diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index d619aa2887d..3f0fa0994e7 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -464,3 +464,8 @@ parameters:
         -
             path: src/PhpParser/Node/CustomNode/FileWithoutNamespace.php
             identifier: symplify.forbiddenExtendOfNonAbstractClass
+
+        # false positive
+        -
+             identifier: phpstanApi.varTagAssumption
+             path: rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector.php
diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRectorTest.php b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRectorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e45ffa6d107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRectorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector;
+
+use Iterator;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
+
+final class AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRectorTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
+{
+    #[DataProvider('provideData')]
+    public function test(string $filePath): void
+    {
+        $this->doTestFile($filePath);
+    }
+
+    public static function provideData(): Iterator
+    {
+        return self::yieldFilesFromDirectory(__DIR__ . '/Fixture');
+    }
+
+    public function provideConfigFilePath(): string
+    {
+        return __DIR__ . '/config/configured_rule.php';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/conditional_assign.php.inc b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/conditional_assign.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a031ce2a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/conditional_assign.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class ConditionalAssign
+{
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 100;
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class ConditionalAssign
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, int>
+     */
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 100;
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/multiple_conditional_assign.php.inc b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/multiple_conditional_assign.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5929d0b80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/multiple_conditional_assign.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class MultipleConditionalAssign
+{
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 'some_string';
+        }
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['another_key'] = 500;
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class MultipleConditionalAssign
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, string|int>
+     */
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 'some_string';
+        }
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['another_key'] = 500;
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/some_item.php.inc b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/some_item.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3edcb1b1f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/Fixture/some_item.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SomeItem
+{
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+        $items['key'] = 100;
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SomeItem
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, int>
+     */
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+        $items['key'] = 100;
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/config/configured_rule.php b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/config/configured_rule.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b54cbe0ed37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector/config/configured_rule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector;
+
+return RectorConfig::configure()
+    ->withRules([AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector::class]);
diff --git a/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector.php b/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3698f2bb697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/ClassMethod/AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector.php
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod;
+
+use PhpParser\Node;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Array_;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable;
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod;
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Expression;
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Return_;
+use PHPStan\Type\Constant\ConstantArrayType;
+use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use PHPStan\Type\UnionType;
+use Rector\BetterPhpDocParser\PhpDocInfo\PhpDocInfoFactory;
+use Rector\BetterPhpDocParser\PhpDocManipulator\PhpDocTypeChanger;
+use Rector\Rector\AbstractRector;
+use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\NodeFinder\ReturnNodeFinder;
+use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\TagNodeAnalyzer\UsefulArrayTagNodeAnalyzer;
+use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\TypeResolver\ConstantArrayTypeGeneralizer;
+use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\CodeSample\CodeSample;
+use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\RuleDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * @see \Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRectorTest
+ */
+final class AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector extends AbstractRector
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly PhpDocInfoFactory $phpDocInfoFactory,
+        private readonly UsefulArrayTagNodeAnalyzer $usefulArrayTagNodeAnalyzer,
+        private readonly ReturnNodeFinder $returnNodeFinder,
+        private readonly ConstantArrayTypeGeneralizer $constantArrayTypeGeneralizer,
+        private readonly PhpDocTypeChanger $phpDocTypeChanger,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function getRuleDefinition(): RuleDefinition
+    {
+        return new RuleDefinition(
+            'Add @return docblock for methods returning array from dim fetch of assigned arrays',
+            [
+                new CodeSample(
+                    <<<'CODE_SAMPLE'
+final class SomeClass
+{
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 'value';
+        }
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['another_key'] = 'another_value';
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+CODE_SAMPLE
+                    ,
+                    <<<'CODE_SAMPLE'
+final class SomeClass
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, string>
+     */
+    public function toArray()
+    {
+        $items = [];
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['key'] = 'value';
+        }
+
+        if (mt_rand(0, 1)) {
+            $items['another_key'] = 'another_value';
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+}
+CODE_SAMPLE
+                ),
+
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function getNodeTypes(): array
+    {
+        return [ClassMethod::class];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ClassMethod $node
+     */
+    public function refactor(Node $node): ?ClassMethod
+    {
+        if ($node->stmts === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $phpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNodeOrEmpty($node);
+
+        if ($this->usefulArrayTagNodeAnalyzer->isUsefulArrayTag($phpDocInfo->getReturnTagValue())) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $soleReturn = $this->returnNodeFinder->findOnlyReturnWithExpr($node);
+        if (! $soleReturn instanceof Return_) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // only variable
+        if (! $soleReturn->expr instanceof Variable) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // @todo check type here
+        $returnedExprType = $this->getType($soleReturn->expr);
+
+        if (! $this->isConstantArrayType($returnedExprType)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // find stmts with $item = [];
+        $returnedVariableName = $this->getName($soleReturn->expr);
+        if (! is_string($returnedVariableName)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->isVariableInstantiated($node, $returnedVariableName)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ($returnedExprType->getReferencedClasses() !== []) {
+            // better handled by shared-interface/class rule, to avoid turning objects to mixed
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // conditional assign
+        $genericUnionedTypeNodes = [];
+
+        if ($returnedExprType instanceof UnionType) {
+            foreach ($returnedExprType->getTypes() as $unionedType) {
+                if ($unionedType instanceof ConstantArrayType) {
+                    // skip empty array
+                    if ($unionedType->getKeyTypes() === [] && $unionedType->getValueTypes() === []) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    $genericUnionedTypeNode = $this->constantArrayTypeGeneralizer->generalize($unionedType);
+                    $genericUnionedTypeNodes[] = $genericUnionedTypeNode;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            /** @var ConstantArrayType $returnedExprType */
+            $genericTypeNode = $this->constantArrayTypeGeneralizer->generalize($returnedExprType);
+            $this->phpDocTypeChanger->changeReturnTypeNode($node, $phpDocInfo, $genericTypeNode);
+
+            return $node;
+        }
+
+        // @todo handle multiple type nodes
+        $this->phpDocTypeChanger->changeReturnTypeNode($node, $phpDocInfo, $genericUnionedTypeNodes[0]);
+
+        return $node;
+    }
+
+    private function isVariableInstantiated(ClassMethod $classMethod, string $returnedVariableName): bool
+    {
+        foreach ((array) $classMethod->stmts as $stmt) {
+            if (! $stmt instanceof Expression) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (! $stmt->expr instanceof Assign) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $assign = $stmt->expr;
+            if (! $assign->var instanceof Variable) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (! $this->isName($assign->var, $returnedVariableName)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // must be array assignment
+            if (! $assign->expr instanceof Array_) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private function isConstantArrayType(Type $returnedExprType): bool
+    {
+        if ($returnedExprType instanceof UnionType) {
+            foreach ($returnedExprType->getTypes() as $unionedType) {
+                if (! $unionedType instanceof ConstantArrayType) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return $returnedExprType instanceof ConstantArrayType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Config/Level/TypeDeclarationDocblocksLevel.php b/src/Config/Level/TypeDeclarationDocblocksLevel.php
index bcc9caa97bb..bd1d0bbee59 100644
--- a/src/Config/Level/TypeDeclarationDocblocksLevel.php
+++ b/src/Config/Level/TypeDeclarationDocblocksLevel.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddParamArrayDocblockFromDimFetchAccessRector;
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForArrayDimAssignedObjectRector;
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForCommonObjectDenominatorRector;
+use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector;
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\AddReturnDocblockForJsonArrayRector;
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\DocblockGetterReturnArrayFromPropertyDocblockVarRector;
 use Rector\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\ClassMethod\DocblockReturnArrayFromDirectArrayInstanceRector;
@@ -59,5 +60,8 @@ final class TypeDeclarationDocblocksLevel
 
         // return
         DocblockGetterReturnArrayFromPropertyDocblockVarRector::class,
+
+        // run latter after other rules, as more generic
+        AddReturnDocblockForDimFetchArrayFromAssignsRector::class,
     ];
 }