diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/planner.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/planner.rs
index 2dc1b29ca212..1995a6196eed 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/planner.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ use arrow::compute::SortOptions;
 use arrow::datatypes::{Schema, SchemaRef};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use datafusion_common::{DFSchema, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, GroupingSet, Like};
+use datafusion_expr::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet, Like};
 use datafusion_expr::expr_rewriter::unnormalize_cols;
 use datafusion_expr::utils::{expand_wildcard, expr_to_columns};
 use datafusion_expr::WindowFrameUnits;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ fn create_physical_name(e: &Expr, is_first_expr: bool) -> Result<String> {
             let expr = create_physical_name(expr, false)?;
             Ok(format!("{} IS NOT UNKNOWN", expr))
         }
-        Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, key } => {
+        Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
             let expr = create_physical_name(expr, false)?;
             Ok(format!("{}[{}]", expr, key))
         }
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/expr.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/expr.rs
index 7186ecd3b088..1d11245c3881 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/expr.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/expr.rs
@@ -120,12 +120,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
     /// arithmetic negation of an expression, the operand must be of a signed numeric data type
     Negative(Box<Expr>),
     /// Returns the field of a [`arrow::array::ListArray`] or [`arrow::array::StructArray`] by key
-    GetIndexedField {
-        /// the expression to take the field from
-        expr: Box<Expr>,
-        /// The name of the field to take
-        key: ScalarValue,
-    },
+    GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField),
     /// Whether an expression is between a given range.
     Between(Between),
     /// The CASE expression is similar to a series of nested if/else and there are two forms that
@@ -349,6 +344,22 @@ impl Between {
     }
 }
 
+/// Returns the field of a [`arrow::array::ListArray`] or [`arrow::array::StructArray`] by key
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct GetIndexedField {
+    /// the expression to take the field from
+    pub expr: Box<Expr>,
+    /// The name of the field to take
+    pub key: ScalarValue,
+}
+
+impl GetIndexedField {
+    /// Create a new GetIndexedField expression
+    pub fn new(expr: Box<Expr>, key: ScalarValue) -> Self {
+        Self { expr, key }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Grouping sets
 /// See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-table-expressions.html#QUERIES-GROUPING-SETS
 /// for Postgres definition.
@@ -854,7 +865,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Expr {
             }
             Expr::Wildcard => write!(f, "*"),
             Expr::QualifiedWildcard { qualifier } => write!(f, "{}.*", qualifier),
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { ref expr, key } => {
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
                 write!(f, "({:?})[{}]", expr, key)
             }
             Expr::GroupingSet(grouping_sets) => match grouping_sets {
@@ -1082,7 +1093,7 @@ fn create_name(e: &Expr) -> Result<String> {
         Expr::ScalarSubquery(subquery) => {
             Ok(subquery.subquery.schema().field(0).name().clone())
         }
-        Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, key } => {
+        Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
             let expr = create_name(expr)?;
             Ok(format!("{}[{}]", expr, key))
         }
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_rewriter.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_rewriter.rs
index d4cfc8067682..8d82af6419f4 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_rewriter.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_rewriter.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 //! Expression rewriter
 
-use crate::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, Case, GroupingSet, Like};
+use crate::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, Case, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet, Like};
 use crate::logical_plan::{Aggregate, Projection};
 use crate::utils::{from_plan, grouping_set_to_exprlist};
 use crate::{Expr, ExprSchemable, LogicalPlan};
@@ -286,10 +286,12 @@ impl ExprRewritable for Expr {
             Expr::QualifiedWildcard { qualifier } => {
                 Expr::QualifiedWildcard { qualifier }
             }
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, key } => Expr::GetIndexedField {
-                expr: rewrite_boxed(expr, rewriter)?,
-                key,
-            },
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
+                Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField::new(
+                    rewrite_boxed(expr, rewriter)?,
+                    key,
+                ))
+            }
         };
 
         // now rewrite this expression itself
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_schema.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_schema.rs
index 6c70eac5b1bd..e19f6a9fcb21 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_schema.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_schema.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // under the License.
 
 use super::{Between, Expr, Like};
-use crate::expr::BinaryExpr;
+use crate::expr::{BinaryExpr, GetIndexedField};
 use crate::field_util::get_indexed_field;
 use crate::type_coercion::binary::binary_operator_data_type;
 use crate::{aggregate_function, function, window_function};
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl ExprSchemable for Expr {
                 // grouping sets do not really have a type and do not appear in projections
                 Ok(DataType::Null)
             }
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { ref expr, key } => {
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
                 let data_type = expr.get_type(schema)?;
 
                 get_indexed_field(&data_type, key).map(|x| x.data_type().clone())
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl ExprSchemable for Expr {
                 "QualifiedWildcard expressions are not valid in a logical query plan"
                     .to_owned(),
             )),
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { ref expr, key } => {
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
                 let data_type = expr.get_type(input_schema)?;
                 get_indexed_field(&data_type, key).map(|x| x.is_nullable())
             }
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_visitor.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_visitor.rs
index b78ed89db7d5..4014847bc2aa 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/expr_visitor.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/expr_visitor.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 use crate::{
     expr::{BinaryExpr, GroupingSet},
-    Between, Expr, Like,
+    Between, Expr, GetIndexedField, Like,
 };
 use datafusion_common::Result;
 
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ impl ExprVisitable for Expr {
             | Expr::Cast { expr, .. }
             | Expr::TryCast { expr, .. }
             | Expr::Sort { expr, .. }
-            | Expr::InSubquery { expr, .. }
-            | Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, .. } => expr.accept(visitor),
+            | Expr::InSubquery { expr, .. } => expr.accept(visitor),
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { expr, .. }) => expr.accept(visitor),
             Expr::GroupingSet(GroupingSet::Rollup(exprs)) => exprs
                 .iter()
                 .fold(Ok(visitor), |v, e| v.and_then(|v| e.accept(v))),
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/lib.rs
index c292d86d250e..0fcdf5546d8a 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub use accumulator::{Accumulator, AggregateState};
 pub use aggregate_function::AggregateFunction;
 pub use built_in_function::BuiltinScalarFunction;
 pub use columnar_value::{ColumnarValue, NullColumnarValue};
-pub use expr::{Between, Case, Expr, GroupingSet, Like};
+pub use expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, Case, Expr, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet, Like};
 pub use expr_fn::*;
 pub use expr_schema::ExprSchemable;
 pub use function::{
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/planner.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/planner.rs
index d08448ef28c2..8080c8f3066a 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/planner.rs
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Schema};
 use datafusion_common::{DFSchema, DataFusionError, Result, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::expr::BinaryExpr;
-use datafusion_expr::{binary_expr, Between, Expr, Like, Operator};
+use datafusion_expr::{
+    binary_expr, Between, BinaryExpr, Expr, GetIndexedField, Like, Operator,
+};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Create a physical expression from a logical expression ([Expr]).
@@ -308,10 +309,17 @@ pub fn create_physical_expr(
             input_schema,
             execution_props,
         )?),
-        Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, key } => Ok(Arc::new(GetIndexedFieldExpr::new(
-            create_physical_expr(expr, input_dfschema, input_schema, execution_props)?,
-            key.clone(),
-        ))),
+        Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
+            Ok(Arc::new(GetIndexedFieldExpr::new(
+                create_physical_expr(
+                    expr,
+                    input_dfschema,
+                    input_schema,
+                    execution_props,
+                )?,
+                key.clone(),
+            )))
+        }
 
         Expr::ScalarFunction { fun, args } => {
             let physical_args = args
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/src/from_proto.rs b/datafusion/proto/src/from_proto.rs
index feb78630d2d6..b29891746d09 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/src/from_proto.rs
+++ b/datafusion/proto/src/from_proto.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ use datafusion_expr::{
     sha384, sha512, signum, sin, split_part, sqrt, starts_with, strpos, substr, tan,
     to_hex, to_timestamp_micros, to_timestamp_millis, to_timestamp_seconds, translate,
     trim, trunc, upper, AggregateFunction, Between, BuiltInWindowFunction,
-    BuiltinScalarFunction, Case, Expr, GroupingSet,
+    BuiltinScalarFunction, Case, Expr, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet,
     GroupingSet::GroupingSets,
     Like, Operator, WindowFrame, WindowFrameBound, WindowFrameUnits,
 };
@@ -801,10 +801,10 @@ pub fn parse_expr(
 
             let expr = parse_required_expr(&field.expr, registry, "expr")?;
 
-            Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField {
-                expr: Box::new(expr),
+            Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField::new(
+                Box::new(expr),
                 key,
-            })
+            )))
         }
         ExprType::Column(column) => Ok(Expr::Column(column.into())),
         ExprType::Literal(literal) => {
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/src/to_proto.rs b/datafusion/proto/src/to_proto.rs
index 931779ab3948..e2874da1f6a3 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/src/to_proto.rs
+++ b/datafusion/proto/src/to_proto.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{
     UnionMode,
 };
 use datafusion_common::{Column, DFField, DFSchemaRef, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, GroupingSet, Like};
+use datafusion_expr::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet, Like};
 use datafusion_expr::{
     logical_plan::PlanType, logical_plan::StringifiedPlan, AggregateFunction,
     BuiltInWindowFunction, BuiltinScalarFunction, Expr, WindowFrame, WindowFrameBound,
@@ -816,7 +816,8 @@ impl TryFrom<&Expr> for protobuf::LogicalExprNode {
                 // see discussion in https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/2565
                 return Err(Error::General("Proto serialization error: Expr::ScalarSubquery(_) | Expr::InSubquery { .. } | Expr::Exists { .. } not supported".to_string()))
             }
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { key, expr } => Self {
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField{key, expr}) =>
+                Self {
                 expr_type: Some(ExprType::GetIndexedField(Box::new(
                     protobuf::GetIndexedField {
                         key: Some(key.try_into()?),
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
index 7cff840daa6e..92264f06023f 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ use datafusion_expr::utils::{
     COUNT_STAR_EXPANSION,
 };
 use datafusion_expr::{
-    and, col, lit, AggregateFunction, AggregateUDF, Expr, ExprSchemable, Operator,
-    ScalarUDF, WindowFrame, WindowFrameUnits,
+    and, col, lit, AggregateFunction, AggregateUDF, Expr, ExprSchemable, GetIndexedField,
+    Operator, ScalarUDF, WindowFrame, WindowFrameUnits,
 };
 use datafusion_expr::{
     window_function::WindowFunction, BuiltinScalarFunction, TableSource,
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ fn plan_indexed(expr: Expr, mut keys: Vec<SQLExpr>) -> Result<Expr> {
         expr
     };
 
-    Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField {
-        expr: Box::new(expr),
-        key: plan_key(key)?,
-    })
+    Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField::new(
+        Box::new(expr),
+        plan_key(key)?,
+    )))
 }
 
 impl<'a, S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'a, S> {
@@ -1834,10 +1834,10 @@ impl<'a, S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'a, S> {
                                 Err(_) => {
                                     if let Some(field) = schema.fields().iter().find(|f| f.name().eq(&relation)) {
                                         // Access to a field of a column which is a structure, example: SELECT my_struct.key
-                                        Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField {
-                                            expr: Box::new(Expr::Column(field.qualified_column())),
-                                            key: ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(name)),
-                                        })
+                                        Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField::new(
+                                            Box::new(Expr::Column(field.qualified_column())),
+                                            ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(name)),
+                                        )))
                                     } else {
                                         // table.column identifier
                                         Ok(Expr::Column(Column {
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/utils.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/utils.rs
index 5b25753230e3..d138897a84ed 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/utils.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/utils.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, DECIMAL128_MAX_PRECISION, DECIMAL_DEFAULT_SCALE
 use sqlparser::ast::Ident;
 
 use datafusion_common::{DataFusionError, Result, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::expr::{Between, BinaryExpr, Case, GroupingSet, Like};
+use datafusion_expr::expr::{
+    Between, BinaryExpr, Case, GetIndexedField, GroupingSet, Like,
+};
 use datafusion_expr::utils::{expr_as_column_expr, find_column_exprs};
 use datafusion_expr::{Expr, LogicalPlan};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -377,10 +379,12 @@ where
             }),
             Expr::Wildcard => Ok(Expr::Wildcard),
             Expr::QualifiedWildcard { .. } => Ok(expr.clone()),
-            Expr::GetIndexedField { expr, key } => Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField {
-                expr: Box::new(clone_with_replacement(expr.as_ref(), replacement_fn)?),
-                key: key.clone(),
-            }),
+            Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField { key, expr }) => {
+                Ok(Expr::GetIndexedField(GetIndexedField::new(
+                    Box::new(clone_with_replacement(expr.as_ref(), replacement_fn)?),
+                    key.clone(),
+                )))
+            }
             Expr::GroupingSet(set) => match set {
                 GroupingSet::Rollup(exprs) => Ok(Expr::GroupingSet(GroupingSet::Rollup(
                     exprs