diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
index 5cb06d1d37..1018b9ff97 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use arrow_string::like::starts_with;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use fnv::FnvHashSet;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
-use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt, try_join};
+use futures::{FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt, try_join};
 use parquet::arrow::arrow_reader::{
     ArrowPredicateFn, ArrowReaderOptions, RowFilter, RowSelection, RowSelector,
 };
@@ -148,15 +148,21 @@ impl ArrowReader {
         let stream = tasks
             .map_ok(move |task| {
                 let file_io = file_io.clone();
-
-                Self::process_file_scan_task(
-                    task,
-                    batch_size,
-                    file_io,
-                    self.delete_file_loader.clone(),
-                    row_group_filtering_enabled,
-                    row_selection_enabled,
-                )
+                let delete_file_loader = self.delete_file_loader.clone();
+
+                async move {
+                    let file_stream = Self::process_file_scan_task(
+                        task,
+                        batch_size,
+                        file_io,
+                        delete_file_loader,
+                        row_group_filtering_enabled,
+                        row_selection_enabled,
+                    ).await?;
+
+                    // Convert the stream to run on separate tasks for parallel processing
+                    Ok::<_, crate::Error>(Self::stream_to_receiver(file_stream))
+                }
             })
             .map_err(|err| {
                 Error::new(ErrorKind::Unexpected, "file scan task generate failed").with_source(err)
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ impl ArrowReader {
         // RecordBatchTransformer performs any transformations required on the RecordBatches
         // that come back from the file, such as type promotion, default column insertion
         // and column re-ordering
-        let mut record_batch_transformer =
+        let record_batch_transformer =
             RecordBatchTransformer::build(task.schema_ref(), task.project_field_ids());
 
         if let Some(batch_size) = batch_size {
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ impl ArrowReader {
         let mut selected_row_group_indices = None;
         let mut row_selection = None;
 
-        if let Some(predicate) = final_predicate {
+        if let Some(ref predicate) = final_predicate {
             let (iceberg_field_ids, field_id_map) = Self::build_field_id_set_and_map(
                 record_batch_stream_builder.parquet_schema(),
                 &predicate,
@@ -300,27 +306,170 @@ impl ArrowReader {
             };
         }
 
-        if let Some(row_selection) = row_selection {
-            record_batch_stream_builder =
-                record_batch_stream_builder.with_row_selection(row_selection);
-        }
+        // Determine which row groups to process
+        let row_groups_to_process = selected_row_group_indices
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                // If no specific row groups selected, process all of them
+                (0..record_batch_stream_builder.metadata().row_groups().len()).collect()
+            });
 
-        if let Some(selected_row_group_indices) = selected_row_group_indices {
-            record_batch_stream_builder =
-                record_batch_stream_builder.with_row_groups(selected_row_group_indices);
-        }
+        // Create parallel streams for row groups to enable intra-file parallelism
+        let parallel_stream = Self::create_parallel_row_group_streams(
+            task.data_file_path.clone(),
+            file_io,
+            should_load_page_index,
+            row_groups_to_process,
+            row_selection,
+            record_batch_transformer,
+            task.project_field_ids.clone(),
+            (*task.schema).clone(),
+            batch_size,
+            final_predicate,
+        ).await?;
+
+        Ok(Box::pin(parallel_stream) as ArrowRecordBatchStream)
+    }
+
+    /// Converts an ArrowRecordBatchStream to a receiver-based stream that runs in its own task.
+    /// This allows each file's parquet stream polling to run on separate tokio tasks.
+    fn stream_to_receiver(mut stream: ArrowRecordBatchStream) -> ArrowRecordBatchStream {
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+
+        // Spawn a dedicated task for this stream's processing
+        // Each file's stream will run on its own task, allowing parallel processing
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(result) = StreamExt::next(&mut stream).await {
+                if tx.send(result).is_err() {
+                    // Receiver dropped, stop processing
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            // Stream ends, channel will be closed automatically when tx is dropped
+        });
 
-        // Build the batch stream and send all the RecordBatches that it generates
-        // to the requester.
-        let record_batch_stream =
-            record_batch_stream_builder
-                .build()?
-                .map(move |batch| match batch {
-                    Ok(batch) => record_batch_transformer.process_record_batch(batch),
-                    Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
-                });
+        // Convert the receiver to a stream using futures utilities
+        let receiver_stream = futures::stream::unfold(rx, |mut rx| async move {
+            rx.recv().await.map(|result| (result, rx))
+        });
 
-        Ok(Box::pin(record_batch_stream) as ArrowRecordBatchStream)
+        Box::pin(receiver_stream)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates parallel streams for row groups to enable intra-file parallelism.
+    /// Each row group gets its own ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder and runs on a separate task.
+    async fn create_parallel_row_group_streams(
+        data_file_path: String,
+        file_io: FileIO,
+        should_load_page_index: bool,
+        row_groups_to_process: Vec<usize>,
+        row_selection: Option<RowSelection>,
+        _record_batch_transformer: RecordBatchTransformer,
+        project_field_ids: Vec<i32>,
+        schema: Schema,
+        batch_size: Option<usize>,
+        final_predicate: Option<BoundPredicate>,
+    ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<RecordBatch>> + Send> {
+        // Determine the optimal concurrency for row groups
+        // Use available CPU cores but cap it to avoid excessive memory usage
+        let max_concurrent_row_groups = available_parallelism().get() * 4;
+
+        // For very small numbers of row groups, process them individually
+        // For larger numbers, batch them to limit concurrency and memory usage
+        // TODO: it would be ideal not to batch them, but to employ control mechanism
+        // where new row groups are started after tasks for previous row groups finish
+        let row_group_batches = if row_groups_to_process.len() <= max_concurrent_row_groups {
+            // Process each row group individually
+            row_groups_to_process.into_iter().map(|rg| vec![rg]).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        } else {
+            // Batch row groups to limit concurrency
+            let batch_size_calc = (row_groups_to_process.len() + max_concurrent_row_groups - 1) / max_concurrent_row_groups;
+            row_groups_to_process
+                .chunks(batch_size_calc)
+                .map(|chunk| chunk.to_vec())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        };
+
+        // Create futures that will build separate stream builders for each row group batch
+        let row_group_stream_futures = row_group_batches
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(move |row_group_batch| {
+                let file_io = file_io.clone();
+                let data_file_path = data_file_path.clone();
+                let row_selection = row_selection.clone();
+                let project_field_ids = project_field_ids.clone();
+                let schema = schema.clone();
+                let mut transformer = RecordBatchTransformer::build(
+                    Arc::new(schema.clone()),
+                    &project_field_ids,
+                );
+                let final_predicate = final_predicate.clone();
+
+                async move {
+                    // Create a fresh builder for this row group batch
+                    let mut builder = Self::create_parquet_record_batch_stream_builder(
+                        &data_file_path,
+                        file_io,
+                        should_load_page_index,
+                    ).await?;
+
+                    // Apply projection
+                    let projection_mask = Self::get_arrow_projection_mask(
+                        &project_field_ids,
+                        &schema,
+                        builder.parquet_schema(),
+                        builder.schema(),
+                    ).ok();
+                    if let Some(projection_mask) = projection_mask {
+                        builder = builder.with_projection(projection_mask);
+                    }
+
+                    // Apply batch size
+                    if let Some(batch_size) = batch_size {
+                        builder = builder.with_batch_size(batch_size);
+                    }
+
+                    // Apply row filter if predicate exists
+                    if let Some(ref predicate) = final_predicate {
+                        let (iceberg_field_ids, field_id_map) = Self::build_field_id_set_and_map(
+                            builder.parquet_schema(),
+                            predicate,
+                        )?;
+
+                        let row_filter = Self::get_row_filter(
+                            predicate,
+                            builder.parquet_schema(),
+                            &iceberg_field_ids,
+                            &field_id_map,
+                        )?;
+                        builder = builder.with_row_filter(row_filter);
+                    }
+
+                    // Apply row selection
+                    if let Some(row_selection) = row_selection {
+                        builder = builder.with_row_selection(row_selection);
+                    }
+
+                    // Apply row group selection
+                    builder = builder.with_row_groups(row_group_batch);
+
+                    // Build the stream
+                    let stream = builder.build()?;
+                    let transformed_stream = stream.map(move |batch| match batch {
+                        Ok(batch) => transformer.process_record_batch(batch),
+                        Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+                    });
+
+                    // Ensure each row group stream runs on its own task to avoid single-threaded polling
+                    Ok::<_, crate::Error>(Self::stream_to_receiver(Box::pin(transformed_stream)))
+                }
+            });
+
+        // Process row group streams concurrently and flatten the results
+        let parallel_stream = futures::stream::iter(row_group_stream_futures)
+            .buffer_unordered(max_concurrent_row_groups)
+            .try_flatten_unordered(max_concurrent_row_groups);
+
+        Ok(parallel_stream)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_parquet_record_batch_stream_builder(
@@ -1423,6 +1572,7 @@ fn try_cast_literal(
     Ok(Arc::new(Scalar::new(literal_array)))
 }
 
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};