diff --git a/consensus/metrics.go b/consensus/metrics.go
index 2c74ceb7e..064e5be5c 100644
--- a/consensus/metrics.go
+++ b/consensus/metrics.go
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ import "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics"
 import "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics/discard"
 
 // Metrics contains metrics exposed by this package.
+// see MetricsProvider for descriptions.
 type Metrics struct {
-	// height of the chain
 	Height metrics.Counter
-	// number of validators who signed
-	Validators metrics.Gauge
-	// number of validators who did not sign
-	MissingValidators metrics.Gauge
-	// number of validators who tried to double sign
-	ByzantineValidators metrics.Gauge
-	// time between this and the last block
+
+	Validators               metrics.Gauge
+	ValidatorsPower          metrics.Gauge
+	MissingValidators        metrics.Gauge
+	MissingValidatorsPower   metrics.Gauge
+	ByzantineValidators      metrics.Gauge
+	ByzantineValidatorsPower metrics.Gauge
+
 	BlockIntervalSeconds metrics.Histogram
-	// number of transactions
-	NumTxs metrics.Gauge
-	// total number of transactions
+
+	NumTxs   metrics.Gauge
 	TotalTxs metrics.Counter
-	// size of the block
+
 	BlockSizeBytes metrics.Gauge
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 2fb1fb694..61e01a9be 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -1300,18 +1300,29 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) finalizeCommit(height int64) {
 
 func (cs *ConsensusState) recordMetrics(height int64, block *types.Block) {
 	cs.metrics.Validators.Set(float64(cs.Validators.Size()))
+	cs.metrics.ValidatorsPower.Set(float64(cs.Validators.TotalVotingPower()))
 	missingValidators := 0
-	for i := range cs.Validators.Validators {
+	missingValidatorsPower := int64(0)
+	for i, val := range cs.Validators.Validators {
 		var vote *types.Vote
 		if i < len(block.LastCommit.Precommits) {
 			vote = block.LastCommit.Precommits[i]
 		}
 		if vote == nil {
 			missingValidators++
+			missingValidatorsPower += val.VotingPower
 		}
 	}
 	cs.metrics.MissingValidators.Set(float64(missingValidators))
+	cs.metrics.MissingValidatorsPower.Set(float64(missingValidatorsPower))
 	cs.metrics.ByzantineValidators.Set(float64(len(block.Evidence.Evidence)))
+	byzantineValidatorsPower := int64(0)
+	for _, ev := range block.Evidence.Evidence {
+		if _, val := cs.Validators.GetByAddress(ev.Address()); val != nil {
+			byzantineValidatorsPower += val.VotingPower
+		}
+	}
+	cs.metrics.ByzantineValidatorsPower.Set(float64(byzantineValidatorsPower))
 
 	if height > 1 {
 		lastBlockMeta := cs.blockStore.LoadBlockMeta(height - 1)
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 681dc04b3..79862088a 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -106,30 +106,45 @@ func DefaultMetricsProvider() *cs.Metrics {
 		Validators: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "validators",
-			Help:      "Number of validators who signed, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Number of validators who signed.",
+		}, []string{}),
+		ValidatorsPower: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem: "consensus",
+			Name:      "validators_power",
+			Help:      "Total power of all validators.",
 		}, []string{}),
 		MissingValidators: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "missing_validators",
-			Help:      "Number of validators who did not sign, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Number of validators who did not sign.",
+		}, []string{}),
+		MissingValidatorsPower: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem: "consensus",
+			Name:      "missing_validators_power",
+			Help:      "Total power of the missing validators.",
 		}, []string{}),
 		ByzantineValidators: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "byzantine_validators",
-			Help:      "Number of validators who tried to double sign, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Number of validators who tried to double sign.",
+		}, []string{}),
+		ByzantineValidatorsPower: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem: "consensus",
+			Name:      "byzantine_validators_power",
+			Help:      "Total power of the byzantine validators.",
 		}, []string{}),
 
 		BlockIntervalSeconds: prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(stdprometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "block_interval_seconds",
-			Help:      "Time between this and the last block, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Time between this and the last block.",
 			Buckets:   []float64{1, 2.5, 5, 10, 60},
 		}, []string{}),
 
 		NumTxs: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "num_txs",
-			Help:      "Number of transactions, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Number of transactions.",
 		}, []string{}),
 		TotalTxs: prometheus.NewCounterFrom(stdprometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
@@ -140,7 +155,7 @@ func DefaultMetricsProvider() *cs.Metrics {
 		BlockSizeBytes: prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(stdprometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: "consensus",
 			Name:      "block_size_bytes",
-			Help:      "Size of the block, partitioned by height.",
+			Help:      "Size of the block.",
 		}, []string{}),
 	}
 }