List of Nottingham Forest F.C. records and statistics

This article contains statistics and records related to Nottingham Forest F.C..

Honours and achievements

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Domestic

League

Cup

European

Minor titles

Club records

  • Most appearances for the club (in all competitions): 692 – Bob McKinlay (1951–1970)[3]
  • Most goals for the club (in all competitions): 217 – Grenville Morris (1898–1913)[4]
  • Highest attendance: 49,946 vs. Manchester United in Division 1, 28 October 1967[5]
  • Lowest attendance: 2,031 vs. Brentford in the English Football League Trophy, 31 October 2006[5]
  • Record receipts: £499,099 vs. Bayern Munich in UEFA Cup quarter final 2nd leg, 19 March 1996
  • Longest sequence of league wins: 7, wins from 9 May 1922 to 1 September 1922[6]
  • Longest sequence of league defeats: 14, losses from 21 March 1913 to 27 September 1913[6]
  • Longest sequence of unbeaten league matches: 42, from 26 November 1977 to 25 November 1978[6]
  • Longest sequence of league games without a win: 19, from 8 September 1998 to 16 January 1999[6]
  • Longest sequence of league games without a goal: 7, 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 and 26 November 2011 to 31 December 2011[7]
  • Quickest goal:[8]
  • Record win (in all competitions): 14–0, Vs. Clapton (away), 1st round FA Cup, 17 January 1891[11][12]

† By agreement with Leicester City, the game was a replay as the original match three weeks previous was abandoned at half time, due to the collapse of Leicester player Clive Clarke, with Forest leading 1–0.[17]

Player records

Most appearances for the club (in all competitions, as of 2012):[18]

  1. Bob McKinlay: 685
  2. Ian Bowyer: 564
  3. Steve Chettle: 526
  4. Stuart Pearce: 522
  5. John Robertson: 514
  6. Jack Burkitt: 503
  7. Jack Armstrong: 460
  8. Grenville Morris: 460
  9. Geoff Thomas: 431
  10. Viv Anderson: 430

Most goals for the club (in all competitions, as of 2012):[19]

  1. Grenville Morris: 217
  2. Nigel Clough: 131
  3. Wally Ardron: 124
  4. Johnny Dent: 122
  5. Ian Storey-Moore: 118

Player of the Season

Former club captain and manager Stuart Pearce won the Player of the Year award three times, a record he holds jointly with Des Walker. Kenny Burns, Nigel Clough, Andy Reid and Chris Cohen are the only players to win the award twice. Andy Reid holds the record for longest gap between Player of the Year awards with a gap of ten years.
YearWinner
1977 Tony Woodcock[20]
1978 Kenny Burns[20]
1979 Garry Birtles[20]
1980 Larry Lloyd[20]
1981 Kenny Burns[21]
1982 Peter Shilton[21]
1983 Steve Hodge[21]
1984 Chris Fairclough[21]
1985 Jim McInally[21]
1986 Nigel Clough[21]
1987 Des Walker[21]
1988 Nigel Clough[21]
1989 Stuart Pearce[21]
1990 Des Walker[22]
1991 Stuart Pearce[22]
1992 Des Walker[22]
 
YearWinner
1993 Steve Sutton[22]
1994 David Phillips[22]
1995 Steve Stone[22]
1996 Stuart Pearce[22]
1997 Colin Cooper[22]
1998 Pierre van Hooijdonk[22]
1999 Alan Rogers[22]
2000 Dave Beasant[23]
2001 Chris Bart-Williams[23]
2002 Gareth Williams[24]
2003 David Johnson[25]
2004 Andy Reid[26]
2005 Paul Gerrard[27]
2006 Ian Breckin[28]
2007 Grant Holt[29]
2008 Julian Bennett[30]
 
YearWinner
2009 Chris Cohen[31]
2010 Lee Camp[32]
2011 Luke Chambers[33]
2012 Garath McCleary[34]
2013 Chris Cohen[35]
2014 Andy Reid[36]
2015 Michail Antonio[37]
2016 Dorus de Vries[38]
2017 Eric Lichaj[39]
2018 Ben Osborn[40]
2019 Joe Lolley[41]
2020 Matty Cash[42]
2021 Joe Worrall[43]
2022 Scott McKenna[44]
2023 Morgan Gibbs-White[45]
2024 Murillo[46]

All-time XI

In 1997 and 1998, as part of the release of the book The Official History of Nottingham Forest, a vote was carried out to decide on the club's official All Time XI.[47]

PositionPlayerYears at club
GK Peter Shilton1977–82
RB Viv Anderson1974–84
RCB Des Walker1984–92; 2002–04
LCB Kenny Burns1977–81
LB Stuart Pearce1985–97
RCM Martin O'Neill1971–81
ACM Roy Keane1990–93
LCM Archie Gemmill1977–79
RW Ian Storey-Moore1962–72
CF Trevor Francis1979–81
LW John Robertson1970–83; 1985–86

In 2016, Nottingham Forest season ticket holders voted for the club's greatest eleven to commemorate the club's 150th anniversary.[48]

PositionPlayerYears at club
GK Peter Shilton1977–82[49]
RB Viv Anderson1974–83
CB Kenny Burns1977–81
CB Des Walker1983–04
LB Stuart Pearce1985–97
RW Martin O'Neill1971–81
CM Roy Keane1990–93
CM John McGovern1974–81
LW John Robertson1970–83
ST Stan Collymore1993–95
ST Ian Storey-Moore1962–72

References