diff --git a/podman/domain/containers_manager.py b/podman/domain/containers_manager.py
index f41585a7..2e4f5e08 100644
--- a/podman/domain/containers_manager.py
+++ b/podman/domain/containers_manager.py
@@ -67,16 +67,26 @@ def list(self, **kwargs) -> list[Container]:
                     Give the container name or id.
                 - since (str): Only containers created after a particular container.
                     Give container name or id.
-            sparse: Ignored
+            sparse: If False, return basic container information without additional
+                inspection requests. This improves performance when listing many containers
+                but might provide less detail. You can call Container.reload() on individual
+                containers later to retrieve complete attributes. Default: True.
+                When Docker compatibility is enabled with `compatible=True`: Default: False.
             ignore_removed: If True, ignore failures due to missing containers.
 
         Raises:
             APIError: when service returns an error
         """
+        compatible = kwargs.get("compatible", False)
+        # Libpod behavior: default is sparse=True and containers require a reload call
+        # to get full details
+        # Docker behavior: default is sparse=False and containers are inspected during
+        # list calls
         params = {
             "all": kwargs.get("all"),
             "filters": kwargs.get("filters", {}),
             "limit": kwargs.get("limit"),
+            "sparse": kwargs.get("sparse", not compatible),
         }
         if "before" in kwargs:
             params["filters"]["before"] = kwargs.get("before")
@@ -86,10 +96,21 @@ def list(self, **kwargs) -> list[Container]:
         # filters formatted last because some kwargs may need to be mapped into filters
         params["filters"] = api.prepare_filters(params["filters"])
 
-        response = self.client.get("/containers/json", params=params)
+        response = self.client.get("/containers/json", params=params, compatible=compatible)
         response.raise_for_status()
 
-        return [self.prepare_model(attrs=i) for i in response.json()]
+        containers: list[Container] = [self.prepare_model(attrs=i) for i in response.json()]
+
+        # If sparse is False (default), reload each container to get full details
+        if not kwargs.get("sparse", False):
+            for container in containers:
+                try:
+                    container.reload()
+                except APIError:
+                    # Skip containers that might have been removed
+                    pass
+
+        return containers
 
     def prune(self, filters: Mapping[str, str] = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Delete stopped containers.
diff --git a/podman/tests/unit/test_containersmanager.py b/podman/tests/unit/test_containersmanager.py
index 47b30482..47c01d0f 100644
--- a/podman/tests/unit/test_containersmanager.py
+++ b/podman/tests/unit/test_containersmanager.py
@@ -154,6 +154,22 @@ def test_list_no_filters(self, mock):
             actual[1].id, "6dc84cc0a46747da94e4c1571efcc01a756b4017261440b4b8985d37203c3c03"
         )
 
+    @requests_mock.Mocker()
+    def test_list_sparse_with_compat(self, mock):
+        mock.get(
+            tests.COMPATIBLE_URL + "/containers/json?sparse=False",
+            json=[FIRST_CONTAINER, SECOND_CONTAINER],
+        )
+        actual = self.client.containers.list(compatible=True)
+        self.assertIsInstance(actual, list)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            actual[0].id, "87e1325c82424e49a00abdd4de08009eb76c7de8d228426a9b8af9318ced5ecd"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            actual[1].id, "6dc84cc0a46747da94e4c1571efcc01a756b4017261440b4b8985d37203c3c03"
+        )
+
     @requests_mock.Mocker()
     def test_prune(self, mock):
         mock.post(