diff --git a/arrow-json/Cargo.toml b/arrow-json/Cargo.toml
index 851f0a244f5..2ab1af1fd09 100644
--- a/arrow-json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-json/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ all-features = true
 arrow-array = { workspace = true }
 arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
 arrow-cast = { workspace = true }
-arrow-data = { workspace = true }
+arrow-ord = { workspace = true }
 arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
+arrow-select = { workspace = true }
 half = { version = "2.1", default-features = false }
 indexmap = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.19", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ ryu = "1.0"
 itoa = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+arrow-data = { workspace = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rust_backend"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/arrow-json/src/reader/run_end_array.rs b/arrow-json/src/reader/run_end_array.rs
index 1a007ccbb63..26ade9c8ed7 100644
--- a/arrow-json/src/reader/run_end_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-json/src/reader/run_end_array.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
 // under the License.
 
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::ops::Range;
+use std::slice::from_ref;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow_array::types::RunEndIndexType;
-use arrow_array::{Array, ArrayRef, PrimitiveArray, make_array, new_empty_array};
-use arrow_buffer::{ArrowNativeType, ScalarBuffer};
-use arrow_data::transform::MutableArrayData;
-use arrow_data::{ArrayData, ArrayDataBuilder};
+use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, RunArray, UInt32Array, new_empty_array};
+use arrow_buffer::{ArrowNativeType, RunEndBuffer, ScalarBuffer};
+use arrow_ord::partition::partition;
 use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, DataType};
+use arrow_select::take::take;
 
 use crate::reader::tape::Tape;
 use crate::reader::{ArrayDecoder, DecoderContext};
@@ -63,58 +66,33 @@ impl<R: RunEndIndexType + Send> ArrayDecoder for RunEndEncodedArrayDecoder<R> {
             return Ok(new_empty_array(&self.data_type));
         }
 
-        let flat_data = self.decoder.decode(tape, pos)?.to_data();
+        let flat_array = self.decoder.decode(tape, pos)?;
 
-        let mut run_ends: Vec<R::Native> = Vec::new();
-        let mut mutable = MutableArrayData::new(vec![&flat_data], false, len);
+        let partitions = partition(from_ref(&flat_array))?;
+        let size = partitions.len();
+        let mut run_ends = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+        let mut indices = Vec::with_capacity(size);
 
-        let mut run_start = 0;
-        for i in 1..len {
-            if !same_run(&flat_data, run_start, i) {
-                let run_end = R::Native::from_usize(i).ok_or_else(|| {
-                    ArrowError::JsonError(format!(
-                        "Run end value {i} exceeds {:?} range",
-                        R::DATA_TYPE
-                    ))
-                })?;
-                run_ends.push(run_end);
-                mutable.extend(0, run_start, run_start + 1);
-                run_start = i;
-            }
+        for Range { start, end } in partitions.ranges() {
+            let run_end = R::Native::from_usize(end).ok_or_else(|| {
+                ArrowError::JsonError(format!(
+                    "Run end value {end} exceeds {:?} range",
+                    R::DATA_TYPE
+                ))
+            })?;
+            run_ends.push(run_end);
+            indices.push(start);
         }
-        let run_end = R::Native::from_usize(len).ok_or_else(|| {
-            ArrowError::JsonError(format!(
-                "Run end value {len} exceeds {:?} range",
-                R::DATA_TYPE
-            ))
-        })?;
-        run_ends.push(run_end);
-        mutable.extend(0, run_start, run_start + 1);
 
-        let values_data = mutable.freeze();
-        let run_ends_data =
-            PrimitiveArray::<R>::new(ScalarBuffer::from(run_ends), None).into_data();
+        let indices = UInt32Array::from_iter_values(indices.into_iter().map(|i| i as u32));
+        let values = take(flat_array.as_ref(), &indices, None)?;
 
-        let data = ArrayDataBuilder::new(self.data_type.clone())
-            .len(len)
-            .add_child_data(run_ends_data)
-            .add_child_data(values_data);
+        // SAFETY: run_ends are strictly increasing with the last value equal to len
+        let run_ends = unsafe { RunEndBuffer::new_unchecked(ScalarBuffer::from(run_ends), 0, len) };
 
-        // Safety:
-        // run_ends are strictly increasing with the last value equal to len,
-        // and values has the same length as run_ends
-        Ok(make_array(unsafe { data.build_unchecked() }))
+        // SAFETY: run_ends are valid and values has the same length as run_ends
+        let array =
+            unsafe { RunArray::<R>::new_unchecked(self.data_type.clone(), run_ends, values) };
+        Ok(Arc::new(array))
     }
 }
-
-fn same_run(data: &ArrayData, i: usize, j: usize) -> bool {
-    let null_i = data.is_null(i);
-    let null_j = data.is_null(j);
-    if null_i != null_j {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if null_i {
-        return true;
-    }
-    data.slice(i, 1) == data.slice(j, 1)
-}