diff --git a/iter_bench_test.go b/iter_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bcbacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iter_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package pgkit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/georgysavva/scany/v2/dbscan"
+	"github.com/georgysavva/scany/v2/pgxscan"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
+)
+
+// benchRow is a representative record: a mix of column types so struct field
+// mapping has real work to do per row.
+type benchRow struct {
+	ID     int64   `db:"id"`
+	Name   string  `db:"name"`
+	Email  string  `db:"email"`
+	Age    int32   `db:"age"`
+	Score  float64 `db:"score"`
+	Active bool    `db:"active"`
+}
+
+func (r *benchRow) GetID() int64    { return r.ID }
+func (r *benchRow) Validate() error { return nil }
+
+// benchScanAPI mirrors the scan API pgkit builds in ConnectWithPGX so the
+// benchmark exercises the same reflection path as production.
+func benchScanAPI(tb testing.TB) *pgxscan.API {
+	tb.Helper()
+	dbScanAPI, err := pgxscan.NewDBScanAPI(dbscan.WithAllowUnknownColumns(true))
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	api, err := pgxscan.NewAPI(dbScanAPI)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return api
+}
+
+func benchTable(tb testing.TB) *Table[benchRow, *benchRow, int64] {
+	return &Table[benchRow, *benchRow, int64]{
+		DB: &DB{Query: &Querier{Scan: benchScanAPI(tb)}},
+	}
+}
+
+// makeBenchData builds n identical rows matching benchRow's columns.
+func makeBenchData(n int) ([]string, [][]any) {
+	cols := []string{"id", "name", "email", "age", "score", "active"}
+	data := make([][]any, n)
+	for i := range data {
+		data[i] = []any{
+			int64(i),
+			"account name",
+			"user@example.com",
+			int32(30),
+			float64(99.5),
+			true,
+		}
+	}
+	return cols, data
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTableIter(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range []int{100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("rows=%d", n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			cols, data := makeBenchData(n)
+			tbl := benchTable(b)
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for b.Loop() {
+				rows := newFakeRows(cols, data)
+				var count int
+				for _, err := range tbl.iterRows(rows) {
+					if err != nil {
+						b.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					count++
+				}
+				if count != n {
+					b.Fatalf("scanned %d rows, want %d", count, n)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeRows is an in-memory pgx.Rows used to benchmark the scan loop without a
+// live database. Scan copies the current row's values into the positional
+// destination pointers via reflection.
+type fakeRows struct {
+	fields []pgconn.FieldDescription
+	data   [][]any
+	pos    int // 1-based index of the current row; 0 means before first Next
+	err    error
+}
+
+func newFakeRows(cols []string, data [][]any) *fakeRows {
+	fields := make([]pgconn.FieldDescription, len(cols))
+	for i, c := range cols {
+		fields[i] = pgconn.FieldDescription{Name: c}
+	}
+	return &fakeRows{fields: fields, data: data}
+}
+
+func (r *fakeRows) Close()                                       {}
+func (r *fakeRows) Err() error                                   { return r.err }
+func (r *fakeRows) CommandTag() pgconn.CommandTag                { return pgconn.CommandTag{} }
+func (r *fakeRows) FieldDescriptions() []pgconn.FieldDescription { return r.fields }
+
+func (r *fakeRows) Next() bool {
+	if r.pos >= len(r.data) {
+		return false
+	}
+	r.pos++
+	return true
+}
+
+func (r *fakeRows) Scan(dest ...any) error {
+	if r.pos == 0 || r.pos > len(r.data) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Scan called out of range")
+	}
+	row := r.data[r.pos-1]
+	if len(dest) != len(row) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("scan target count %d != column count %d", len(dest), len(row))
+	}
+	for i, d := range dest {
+		if d == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		dv := reflect.ValueOf(d)
+		if dv.Kind() != reflect.Pointer || dv.IsNil() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("scan dest %d is not a non-nil pointer", i)
+		}
+		dv.Elem().Set(reflect.ValueOf(row[i]))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *fakeRows) Values() ([]any, error) {
+	if r.pos == 0 || r.pos > len(r.data) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Values called out of range")
+	}
+	return r.data[r.pos-1], nil
+}
+
+func (r *fakeRows) RawValues() [][]byte { return nil }
+func (r *fakeRows) Conn() *pgx.Conn     { return nil }
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 08b95a2..101d15e 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -561,11 +561,22 @@ func (t *Table[T, P, I]) Iter(ctx context.Context, where sq.Sqlizer, orderBy []s
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query rows: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	return t.iterRows(rows), nil
+}
+
+// iterRows yields records scanned from rows, closing rows when iteration ends.
+//
+// A single RowScanner is created once and reused across every row: it caches
+// the column-to-field mapping after the first Scan, so the reflection work is
+// done once per query rather than once per row (which pgxscan.API.ScanRow
+// would do by allocating a fresh RowScanner each call).
+func (t *Table[T, P, I]) iterRows(rows pgx.Rows) iter.Seq2[P, error] {
 	return func(yield func(P, error) bool) {
 		defer rows.Close()
+		rs := t.Query.Scan.NewRowScanner(rows)
 		for rows.Next() {
 			var record T
-			if err := t.Query.Scan.ScanRow(&record, rows); err != nil {
+			if err := rs.Scan(&record); err != nil {
 				yield(nil, err)
 				return
 			}
@@ -576,7 +587,7 @@ func (t *Table[T, P, I]) Iter(ctx context.Context, where sq.Sqlizer, orderBy []s
 		if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
 			yield(nil, err)
 		}
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 // GetByID returns a record by its ID.