diff --git a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
index 53d4fa7ff..3d1c37a2b 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type reqParams struct {
 	cluster                   string
 	services                  string
 	pvcFilter                 string
+	queryType                 string
 }
 
 type queryOptions struct {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ func parseRequestParams(req *restful.Request) reqParams {
 	r.componentType = req.PathParameter("component")
 	r.expression = req.QueryParameter("expr")
 	r.metric = req.QueryParameter("metric")
+	r.queryType = req.QueryParameter("type")
 
 	return r
 }
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ func (h handler) makeQueryOptions(r reqParams, lvl monitoring.Level) (q queryOpt
 			NodeName:         r.nodeName,
 			PVCFilter:        r.pvcFilter,        // metering pvc
 			StorageClassName: r.storageClassName, // metering pvc
+			QueryType:        r.queryType,
 		}
 		q.namedMetrics = model.NodeMetrics
 
diff --git a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/register.go b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/register.go
index 3531fd60e..73f5514f8 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/register.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/register.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func AddToContainer(c *restful.Container, k8sClient kubernetes.Interface, monito
 		Param(ws.QueryParameter("sort_type", "Sort order. One of asc, desc.").DefaultValue("desc.").DataType("string").Required(false)).
 		Param(ws.QueryParameter("page", "The page number. This field paginates result data of each metric, then returns a specific page. For example, setting **page** to 2 returns the second page. It only applies to sorted metric data.").DataType("integer").Required(false)).
 		Param(ws.QueryParameter("limit", "Page size, the maximum number of results in a single page. Defaults to 5.").DataType("integer").Required(false).DefaultValue("5")).
+		Param(ws.QueryParameter("type", "The query type. This field can be set to 'rank' for node ranking query or '' for others. Defaults to ''.").DataType("string").Required(false).DefaultValue("")).
 		Metadata(restfulspec.KeyOpenAPITags, []string{constants.NodeMetricsTag}).
 		Writes(model.Metrics{}).
 		Returns(http.StatusOK, respOK, model.Metrics{})).
diff --git a/pkg/models/monitoring/monitoring.go b/pkg/models/monitoring/monitoring.go
index d0a6d8b70..bd90b316f 100644
--- a/pkg/models/monitoring/monitoring.go
+++ b/pkg/models/monitoring/monitoring.go
@@ -115,16 +115,23 @@ func (mo monitoringOperator) GetMetricOverTime(expr, namespace string, start, en
 func (mo monitoringOperator) GetNamedMetrics(metrics []string, time time.Time, opt monitoring.QueryOption) Metrics {
 	ress := mo.prometheus.GetNamedMetrics(metrics, time, opt)
 
-	if mo.metricsserver != nil {
+	opts := &monitoring.QueryOptions{}
+	opt.Apply(opts)
 
+	var isNodeRankingQuery bool
+	if opts.QueryType == "rank" {
+		isNodeRankingQuery = true
+	}
+
+	if mo.metricsserver != nil {
 		//Merge edge node metrics data
 		edgeMetrics := make(map[string]monitoring.MetricData)
 
 		for i, ressMetric := range ress {
 			metricName := ressMetric.MetricName
 			ressMetricValues := ressMetric.MetricData.MetricValues
-			if len(ressMetricValues) == 0 {
-				// this metric has no prometheus metrics data
+			if len(ressMetricValues) == 0 || isNodeRankingQuery {
+				// this metric has no prometheus metrics data or the request need to list all nodes metrics
 				if len(edgeMetrics) == 0 {
 					// start to request monintoring metricsApi data
 					mr := mo.metricsserver.GetNamedMetrics(metrics, time, opt)
diff --git a/pkg/simple/client/monitoring/query_options.go b/pkg/simple/client/monitoring/query_options.go
index d1664d80c..4b5b49a8f 100644
--- a/pkg/simple/client/monitoring/query_options.go
+++ b/pkg/simple/client/monitoring/query_options.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type QueryOptions struct {
 	Level Level
 
 	NamespacedResourcesFilter string
+	QueryType                 string
 	ResourceFilter            string
 	NodeName                  string
 	WorkspaceName             string
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ type NodeOption struct {
 	NodeName         string
 	PVCFilter        string
 	StorageClassName string
+	QueryType        string
 }
 
 func (no NodeOption) Apply(o *QueryOptions) {
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ func (no NodeOption) Apply(o *QueryOptions) {
 	o.NodeName = no.NodeName
 	o.PVCFilter = no.PVCFilter
 	o.StorageClassName = no.StorageClassName
+	o.QueryType = no.QueryType
 }
 
 type WorkspaceOption struct {