i don't want jetpack

You can turn all the sub elements off: hit learn more and then deactivate

I quite like the spell checker tho

Yes, but I still have to have all that stuff installed when I have no interest in it. I only want a stats package!

Google Analytics is probably the way to go.

I run GA and JetPack stats, so I have more data to analyse.
Interesting discrepancies between the two.

I’ll look at ripping out everything and leaving stats in at some point….