| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | Premiership | 12 | 1425 | 2 | 1 | 0.19 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Championship (Scotland) | 29 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premiership | 36 | 2583 | 3 | 1 | 0.14 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 19 | 1183 | 3 | 2 | 0.38 | — |
| 2017 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 12 | 639 | 1 | 1 | 0.28 | 6.91 |
| 2018 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 27 | 2047 | 3 | 0 | 0.13 | 6.86 |
| 2019 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 27 | 1777 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 6.77 |
| 2020 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 2 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 |
| 2020/2021 | League One (England) | 30 | 1952 | 6 | 3 | 0.41 | 6.92 |
| 2021/2022 | League Two (England) | 34 | 2355 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 6.96 |
| 2022 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 15 | 833 | 1 | 0 | 0.11 | 6.83 |
| 2023 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 22 | 1594 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 6.72 |
| 2023/2024 | Premiership | 16 | 573 | 2 | 0 | 0.31 | 6.91 |
| 2024/2025 | Premiership | 9 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 |
| 2025/2026 | Premiership | 10 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 |
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 2026-07-26
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aberdeen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Celtic | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Johnstone | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hibernian | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ross County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Rangers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Inverness CT | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Livingston | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dundee United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Mirren | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dundee | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Falkirk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Alloa Athletic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Raith Rovers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rochdale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Dumbarton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Nicholson's 10 outings in the 2025/2026 Premiership (112 minutes) produced no goals and no assists. His average match rating for that season computes to 6.52.
His best-rated season remains 2021/2022 (6.96, League Two (England)); his lowest was 2025/2026 (6.52). His two latest rated seasons run 0.28 lower than the rest of his career.
