diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt b/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
index 8939bd00..589ebc48 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ internal class FieldResolverScanner(val options: SchemaParserOptions) {
 
     private val allowedLastArgumentTypes = listOfNotNull(DataFetchingEnvironment::class.java, GraphQLContext::class.java, options.contextClass)
 
+    private val methodsByNameCache = mutableMapOf<Pair<Class<out Any>, Boolean>, Map<String, List<Method>>>()
+
     fun findFieldResolver(field: FieldDefinition, resolverInfo: ResolverInfo): FieldResolver {
         val searches = resolverInfo.getFieldSearches()
 
@@ -86,9 +88,10 @@ internal class FieldResolverScanner(val options: SchemaParserOptions) {
     }
 
     private fun findResolverMethod(field: FieldDefinition, search: Search): Method? {
-        val methods = getAllMethods(search)
+        val methodsByName = getMethodsByName(search)
         val argumentCount = field.inputValueDefinitions.size + if (search.requiredFirstParameterType != null) 1 else 0
         val name = field.name
+        val capitalizedName = name.replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)
 
         // Check for the following one by one:
         //   1. Method with exact field name
@@ -96,19 +99,23 @@ internal class FieldResolverScanner(val options: SchemaParserOptions) {
         //   3. Method with "get" style getter
         //   4. Method with "getField" style getter
         //   5. Method with "get" style getter with the field name converted from snake_case to camelCased. ex: key_ops -> getKeyOps()
-        return methods.find {
-            it.name == name && verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search)
-        } ?: methods.find {
-            (isBoolean(field.type) && it.name == "is${name.replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)}") && verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search)
-        } ?: methods.find {
-            it.name == "get${name.replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)}" && verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search)
-        } ?: methods.find {
-            it.name == "getField${name.replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)}" && verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search)
-        } ?: methods.find {
-            it.name == "get${name.snakeToCamelCase()}" && verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search)
+        return listOfNotNull(
+            name,
+            if (isBoolean(field.type)) "is$capitalizedName" else null,
+            "get$capitalizedName",
+            "getField$capitalizedName",
+            "get${name.snakeToCamelCase()}"
+        ).firstNotNullOfOrNull { methodName ->
+            methodsByName[methodName]?.find { verifyMethodArguments(it, argumentCount, search) }
         }
     }
 
+    // root fields are searched on every root resolver, so each class's methods are only indexed once
+    private fun getMethodsByName(search: Search): Map<String, List<Method>> =
+        methodsByNameCache.getOrPut(search.type.unwrap() to search.isSubscription) {
+            getAllMethods(search).groupBy { it.name }
+        }
+
     private fun getAllMethods(search: Search): List<Method> {
         val type = search.type.unwrap()
         val declaredMethods = type.declaredNonProxyMethods
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/FieldResolverScannerTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/FieldResolverScannerTest.kt
index e5631844..4ca5fa54 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/FieldResolverScannerTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/FieldResolverScannerTest.kt
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ class FieldResolverScannerTest {
         Locale.setDefault(default)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `scanner finds field resolver methods in priority order`() {
+        val resolverInfo = RootResolverInfo(listOf(PriorityQuery()), options)
+
+        fun methodName(name: String, type: String) =
+            (scanner.findFieldResolver(FieldDefinition(name, TypeName(type)), resolverInfo) as MethodFieldResolver).method.name
+
+        assertEquals(methodName("name", "String"), "name")
+        assertEquals(methodName("active", "Boolean"), "isActive")
+        assertEquals(methodName("enabled", "String"), "getEnabled")
+        assertEquals(methodName("count", "Int"), "getFieldCount")
+    }
+
     class RootQuery1 : GraphQLQueryResolver {
         fun field1() {}
     }
@@ -118,6 +131,18 @@ class FieldResolverScannerTest {
         fun getId(): HullType = HullType()
     }
 
+    class PriorityQuery : GraphQLQueryResolver {
+        fun name(): String = "name"
+        fun getName(): String = "name"
+        fun getFieldName(): String = "name"
+        fun active(flag: Boolean): Boolean = flag
+        fun isActive(): Boolean = true
+        fun getActive(): Boolean = true
+        fun isEnabled(): Boolean = true
+        fun getEnabled(): String = "enabled"
+        fun getFieldCount(): Int = 1
+    }
+
     class HullType
 
     open class ParentPropertyQuery {