| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | Premiership | 12 | 953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premiership | 4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premiership | 33 | 2522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premiership | 37 | 3260 | 8 | 0 | 0.22 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premiership | 25 | 2121 | 5 | 0 | 0.21 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premiership | 36 | 2759 | 4 | 0 | 0.13 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premiership | 8 | 2680 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premiership | 30 | 2461 | 1 | 3 | 0.15 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 36 | 3169 | 3 | 2 | 0.14 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premiership | 34 | 2546 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Championship (Scotland) | 11 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018/2019 | Premiership | 30 | 2151 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | — |
| 2019/2020 | Championship (Scotland) | 24 | 1810 | 4 | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| 2020/2021 | Championship (Scotland) | 25 | 2006 | 2 | 5 | 0.31 | — |
| 2021/2022 | Premiership | 28 | 1900 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | 6.79 |
| 2022/2023 | League One (Scotland) | 11 | 416 | 1 | 0 | 0.22 | — |
| 2022/2023 | Championship (Scotland) | 8 | 459 | 0 | 2 | 0.39 | — |
| 2023/2024 | League One (Scotland) | 8 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 0.96 | — |
| 2024/2025 | League One (Scotland) | 34 | 2929 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | — |
| 2025/2026 | League Two (Scotland) | 23 | 1372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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: 62 League Two (Scotland) midfielders, 2025/2026, 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 2026-09-02
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Inverness CT | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Arbroath | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Dunfermline Athletic | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kelty Hearts | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenock Morton | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Stenhousemuir | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Stirling Albion | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Clyde | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 East Kilbride | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Elgin City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Spartans | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hearts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Dumbarton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Falkirk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Forfar Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Peterhead | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Over 23 League Two (Scotland) games in 2025/2026 (1,372 minutes), Paul McGowan recorded no direct goal contributions. By goal involvements per 90 he occupies the 19th percentile of the 62 League Two (Scotland) midfielders who played 450+ minutes in 2025/2026, and 46th of 62 for goals scored.
