| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | A-League Men | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2008/2009 | A-League Men | 9 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2009/2010 | League One (England) | 15 | 1284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009/2010 | A-League Men | 20 | 1719 | 1 | 0 | 0.05 | — |
| 2010/2011 | A-League Men | 12 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | A-League Men | 13 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012/2013 | A-League Men | 31 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2013/2014 | A-League Men | 8 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
Domestic league competitions only (SportMonks sub_type='domestic'); national-team, continental and cup competitions are excluded. Classification resolved by league id against the canonical leagues index. G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-09-05
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Beijing Renhe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Gold Coast United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Zhejiang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chengdu Tiancheng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shaanxi Chanba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Across the 2013/2014 A-League Men, Dean Heffernan totalled 8 appearances.
Those league minutes are spread over 2 domestic leagues: A-League Men (102 appearances, 3 goals) and League One (England) (15 appearances, 0 goals). 1 of those 8 recorded campaigns ended with 25 league appearances or more. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2009/2010–2011/2012, 60 league games, 20 a year.
