| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | La Liga | 32 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009/2010 | La Liga | 26 | 1306 | 6 | 7 | 0.9 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premier League | 28 | 2239 | 13 | 9 | 0.88 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premier League | 33 | 2488 | 11 | 7 | 0.65 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premier League | 2 | 84 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/2016 | La Liga | 7 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Superliga (Denmark) | 15 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/2018 | Superliga (Denmark) | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/2019 | Superliga (Denmark) | 3 | — | 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: 100 Premier League midfielders, 2011/2012, 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 2026-08-27
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FSV Mainz 05 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 FC København | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 FC Bayern München | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 SC Freiburg | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fulham | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Everton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Aston Villa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Newcastle United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Stoke City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 AC Milan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Valencia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sporting Gijón | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Sevilla | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All of Rafael van der Vaart's 2016/2017 Superliga (Denmark) output came as goals: 2 goals in 15 games. Few compare: against a cohort of 100 Premier League midfielders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2011/2012, he sits in the top 4% by goal involvements per 90; on goals he ranks 1st of 100.
Between 2008 and 2018 he accumulated 9 league seasons across 6 clubs.
