List of Nottingham Forest F.C. records and statistics

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

Honours and achievements

See also: List of Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons

Source: ^{[1] [nb 1] [nb 2]}

Domestic

League

• First Division (level 1)
  • Champions: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1966–67, 1978–79
• Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2)
  • Champions: 1906–07, 1921–22, 1997–98
  • Runners-up: 1956–57, 1993–94
  • Promoted: 1976–77
  • Play-off winners: 2022
• Third Division South / League One (level 3)
  • Champions: 1950–51
  • Runners-up: 2007–08
• Football Alliance
  • Champions: 1891–92

Cup

• FA Cup
  • Winners: 1897–98, 1958–59
  • Runners-up: 1990–91
• Football League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1989–90
  • Runners-up: 1979–80, 1991–92
• FA Charity Shield
  • Winners: 1978
  • Runners-up: 1959
• Full Members' Cup
  • Winners: 1988–89, 1991–92

European

• European Cup
  • Winners: 1978–79, 1979–80
• European Super Cup
  • Winners: 1979
  • Runners-up: 1980
• Intercontinental Cup ^[2]
  • Runners-up: 1980

Minor titles

• Anglo-Scottish Cup
  • Winners: 1977

• Football League Centenary Tournament
  • Winners: 1988

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]
  • League: 14 seconds, ^[9] Jack Lester vs Norwich City, 8 March 2000
  • League Cup: 23 seconds, ^[10] Paul Smith vs Leicester City, 18 September 2007 in the League Cup †
• Record win (in all competitions): 14–0, Vs. Clapton (away), 1st round FA Cup, 17 January 1891 ^{[11] [12]}

• Record defeat (in all competitions): 1–9, Vs. Blackburn Rovers, Division 2, 10 April 1937 ^[11]
• Most league points in one season
  • 2 points for a win (46 games): 70, Division 3 South, 1950–51
  • 2 points for a win (42 Games): 64, Division 1. 1977–78
  • 3 points for a win: 94, Division 1, 1997–98
• Most league goals in one season: 110, Division 3, 1950–51
• Highest league scorer in one season: Wally Ardron, 36, Division 3 (South), 1950–51 ^[13]
• Most internationally capped player: Stuart Pearce, 76 for England (78 total)
• Youngest league player: Craig Westcarr, 16 years, Vs. Burnley 13 October 2001 ^[14]
• Oldest league player: Dave Beasant, 42 years 47 days, Vs. Tranmere Rovers 6 May 2001 ^[14]
• Largest transfer fee paid: £30,000,000 to PSV for Ibrahim Sangaré ^[15]
• Largest transfer fee received: £47,500,000 from Tottenham Hotspur for Brennan Johnson ^[16]
• Most league points in one season: 94, Division 1, 1997–98
• Most league goals in one season: 101, Third Division South, 1950–51

† 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.

Year Winner 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]

Year Winner 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]

Year Winner 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]

All-time XI

Shilton

Walker

Burns

Anderson

Pearce

O'Neill

Gemmill

Storey-Moore

Robertson

Keane

Francis

Nottingham Forest F.C. All-time First 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. ^[46]

Position	Player	Years at club
GK	Peter Shilton	1977–82
RB	Viv Anderson	1974–84
RCB	Des Walker	1984–92; 2002–04
LCB	Kenny Burns	1977–81
LB	Stuart Pearce	1985–97
RCM	Martin O'Neill	1971–81
ACM	Roy Keane	1990–93
LCM	Archie Gemmill	1977–79
RW	Ian Storey-Moore	1962–72
CF	Trevor Francis	1979–81
LW	John Robertson	1970–83; 1985–86

In 2016, Nottingham Forest season ticket holders voted for the club's greatest eleven to commemorate the club's 150th anniversary. ^[47]

Shilton

Walker

Burns

Anderson

Pearce

Keane

McGovern

O'Neill

Robertson

Storey-Moore

Collymore

Nottingham Forest F.C. All-time First XI

Position	Player	Years at club
GK	Peter Shilton	1977–82 [48]
RB	Viv Anderson	1974–83
CB	Kenny Burns	1977–81
CB	Des Walker	1983–04
LB	Stuart Pearce	1985–97
RW	Martin O'Neill	1971–81
CM	Roy Keane	1990–93
CM	John McGovern	1974–81
LW	John Robertson	1970–83
ST	Stan Collymore	1993–95
ST	Ian Storey-Moore	1962–72

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1. From 1888 to 1992 the Football League First Division was the top tier of English football. It was superseded by the Premier League in 1992.
2. Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top tier of English football; the First and Second Divisions then became the second and third tiers, respectively. The First Division is now known as the EFL Championship and the Second Division is now known as EFL League One.