| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | Eredivisie | 14 | 303 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Eredivisie | 16 | 1401 | 4 | 0 | 0.26 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Eredivisie | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | Eredivisie | 15 | 602 | 1 | 0 | 0.15 | — |
| 2012/2013 | A-League Men | 10 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Eredivisie | 17 | 972 | 2 | 1 | 0.28 | 7.34 |
| 2014/2015 | Eredivisie | 21 | 1320 | 11 | 3 | 0.95 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Eredivisie | 26 | 1244 | 6 | 2 | 0.58 | 7.26 |
| 2016/2017 | Eredivisie | 13 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 |
| 2017/2018 | Eredivisie | 16 | 634 | 1 | 1 | 0.28 | 6.8 |
| 2018/2019 | Eredivisie | 14 | 758 | 2 | 0 | 0.24 | 6.87 |
| 2019/2020 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 1264 | 3 | 2 | 0.36 | — |
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 2026-07-23
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 FC Groningen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Vitesse | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ajax | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Heracles Almelo | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 AZ | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 PSV | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
 Feyenoord | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 FC Utrecht | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 ADO Den Haag | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 FC Twente | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Excelsior | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 NAC Breda | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Willem II | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 VVV-Venlo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 SC Cambuur | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 NEC Nijmegen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the 2019/2020 Eerste Divisie, Stefan Nijland made 21 appearances (1,264 minutes), with 3 goals and 2 assists — 0.36 goal involvements per 90.
The record shows 12 league seasons for him (2008–2019) across 7 clubs. Season ratings peak at 7.34 in 2013/2014, Eredivisie and bottom out at 6.78 in 2016/2017. Compared with his earlier career average, the last two rated seasons are down by 0.29.
