When the automatic create statistics option, [AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql-set-options.md#auto_create_statistics) is ON, the Query Optimizer creates statistics on individual columns in the query predicate, as necessary, to improve cardinality estimates for the query plan. These single-column statistics are created on columns that do not already have a [histogram](#histogram) in an existing statistics object. The AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS option does not determine whether statistics get created for indexes. This option also does not generate filtered statistics. It applies strictly to single-column statistics for the full table.
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