| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/2010 | Premiership | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premiership | 19 | 1103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premiership | 29 | 2122 | 7 | 0 | 0.3 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premiership | 15 | 709 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premiership | 9 | 1102 | 4 | 1 | 0.41 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premiership | 19 | 983 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premiership | 19 | 1034 | 2 | 1 | 0.26 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 28 | 1752 | 6 | 9 | 0.77 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premiership | 35 | 2553 | 8 | 7 | 0.53 | — |
| 2018/2019 | Premiership | 33 | 2709 | 11 | 9 | 0.66 | — |
| 2019/2020 | Premiership | 28 | 2308 | 10 | 15 | 0.97 | 7.31 |
| 2020/2021 | Premiership | 13 | 735 | 3 | 1 | 0.49 | 7.14 |
| 2021/2022 | Premiership | 19 | 797 | 1 | 2 | 0.34 | 6.87 |
| 2022/2023 | Premiership | 16 | 550 | 4 | 2 | 0.98 | 7.12 |
| 2023/2024 | Premiership | 22 | 658 | 6 | 1 | 0.96 | 7.26 |
| 2024/2025 | Premiership | 23 | 908 | 1 | 5 | 0.59 | 7.08 |
| 2025/2026 | Premiership | 27 | 766 | 1 | 1 | 0.23 | 6.71 |
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 2026-07-26
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aberdeen | 42 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
 Hearts | 40 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Johnstone | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Rangers | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Hibernian | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 St. Mirren | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Dundee | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Ross County | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Dundee United | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Livingston | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Inverness CT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rosenborg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Ajax | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Falkirk | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Lazio | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 FC Barcelona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Albania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Lithuania U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Liechtenstein | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 San Marino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the 2025/2026 Premiership, James Forrest made 27 appearances (766 minutes), with 1 goal and 1 assist — 0.23 goal involvements per 90. His average match rating for that season computes to 6.71.
His league record spans 17 seasons (2009–2025), all with a single club. No season rated higher than 2019/2020 (7.31, Premiership); none lower than 2025/2026 (6.71). Compared with his earlier career average, the last two rated seasons are down by 0.25.
