| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | Premiership | 37 | 2991 | 6 | 0 | 0.18 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premier League | 20 | 1636 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premier League | 24 | 1982 | 3 | 1 | 0.18 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premier League | 33 | 2970 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premier League | 38 | 3376 | 3 | 2 | 0.13 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premier League | 34 | 2854 | 1 | 3 | 0.13 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Championship (England) | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premier League | 28 | 2403 | 2 | 1 | 0.11 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premier League | 29 | 2435 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premier League | 12 | 613 | 1 | 1 | 0.29 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premier League | 3 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| 2018/2019 | Premier League | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/2020 | Premier League | 33 | 1688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 2020/2021 | Premier League | 16 | 838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 |
| 2020/2021 | Premier League 2 Divison Two | 1 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021/2022 | Premiership | 20 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022/2023 | Premiership | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.33 |
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: 139 Premier League midfielders, 2020/2021, 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 2026-08-27
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Manchester United | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Arsenal | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
 Liverpool | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Manchester City | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Chelsea | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Aston Villa | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Stoke City | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 West Ham United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
 Swansea City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Newcastle United | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Southampton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Everton | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 AFC Bournemouth | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Fulham | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Leicester City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James McCarthy went through 20 Premiership appearances in 2021/2022 (308 minutes) without a goal or an assist. Ranked among 139 Premier League midfielders with 450+ minutes in 2020/2021, he lands in the 7th percentile for match rating, with a goals rank of 93rd of 139.
He is at his recorded peak: 2021/2022's 7 tops every previous season, with 2019/2020 (6.6) the low mark.
