List of Nottingham Forest F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Nottingham Forest. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Nottingham Forest players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Nottingham Forest F.C. article.

Table

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

The 'Intl.' column denotes players who earned a senior international cap whilst at Forest.

Name	Intl.	Position	Nottingham Forest career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Horace Pike		MF	1888–1905	110	27
John McPherson		MF	1891–1902	259	27	Scored in the 1898 FA Cup Final [1]
Tom McInnes		FW	1892–1899	185	55
Fred Forman		MF	1893–1902	181	40
Frank Forman		FB	1894–1905	256	28
Archibald Ritchie		FB	1891–1898	178	0
Arthur Capes		FW	1896–1901	191	42	Scored twice for Forest in 1898 FA Cup Final [1]
Alf Spouncer		FW	1897–1909	336	52
Grenville Morris		FW	1898–1913	460	217	Record Forest goalscorer [2]
Harry Linacre		GK	1899–1909	335	0
Dan Allsopp		GK	1892–1900	245	0	Goalkeeper in the 1898 FA Cup Final [1]
Sammy Timmins		MF	1900–1905	125	5
Billy Shearman		FW	1903–1909	120	45
Enoch West		FW	1905–1910	183	100	First Division leading goalscorer 1907–1908
Jack Armstrong		MF	1905–1922	460	9
Bill Hooper		FW	1906–1911	147	22
Tommy Gibson		FB/FW	1907–1919	183	35
John Derrick		MF	1909–1919	147	36
Jackie Belton		MF	1914–1928	347	17
Harold Bulling		DF	1919–1924	199	2
Fred Parker		DF	1919–1925	164	6
Bill Thompson		DF	1922–1934	390	51
Charlie Flood		FW	1922–1925	100	21
Billy McKinlay		MF	1927–1936	356	13	Uncle of Bobby McKinlay. [3]
Billy Dickinson		FW	1928–1934	143	73
Jimmy Barrington		DF	1929–1937	229	1
Johnny Dent		FW	1930–1936	206	122
Bob Pugh		FW	1931–1938	280	34
Bill Whare		FB	1946–1960	321	2
Fred Scott		FW	1946–1956	322	46
Jack Burkitt		MF	1947–1962	503	15	Captain of 1959 FA Cup winning team [4]
Wally Ardron		FW	1949–1955	191	124
Tommy Capel		FW	1949–1954	162	72
Bob McKinlay		CB	1951–1969	692	10	Record number of appearances for Forest [2]
Tommy Wilson		FW	1951–1961	217	89	Scored for Forest in 1959 FA Cup Final [4]
Jim Barrett		FW	1954–1958	117	69
Stewart Imlach		FW	1955–1960	204	48
Billy Gray		MF	1957–1963	233	33
Roy Dwight		FW	1958–1960	53	27	Scored for Forest in 1959 FA Cup Final [4]
Peter Grummitt		GK	1960–1970	352	0
Geoff Vowden		FW	1960–1964	105	45
Dick Le Flem		FW	1960–1964	146	19
Colin Addison		FW/MF	1961–1966	176	69
Peter Hindley		DF	1962–1974	410	5
John Winfield		DF	1962–1974	410	5
Ian Storey-Moore		FW	1963–1973	416	105
John Barnwell		MF	1963–1970	201	25
Henry Newton		MF	1963–1970	315	19
Frank Wignall		FW	1963–1968	179	53
Bob Chapman		DF	1964–1977	422	23
Terry Hennessey		CB	1965–1970	167	6
Joe Baker		FW	1966–1969	135	49
Barry Lyons		MF	1966–1973	239	33
John Cottam		DF	1968–1976	108	4
Duncan McKenzie		FW	1969–1974	131	46
John Robertson		MF	1970–1983, 1985–1986	514	95	Scored for Forest in 1980 European Cup Final
Jim Barron		GK	1970–1974	180	0
Martin O'Neill		MF	1971–1981	371	62
Ian Bowyer		MF	1973–1981, 1982–1987	564	96
Tony Woodcock		FW	1973–1979	176	66
Viv Anderson		DF	1974–1984	430	22
John McGovern		MF	1974–1982	335	11	Captain of the 1979 and 1980 European Cup winning side
Frank Clark		DF	1975–1979	157	1	Manager 1993–96, Chairman 2011–12
John O'Hare		FW	1975–1980	133	25
Garry Birtles		FW	1976–1980, 1982–1987	283	96
Larry Lloyd		DF	1976–1981	215	13
Kenny Burns		DF	1977–1981	196	15	FWA Footballer of the Year 1978
Archie Gemmill		MF	1977–1979	80	5	Won a League title and League Cup trophy with Forest Ranked #17 in Times' all-time Forest players list
Peter Shilton		GK	1977–1982	272	0
Gary Mills		MF	1978–1982, 1983–1987	171	15
Trevor Francis		FW	1979–1981	93	37	British record transfer fee 1979; Scored for Forest in 1979 European Cup Final
Steve Sutton		GK	1979–1992	257	0
Steve Hodge		MF	1980–1985, 1988–1991	289	66
Chris Fairclough		DF	1981–1987	134	2
Peter Davenport		FW	1982–1986	132	60
Franz Carr		MF	1984–1991	160	23
Nigel Clough		MF	1984–1993, 1996–1997	412	131
John Metgod		DF	1984–1987	139	17
Des Walker		CB	1984–1992, 2002–2004	408	1
Stuart Pearce		FB	1985–1997	522	88	Most internationally capped player (76) [2]
Neil Webb		MF	1985–1989, 1992–1996	230	63
Steve Chettle		CB	1986–1999	526	14
Terry Wilson		CB	1986–1992	135	10
Mark Crossley		GK	1987–2000	393	0
Lee Glover		FW	1987–1994	105	14
Gary Crosby		MF	1987–1994	215	25
Brian Laws		CB	1988–1994	210	5
Garry Parker		MF	1988–1991	151	29
Steve Stone		MF	1989–1999	229	27
Scot Gemmill		MF	1990–1999	311	29
Roy Keane		MF	1990–1993	154	33
Ian Woan		MF	1990–2000	270	40
Kingsley Black		MF	1991–1995	128	20
Stan Collymore		FW	1993–1995	78	50	British record transfer fee 1995
Colin Cooper		DF	1993–1998	213	23
David Phillips		DF	1993–1997	159	5
Des Lyttle		DF	1993–1999	228	3
Bryan Roy		MF	1994–1997	110	28
Chris Bart-Williams		MF	1995–2002	246	35
Marlon Harewood		FW	1996–2003, 2012	210	55
Dave Beasant		GK	1997–2001	154	0
Jon Olav Hjelde		CB	1997–2003, 2004–2005	190	6
Andy Johnson		MF	1997–2001	128	10
Alan Rogers		DF	1997–2001, 2004–2006	206	20
David Prutton		DF/MF	1998–2003, 2007	167	9
Gareth Williams		MF	1998–2004	154	9
Jim Brennan		DF	1999–2003	137	1
Matthieu Louis-Jean		CB	1999–2005	223	3
Andy Reid		MF	1999–2005, 2011–2014	290	42
Riccardo Scimeca		DF	1999–2003	166	8
Jack Lester		FW	2000–2003, 2004–2007	191	38
David Johnson		FW	2001–2006	168	52
Darren Ward		GK	2001–2004	137	0
John Thompson		DF	2001–2007	148	7
Michael Dawson		DF	2001–2005, 2018–2021	123	8
Wes Morgan		CB	2003–2012	403	14
Gareth Taylor		FW	2003–2006	104	24
James Perch		FB	2004–2010	220	14
Kris Commons		MF	2004–2008	159	38
Ian Breckin		CB	2005–2009	161	14
Nathan Tyson		FW	2005–2011	212	42
Julian Bennett		FB	2006–2011	110	8
Grant Holt		FW	2006–2008	109	25
Lewis McGugan		MF	2006–2013	225	44
Paul Smith		GK	2006–2012	142	1
Luke Chambers		DF	2007–2012	229	21
Chris Cohen	,	MF	2007–2018	303	17
Kelvin Wilson		DF	2007–2011, 2013–2016	191	0
Guy Moussi		MF	2008–2013	133	3
Garath McCleary		MF	2008–2012	123	13
Robert Earnshaw		FW	2008–2011	113	45
Paul Anderson		MF	2008–2012	132	11
Lee Camp		GK	2008–2013	192	0
Dexter Blackstock		FW	2009–2016	189	45
Chris Gunter		DF	2009–2012	157	2
Radoslaw Majewski		MF	2009–2015	164	19
Karl Darlow		GK	2010–2015	111	0
Eric Lichaj		DF	2013–2018	190	6
Adlène Guedioura		MF	2012–2013, 2018-2019	100	6
Henri Lansbury		MF	2012–2016	148	30
David Vaughan		MF	2013–2018	111	2
Ben Osborn		MF	2014–2019	230	16
Danny Fox		DF	2014–2019	123	0
Michael Mancienne		DF	2014–2018	134	0
Matty Cash		DF/MF	2016–2020	141	13
Joe Lolley		FW	2018–2022	171	26
Tobias Figueiredo		DF	2018–2022	121	3
Lewis Grabban		FW	2018–2022	149	56
Brice Samba		GK	2019–2022	134	0
Jack Colback		DF/MF	2017–2023	134	8
Brennan Johnson		FW	2019–2023	109	29

References

1. Rippon, Anton (2013). Derby County: The Story of a Football Club (PDF). Derby: North Bridge Publishing. pp. 23–24. ISBN   978-09-92677-90-9.
2. "Records". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
3. Wright, Don (2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing.
4. "1959 FA Cup Final: Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town". therollingball. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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