diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/file_options/parquet_writer.rs b/datafusion/common/src/file_options/parquet_writer.rs
index 374d85b0440b..e4f7e6c4afae 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/file_options/parquet_writer.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/file_options/parquet_writer.rs
@@ -481,4 +481,144 @@ mod tests {
             "the writer_props should have the same configuration as the session's TableParquetOptions",
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_defaults_match() {
+        // ensure the global settings are the same
+        let default_table_writer_opts = TableParquetOptions::default();
+        let default_parquet_opts = ParquetOptions::default();
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_table_writer_opts.global,
+            default_parquet_opts,
+            "should have matching defaults for TableParquetOptions.global and ParquetOptions",
+        );
+
+        // confirm the TableParquetOptions::default matches the WriterProperties::default, once both converted to WriterProperties
+        let default_writer_props = WriterProperties::new();
+        let from_datafusion_defaults =
+            WriterPropertiesBuilder::try_from(&default_table_writer_opts)
+                .unwrap()
+                .build();
+
+        // Expected: how the defaults should not match
+        assert_ne!(
+            default_writer_props.created_by(),
+            from_datafusion_defaults.created_by(),
+            "should have different created_by sources",
+        );
+        assert!(
+            default_writer_props.created_by().starts_with("parquet-rs version"),
+            "should indicate that writer_props defaults came from the extern parquet crate",
+        );
+        assert!(
+            default_table_writer_opts
+                .global
+                .created_by
+                .starts_with("datafusion version"),
+            "should indicate that table_parquet_opts defaults came from datafusion",
+        );
+
+        // TODO: in a followup PR, start the discussion of which of these defaults should be changed,
+        // and if the change should be in datafusion's default or the extern parquet's default.
+        // refer to https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/11367
+
+        // TODO: does not match
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.compression(&"default".into()),
+            Compression::UNCOMPRESSED,
+            "extern parquet's default is None"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                from_datafusion_defaults.compression(&"foo".into()),
+                Compression::ZSTD(_)
+            ),
+            "datafusion's default is zstd"
+        );
+
+        // TODO: does not match
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.data_page_row_count_limit(),
+            20_000,
+            "extern parquet's default data_page_row_count_limit is 20_000"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            from_datafusion_defaults.data_page_row_count_limit(),
+            usize::MAX,
+            "datafusion's default is usize::MAX"
+        );
+
+        // TODO: does not match
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.column_index_truncate_length(),
+            Some(64),
+            "extern parquet's default is 64"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            from_datafusion_defaults.column_index_truncate_length(),
+            None,
+            "datafusion's default is None"
+        );
+
+        // TODO: does not match
+        assert!(
+            default_writer_props.dictionary_enabled(&"default".into()),
+            "extern parquet's default is true"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !from_datafusion_defaults.dictionary_enabled(&"foo".into()),
+            "datafusion's default is false"
+        );
+
+        // TODO: matches once create WriterProps, but only due to parquet's override
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.statistics_enabled(&"default".into()),
+            EnabledStatistics::Page,
+            "extern parquet's default is page"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_table_writer_opts.global.statistics_enabled, None,
+            "datafusion's has no default"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            from_datafusion_defaults.statistics_enabled(&"foo".into()),
+            EnabledStatistics::Page,
+            "should see the extern parquet's default over-riding datafusion's None",
+        );
+
+        // TODO: matches once create WriterProps, but only due to parquet's override
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.max_statistics_size(&"default".into()),
+            4096,
+            "extern parquet's default is 4096"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_table_writer_opts.global.max_statistics_size, None,
+            "datafusion's has no default"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_writer_props.max_statistics_size(&"default".into()),
+            4096,
+            "should see the extern parquet's default over-riding datafusion's None",
+        );
+
+        // TODO: temporarily set the extern parquet's defaults back to the  datafusion defaults.
+        let mut from_extern_parquet =
+            session_config_from_writer_props(&default_writer_props);
+        from_extern_parquet.global.compression = Some("zstd(3)".into());
+        from_extern_parquet.global.data_page_row_count_limit = usize::MAX;
+        from_extern_parquet.global.column_index_truncate_length = None;
+        from_extern_parquet.global.dictionary_enabled = None;
+        from_extern_parquet.global.statistics_enabled = None;
+        from_extern_parquet.global.max_statistics_size = None;
+
+        // Expected: the remaining should match
+        let same_created_by = default_table_writer_opts.global.created_by.clone(); // we expect these to be different
+        from_extern_parquet.global.created_by = same_created_by; // we expect these to be different
+        assert_eq!(
+            default_table_writer_opts,
+            from_extern_parquet,
+            "the writer_props should have the same configuration as the session's TableParquetOptions",
+        );
+    }
 }