diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9381aeee9865f..5c43c56c6e869 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [Workload Management] Add rejection logic for co-ordinator and shard level requests ([#15428](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15428)))
 - Adding translog durability validation in index templates ([#15494](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15494))
 - Add index creation using the context field ([#15290](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15290))
+- Add fieldType to AbstractQueryBuilder and FieldSortBuilder ([#15328](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15328)))
 - [Reader Writer Separation] Add searchOnly replica routing configuration ([#15410](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15410))
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/modules/mapper-extras/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RankFeatureQueryBuilder.java b/modules/mapper-extras/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RankFeatureQueryBuilder.java
index 13591d0782ea2..53bafa1346711 100644
--- a/modules/mapper-extras/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RankFeatureQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/mapper-extras/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/RankFeatureQueryBuilder.java
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         final MappedFieldType ft = context.fieldMapper(field);
diff --git a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
index e930780613ed6..837cf8981fcee 100644
--- a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static HasChildQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String childType = null;
diff --git a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
index d296a7b0141ff..e1438f0713034 100644
--- a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static HasParentQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String parentType = null;
diff --git a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/ParentIdQueryBuilder.java b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/ParentIdQueryBuilder.java
index bfc01bf151a9c..605f2abcabdc4 100644
--- a/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/ParentIdQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/parent-join/src/main/java/org/opensearch/join/query/ParentIdQueryBuilder.java
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static ParentIdQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String type = null;
diff --git a/modules/percolator/src/main/java/org/opensearch/percolator/PercolateQueryBuilder.java b/modules/percolator/src/main/java/org/opensearch/percolator/PercolateQueryBuilder.java
index 6933bfbef4666..38e941fc42b87 100644
--- a/modules/percolator/src/main/java/org/opensearch/percolator/PercolateQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/percolator/src/main/java/org/opensearch/percolator/PercolateQueryBuilder.java
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PercolateQueryBuilder, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME, args -> {
         String field = (String) args[0];
         BytesReference document = (BytesReference) args[1];
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldTypeLookup.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldTypeLookup.java
index 7a9a0c5fb5428..dfedbd23ae5ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldTypeLookup.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldTypeLookup.java
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ class FieldTypeLookup implements Iterable<MappedFieldType> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the mapped field type for the given field name.
+     * Returns the {@link MappedFieldType} for the given field name
+     * or null if the field name is not found.
      */
     public MappedFieldType get(String field) {
         String concreteField = aliasToConcreteName.getOrDefault(field, field);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
index 530a3092a5aa7..400232ff164db 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ public DocumentMapperForType documentMapperWithAutoCreate() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Given the full name of a field, returns its {@link MappedFieldType}.
+     * Given the full name of a field, returns its {@link MappedFieldType}
+     * or null if the field is not found.
      */
     public MappedFieldType fieldType(String fullName) {
         return this.mapper == null ? null : this.mapper.fieldTypes().get(fullName);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/AbstractQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/AbstractQueryBuilder.java
index 66c6ee115c3f0..2e9b856b4fdc5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/AbstractQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/AbstractQueryBuilder.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryBuilder<QB extends AbstractQueryBuilder<QB>>
     public static final ParseField BOOST_FIELD = new ParseField("boost");
 
     protected String queryName;
+    protected String fieldType;
     protected float boost = DEFAULT_BOOST;
 
     protected AbstractQueryBuilder() {
@@ -112,6 +113,27 @@ protected void printBoostAndQueryName(XContentBuilder builder) throws IOExceptio
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns field name as String.
+     * Abstract method to be implemented by all child classes.
+     */
+    public abstract String fieldName();
+
+    /**
+     * Default method for child classes which do not have a custom {@link #fieldName()} implementation.
+     */
+    protected static String getDefaultFieldName() {
+        return null;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Returns field type as String for QueryBuilder classes which have a defined fieldName.
+     * Else returns null.
+     */
+    public final String getFieldType() {
+        return fieldType;
+    };
+
     @Override
     public final Query toQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         Query query = doToQuery(context);
@@ -125,6 +147,7 @@ public final Query toQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
                 context.addNamedQuery(queryName, query);
             }
         }
+        fieldType = context.getFieldTypeString(fieldName());
         return query;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.java
index c44a7ef6a397c..fe93a5aec6950 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.java
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     private static void doXArrayContent(ParseField field, List<QueryBuilder> clauses, XContentBuilder builder, Params params)
         throws IOException {
         if (clauses.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoostingQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoostingQueryBuilder.java
index 1b52ae2f03605..185dbf60b5a43 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoostingQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/BoostingQueryBuilder.java
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static BoostingQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         QueryBuilder positiveQuery = null;
         boolean positiveQueryFound = false;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ConstantScoreQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ConstantScoreQueryBuilder.java
index b2764d29da80a..db92536fe9201 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ConstantScoreQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ConstantScoreQueryBuilder.java
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static ConstantScoreQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         QueryBuilder query = null;
         boolean queryFound = false;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DisMaxQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DisMaxQueryBuilder.java
index bd8ec62f6c43e..fe90be91a8f89 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DisMaxQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DisMaxQueryBuilder.java
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static DisMaxQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         float tieBreaker = DisMaxQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_TIE_BREAKER;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DistanceFeatureQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DistanceFeatureQueryBuilder.java
index 1d9f0479c6b17..016b6357f4934 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DistanceFeatureQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/DistanceFeatureQueryBuilder.java
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         return fieldType.distanceFeatureQuery(origin.origin(), pivot, 1.0f, context);
     }
 
-    String fieldName() {
+    @Override
+    public String fieldName() {
         return field;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
index d7ebdbff10adb..a47b37204fa55 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     private static final ObjectParser<IdsQueryBuilder, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>(NAME, IdsQueryBuilder::new);
 
     static {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java
index 125035ea5e95a..3965bb47ad1b9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static IntervalQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
             throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchAllQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchAllQueryBuilder.java
index c62ee0ac39584..07e6737597977 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchAllQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchAllQueryBuilder.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     private static final ObjectParser<MatchAllQueryBuilder, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>(NAME, MatchAllQueryBuilder::new);
 
     static {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchNoneQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchNoneQueryBuilder.java
index 17e84bc785206..c07e5c9d77600 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchNoneQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MatchNoneQueryBuilder.java
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static MatchNoneQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         String currentFieldName = null;
         XContentParser.Token token;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
index e6472afef2215..141d4beb5f885 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         // document inputs
         List<String> fields = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
index 6227e5d2fa806..8eb5beadf3e48 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryBuilder.java
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@ public void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExceptio
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static MultiMatchQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         Object value = null;
         Map<String, Float> fieldsBoosts = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
index 5908882472ce7..f5aab8c967b88 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static NestedQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         ScoreMode scoreMode = ScoreMode.Avg;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContext.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContext.java
index 91313092d8d28..b0ed049e6a1f4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContext.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContext.java
@@ -364,6 +364,22 @@ public MappedFieldType fieldMapper(String name) {
         return failIfFieldMappingNotFound(name, mapperService.fieldType(name));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns field type as String for the given field name.
+     * If field is not mapped or mapperService is null, returns null.
+     */
+    public String getFieldTypeString(String fieldName) {
+        if (fieldName != null) {
+            if (mapperService != null) {
+                MappedFieldType mappedFieldType = mapperService.fieldType(fieldName);
+                if (mappedFieldType != null) {
+                    return mappedFieldType.typeName();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public ObjectMapper getObjectMapper(String name) {
         return mapperService.getObjectMapper(name);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
index 3d8fbd5fc436d..e6148a23944d9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryBuilder.java
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static QueryStringQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         String currentFieldName = null;
         XContentParser.Token token;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ScriptQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ScriptQueryBuilder.java
index ded6fd0528c33..4d895bc8bb725 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ScriptQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/ScriptQueryBuilder.java
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params builderParams) throws
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static ScriptQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         // also, when caching, since its isCacheable is false, will result in loading all bit set...
         Script script = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SimpleQueryStringBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SimpleQueryStringBuilder.java
index 57ae7dd0ea5e9..5d5da6275601c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SimpleQueryStringBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SimpleQueryStringBuilder.java
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SimpleQueryStringBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         String currentFieldName = null;
         String queryBody = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanContainingQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanContainingQueryBuilder.java
index 32a19ea3e9b50..e7cc3c6f40855 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanContainingQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanContainingQueryBuilder.java
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanContainingQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String queryName = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanFirstQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanFirstQueryBuilder.java
index bcbc64ddf386d..d8ad0c83ad0bd 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanFirstQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanFirstQueryBuilder.java
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanFirstQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanMultiTermQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanMultiTermQueryBuilder.java
index 96d03c91964e3..f026dddfe3522 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanMultiTermQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanMultiTermQueryBuilder.java
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanMultiTermQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         String currentFieldName = null;
         MultiTermQueryBuilder subQuery = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilder.java
index 30a1c29c29126..536024666dc38 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilder.java
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanNearQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         int slop = DEFAULT_SLOP;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNotQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNotQueryBuilder.java
index 59ec5b9d77fc8..75ccd028656c2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNotQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanNotQueryBuilder.java
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanNotQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanOrQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanOrQueryBuilder.java
index fae1e318c66bd..2014d9b807b6f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanOrQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanOrQueryBuilder.java
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanOrQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String queryName = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanWithinQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanWithinQueryBuilder.java
index 4d5a6dde61a70..b1c0aebc1fb52 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanWithinQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SpanWithinQueryBuilder.java
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static SpanWithinQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         float boost = AbstractQueryBuilder.DEFAULT_BOOST;
         String queryName = null;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/TermsSetQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/TermsSetQueryBuilder.java
index e2cf7384ecac7..d6b3ecd102c08 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/TermsSetQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/TermsSetQueryBuilder.java
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static TermsSetQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         XContentParser.Token token = parser.nextToken();
         if (token != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/WrapperQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/WrapperQueryBuilder.java
index 8a322b2f9e173..d08d50f17191b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/WrapperQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/WrapperQueryBuilder.java
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static WrapperQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         XContentParser.Token token = parser.nextToken();
         if (token != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryBuilder.java
index b3c797f11de6d..454bf62e837f9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryBuilder.java
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public FunctionScoreQueryBuilder setMinScore(float minScore) {
         this.minScore = minScore;
         return this;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/ScriptScoreQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/ScriptScoreQueryBuilder.java
index fe9ad200d44f0..160616faed114 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/ScriptScoreQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/functionscore/ScriptScoreQueryBuilder.java
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public ScriptScoreQueryBuilder setMinScore(float minScore) {
         this.minScore = minScore;
         return this;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
index 5cecda1346b90..c93e37da6854d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ public BucketedSort buildBucketedSort(QueryShardContext context, int bucketSize,
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String fieldName() {
+        return fieldName;
+    }
+
     private MappedFieldType resolveUnmappedType(QueryShardContext context) {
         if (unmappedType == null) {
             throw new QueryShardException(context, "No mapping found for [" + fieldName + "] in order to sort on");
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilder.java
index 1be49e5ca81ce..38774c0e10b71 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilder.java
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ protected float docValue() {
         };
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object object) {
         if (this == object) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
index bb1930eb3a953..0ffc2b960fcd3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ public BucketedSort buildBucketedSort(QueryShardContext context, int bucketSize,
         return fieldComparatorSource(context).newBucketedSort(context.bigArrays(), order, DocValueFormat.RAW, bucketSize, extra);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     private IndexFieldData.XFieldComparatorSource fieldComparatorSource(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         MultiValueMode valueMode = null;
         if (sortMode != null) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
index a8c21e7311061..d6c5f2b5f3144 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 public abstract class SortBuilder<T extends SortBuilder<T>> implements NamedWriteable, ToXContentObject, Rewriteable<SortBuilder<?>> {
 
     protected SortOrder order = SortOrder.ASC;
+    protected String fieldType;
 
     // parse fields common to more than one SortBuilder
     public static final ParseField ORDER_FIELD = new ParseField("order");
@@ -161,11 +162,17 @@ private static void parseCompoundSortField(XContentParser parser, List<SortBuild
         }
     }
 
+    SortFieldAndFormat buildHelper(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
+        SortFieldAndFormat sortFieldAndFormat = build(context);
+        fieldType = context.getFieldTypeString(fieldName());
+        return sortFieldAndFormat;
+    }
+
     public static Optional<SortAndFormats> buildSort(List<SortBuilder<?>> sortBuilders, QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         List<SortField> sortFields = new ArrayList<>(sortBuilders.size());
         List<DocValueFormat> sortFormats = new ArrayList<>(sortBuilders.size());
         for (SortBuilder<?> builder : sortBuilders) {
-            SortFieldAndFormat sf = builder.build(context);
+            SortFieldAndFormat sf = builder.buildHelper(context);
             sortFields.add(sf.field);
             sortFormats.add(sf.format);
         }
@@ -287,4 +294,25 @@ protected static QueryBuilder parseNestedFilter(XContentParser parser) {
     public String toString() {
         return Strings.toString(MediaTypeRegistry.JSON, this, true, true);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns field name as String.
+     * Abstract method to be implemented by all child classes.
+     */
+    public abstract String fieldName();
+
+    /**
+     * Default method for child classes which do not have a custom {@link #fieldName()} implementation.
+     */
+    protected static String getDefaultFieldName() {
+        return null;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Returns field type as String for SortBuilder classes which have a defined fieldName.
+     * Else returns null.
+     */
+    public final String getFieldType() {
+        return fieldType;
+    };
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContextTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContextTests.java
index 12677edc8efa7..294e175ca670e 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContextTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/QueryShardContextTests.java
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.TextFieldMapper;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.TextSearchInfo;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.ValueFetcher;
 import org.opensearch.search.lookup.LeafDocLookup;
 import org.opensearch.search.lookup.LeafSearchLookup;
 import org.opensearch.search.lookup.SearchLookup;
@@ -150,6 +152,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
 
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public String fieldName() {
+                return getDefaultFieldName();
+            }
+
             @Override
             protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
                 throw new RuntimeException("boom");
@@ -479,4 +486,72 @@ public void collect(int doc) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testGetFieldTypeString() {
+        MapperService mapperService = mock(MapperService.class);
+
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("index.version.created", Version.CURRENT)
+            .put("index.number_of_shards", 1)
+            .put("index.number_of_replicas", 0)
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, "uuid")
+            .build();
+        IndexMetadata indexMetadata = new IndexMetadata.Builder("index").settings(settings).build();
+        IndexSettings indexSettings = new IndexSettings(indexMetadata, settings);
+        QueryShardContext queryShardContext = new QueryShardContext(
+            0,
+            indexSettings,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            mapperService,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null
+        );
+
+        MappedFieldType mappedFieldType = new MappedFieldType("field", true, false, true, TextSearchInfo.NONE, Collections.emptyMap()) {
+            @Override
+            public String typeName() {
+                return "long";
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public ValueFetcher valueFetcher(QueryShardContext context, SearchLookup searchLookup, String format) {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Query termQuery(Object value, QueryShardContext context) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+
+        when(mapperService.fieldType(any())).thenReturn(null);
+
+        // Null fieldName
+        String fieldType = queryShardContext.getFieldTypeString(null);
+        assertEquals(null, fieldType);
+
+        // MapperService return null
+        fieldType = queryShardContext.getFieldTypeString("field1");
+        assertEquals(null, fieldType);
+
+        when(mapperService.fieldType("field")).thenReturn(mappedFieldType);
+
+        // Unmapped fieldName
+        fieldType = queryShardContext.getFieldTypeString("unknown_field");
+        assertEquals(null, fieldType);
+        // Date fieldType
+        fieldType = queryShardContext.getFieldTypeString("field");
+        assertEquals("long", fieldType);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryBuilder.java
index 2b0aaa2dd7091..a32b8aaf7c2f7 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryBuilder.java
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOExcep
         builder.startObject(NAME).endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String fieldName() {
+        return getDefaultFieldName();
+    }
+
     public static DummyQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         XContentParser.Token token = parser.nextToken();
         assert token == XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
index e8a0f70ee3563..9fb4db96cbf7c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
@@ -900,6 +900,11 @@ protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) {}
         @Override
         protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) {}
 
+        @Override
+        public String fieldName() {
+            return getDefaultFieldName();
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) {
             return null;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/AbstractSortTestCase.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/AbstractSortTestCase.java
index 257ff1015e3b4..9634c80f26fb8 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/AbstractSortTestCase.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/AbstractSortTestCase.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.ContentPath;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.Mapper.BuilderContext;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.NumberFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.ObjectMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.ObjectMapper.Nested;
@@ -199,10 +200,18 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashcode() {
     }
 
     protected final QueryShardContext createMockShardContext() {
-        return createMockShardContext(null);
+        return createMockShardContext(null, null);
     }
 
     protected final QueryShardContext createMockShardContext(IndexSearcher searcher) {
+        return createMockShardContext(searcher, null);
+    }
+
+    protected final QueryShardContext createMockShardContext(MapperService mockMapperService) {
+        return createMockShardContext(null, mockMapperService);
+    }
+
+    protected final QueryShardContext createMockShardContext(IndexSearcher searcher, MapperService mapperService) {
         Index index = new Index(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 10), "_na_");
         IndexSettings idxSettings = IndexSettingsModule.newIndexSettings(
             index,
@@ -222,7 +231,7 @@ protected final QueryShardContext createMockShardContext(IndexSearcher searcher)
             BigArrays.NON_RECYCLING_INSTANCE,
             bitsetFilterCache,
             indexFieldDataLookup,
-            null,
+            mapperService,
             null,
             scriptService,
             xContentRegistry(),
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
index 9b8cd1b5f1ce0..3a889fa0bc551 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.sandbox.document.BigIntegerPoint;
 import org.apache.lucene.sandbox.document.HalfFloatPoint;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortedNumericSelector;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortedNumericSortField;
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.KeywordFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.NestedPathFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.NumberFieldMapper;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.TextSearchInfo;
+import org.opensearch.index.mapper.ValueFetcher;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.MatchNoneQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
@@ -77,11 +81,13 @@
 import org.opensearch.search.MultiValueMode;
 import org.opensearch.search.SearchSortValuesAndFormats;
 import org.opensearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.search.lookup.SearchLookup;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@
 import static org.opensearch.search.sort.FieldSortBuilder.getPrimaryFieldSortOrNull;
 import static org.opensearch.search.sort.NestedSortBuilderTests.createRandomNestedSort;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 public class FieldSortBuilderTests extends AbstractSortTestCase<FieldSortBuilder> {
 
@@ -704,6 +712,36 @@ public void testIsBottomSortShardDisjoint() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that the sort builder fieldType is set properly
+     */
+    public void testSortFieldFieldType() throws IOException {
+        MapperService mapperService = mock(MapperService.class);
+        QueryShardContext shardContextMock = createMockShardContext(mapperService);
+
+        MappedFieldType mappedFieldType = new MappedFieldType("field", true, false, true, TextSearchInfo.NONE, Collections.emptyMap()) {
+            @Override
+            public String typeName() {
+                return "double";
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public ValueFetcher valueFetcher(QueryShardContext context, SearchLookup searchLookup, String format) {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Query termQuery(Object value, QueryShardContext context) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+
+        when(mapperService.fieldType("field")).thenReturn(mappedFieldType);
+        FieldSortBuilder fieldSortBuilder = new FieldSortBuilder("field");
+        fieldSortBuilder.buildHelper(shardContextMock);
+        assertEquals(fieldSortBuilder.getFieldType(), "double");
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void assertWarnings(FieldSortBuilder testItem) {
         List<String> expectedWarnings = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/plugin/CustomSortBuilder.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/plugin/CustomSortBuilder.java
index c3d790cb99cbd..56b7b9d86c253 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/plugin/CustomSortBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/sort/plugin/CustomSortBuilder.java
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ public BucketedSort buildBucketedSort(final QueryShardContext context, final int
         throw new IllegalStateException("rewrite");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String fieldName() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object object) {
         if (this == object) {