| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | Premier League | 21 | 1769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008/2009 | Premier League | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premier League | 27 | 2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Championship | 10 | 879 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Championship | 11 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Championship | 25 | 1763 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premier League | 10 | 687 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premier League | 20 | 1695 | 1 | 0 | 0.05 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Championship | 35 | 3091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Championship | 31 | 2600 | 3 | 1 | 0.14 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Championship | 26 | 2141 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| 2018/2019 | Championship | 5 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019/2020 | League One | 16 | 1282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020/2021 | League One | 19 | 1503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 |
| 2021/2022 | Premier League 2 Division One | 8 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Domestic league competitions only; G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.
Cohort: 144 League One defenders, 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 2026-07-06
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bristol City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Derby County | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Burnley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Portsmouth | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Ipswich Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Nottingham Forest | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Sunderland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Fulham | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
 Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Crystal Palace | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Barnsley | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Leeds United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Preston North End | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 West Ham United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Faroe Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021/2022 brought Paul McShane 8 appearances in the Premier League 2 Division One (252 minutes), with no direct goal involvement recorded. Against the 144 League One defenders who played 450+ minutes in 2020/2021, his match rating places in the 44th percentile, and 75th of 144 for goals scored.
Since 2007 he has accumulated 15 league seasons across 8 clubs, with 7 goals and 2 assists over 21,099 minutes — 0.04 G+A per 90 career-wide.
| Club | Period | Apps | Goals | Assists | Minutes | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2015/2016 - 2018/2019 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 8366 | — | — | — |
| Hull City | 2008/2009 - 2014/2015 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 6685 | — | — | — |
| Rochdale | 2019/2020 - 2020/2021 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2920 | — | — | 7.04 |
| Republic of Ireland (national team) | 2008 - 2018 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1582 | — | — | — |
| Sunderland | 2007/2008 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1769 | — | — | — |
| Barnsley | 2010/2011 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 879 | — | — | — |
| Crystal Palace | 2011/2012 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 692 | — | — | — |
| Total | 288 | 10 | 2 | 21311 |
| Season | Club | Apps | Goals | Assists | Minutes | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/21 | Rochdale | 21 | 0 | — | 1593 | 4 | 0 | 7.04 |
| 19/20 | Rochdale | 17 | 1 | — | 1327 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 18/19 | Reading | 5 | 0 | — | 385 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17/18 | Reading | 28 | 0 | — | 2290 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 16/17 | Reading | 31 | 3 | — | 2600 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 15/16 | Republic of Ireland (national team) | 2 | 0 | — | 90 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15/16 | Reading | 40 | 1 | — | 3091 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 14/15 | Republic of Ireland (national team) | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14/15 | Hull City | 22 | 1 | — | 1785 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 13/14 | Hull City | 15 | 1 | — | 687 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12/13 | Republic of Ireland (national team) | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12/13 | Hull City | 29 | 2 | — | 1763 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11/12 | Republic of Ireland (national team) | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11/12 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 0 | — | 692 | 2 | 0 | — |
