diff --git a/parquet/src/column/writer/encoder.rs b/parquet/src/column/writer/encoder.rs
index 7bd4db30c3a8..0cbcda5b4854 100644
--- a/parquet/src/column/writer/encoder.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/column/writer/encoder.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ where
 {
     let first = loop {
         let next = iter.next()?;
-        if !is_nan(next) {
+        if !is_nan(descr, next) {
             break next;
         }
     };
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ where
     let mut min = first;
     let mut max = first;
     for val in iter {
-        if is_nan(val) {
+        if is_nan(descr, val) {
             continue;
         }
         if compare_greater(descr, min, val) {
diff --git a/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs b/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
index 84bf1911d89c..e657992acc9a 100644
--- a/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 //! Contains column writer API.
 
+use half::f16;
+
 use crate::bloom_filter::Sbbf;
 use crate::format::{ColumnIndex, OffsetIndex};
 use std::collections::{BTreeSet, VecDeque};
@@ -967,18 +969,23 @@ impl<'a, E: ColumnValueEncoder> GenericColumnWriter<'a, E> {
 }
 
 fn update_min<T: ParquetValueType>(descr: &ColumnDescriptor, val: &T, min: &mut Option<T>) {
-    update_stat::<T, _>(val, min, |cur| compare_greater(descr, cur, val))
+    update_stat::<T, _>(descr, val, min, |cur| compare_greater(descr, cur, val))
 }
 
 fn update_max<T: ParquetValueType>(descr: &ColumnDescriptor, val: &T, max: &mut Option<T>) {
-    update_stat::<T, _>(val, max, |cur| compare_greater(descr, val, cur))
+    update_stat::<T, _>(descr, val, max, |cur| compare_greater(descr, val, cur))
 }
 
 #[inline]
 #[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
-fn is_nan<T: ParquetValueType>(val: &T) -> bool {
+fn is_nan<T: ParquetValueType>(descr: &ColumnDescriptor, val: &T) -> bool {
     match T::PHYSICAL_TYPE {
         Type::FLOAT | Type::DOUBLE => val != val,
+        Type::FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY if descr.logical_type() == Some(LogicalType::Float16) => {
+            let val = val.as_bytes();
+            let val = f16::from_le_bytes([val[0], val[1]]);
+            val.is_nan()
+        }
         _ => false,
     }
 }
@@ -988,11 +995,15 @@ fn is_nan<T: ParquetValueType>(val: &T) -> bool {
 /// If `cur` is `None`, sets `cur` to `Some(val)`, otherwise calls `should_update` with
 /// the value of `cur`, and updates `cur` to `Some(val)` if it returns `true`
 
-fn update_stat<T: ParquetValueType, F>(val: &T, cur: &mut Option<T>, should_update: F)
-where
+fn update_stat<T: ParquetValueType, F>(
+    descr: &ColumnDescriptor,
+    val: &T,
+    cur: &mut Option<T>,
+    should_update: F,
+) where
     F: Fn(&T) -> bool,
 {
-    if is_nan(val) {
+    if is_nan(descr, val) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1038,6 +1049,14 @@ fn compare_greater<T: ParquetValueType>(descr: &ColumnDescriptor, a: &T, b: &T)
         };
     };
 
+    if let Some(LogicalType::Float16) = descr.logical_type() {
+        let a = a.as_bytes();
+        let a = f16::from_le_bytes([a[0], a[1]]);
+        let b = b.as_bytes();
+        let b = f16::from_le_bytes([b[0], b[1]]);
+        return a > b;
+    }
+
     a > b
 }
 
@@ -1169,6 +1188,7 @@ fn increment_utf8(mut data: Vec<u8>) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
 mod tests {
     use crate::{file::properties::DEFAULT_COLUMN_INDEX_TRUNCATE_LENGTH, format::BoundaryOrder};
     use bytes::Bytes;
+    use half::f16;
     use rand::distributions::uniform::SampleUniform;
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -2077,6 +2097,79 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_column_writer_check_float16_min_max() {
+        let input = [
+            -f16::ONE,
+            f16::from_f32(3.0),
+            -f16::from_f32(2.0),
+            f16::from_f32(2.0),
+        ]
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|s| ByteArray::from(s).into())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let stats = float16_statistics_roundtrip(&input);
+        assert!(stats.has_min_max_set());
+        assert!(stats.is_min_max_backwards_compatible());
+        assert_eq!(stats.min(), &ByteArray::from(-f16::from_f32(2.0)));
+        assert_eq!(stats.max(), &ByteArray::from(f16::from_f32(3.0)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_column_writer_check_float16_nan_middle() {
+        let input = [f16::ONE, f16::NAN, f16::ONE + f16::ONE]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| ByteArray::from(s).into())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let stats = float16_statistics_roundtrip(&input);
+        assert!(stats.has_min_max_set());
+        assert!(stats.is_min_max_backwards_compatible());
+        assert_eq!(stats.min(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE));
+        assert_eq!(stats.max(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE + f16::ONE));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_float16_statistics_nan_middle() {
+        let input = [f16::ONE, f16::NAN, f16::ONE + f16::ONE]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| ByteArray::from(s).into())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let stats = float16_statistics_roundtrip(&input);
+        assert!(stats.has_min_max_set());
+        assert!(stats.is_min_max_backwards_compatible());
+        assert_eq!(stats.min(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE));
+        assert_eq!(stats.max(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE + f16::ONE));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_float16_statistics_nan_start() {
+        let input = [f16::NAN, f16::ONE, f16::ONE + f16::ONE]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| ByteArray::from(s).into())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let stats = float16_statistics_roundtrip(&input);
+        assert!(stats.has_min_max_set());
+        assert!(stats.is_min_max_backwards_compatible());
+        assert_eq!(stats.min(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE));
+        assert_eq!(stats.max(), &ByteArray::from(f16::ONE + f16::ONE));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_float16_statistics_nan_only() {
+        let input = [f16::NAN, f16::NAN]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| ByteArray::from(s).into())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let stats = float16_statistics_roundtrip(&input);
+        assert!(!stats.has_min_max_set());
+        assert!(stats.is_min_max_backwards_compatible());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_float_statistics_nan_middle() {
         let stats = statistics_roundtrip::<FloatType>(&[1.0, f32::NAN, 2.0]);
@@ -2735,6 +2828,50 @@ mod tests {
         ColumnDescriptor::new(Arc::new(tpe), max_def_level, max_rep_level, path)
     }
 
+    fn float16_statistics_roundtrip(
+        values: &[FixedLenByteArray],
+    ) -> ValueStatistics<FixedLenByteArray> {
+        let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
+        let props = Default::default();
+        let mut writer =
+            get_test_float16_column_writer::<FixedLenByteArrayType>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
+        writer.write_batch(values, None, None).unwrap();
+
+        let metadata = writer.close().unwrap().metadata;
+        if let Some(Statistics::FixedLenByteArray(stats)) = metadata.statistics() {
+            stats.clone()
+        } else {
+            panic!("metadata missing statistics");
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_test_float16_column_writer<T: DataType>(
+        page_writer: Box<dyn PageWriter>,
+        max_def_level: i16,
+        max_rep_level: i16,
+        props: WriterPropertiesPtr,
+    ) -> ColumnWriterImpl<'static, T> {
+        let descr = Arc::new(get_test_float16_column_descr::<T>(
+            max_def_level,
+            max_rep_level,
+        ));
+        let column_writer = get_column_writer(descr, props, page_writer);
+        get_typed_column_writer::<T>(column_writer)
+    }
+
+    fn get_test_float16_column_descr<T: DataType>(
+        max_def_level: i16,
+        max_rep_level: i16,
+    ) -> ColumnDescriptor {
+        let path = ColumnPath::from("col");
+        let tpe = SchemaType::primitive_type_builder("col", T::get_physical_type())
+            .with_length(2)
+            .with_logical_type(Some(LogicalType::Float16))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        ColumnDescriptor::new(Arc::new(tpe), max_def_level, max_rep_level, path)
+    }
+
     /// Returns column writer for UINT32 Column provided as ConvertedType only
     fn get_test_unsigned_int_given_as_converted_column_writer<'a, T: DataType>(
         page_writer: Box<dyn PageWriter + 'a>,
diff --git a/parquet/src/data_type.rs b/parquet/src/data_type.rs
index 7e64478ed940..b1d52b75c723 100644
--- a/parquet/src/data_type.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/data_type.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 //! Data types that connect Parquet physical types with their Rust-specific
 //! representations.
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use half::f16;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::mem;
@@ -231,6 +232,12 @@ impl From<Bytes> for ByteArray {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<f16> for ByteArray {
+    fn from(value: f16) -> Self {
+        Self::from(value.to_le_bytes().as_slice())
+    }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq for ByteArray {
     fn eq(&self, other: &ByteArray) -> bool {
         match (&self.data, &other.data) {