diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/EventAnimationDriver.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/EventAnimationDriver.java
index fce99e38ba4..edc92c238c3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/EventAnimationDriver.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/EventAnimationDriver.java
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 /* package */ class EventAnimationDriver implements RCTEventEmitter {
   private List<String> mEventPath;
   /* package */ ValueAnimatedNode mValueNode;
+  /* package */ String mEventName;
+  /* package */ int mViewTag;
 
-  public EventAnimationDriver(List<String> eventPath, ValueAnimatedNode valueNode) {
+  public EventAnimationDriver(
+      String eventName, int viewTag, List<String> eventPath, ValueAnimatedNode valueNode) {
+    mEventName = eventName;
+    mViewTag = viewTag;
     mEventPath = eventPath;
     mValueNode = valueNode;
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
index 9a6953529b4..bb626bed0b2 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcherListener;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ListIterator;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Queue;
 
 /**
@@ -58,9 +56,9 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
   private final SparseArray<AnimatedNode> mAnimatedNodes = new SparseArray<>();
   private final SparseArray<AnimationDriver> mActiveAnimations = new SparseArray<>();
   private final SparseArray<AnimatedNode> mUpdatedNodes = new SparseArray<>();
-  // Mapping of a view tag and an event name to a list of event animation drivers. 99% of the time
-  // there will be only one driver per mapping so all code code should be optimized around that.
-  private final Map<String, List<EventAnimationDriver>> mEventDrivers = new HashMap<>();
+  // List of event animation drivers for an event on view.
+  // There may be multiple drivers for the same event and view.
+  private final List<EventAnimationDriver> mEventDrivers = new ArrayList<>();
   private final ReactApplicationContext mReactApplicationContext;
   private int mAnimatedGraphBFSColor = 0;
   // Used to avoid allocating a new array on every frame in `runUpdates` and `onEventDispatch`.
@@ -501,7 +499,8 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
   }
 
   @UiThread
-  public void addAnimatedEventToView(int viewTag, String eventName, ReadableMap eventMapping) {
+  public void addAnimatedEventToView(
+      int viewTag, String eventHandlerName, ReadableMap eventMapping) {
     int nodeTag = eventMapping.getInt("animatedValueTag");
     AnimatedNode node = mAnimatedNodes.get(nodeTag);
     if (node == null) {
@@ -512,8 +511,8 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
       throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException(
           "addAnimatedEventToView: Animated node on view ["
               + viewTag
-              + "] connected to event ("
-              + eventName
+              + "] connected to event handler ("
+              + eventHandlerName
               + ") should be of type "
               + ValueAnimatedNode.class.getName());
     }
@@ -524,32 +523,27 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
       pathList.add(path.getString(i));
     }
 
-    EventAnimationDriver event = new EventAnimationDriver(pathList, (ValueAnimatedNode) node);
-    String key = viewTag + eventName;
-    if (mEventDrivers.containsKey(key)) {
-      mEventDrivers.get(key).add(event);
-    } else {
-      List<EventAnimationDriver> drivers = new ArrayList<>(1);
-      drivers.add(event);
-      mEventDrivers.put(key, drivers);
-    }
+    String eventName = normalizeEventName(eventHandlerName);
+
+    EventAnimationDriver eventDriver =
+        new EventAnimationDriver(eventName, viewTag, pathList, (ValueAnimatedNode) node);
+    mEventDrivers.add(eventDriver);
   }
 
   @UiThread
-  public void removeAnimatedEventFromView(int viewTag, String eventName, int animatedValueTag) {
-    String key = viewTag + eventName;
-    if (mEventDrivers.containsKey(key)) {
-      List<EventAnimationDriver> driversForKey = mEventDrivers.get(key);
-      if (driversForKey.size() == 1) {
-        mEventDrivers.remove(viewTag + eventName);
-      } else {
-        ListIterator<EventAnimationDriver> it = driversForKey.listIterator();
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-          if (it.next().mValueNode.mTag == animatedValueTag) {
-            it.remove();
-            break;
-          }
-        }
+  public void removeAnimatedEventFromView(
+      int viewTag, String eventHandlerName, int animatedValueTag) {
+
+    String eventName = normalizeEventName(eventHandlerName);
+
+    ListIterator<EventAnimationDriver> it = mEventDrivers.listIterator();
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+      EventAnimationDriver driver = it.next();
+      if (eventName.equals(driver.mEventName)
+          && viewTag == driver.mViewTag
+          && animatedValueTag == driver.mValueNode.mTag) {
+        it.remove();
+        break;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -585,18 +579,19 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
       if (uiManager == null) {
         return;
       }
-      String eventName = uiManager.resolveCustomDirectEventName(event.getEventName());
-      if (eventName == null) {
-        eventName = "";
-      }
 
-      List<EventAnimationDriver> driversForKey = mEventDrivers.get(event.getViewTag() + eventName);
-      if (driversForKey != null) {
-        for (EventAnimationDriver driver : driversForKey) {
+      boolean foundAtLeastOneDriver = false;
+      Event.EventAnimationDriverMatchSpec matchSpec = event.getEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec();
+      for (EventAnimationDriver driver : mEventDrivers) {
+        if (matchSpec.match(driver.mViewTag, driver.mEventName)) {
+          foundAtLeastOneDriver = true;
           stopAnimationsForNode(driver.mValueNode);
           event.dispatch(driver);
           mRunUpdateNodeList.add(driver.mValueNode);
         }
+      }
+
+      if (foundAtLeastOneDriver) {
         updateNodes(mRunUpdateNodeList);
         mRunUpdateNodeList.clear();
       }
@@ -824,4 +819,14 @@ public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
       mWarnedAboutGraphTraversal = false;
     }
   }
+
+  private String normalizeEventName(String eventHandlerName) {
+    // Fabric UIManager also makes this assumption
+    String eventName = eventHandlerName;
+    if (eventHandlerName.startsWith("on")) {
+      eventName = "top" + eventHandlerName.substring(2);
+    }
+
+    return eventName;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
index 0b6a1140c8e..01b355def8b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
   private int mViewTag;
   private long mTimestampMs;
   private int mUniqueID = sUniqueID++;
+  private @Nullable EventAnimationDriverMatchSpec mEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec;
 
   protected Event() {}
 
@@ -165,6 +166,19 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
   /** @return the name of this event as registered in JS */
   public abstract String getEventName();
 
+  public EventAnimationDriverMatchSpec getEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec() {
+    if (mEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec == null) {
+      mEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec =
+          new EventAnimationDriverMatchSpec() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean match(int viewTag, String eventName) {
+              return viewTag == getViewTag() && eventName.equals(getEventName());
+            };
+          };
+    }
+    return mEventAnimationDriverMatchSpec;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Dispatch this event to JS using the given event emitter. Compatible with old and new renderer.
    * Instead of using this or dispatchModern, it is recommended that you simply override
@@ -225,4 +239,8 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
     }
     dispatch(rctEventEmitter);
   }
+
+  public interface EventAnimationDriverMatchSpec {
+    boolean match(int viewTag, String eventName);
+  }
 }