diff --git a/stubs/openpyxl/@tests/test_cases/check_read_only.py b/stubs/openpyxl/@tests/test_cases/check_read_only.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41f828451585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/openpyxl/@tests/test_cases/check_read_only.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from collections.abc import Generator
+from typing_extensions import assert_type
+
+from openpyxl.cell import _CellGetValue
+from openpyxl.cell.read_only import EmptyCell, ReadOnlyCell
+from openpyxl.worksheet._read_only import ReadOnlyWorksheet
+
+
+def check_read_only_methods(sheet: ReadOnlyWorksheet, values_only: bool) -> None:
+    # These methods alias Worksheet methods at runtime; their self and cell types differ.
+    assert_type(sheet.cell(1, 1), ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell)
+    assert_type(next(sheet.iter_rows()), tuple[ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell, ...])
+    assert_type(next(sheet.iter_rows(values_only=True)), tuple[_CellGetValue, ...])
+    assert_type(next(sheet.iter_rows(1, 2, 1, 3, True)), tuple[_CellGetValue, ...])
+    assert_type(
+        sheet.iter_rows(values_only=values_only),
+        Generator[tuple[ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell, ...]] | Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]],
+    )
+    assert_type(next(iter(sheet)), tuple[ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell, ...])
+    assert_type(sheet[1], tuple[ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell, ...])
diff --git a/stubs/openpyxl/openpyxl/worksheet/_read_only.pyi b/stubs/openpyxl/openpyxl/worksheet/_read_only.pyi
index a1f95ee4b577..974a087a3adb 100644
--- a/stubs/openpyxl/openpyxl/worksheet/_read_only.pyi
+++ b/stubs/openpyxl/openpyxl/worksheet/_read_only.pyi
@@ -1,27 +1,77 @@
 from _typeshed import SupportsGetItem
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Generator, Iterator
+from typing import Any, Literal, TypeAlias, overload
 
 from openpyxl import _VisibilityType
-from openpyxl.cell import _CellGetValue, _CellOrMergedCell
+from openpyxl.cell import _CellGetValue
+from openpyxl.cell.read_only import EmptyCell, ReadOnlyCell
 from openpyxl.utils.cell import _RangeBoundariesTuple
 from openpyxl.workbook.workbook import Workbook
-from openpyxl.worksheet.worksheet import Worksheet
+
+_ReadOnlyCell: TypeAlias = ReadOnlyCell | EmptyCell
 
 def read_dimension(source) -> _RangeBoundariesTuple | None: ...
 
 class ReadOnlyWorksheet:
-    cell = Worksheet.cell
-    iter_rows = Worksheet.iter_rows
-    # Same as Worksheet.values
-    # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/6700
+    # Worksheet methods are reused at runtime, but create read-only or empty cells here.
+    def cell(self, row: int, column: int, value: None = None) -> _ReadOnlyCell: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def iter_rows(
+        self, min_row: int | None, max_row: int | None, min_col: int | None, max_col: int | None, values_only: Literal[True]
+    ) -> Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]]: ...
+    @overload
+    def iter_rows(
+        self,
+        min_row: int | None = None,
+        max_row: int | None = None,
+        min_col: int | None = None,
+        max_col: int | None = None,
+        *,
+        values_only: Literal[True],
+    ) -> Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]]: ...
+    @overload
+    def iter_rows(
+        self,
+        min_row: int | None = None,
+        max_row: int | None = None,
+        min_col: int | None = None,
+        max_col: int | None = None,
+        values_only: Literal[False] = False,
+    ) -> Generator[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]]: ...
+    @overload
+    def iter_rows(
+        self, min_row: int | None, max_row: int | None, min_col: int | None, max_col: int | None, values_only: bool
+    ) -> Generator[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]] | Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]]: ...
+    @overload
+    def iter_rows(
+        self,
+        min_row: int | None = None,
+        max_row: int | None = None,
+        min_col: int | None = None,
+        max_col: int | None = None,
+        *,
+        values_only: bool,
+    ) -> Generator[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]] | Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]]: ...
+
     @property
     def values(self) -> Generator[tuple[_CellGetValue, ...]]: ...
-    # Same as Worksheet.rows
-    # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/6700
     @property
-    def rows(self) -> Generator[tuple[_CellOrMergedCell, ...]]: ...
-    __getitem__ = Worksheet.__getitem__
-    __iter__ = Worksheet.__iter__
+    def rows(self) -> Generator[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]]: ...
+
+    # An int is necessarily a row selection
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]: ...
+    # A slice is necessarily a row or rows, even if targetting a single cell
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, key: slice) -> tuple[Any, ...]: ...  # tuple[AnyOf[_ReadOnlyCell, tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]]]
+    # A str could be an individual cell, row or full range
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(
+        self, key: str
+    ) -> Any: ...  # AnyOf[_ReadOnlyCell, tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...], tuple[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...], ...]]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[tuple[_ReadOnlyCell, ...]]: ...
     parent: Workbook
     title: str
     sheet_state: _VisibilityType