diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/components/DataHoverView.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/components/DataHoverView.tsx
index a7e1633f1ab..5e0333951fa 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/components/DataHoverView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/components/DataHoverView.tsx
@@ -24,31 +24,43 @@ export interface Props {
   header?: string;
 }
 
+interface DisplayValue {
+  name: string;
+  value: unknown;
+  valueString: string;
+  highlight: boolean;
+}
+
 export const DataHoverView = ({ data, rowIndex, columnIndex, sortOrder, mode, header = undefined }: Props) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   if (!data || rowIndex == null) {
     return null;
   }
-
+  const fields = data.fields.map((f, idx) => {
+    return { ...f, hovered: idx === columnIndex };
+  });
   // Put the traceID field in front.
-  const visibleFields = data.fields.filter((f) => !Boolean(f.config.custom?.hideFrom?.tooltip));
-  const traceIDField = visibleFields.find((field) => field.name === 'traceID') || data.fields[0];
+  const visibleFields = fields.filter((f) => !Boolean(f.config.custom?.hideFrom?.tooltip));
+  const traceIDField = visibleFields.find((field) => field.name === 'traceID') || fields[0];
   const orderedVisibleFields = [traceIDField, ...visibleFields.filter((field) => traceIDField !== field)];
 
   if (orderedVisibleFields.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const displayValues: Array<[string, unknown, string]> = [];
+  const displayValues: DisplayValue[] = [];
   const links: Array<LinkModel<Field>> = [];
   const linkLookup = new Set<string>();
 
-  for (const f of orderedVisibleFields) {
-    const v = f.values.get(rowIndex);
-    const disp = f.display ? f.display(v) : { text: `${v}`, numeric: +v };
-    if (f.getLinks) {
-      f.getLinks({ calculatedValue: disp, valueRowIndex: rowIndex }).forEach((link) => {
+  for (const field of orderedVisibleFields) {
+    if (mode === TooltipDisplayMode.Single && columnIndex != null && !field.hovered) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const value = field.values.get(rowIndex);
+    const fieldDisplay = field.display ? field.display(value) : { text: `${value}`, numeric: +value };
+    if (field.getLinks) {
+      field.getLinks({ calculatedValue: fieldDisplay, valueRowIndex: rowIndex }).forEach((link) => {
         const key = `${link.title}/${link.href}`;
         if (!linkLookup.has(key)) {
           links.push(link);
@@ -57,11 +69,16 @@ export const DataHoverView = ({ data, rowIndex, columnIndex, sortOrder, mode, he
       });
     }
 
-    displayValues.push([getFieldDisplayName(f, data), v, formattedValueToString(disp)]);
+    displayValues.push({
+      name: getFieldDisplayName(field, data),
+      value,
+      valueString: formattedValueToString(fieldDisplay),
+      highlight: field.hovered,
+    });
   }
 
   if (sortOrder && sortOrder !== SortOrder.None) {
-    displayValues.sort((a, b) => arrayUtils.sortValues(sortOrder)(a[1], b[1]));
+    displayValues.sort((a, b) => arrayUtils.sortValues(sortOrder)(a.value, b.value));
   }
 
   const renderLinks = () =>
@@ -96,19 +113,12 @@ export const DataHoverView = ({ data, rowIndex, columnIndex, sortOrder, mode, he
       )}
       <table className={styles.infoWrap}>
         <tbody>
-          {(mode === TooltipDisplayMode.Multi || mode == null) &&
-            displayValues.map((v, i) => (
-              <tr key={`${i}/${rowIndex}`} className={i === columnIndex ? styles.highlight : ''}>
-                <th>{v[0]}:</th>
-                <td>{renderValue(v[2])}</td>
-              </tr>
-            ))}
-          {mode === TooltipDisplayMode.Single && columnIndex && (
-            <tr key={`${columnIndex}/${rowIndex}`}>
-              <th>{displayValues[columnIndex][0]}:</th>
-              <td>{renderValue(displayValues[columnIndex][2])}</td>
+          {displayValues.map((displayValue, i) => (
+            <tr key={`${i}/${rowIndex}`} className={displayValue.highlight ? styles.highlight : ''}>
+              <th>{displayValue.name}:</th>
+              <td>{renderValue(displayValue.valueString)}</td>
             </tr>
-          )}
+          ))}
           {renderLinks()}
         </tbody>
       </table>
@@ -155,7 +165,8 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       }
     `,
     highlight: css`
-      background: ${theme.colors.action.hover};
+      /* !important is required to overwrite default table styles */
+      background: ${theme.colors.action.hover} !important;
     `,
     link: css`
       color: #6e9fff;