| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/2006 | Premier League | 36 | 2220 | 9 | 0 | 0.36 | — |
| 2006/2007 | Premier League | 5 | 442 | 5 | 0 | 1.02 | — |
| 2007/2008 | Premier League | 19 | 523 | 4 | 0 | 0.69 | — |
| 2008/2009 | Premier League | 8 | 560 | 3 | 1 | 0.64 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premier League | 34 | 2605 | 18 | 4 | 0.76 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premier League | 22 | 1423 | 4 | 2 | 0.38 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premier League | 25 | 991 | 11 | 2 | 1.18 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premier League | 34 | 2410 | 11 | 3 | 0.52 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premier League | 14 | 426 | 1 | 0 | 0.21 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premier League | 17 | 1457 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | — |
| 2014 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 19 | — | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premier League | 33 | 2550 | 15 | 1 | 0.56 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premier League | 37 | 3323 | 15 | 2 | 0.46 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premier League | 24 | 1084 | 4 | 1 | 0.42 | — |
| 2018/2019 | Premier League | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/2019 | Premiership | 17 | 84 | 8 | 2 | — | — |
| 2019/2020 | Premiership | 18 | 795 | 11 | 1 | 1.36 | 7.36 |
| 2020/2021 | Premiership | 15 | 427 | 4 | 1 | 1.05 | 6.82 |
| 2021/2022 | Premiership | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.6 |
| 2021/2022 | League One (England) | 9 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Manchester United | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Manchester City | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Everton | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
 Arsenal | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fulham | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Aston Villa | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Chelsea | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Southampton | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 West Ham United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Burnley | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Swansea City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Crystal Palace | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Stoke City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Newcastle United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Celtic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hearts | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Sunderland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jermain Defoe's 9 outings in the 2021/2022 League One (England) (248 minutes) produced no goals and no assists. His average match rating for that season computes to 6.62.
No season rated higher than 2019/2020 (7.36, Premiership); none lower than 2021/2022 (6.62).
