| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | Premiership | 6 | 540 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | — |
| 2008/2009 | Premiership | 23 | 1726 | 1 | 0 | 0.05 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premiership | 34 | 2902 | 4 | 0 | 0.12 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Premiership | 30 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | Premiership | 25 | 2192 | 2 | 0 | 0.08 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premier League | 13 | 1046 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Premier League | 20 | 1421 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Championship (England) | 40 | 3526 | 2 | 5 | 0.18 | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premier League | 8 | 661 | 1 | 0 | 0.14 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Championship (England) | 12 | 838 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premiership | 26 | 1802 | 2 | 1 | 0.15 | — |
| 2018/2019 | Premiership | 13 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019/2020 | Premiership | 12 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020/2021 | Championship (Scotland) | 18 | 1276 | 0 | 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: 32 Championship (Scotland) defenders, 2020/2021, 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hearts | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Celtic | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Aberdeen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Kilmarnock | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 St. Johnstone | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Mirren | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Manchester United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Dundee United | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hibernian | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Fulham | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Rangers | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Southampton | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
 West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Everton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Inverness CT | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sunderland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Lithuania U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Liechtenstein | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steven Whittaker's 18 outings in the 2020/2021 Championship (Scotland) (1,276 minutes) produced no goals and no assists. By goal involvements per 90 he occupies the 19th percentile of a 32-strong pool of Championship (Scotland) defenders (2020/2021, min. 450 minutes); for goals scored he stands 22nd of 32.
The record shows 14 league seasons for him (2007–2020) across 4 clubs.
