| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/2020 | Regionalliga: Nord | 15 | 1205 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 | — |
| 2020/2021 | Regionalliga: Nord | 4 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020/2021 | Bundesliga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021/2022 | 2. Bundesliga | 26 | 1189 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 | 7.01 |
| 2022/2023 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 |
| 2023/2024 | Championship (England) | 32 | 2038 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 7.11 |
| 2023/2024 | Bundesliga | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.63 |
| 2024/2025 | Championship (England) | 23 | 1701 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 7.23 |
| 2025/2026 | Premier League | 23 | 1324 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 6.74 |
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 2026-08-24
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Sunderland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Middlesbrough | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Millwall | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 FC Augsburg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Coventry City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 RB Leipzig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Stoke City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Burnley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Swansea City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Southampton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Schalke 04 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cardiff City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Preston North End | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Republic of Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every direct contribution from Ilia Gruev in the 2025/2026 Premier League was an assist — 3 assists across 23 games (1,324 minutes) — 0.2 goal involvements per 90. His average match rating for that season computes to 6.74.
2024/2025 stands as his highest-rated season (7.23, Championship (England)), with 2025/2026 the weakest (6.74).
