diff --git a/polars/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs b/polars/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
index 44fbb6ab6342..34ceedae4d6b 100644
--- a/polars/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
@@ -2378,6 +2378,21 @@ impl DataFrame {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Iterator over the rows in this `DataFrame` as Arrow RecordBatches as physical values.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics if the `DataFrame` that is passed is not rechunked.
+    ///
+    /// This responsibility is left to the caller as we don't want to take mutable references here,
+    /// but we also don't want to rechunk here, as this operation is costly and would benefit the caller
+    /// as well.
+    pub fn iter_chunks_physical(&self) -> PhysRecordBatchIter<'_> {
+        PhysRecordBatchIter {
+            iters: self.columns.iter().map(|s| s.chunks().iter()).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get a `DataFrame` with all the columns in reversed order.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn reverse(&self) -> Self {
@@ -3346,6 +3361,22 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for RecordBatchIter<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct PhysRecordBatchIter<'a> {
+    iters: Vec<std::slice::Iter<'a, ArrayRef>>,
+}
+
+impl Iterator for PhysRecordBatchIter<'_> {
+    type Item = ArrowChunk;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        self.iters
+            .iter_mut()
+            .map(|phys_iter| phys_iter.next().cloned())
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
+            .map(ArrowChunk::new)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for DataFrame {
     fn default() -> Self {
         DataFrame::new_no_checks(vec![])
diff --git a/polars/polars-core/src/series/iterator.rs b/polars/polars-core/src/series/iterator.rs
index 5dce58b56d0c..b8609758f733 100644
--- a/polars/polars-core/src/series/iterator.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-core/src/series/iterator.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ impl FromIterator<String> for Series {
     }
 }
 
+pub type SeriesPhysIter<'a> = Box<dyn ExactSizeIterator<Item = AnyValue<'a>> + 'a>;
+
 #[cfg(any(feature = "rows", feature = "dtype-struct"))]
 impl Series {
     /// iterate over [`Series`] as [`AnyValue`].
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ impl Series {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn phys_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn ExactSizeIterator<Item = AnyValue<'_>> + '_> {
+    pub fn phys_iter(&self) -> SeriesPhysIter<'_> {
         let dtype = self.dtype();
         let phys_dtype = dtype.to_physical();
 
diff --git a/polars/polars-core/src/utils/mod.rs b/polars/polars-core/src/utils/mod.rs
index c39d55f2f665..1d49f489e4f2 100644
--- a/polars/polars-core/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-core/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pub fn split_series(s: &Series, n: usize) -> PolarsResult<Vec<Series>> {
 }
 
 fn flatten_df(df: &DataFrame) -> impl Iterator<Item = DataFrame> + '_ {
-    df.iter_chunks().flat_map(|chunk| {
+    df.iter_chunks_physical().flat_map(|chunk| {
         let df = DataFrame::new_no_checks(
             df.iter()
                 .zip(chunk.into_arrays())