vs Top 6
Opponent finished 1st–6th
5th for goals in Premier League
11
Apps
4
Gls
0
Ast
Mins 984PK 3GI 4
SUN
Jermain Defoe
Forward · Sunderland
15 goals · 5 from the spot · 2 assists in 37 appearances
27% of those goals came against sides who finished top six, 53% against the middle, 20% against the bottom six.
Premier League results through Sunday 21 May.
In the articles
League only
vs Middle
Opponent finished between the two sixes
8th for goals in Premier League
16
Apps
8
Gls
1
Ast
Mins 1440PK 2GI 9
vs Bottom 6
Opponent finished in the bottom six
33rd for goals in Premier League
10
Apps
3
Gls
1
Ast
Mins 900PK 0GI 4
Share of output by opponent
Appearances
37
- Top 6
- 30% (11)
- Middle
- 43% (16)
- Bottom 6
- 27% (10)
Goals
15
- Top 6
- 27% (4)
- Middle
- 53% (8)
- Bottom 6
- 20% (3)
Assists
2
- Top 6
- 0% (0)
- Middle
- 50% (1)
- Bottom 6
- 50% (1)
Appearances, goals, assists and penalties are counted from each league match that player played. A clean sheet counts only when a goalkeeper or defender plays the whole match and the team does not concede. Opponent bands use each side’s final table place.
Rates
- Minutes
- 3324
- Goals / 90
- 0.41
- Goals excl penalties / 90
- 0.27
- Penalties
- 5
- Assists / 90
- 0.05
Goal split
Teammates
Season by season
League games only, oldest season first. Set From / to to add a run of seasons into the total. Goals / Assists / GI / CS changes what Top 6, Middle and Bottom 6 show. Toggle a range to see Apps / Gls / PK / Ast / CS against that part of the table only.
| Season | Club | Apps | Gls | PK | Ast | GI | CS | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 6 | Middle | Bottom 6 | ||||||||
| 2014/15 | SUNSunderlandSUN | 17 | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | SUNSunderlandSUN | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 | – | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 2016/17 | SUNSunderlandSUN | 37 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 17 | – | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | BOUBournemouthBOU | 24 | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | BOUBournemouthBOU | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | — | 115 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 42 | – | 6 | 21 | 11 |
GI Goal involvements (goals + assists)·CS Clean sheets (GK and DF)
Other Big Games (semi-finals onwards for domestic cups)
No latter-stage knockouts in this sample yet. How this is counted.
Similar profiles
Same position, similar band split, and similar season totals — goals and assists, or clean sheets (GK and DF).