diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/types.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/types.go
index 6856b78f270..687143e520a 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/types.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/types.go
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ type Diagnosis struct {
 	PreFilterMsg string
 	// PostFilterMsg records the messages returned from PostFilter plugins.
 	PostFilterMsg string
-	// EvaluatedNodes records the number of nodes evaluated by Filter stage.
-	// It is used for debugging purposes only.
-	EvaluatedNodes int
 }
 
 // FitError describes a fit error of a pod.
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one.go b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one.go
index 6b6992095d8..33f68468d2c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) schedulePod(ctx context.Context, fwk framework.Framework
 	if len(feasibleNodes) == 1 {
 		return ScheduleResult{
 			SuggestedHost:  feasibleNodes[0].Node().Name,
-			EvaluatedNodes: diagnosis.EvaluatedNodes,
+			EvaluatedNodes: 1 + len(diagnosis.NodeToStatusMap),
 			FeasibleNodes:  1,
 		}, nil
 	}
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) schedulePod(ctx context.Context, fwk framework.Framework
 
 	return ScheduleResult{
 		SuggestedHost:  host,
-		EvaluatedNodes: diagnosis.EvaluatedNodes,
+		EvaluatedNodes: len(feasibleNodes) + len(diagnosis.NodeToStatusMap),
 		FeasibleNodes:  len(feasibleNodes),
 	}, err
 }
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) findNodesThatPassFilters(
 		for i := range feasibleNodes {
 			feasibleNodes[i] = nodes[(sched.nextStartNodeIndex+i)%numAllNodes]
 		}
-		diagnosis.EvaluatedNodes = int(numNodesToFind)
 		return feasibleNodes, nil
 	}
 
@@ -638,13 +637,11 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) findNodesThatPassFilters(
 	// are found.
 	fwk.Parallelizer().Until(ctx, numAllNodes, checkNode, metrics.Filter)
 	feasibleNodes = feasibleNodes[:feasibleNodesLen]
-	diagnosis.EvaluatedNodes = int(feasibleNodesLen)
 	for _, item := range result {
 		if item == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		diagnosis.NodeToStatusMap[item.node] = item.status
-		diagnosis.EvaluatedNodes++
 		diagnosis.AddPluginStatus(item.status)
 	}
 	if err := errCh.ReceiveError(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
index 81c08147623..fdb4519a46c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
@@ -937,7 +937,6 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterDelete(t *testing.T) {
 					node.Name: framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, nodeports.ErrReason).WithPlugin(nodeports.Name),
 				},
 				UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New(nodeports.Name),
-				EvaluatedNodes:       1,
 			},
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectErr, err) {
@@ -1045,7 +1044,6 @@ func TestSchedulerFailedSchedulingReasons(t *testing.T) {
 			Diagnosis: framework.Diagnosis{
 				NodeToStatusMap:      failedNodeStatues,
 				UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New(noderesources.Name),
-				EvaluatedNodes:       100,
 			},
 		}
 		if len(fmt.Sprint(expectErr)) > 150 {
@@ -1833,7 +1831,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"node2": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, tf.ErrReasonFake).WithPlugin("FalseFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FalseFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       2,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1924,7 +1921,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"1": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, tf.ErrReasonFake).WithPlugin("FalseFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FalseFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       3,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1951,7 +1947,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"2": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, tf.ErrReasonFake).WithPlugin("NoPodsFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("MatchFilter", "NoPodsFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       2,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -2117,7 +2112,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"3": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, "injecting failure for pod test-filter").WithPlugin("FakeFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FakeFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       1,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -2151,7 +2145,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"3": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, "injecting failure for pod test-filter").WithPlugin("FakeFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FakeFilter", framework.ExtenderName),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       3,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -2177,7 +2170,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"3": framework.NewStatus(framework.UnschedulableAndUnresolvable, "injecting failure for pod test-filter").WithPlugin("FakeFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FakeFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       1,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -2256,9 +2248,10 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 				tf.RegisterBindPlugin(defaultbinder.Name, defaultbinder.New),
 			},
-			nodes:              []string{"node1", "node2", "node3"},
-			pod:                st.MakePod().Name("test-prefilter").UID("test-prefilter").Obj(),
-			wantNodes:          sets.New("node2"),
+			nodes:     []string{"node1", "node2", "node3"},
+			pod:       st.MakePod().Name("test-prefilter").UID("test-prefilter").Obj(),
+			wantNodes: sets.New("node2"),
+			// since this case has no score plugin, we'll only try to find one node in Filter stage
 			wantEvaluatedNodes: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 		{
@@ -2347,7 +2340,6 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"node2": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, "injecting failure for pod test-prefilter").WithPlugin("FakeFilter"),
 					},
 					UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("FakeFilter"),
-					EvaluatedNodes:       1,
 					PreFilterMsg:         "",
 				},
 			},
@@ -2571,7 +2563,6 @@ func TestFindFitAllError(t *testing.T) {
 			"3": framework.NewStatus(framework.Unschedulable, tf.ErrReasonFake).WithPlugin("MatchFilter"),
 		},
 		UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("MatchFilter"),
-		EvaluatedNodes:       3,
 	}
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(diagnosis, expected); diff != "" {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected diagnosis: (-want, +got): %s", diff)
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 8288f02bd01..ad302067439 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ type ScheduleResult struct {
 	SuggestedHost string
 	// The number of nodes the scheduler evaluated the pod against in the filtering
 	// phase and beyond.
-	// Note that it contains the number of nodes that filtered out by PreFilterResult.
 	EvaluatedNodes int
 	// The number of nodes out of the evaluated ones that fit the pod.
 	FeasibleNodes int