| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | Premiership | 21 | 1890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premiership | 33 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premiership | 34 | 3060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premiership | 16 | 1391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premiership | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Premiership | 16 | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 6 | — | 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.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-09-06
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dundee United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Aberdeen | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Johnstone | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Celtic | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ross County | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hearts | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hibernian | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rangers | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brechin City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dumbarton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Astra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Queen of the South | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ayr United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Raith Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Livingston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Across the 2016/2017 Premiership, Ryan Esson totalled 6 appearances.
Between 2008 and 2016 he logged 7 league seasons, all with a single club.
In 2 of the 7 campaigns on record he played at least 25 league games. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2010/2011–2012/2013, 83 league games, 28 a year.
