diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
index 8a5d9dcdf786f..f61b10c30bafb 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._last_global_step_saved = 0  # no need to save when no steps were taken
         self._last_time_checked: Optional[float] = None
         self.current_score: Optional[Tensor] = None
+        self.best_model_metrics: Optional[dict[str, Tensor]] = {}
         self.best_k_models: dict[str, Tensor] = {}
         self.kth_best_model_path = ""
         self.best_model_score: Optional[Tensor] = None
@@ -858,6 +859,9 @@ def _update_best_and_save(
         self.best_model_path = _op(self.best_k_models, key=self.best_k_models.get)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         self.best_model_score = self.best_k_models[self.best_model_path]
 
+        if self.best_model_path == filepath:
+            self.best_model_metrics = dict(monitor_candidates)
+
         if self.verbose:
             epoch = monitor_candidates["epoch"]
             step = monitor_candidates["step"]
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
index 449484da970a8..07bae39e42bac 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
@@ -1637,6 +1637,80 @@ def training_step(self, *args):
     assert model_checkpoint.current_score == expected
 
 
+def test_best_model_metrics(tmp_path):
+    """Ensure ModelCheckpoint correctly tracks best_model_metrics."""
+
+    class TestModel(BoringModel):
+        def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+            loss = super().training_step(batch, batch_idx)
+            self.log("train_loss", loss["loss"])
+            self.log("train_metric", (self.current_epoch + 1) / 10)
+            return loss
+
+        def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+            output = super().validation_step(batch, batch_idx)
+            loss = output["x"]
+            self.log("val_loss", loss)
+            self.log("val_metric", (self.current_epoch + 1) / 10)
+            return loss
+
+    checkpoint = ModelCheckpoint(dirpath=tmp_path, save_top_k=3, monitor="val_metric", mode="min")
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        default_root_dir=tmp_path,
+        max_epochs=3,
+        limit_train_batches=1,
+        limit_val_batches=1,
+        callbacks=[checkpoint],
+        logger=False,
+        enable_progress_bar=False,
+        enable_model_summary=False,
+    )
+
+    trainer.fit(TestModel())
+
+    assert hasattr(checkpoint, "best_model_metrics")
+    assert isinstance(checkpoint.best_model_metrics, dict)
+    assert "val_metric" in checkpoint.best_model_metrics
+    assert checkpoint.best_model_metrics["val_metric"] == 0.1  # best (lowest) value
+    assert "val_loss" in checkpoint.best_model_metrics
+    assert "train_loss" in checkpoint.best_model_metrics
+    assert "train_metric" in checkpoint.best_model_metrics
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["min", "max"])
+def test_best_model_metrics_mode(tmp_path, mode: str):
+    """Ensure ModelCheckpoint.best_model_metrics respects the 'mode' parameter."""
+
+    class TestModel(BoringModel):
+        def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+            output = super().validation_step(batch, batch_idx)
+            metric_value = (self.current_epoch + 1) / 10
+            self.log("val_metric", metric_value)
+            return output["x"]
+
+    checkpoint = ModelCheckpoint(dirpath=tmp_path, save_top_k=1, monitor="val_metric", mode=mode)
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        default_root_dir=tmp_path,
+        max_epochs=3,
+        limit_train_batches=1,
+        limit_val_batches=1,
+        callbacks=[checkpoint],
+        logger=False,
+        enable_progress_bar=False,
+        enable_model_summary=False,
+    )
+
+    trainer.fit(TestModel())
+
+    assert checkpoint.best_model_metrics is not None
+    assert "val_metric" in checkpoint.best_model_metrics
+
+    expected_value = 0.1 if mode == "min" else 0.3
+    assert checkpoint.best_model_metrics["val_metric"] == expected_value
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_omegaconf", [False, pytest.param(True, marks=RunIf(omegaconf=True))])
 def test_hparams_type(tmp_path, use_omegaconf):
     class TestModel(BoringModel):