| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | Championship (England) | 28 | 1669 | 7 | 1 | 0.43 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Championship (England) | 18 | 1157 | 2 | 0 | 0.16 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Championship (England) | 18 | 1495 | 6 | 0 | 0.36 | — |
| 2010/2011 | League One (England) | 16 | 808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Championship (England) | 22 | 1249 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Championship (England) | 2 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | League One (England) | 16 | 1372 | 7 | 0 | 0.46 | — |
| 2013/2014 | League One (England) | 37 | 2676 | 19 | 0 | 0.64 | — |
| 2014/2015 | League One (England) | 5 | 2144 | 26 | 7 | 1.39 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Championship (England) | 41 | 3369 | 6 | 5 | 0.29 | 7.09 |
| 2016/2017 | Championship (England) | 2 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 31 | 1889 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Championship (England) | 32 | 2572 | 10 | 2 | 0.42 | 7.13 |
| 2018/2019 | Championship (England) | 33 | 1510 | 8 | 1 | 0.54 | 6.95 |
| 2019/2020 | Championship (England) | 28 | 882 | 2 | 3 | 0.51 | 6.83 |
| 2020/2021 | 1. Division | 11 | 816 | 8 | 0 | 0.88 | — |
| 2020/2021 | League One (England) | 11 | 981 | 3 | 0 | 0.28 | 7.02 |
| 2021/2022 | League One (England) | 18 | 579 | 4 | 0 | 0.62 | 6.86 |
| 2022/2023 | League One (England) | 20 | 461 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 6.82 |
| 2022/2023 | League Two (England) | 22 | 971 | 2 | 0 | 0.19 | 6.84 |
| 2023/2024 | League One (England) | 23 | 1095 | 3 | 0 | 0.25 | 6.89 |
| 2023/2024 | Enterprise National League (England) | 14 | 988 | 4 | 0 | 0.36 | — |
| 2024/2025 | Enterprise National League (England) | 15 | 654 | 5 | 1 | 0.83 | 6.89 |
| 2025/2026 | League Two (England) | 29 | 1246 | 3 | 1 | 0.29 | 6.69 |
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 2026-07-25
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Reading | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
 Ipswich Town | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Sheffield United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Derby County | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Barnsley | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Brentford | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Peterborough United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Leyton Orient | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Middlesbrough | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Hull City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Nottingham Forest | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Millwall | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Colchester United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Walsall | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Joe Garner closed the 2025/2026 League Two (England) campaign on 3 goals and 1 assist from 29 outings (1,246 minutes) — 0.29 goal involvements per 90. His average match rating for that season computes to 6.69.
His best-rated season remains 2017/2018 (7.13, Championship (England)); his lowest was 2025/2026 (6.69). Compared with his earlier career average, the last two rated seasons are down by 0.15.
