| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/2010 | League Two (England) | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | League Two (England) | 25 | 1170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | League One (England) | 22 | 1612 | 1 | 0 | 0.06 | — |
| 2013/2014 | League One (England) | 44 | 3882 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | — |
| 2014/2015 | League One (England) | 35 | 3078 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| 2015/2016 | League One (England) | 48 | 4243 | 3 | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| 2016/2017 | League One (England) | 37 | 3051 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | — |
| 2017/2018 | League One (England) | 28 | 2400 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| 2018/2019 | League One (England) | 20 | 1699 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.99 |
| 2018/2019 | Championship (England) | 3 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.31 |
| 2019/2020 | League One (England) | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 |
| 2020/2021 | League One (England) | 3 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
| 2021/2022 | League One (England) | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | — | 7.04 |
| 2021/2022 | League Two (England) | 10 | 882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.06 |
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: 23 League Two (England) defenders, 2021/2022, 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 2026-07-21
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Oldham Athletic | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Peterborough United | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Swindon Town | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Scunthorpe United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Southend United | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Coventry City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fleetwood Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Sheffield United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rochdale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Port Vale | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Charlton Athletic | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Crawley Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Bristol Rovers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Michael Downing's 10 outings in the 2021/2022 League Two (England) (882 minutes) produced no goals and no assists. His average match rating for that season computes to 7.06. Ranked against a cohort of 23 League Two (England) defenders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2021/2022, he is among the top 10% for match rating; on goals he ranks 12th of 23.
His current 2021/2022 rating of 7.06 tops his recorded career; 2018/2019 (6.99) marks the low.
