diff --git a/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusChecker.java b/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusChecker.java
index ab20f6fb7453..5454f1cd49a2 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusChecker.java
+++ b/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusChecker.java
@@ -117,7 +117,15 @@ protected void processTable(String tableNameWithType, Context context) {
       TableConfig tableConfig = _pinotHelixResourceManager.getTableConfig(tableNameWithType);
       updateTableConfigMetrics(tableNameWithType, tableConfig, context);
       updateSegmentMetrics(tableNameWithType, tableConfig, context);
-      updateTableSizeMetrics(tableNameWithType);
+      // Skip the /table/{name}/size scatter-gather when the table can't return useful size data. Two cases:
+      //   - Disabled table: servers do not load segments, every server responds 404, controller logs flood with
+      //     ERROR entries (issue #14279).
+      //   - Null IdealState: no servers known to query; getServerToSegmentsMap throws IllegalStateException
+      //     which propagates to the outer catch as an ERROR + stack trace per table per cycle.
+      // updateSegmentMetrics populates context._tablesToSkipSizeAggregation in both branches.
+      if (!context._tablesToSkipSizeAggregation.contains(tableNameWithType)) {
+        updateTableSizeMetrics(tableNameWithType);
+      }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       LOGGER.error("Caught exception while updating segment status for table {}", tableNameWithType, e);
       // Remove the metric for this table
@@ -215,6 +223,7 @@ private void updateSegmentMetrics(String tableNameWithType, TableConfig tableCon
     if (idealState == null) {
       LOGGER.warn("Table {} has null ideal state. Skipping segment status checks", tableNameWithType);
       removeMetricsForTable(tableNameWithType);
+      context._tablesToSkipSizeAggregation.add(tableNameWithType);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -224,6 +233,7 @@ private void updateSegmentMetrics(String tableNameWithType, TableConfig tableCon
       }
       removeMetricsForTable(tableNameWithType);
       context._disabledTables.add(tableNameWithType);
+      context._tablesToSkipSizeAggregation.add(tableNameWithType);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -528,6 +538,9 @@ public static final class Context {
     private final Map<String, Integer> _tierBackendTableCountMap = new HashMap<>();
     private final Set<String> _processedTables = new HashSet<>();
     private final Set<String> _disabledTables = new HashSet<>();
+    // Superset of _disabledTables: tables for which updateTableSizeMetrics should be skipped because
+    // /table/{name}/size cannot return useful data (disabled tables, or tables with null IdealState).
+    private final Set<String> _tablesToSkipSizeAggregation = new HashSet<>();
     private final Set<String> _pausedTables = new HashSet<>();
   }
 }
diff --git a/pinot-controller/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusCheckerTest.java b/pinot-controller/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusCheckerTest.java
index f2a949051e09..3e5a4db2e2b5 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusCheckerTest.java
+++ b/pinot-controller/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/SegmentStatusCheckerTest.java
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ private SegmentZKMetadata mockPushedSegmentZKMetadata(long sizeInBytes, long pus
     return segmentZKMetadata;
   }
 
-  private void runSegmentStatusChecker(PinotHelixResourceManager resourceManager, int waitForPushTimeInSeconds) {
+  private TableSizeReader runSegmentStatusChecker(PinotHelixResourceManager resourceManager,
+      int waitForPushTimeInSeconds) {
     LeadControllerManager leadControllerManager = mock(LeadControllerManager.class);
     when(leadControllerManager.isLeaderForTable(anyString())).thenReturn(true);
     ControllerConf controllerConf = mock(ControllerConf.class);
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ private void runSegmentStatusChecker(PinotHelixResourceManager resourceManager,
             tableSizeReader);
     segmentStatusChecker.start();
     segmentStatusChecker.run();
+    return tableSizeReader;
   }
 
   private void verifyControllerMetrics(String tableNameWithType, int expectedReplicationFromConfig,
@@ -687,7 +692,8 @@ public void noSegmentZKMetadataTest() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void disabledTableTest() {
+  public void disabledTableTest()
+      throws Exception {
     IdealState idealState = new IdealState(OFFLINE_TABLE_NAME);
     // disable table in idealstate
     idealState.enable(false);
@@ -701,9 +707,28 @@ public void disabledTableTest() {
     when(resourceManager.getAllTables()).thenReturn(List.of(OFFLINE_TABLE_NAME));
     when(resourceManager.getTableIdealState(OFFLINE_TABLE_NAME)).thenReturn(idealState);
 
-    runSegmentStatusChecker(resourceManager, 0);
+    TableSizeReader tableSizeReader = runSegmentStatusChecker(resourceManager, 0);
     assertEquals(MetricValueUtils.getGlobalGaugeValue(_controllerMetrics, ControllerGauge.DISABLED_TABLE_COUNT), 1);
     verifyControllerMetricsNotExist();
+    // Disabled tables should not trigger the size scatter-gather: servers do not load segments for disabled tables,
+    // so calling /table/{name}/size would return 404 from every server and flood logs (issue #14279).
+    verify(tableSizeReader, never()).getTableSizeDetails(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void nullIdealStateTest()
+      throws Exception {
+    PinotHelixResourceManager resourceManager = mock(PinotHelixResourceManager.class);
+    when(resourceManager.getAllTables()).thenReturn(List.of(OFFLINE_TABLE_NAME));
+    when(resourceManager.getTableIdealState(OFFLINE_TABLE_NAME)).thenReturn(null);
+
+    TableSizeReader tableSizeReader = runSegmentStatusChecker(resourceManager, 0);
+    // Tables with null IdealState should not trigger the size scatter-gather either: getServerToSegmentsMap throws
+    // IllegalStateException when IdealState is missing, which would propagate to processTable's outer catch as an
+    // ERROR + stack trace per table per cycle.
+    verify(tableSizeReader, never()).getTableSizeDetails(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean());
+    // Disabled-table count should not be inflated by null-IdealState entries.
+    assertEquals(MetricValueUtils.getGlobalGaugeValue(_controllerMetrics, ControllerGauge.DISABLED_TABLE_COUNT), 0);
   }
 
   @Test