diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DecoderCounters.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DecoderCounters.java
index 5ccd8376b4..b5a54d1e45 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DecoderCounters.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DecoderCounters.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class DecoderCounters {
   /** The number of times a decoder has been released. */
   public int decoderReleaseCount;
   /** The number of input buffers queued to the decoder. */
-  public int inputBufferCount;
+  public int queuedInputBufferCount;
   /**
    * The number of skipped input buffers.
    *
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class DecoderCounters {
   /**
    * The maximum number of dropped buffers without an interleaving rendered output buffer.
    *
-   * <p>Skipped output buffers are ignored for the purposes of calculating this value.
+   * <p>Skipped buffers are ignored for the purposes of calculating this value.
    */
   public int maxConsecutiveDroppedBufferCount;
   /**
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public final class DecoderCounters {
   public void merge(DecoderCounters other) {
     decoderInitCount += other.decoderInitCount;
     decoderReleaseCount += other.decoderReleaseCount;
-    inputBufferCount += other.inputBufferCount;
+    queuedInputBufferCount += other.queuedInputBufferCount;
     skippedInputBufferCount += other.skippedInputBufferCount;
     renderedOutputBufferCount += other.renderedOutputBufferCount;
     skippedOutputBufferCount += other.skippedOutputBufferCount;
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DecoderAudioRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DecoderAudioRenderer.java
index ea7435730d..3d6404a8ec 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DecoderAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DecoderAudioRenderer.java
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ public abstract class DecoderAudioRenderer<
         onQueueInputBuffer(inputBuffer);
         decoder.queueInputBuffer(inputBuffer);
         decoderReceivedBuffers = true;
-        decoderCounters.inputBufferCount++;
+        decoderCounters.queuedInputBufferCount++;
         inputBuffer = null;
         return true;
       default:
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
index ef093a2815..939383ff17 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     resetInputBuffer();
     codecReceivedBuffers = true;
     codecReconfigurationState = RECONFIGURATION_STATE_NONE;
-    decoderCounters.inputBufferCount++;
+    decoderCounters.queuedInputBufferCount++;
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/DecoderVideoRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/DecoderVideoRenderer.java
index 310f6bafe6..a7b2c9ce86 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/DecoderVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/DecoderVideoRenderer.java
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ public abstract class DecoderVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
         decoder.queueInputBuffer(inputBuffer);
         buffersInCodecCount++;
         decoderReceivedBuffers = true;
-        decoderCounters.inputBufferCount++;
+        decoderCounters.queuedInputBufferCount++;
         inputBuffer = null;
         return true;
       default:
diff --git a/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/DecoderCountersUtil.java b/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/DecoderCountersUtil.java
index af4fb08554..26a4362187 100644
--- a/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/DecoderCountersUtil.java
+++ b/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/DecoderCountersUtil.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public final class DecoderCountersUtil {
     int totalInputBufferCount =
         counters.skippedInputBufferCount
             + counters.droppedInputBufferCount
-            + counters.inputBufferCount;
+            + counters.queuedInputBufferCount;
     assertTotalBufferCount(
         name,
         counters,