diff --git a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.jsx b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.jsx
index c8f9f6ead..73dfacb5c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.jsx
@@ -10,13 +10,28 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { widget } = service;
 
-  const { data: torrentData, error: torrentError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "torrents");
+  const { data: transferData, error: transferError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "transfer");
+  const { data: totalCountData, error: totalCountError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "torrentCount");
+  const { data: completedCountData, error: completedCountError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "torrentCount", {
+    filter: "completed",
+  });
+  const { data: leechTorrentData, error: leechTorrentError } = useWidgetAPI(
+    widget,
+    widget?.enableLeechProgress ? "torrents" : "",
+    widget?.enableLeechProgress ? { filter: "downloading" } : undefined,
+  );
 
-  if (torrentError) {
-    return <Container service={service} error={torrentError} />;
+  const apiError = transferError || totalCountError || completedCountError || leechTorrentError;
+  if (apiError) {
+    return <Container service={service} error={apiError} />;
   }
 
-  if (!torrentData) {
+  if (
+    !transferData ||
+    totalCountData === undefined ||
+    completedCountData === undefined ||
+    (widget?.enableLeechProgress && !leechTorrentData)
+  ) {
     return (
       <Container service={service}>
         <Block label="qbittorrent.leech" />
@@ -27,24 +42,15 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
     );
   }
 
-  let rateDl = 0;
-  let rateUl = 0;
-  let completed = 0;
-  const leechTorrents = [];
+  const rateDl = Number(transferData?.dl_info_speed ?? 0);
+  const rateUl = Number(transferData?.up_info_speed ?? 0);
+  const totalCount = Number(totalCountData?.all ?? totalCountData?.count ?? totalCountData ?? 0);
+  const completedCount = Number(
+    completedCountData?.completed ?? completedCountData?.count ?? completedCountData?.all ?? completedCountData ?? 0,
+  );
+  const leech = Math.max(0, totalCount - completedCount);
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < torrentData.length; i += 1) {
-    const torrent = torrentData[i];
-    rateDl += torrent.dlspeed;
-    rateUl += torrent.upspeed;
-    if (torrent.progress === 1) {
-      completed += 1;
-    }
-    if (torrent.state.includes("DL") || torrent.state === "downloading") {
-      leechTorrents.push(torrent);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const leech = torrentData.length - completed;
+  const leechTorrents = Array.isArray(leechTorrentData) ? [...leechTorrentData] : [];
   const statePriority = [
     "downloading",
     "forcedDL",
@@ -55,7 +61,6 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
     "queuedDL",
     "pausedDL",
   ];
-
   leechTorrents.sort((firstTorrent, secondTorrent) => {
     const firstStateIndex = statePriority.indexOf(firstTorrent.state);
     const secondStateIndex = statePriority.indexOf(secondTorrent.state);
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
       <Container service={service}>
         <Block label="qbittorrent.leech" value={t("common.number", { value: leech })} />
         <Block label="qbittorrent.download" value={t("common.bibyterate", { value: rateDl, decimals: 1 })} />
-        <Block label="qbittorrent.seed" value={t("common.number", { value: completed })} />
+        <Block label="qbittorrent.seed" value={t("common.number", { value: completedCount })} />
         <Block label="qbittorrent.upload" value={t("common.bibyterate", { value: rateUl, decimals: 1 })} />
       </Container>
       {widget?.enableLeechProgress &&
diff --git a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.test.jsx b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.test.jsx
index a4e222b75..df8ae51c8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.test.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/component.test.jsx
@@ -34,19 +34,38 @@ describe("widgets/qbittorrent/component", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("qbittorrent.upload")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("computes leech/seed counts and upload/download rates, and can render leech progress entries", () => {
-    useWidgetAPI.mockReturnValue({
-      data: [
-        { name: "A", dlspeed: 10, upspeed: 1, progress: 1, state: "uploading" },
-        { name: "B", dlspeed: 5, upspeed: 2, progress: 0.5, state: "downloading", eta: 60, size: 100, amount_left: 50 },
-      ],
-      error: undefined,
+  it("uses lightweight endpoints for counts/rates and filtered torrents for leech progress", () => {
+    useWidgetAPI.mockImplementation((_widget, endpoint, query) => {
+      if (endpoint === "transfer") {
+        return { data: { dl_info_speed: 15, up_info_speed: 3 }, error: undefined };
+      }
+      if (endpoint === "torrentCount" && !query) {
+        return { data: 2, error: undefined };
+      }
+      if (endpoint === "torrentCount" && query?.filter === "completed") {
+        return { data: 1, error: undefined };
+      }
+      if (endpoint === "torrents" && query?.filter === "downloading") {
+        return {
+          data: [
+            {
+              name: "B",
+              progress: 0.5,
+              state: "downloading",
+              eta: 60,
+              size: 100,
+              amount_left: 50,
+            },
+          ],
+          error: undefined,
+        };
+      }
+      return { data: undefined, error: undefined };
     });
 
     const service = { widget: { type: "qbittorrent", enableLeechProgress: true } };
     const { container } = renderWithProviders(<Component service={service} />, { settings: { hideErrors: false } });
 
-    // total=2, completed=1 => leech=1
     expectBlockValue(container, "qbittorrent.leech", 1);
     expectBlockValue(container, "qbittorrent.seed", 1);
     expectBlockValue(container, "qbittorrent.download", 15);
diff --git a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/widget.js b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/widget.js
index 182ac9d1b..9ec167faf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/qbittorrent/widget.js
+++ b/src/widgets/qbittorrent/widget.js
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@ const widget = {
   proxyHandler: qbittorrentProxyHandler,
 
   mappings: {
+    transfer: {
+      endpoint: "transfer/info",
+    },
+    torrentCount: {
+      endpoint: "torrents/count",
+      optionalParams: ["filter"],
+    },
     torrents: {
       endpoint: "torrents/info",
+      optionalParams: ["filter"],
     },
   },
 };