diff --git a/stubs/docker/docker/api/container.pyi b/stubs/docker/docker/api/container.pyi
index a44bd63fb4ee..f8e225493ee6 100644
--- a/stubs/docker/docker/api/container.pyi
+++ b/stubs/docker/docker/api/container.pyi
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ class _HasId(TypedDict):
 class _HasID(TypedDict):
     ID: str
 
+@type_check_only
+class _TopResult(TypedDict):
+    Titles: list[str]
+    Processes: list[list[str]]
+
 _Container: TypeAlias = _HasId | _HasID | str
 
 class ContainerApiMixin:
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@ class ContainerApiMixin:
     def start(self, container: _Container) -> None: ...
     def stats(self, container: _Container, decode: bool | None = None, stream: bool = True, one_shot: bool | None = None): ...
     def stop(self, container: _Container, timeout: int | None = None) -> None: ...
-    def top(self, container: _Container, ps_args: str | None = None) -> str: ...
+    def top(self, container: _Container, ps_args: str | None = None) -> _TopResult: ...
     def unpause(self, container: _Container) -> None: ...
     def update_container(
         self,
diff --git a/stubs/docker/docker/models/containers.pyi b/stubs/docker/docker/models/containers.pyi
index dddbb847c88e..7b12e2403bed 100644
--- a/stubs/docker/docker/models/containers.pyi
+++ b/stubs/docker/docker/models/containers.pyi
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class _RestartPolicy(TypedDict):
     MaximumRetryCount: NotRequired[int]
     Name: NotRequired[Literal["always", "on-failure"]]
 
+@type_check_only
+class _TopResult(TypedDict):
+    Titles: list[str]
+    Processes: list[list[str]]
+
 class Container(Model):
     @property
     def name(self) -> str | None: ...
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ class Container(Model):
     def start(self) -> None: ...
     def stats(self, **kwargs): ...
     def stop(self, *, timeout: float | None = None) -> None: ...
-    def top(self, *, ps_args: str | None = None) -> str: ...
+    def top(self, *, ps_args: str | None = None) -> _TopResult: ...
     def unpause(self): ...
     def update(
         self,