord,
     newDeferMap,
     path,
   );
@@ -1951,6 +1991,7 @@ function executeStreamField(
   const streamItemsRecord = new StreamItemsRecord({
     streamRecord,
     path: itemPath,
+    priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority + 1,
   });
   incrementalPublisher.reportNewStreamItemsRecord(
     streamItemsRecord,
@@ -2143,6 +2184,7 @@ async function executeStreamAsyncIterator(
     const streamItemsRecord = new StreamItemsRecord({
       streamRecord,
       path: itemPath,
+      priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority + 1,
     });
     incrementalPublisher.reportNewStreamItemsRecord(
       streamItemsRecord,
diff --git a/src/type/definition.ts b/src/type/definition.ts
index 0ca4152bd2..1da73124eb 100644
--- a/src/type/definition.ts
+++ b/src/type/definition.ts
@@ -885,9 +885,22 @@ export type GraphQLFieldResolver<
   info: GraphQLResolveInfo,
 ) => TResult;
 
+export interface DeferUsage {
+  label: string | undefined;
+  ancestors: ReadonlyArray<Target>;
+  deferPriority: number;
+}
+
+export type Target = DeferUsage | undefined;
+
+export interface FieldDetails {
+  node: FieldNode;
+  target: Target;
+}
+
 export interface GraphQLResolveInfo {
   readonly fieldName: string;
-  readonly fieldNodes: ReadonlyArray<FieldNode>;
+  readonly fieldDetails: ReadonlyArray<FieldDetails>;
   readonly returnType: GraphQLOutputType;
   readonly parentType: GraphQLObjectType;
   readonly path: Path;
@@ -896,6 +909,9 @@ export interface GraphQLResolveInfo {
   readonly rootValue: unknown;
   readonly operation: OperationDefinitionNode;
   readonly variableValues: { [variable: string]: unknown };
+  readonly priority: number;
+  readonly deferPriority: number;
+  readonly published: true | Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /**