| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | La Liga 2 (Spain) | 35 | — | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009/2010 | La Liga | 34 | 2858 | 8 | 4 | 0.38 | — |
| 2010/2011 | La Liga | 28 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | La Liga | 16 | 1375 | 10 | 4 | 0.92 | — |
| 2012/2013 | La Liga | 31 | — | 9 | 7 | — | — |
| 2013/2014 | La Liga | 35 | — | 27 | 3 | — | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premier League | 26 | 2083 | 20 | 3 | 0.99 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premier League | 28 | 2378 | 12 | 6 | 0.68 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premier League | 35 | 3090 | 20 | 7 | 0.79 | — |
| 2017/2018 | La Liga | 15 | 1070 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 7 |
| 2018/2019 | La Liga | 16 | 1116 | 2 | 2 | 0.32 | — |
| 2019/2020 | La Liga | 23 | 1349 | 5 | 4 | 0.6 | 6.87 |
| 2020/2021 | La Liga | 7 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 1.32 | 6.99 |
| 2021 | Serie A | 15 | 775 | 4 | 1 | 0.58 | 7 |
| 2022/2023 | Premier League | 25 | 1255 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | 6.54 |
| 2023 | Serie A | 9 | 410 | 3 | 0 | 0.66 | 6.91 |
| 2024 | Serie A | 13 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 |
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.
Cohort: 19 Premier League forwards, 2022/2023, min. 450 minutes. Computed by ranking the full league corpus, not taken from any feed.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-07-11
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FC Barcelona | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Athletic Club | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Real Madrid | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Valencia | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
 Sevilla | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
 Getafe | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Liverpool | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Espanyol | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Málaga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Mallorca | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Everton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
 Arsenal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Osasuna | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Villarreal | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 West Ham United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Manchester City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Celta de Vigo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Levante | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 brought Diego Costa 13 appearances in the Serie A (219 minutes), with no direct goal involvement recorded. GioScore's computed rating for the season averages 6.76. Against the 19 Premier League forwards who played 450+ minutes in 2022/2023, his match rating places in the 5th percentile, and 11th of 19 for goals scored.
His league record spans 17 seasons (2008–2025) across 9 clubs. Season ratings peak at 7 in 2017/2018, La Liga and bottom out at 6.54 in 2022/2023.
