diff --git a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/IcebergColumnStatsConverter.java b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/IcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
index 60d4a453b..7fd59dee9 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/IcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/IcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 
 import org.apache.iceberg.Metrics;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.xtable.model.stat.Range;
 
 /** Column stats extractor for iceberg table format. */
+@Log4j2
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class IcebergColumnStatsConverter {
   private static final IcebergSchemaExtractor SCHEMA_EXTRACTOR =
@@ -67,13 +69,15 @@ public Metrics toIceberg(Schema schema, long totalRowCount, List<ColumnStat> fie
           valueCounts.put(fieldId, columnStats.getNumValues());
           nullValueCounts.put(fieldId, columnStats.getNumNulls());
           Type fieldType = icebergField.type();
-          if (columnStats.getRange().getMinValue() != null) {
-            lowerBounds.put(
-                fieldId, Conversions.toByteBuffer(fieldType, columnStats.getRange().getMinValue()));
+          Object minValue = coerceStatValue(fieldType, columnStats.getRange().getMinValue());
+          ByteBuffer minBuffer = safeToByteBuffer(fieldType, minValue, field.getPath(), "min");
+          if (minBuffer != null) {
+            lowerBounds.put(fieldId, minBuffer);
           }
-          if (columnStats.getRange().getMaxValue() != null) {
-            upperBounds.put(
-                fieldId, Conversions.toByteBuffer(fieldType, columnStats.getRange().getMaxValue()));
+          Object maxValue = coerceStatValue(fieldType, columnStats.getRange().getMaxValue());
+          ByteBuffer maxBuffer = safeToByteBuffer(fieldType, maxValue, field.getPath(), "max");
+          if (maxBuffer != null) {
+            upperBounds.put(fieldId, maxBuffer);
           }
         });
     return new Metrics(
@@ -130,4 +134,55 @@ private Object convertFromIcebergValue(Type fieldType, ByteBuffer value) {
     }
     return convertedValue;
   }
+
+  private ByteBuffer safeToByteBuffer(Type fieldType, Object value, String fieldPath, String side) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      return Conversions.toByteBuffer(fieldType, value);
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      log.warn(
+          "Skipping {} bound for field {} due to uncoercible value {} for type {}",
+          side,
+          fieldPath,
+          value,
+          fieldType,
+          e);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Object coerceStatValue(Type fieldType, Object value) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    switch (fieldType.typeId()) {
+      case STRING:
+        return value.toString();
+      case FLOAT:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).floatValue() : null;
+      case DOUBLE:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).doubleValue() : null;
+      case INTEGER:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).intValue() : null;
+      case LONG:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).longValue() : null;
+      case DATE:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).intValue() : null;
+      case TIME:
+      case TIMESTAMP:
+        return value instanceof Number ? ((Number) value).longValue() : null;
+      case BOOLEAN:
+        if (value instanceof Boolean) {
+          return value;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof Number) {
+          return ((Number) value).intValue() != 0;
+        }
+        return null;
+      default:
+        return value;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergColumnStatsConverter.java b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
index 9154a3d35..73edbe4b9 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergColumnStatsConverter.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.xtable.iceberg;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
@@ -382,6 +383,53 @@ public void fromIceberg() {
     assertEquals(expected, actual);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSchemaEvolutionStatsCoercionAndSkip() {
+    Schema icebergSchema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(1, "int_field", Types.IntegerType.get()),
+            Types.NestedField.optional(2, "decimal_field", Types.DecimalType.of(9, 2)));
+
+    InternalField intField =
+        InternalField.builder()
+            .name("int_field")
+            .schema(InternalSchema.builder().name("int").dataType(InternalType.INT).build())
+            .build();
+    InternalField decimalField =
+        InternalField.builder()
+            .name("decimal_field")
+            .schema(InternalSchema.builder().name("decimal").dataType(InternalType.DECIMAL).build())
+            .build();
+
+    ColumnStat intStats =
+        ColumnStat.builder()
+            .field(intField)
+            .numValues(10)
+            .numNulls(0)
+            .totalSize(40)
+            .range(Range.vector(10L, 20L))
+            .build();
+    ColumnStat decimalStats =
+        ColumnStat.builder()
+            .field(decimalField)
+            .numValues(5)
+            .numNulls(0)
+            .totalSize(80)
+            .range(Range.vector("not-a-decimal", "also-bad"))
+            .build();
+
+    Metrics actual =
+        IcebergColumnStatsConverter.getInstance()
+            .toIceberg(icebergSchema, 10L, Arrays.asList(intStats, decimalStats));
+
+    assertEquals(
+        Conversions.toByteBuffer(Types.IntegerType.get(), 10), actual.lowerBounds().get(1));
+    assertEquals(
+        Conversions.toByteBuffer(Types.IntegerType.get(), 20), actual.upperBounds().get(1));
+    assertFalse(actual.lowerBounds().containsKey(2));
+    assertFalse(actual.upperBounds().containsKey(2));
+  }
+
   private Map<Integer, ByteBuffer> getBoundsMap(
       Object timestampColumnStatsValue,
       Object dateColumnStatsValue,