Ross County F.C. records and statistics

Ross County Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Dingwall. Ross County joined the Highland Football League in 1929, and then were one of two clubs voted into the Scottish Professional Football League System in 1994.

The club's record appearance maker is Michael Gardyne, who has made over 400 appearances through four spells at the club. Michael Gardyne is also County's all time goal scorer, scoring 73 goals.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Ross County, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ross County players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records are also included in the list.

Honours

League

• First Division/Championship (second tier)
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2018–19
• Second Division (third tier)
  • Winners (1): 2007–08
• Third Division (fourth tier)
  • Winners (1): 1998–99
• Highland Football League
  • Winners (3): 1966–67, 1990–91, 1991–92
  • Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1972–73
• North Caledonian Football League
  • Winners (2): 1965–66, 1996–97

Cup

• Scottish Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• Challenge Cup
  • Winners (3): 2006–07, 2010–11, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2008–09
• Qualifying Cup (North)
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (5): 1933–34, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74
• North of Scotland Cup
  • Winners (6): 1929–30, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1991–92, 2006–07, 2018–19
• Highland League Cup
  • Winners (4): 1949–50, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1991–92

Youth

• SPFL Development League (Under-20)
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

Player records

Individual records

• Most Appearance Holder: Michael Gardyne (444)
• Record Goalscorer: Michael Gardyne (73)
• Most Goals in a season (all competitions): Andrew Barrowman (29)
• Most Goals in a season (league): Andrew Barrowman (24)
• Most Clean Sheets: Nicky Walker (54)
• Most Hat-Tricks: Liam Boyce (5)

Most appearances

As of 15 February 2025

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Michael Gardyne	2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021	444	73
2	Scott Boyd	2007–2008, 2008–2017	306	12
3	Mark McCulloch	2002–2009	288	8
4	Richard Brittain	2008–2015	269	50
5	Don Cowie	2000–2007, 2018–2020	249	29
6	Iain Vigurs	2009–2013, 2018–2021	238	29
7	Sean Higgins	2002–2009	220	59
8	Steven Ferguson	1996–2003	220	54
9	Marcus Fraser	2015–2020	197	4
10	Paul Lawson	2007–2013	190	17
11	Martin Scott	2006–2011, 2012–2013	189	9
12	Kenny Gilbert	1996–2003	183	4
13	Jordan White	2021–	178	39
14	David MacKay	1994–2001	177	2
15	Ross Laidlaw	2019–	176	0
16	Ian Maxwell	1998–2002	171	5
17	Hugh Robertson	2000–2004, 2006-2008	160	16
18	Billy Herd	1994–1999	154	5
19	Stuart Kettlewell	2009–2014	154	10
20	Brian Irvine	1999–2003	150	18
21	Gary Miller	2007–2012	150	3
22	David Winters	1996–2003	148	42
23	Stuart Golabek	1995–1999, 2007–2009	147	10
24	Scott Fox	2014–2019	147	0
25	Alex Keddie	2006–2010	146	10

Source: ^[1]

Top goalscorers

As of 15 February 2025

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals	Ratio
1	Michael Gardyne	2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021	444	73	0.16
2	Sean Higgins	2002–2009	220	59	0.27
3	Derek Adams	1996–1998, 2006–2009	134	56	0.42
4	Liam Boyce	2014–2017	115	55	0.48
5	Steven Ferguson	1996–2003	220	54	0.25
6	Richard Brittain	2008–2015	269	50	0.19
7	Andrew Barrowman	2007–2008, 2010–2011	94	45	0.48
8	Alex Bone	2000, 2000–2003	105	44	0.42
9	David Winters	2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008	148	42	0.28
10	Billy McKay	2017–2021	126	41	0.33
11	Jordan White	2021–	178	39	0.22
12	Brian Graham	2015–2016, 2018–2020	97	37	0.38
13	Steven Craig	2008–2012	123	33	0.27
14	Alex Schalk	2015–2018	108	30	0.28
15	Don Cowie	2000–2007, 2018–2020	249	30	0.12
16	Craig Curran	2014–2018	118	29	0.25
17	Iain Vigurs	2009–2013, 2018–2021	238	29	0.12
18	Gary Wood	1996–2000	80	28	0.35
19	Ross Stewart	2018–2021	82	28	0.34
20	Neil Tarrant	1997–1999, 2001-2002	60	27	0.45
21	Simon Murray	2023–2024	62	26	0.42
22	Brian Grant	1994–1996	84	26	0.31
23	Jamie MacPherson	1994–1999	65	21	0.32
24	Colin McMenamin	2011–2013	60	21	0.35
25	John Rankin	2003–2006	124	21	0.17

Source: ^[2]

Clean Sheets

As of 15 February 2025

#	Name	Career	Apps	Clean Sheets	Ratio
1	Nicky Walker	1997–2001	137	54	0.39
2	Ross Laidlaw	2019–	176	43	0.24
3	Tony Bullock	2001–2003, 2007–2009	145	41	0.28
4	Scott Fox	2014–2019	147	38	0.26
5	Michael McGovern	2009–2011	96	32	0.33
6	Steve Hutchison	1994–1998	98	30	0.31
7	Michael Fraser	2011–2014	77	25	0.32
8	Mark Brown	2012–2015	71	17	0.24
9	Colin Stewart	2003–2005	47	13	0.28
10	Stuart Garden	2004–2006	52	9	0.17

Source: ^[3]

Club captains

Name	Dates	Notes
Jim Lauchlan	2004–2006
Don Cowie	2006–2007
Richard Brittain	2009–2015
Andrew Davies	2015–2018
Marcus Fraser	2018–2020
Iain Vigurs	2020–2021
Keith Watson	2021–2023
Jack Baldwin	2023–2024
Connor Randall	2024–

Team of the decade

In January 2020 Ross County Twitter put out a poll to fans to decide on the team of the 2010s. The results were as follows:

• GK: Scott Fox
• DF: Marcus Fraser
• DF: Andrew Davies
• DF: Scott Boyd
• DF: Evangelos Ikonomou
• MF: Richard Brittain
• MF: Jackson Irvine
• MF: Iain Vigurs
• MF: Michael Gardyne
• FW: Liam Boyce
• FW: Alex Schalk

Source: ^[4]

International players

This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club and the year of their first International cap while at the club.

• 2001 Richard Hastings
• 2006 Sean Webb
• 2010 Michael McGovern
• 2010 Atli Gregersen
• 2013 André Hainault
• 2014 Yoann Arquin
• 2014 Filip Kiss
• 2014 Erik Čikoš
• 2015 Liam Boyce
• 2015 Jackson Irvine
• 2017 Tim Chow
• 2018 Mattias Käit
• 2021 Regan Charles-Cook
• 2023 Nohan Kenneh
• 2023 William Akio
• 2023 Victor Loturi
• 2024 Josh Nisbet
• Most Caps while at Club: Liam Boyce, Atli Gregersen, Yoann Arquin, Richard Hastings (6)
• Most International Goals while at Club: Liam Boyce (1)

Club records

^[5]

• First league goal scored: William D Herd 1994 v Cowdenbeath
• Record all-time attendance: 8,000 approx v Rangers (Scottish Cup 28 February 1966)
• Record league attendance: 6,590 v Celtic (Scottish Premiership 18 November 2017)
• Record win: 11–0 v St Cuthbert Wanderers (1993–94 Scottish Cup first round)
• Record League win 8-0 v Albion Rovers (15 August 1998)
• Record defeat: 0–7 v Kilmarnock (1961–62 Scottish Cup third round)
• Club record signing: £100,000 – Ross Draper from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 9 August 2017 ^[6]
• Club record sale: £500,000 – Liam Boyce to Burton Albion, 20 June 2017 ^[7]

Managers

Information correct as of 15 February 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Table headers

• Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• From – The year of the manager's first game for Ross County.
• To – The year of the manager's last game for Ross County.
• P – The number of games managed for Ross County.
• W – The number of games won as a manager.
• D – The number of games drawn as a manager.
• L – The number of games lost as a manager.
• GF – The number of goals scored under his management.
• GA – The number of goals conceded under his management.
• Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
• Honours – The trophies won while managing Ross County.

List of Ross County F.C. managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win% [nb 1]	Honours
Tom Pirie	Scotland	August 1929	July 1930	26	10	3	13	55	58	038.46	99971 North of Scotland Cup
Johnny Hart	Scotland	July 1929	May 1931	26	10	6	10	71	47	038.46
John Ramage	Scotland	July 1931	May 1932	31	12	7	12	77	87	038.71
George Henderson	England	December 1937	March 1938	9	1	1	7	16	41	011.11
George Barrie	Scotland	May 1938	August 1939	28	12	3	13	78	89	042.86
Jimmy Dykes	Scotland	23 January 1951	June 1951	13	5	1	7	33	34	038.46
Jim Fiddes	Scotland	August 1951	January 1952	24	6	4	14	51	76	025.00
Jim Stenhouse	Scotland	July 1952	June 1953	36	18	1	17	82	63	050.00
Alec Young	Scotland	June 1958	July 1964	231	92	32	107	475	493	039.83
Sammy Wilson	Scotland	July 1964	September 1966	97	56	14	27	283	182	057.73
Ian McNeill	Scotland	September 1966	June 1968	66	47	9	10	197	76	071.21	99971 Highland Football League
Archie Wright	Scotland	18 June 1968	April 1969	34	19	9	6	90	57	055.88
Jack Lornie	Scotland	April 1969	June 1971	90	53	15	22	238	172	058.89	1 Highland League Cup 1 North of Scotland Cup
Ian McNeill	Scotland	June 1971	June 1976	214	109	44	61	501	344	050.93	99971 North of Scotland Cup
Jack Lornie	Scotland	June 1976	June 1977	38	13	4	21	66	77	034.21
Bill Cassidy	Scotland	August 1977	June 1979	73	43	12	18	156	99	058.90	99971 Highland League Cup
Sammy Wilson	Scotland	July 1979	May 1982	105	41	25	39	191	201	039.05
Robbie Giles	Scotland	May 1982	October 1983	50	17	8	25	104	112	034.00
Donald Stuart (caretaker)	Scotland	October 1983	December 1983	11	3	5	3	21	19	027.27
Sandy Wallace	Scotland	December 1983	December 1985	68	28	12	28	118	131	041.18
John Buchanan	Scotland	December 1985	May 1987	51	9	5	37	77	149	017.65
Bobby Wilson	Scotland	June 1987	1 July 1996	385	204	63	118	821	553	052.99	2 Highland Football League 1 North of Scotland Cup 1 Highland League Cup
Neale Cooper	Scotland	1 July 1996	11 November 2002	275	131	62	82	455	330	047.64	1 Scottish Football League Third Division
Danny McDonald (caretaker)	Scotland	11 November 2002	27 November 2002	2	0	1	1	0	2	000.00
Alex Smith	Scotland	27 November 2002	11 June 2005	110	39	26	45	148	124	035.45
John Robertson	Scotland	21 June 2005	24 October 2005	15	6	5	4	18	14	040.00
Gardner Speirs (caretaker)	Scotland	24 October 2005	3 June 2006	28	11	10	7	42	33	039.29
Scott Leitch	Scotland	1 July 2006	17 June 2007	46	14	12	20	57	68	030.43	1 Scottish Challenge Cup
Dick Campbell	Scotland	17 June 2007	2 October 2007	12	6	3	3	19	11	050.00
Derek Adams	Scotland	2 October 2007	11 November 2010	140	66	31	43	189	175	047.14	1 Scottish Football League Second Division
Willie McStay	Scotland	25 November 2010	12 February 2011	9	0	6	3	5	9	000.00
Jimmy Calderwood	Scotland	17 February 2011	15 May 2011	17	7	6	4	18	10	041.18
Derek Adams	Scotland	19 May 2011	28 August 2014	113	41	32	40	244	181	036.28	1 Scottish Football League First Division
Jim McIntyre	Scotland	9 September 2014	25 September 2017	138	50	32	56	204	210	036.23	1 Scottish League Cup
Owen Coyle	Ireland	28 September 2017	1 March 2018	22	4	5	13	28	43	018.18
Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell	Scotland   Scotland	2 March 2018	10 June 2020	96	43	23	30	137	118	044.79	1 Scottish Championship 1 Scottish Challenge Cup
Stuart Kettlewell	Scotland	10 June 2020	19 December 2020	24	7	5	12	24	41	029.17
John Hughes	Scotland	21 December 2020	24 May 2021	21	8	2	11	26	35	038.10
Malky Mackay	Scotland	26 May 2021	15 November 2023	107	31	25	51	134	181	028.97
Derek Adams	Scotland	20 November 2023	7 February 2024	11	2	3	6	8	20	018.18
Don Cowie	Scotland	8 February 2024	Present	49	17	12	20	64	84	034.69

Notes

1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References

1. "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. "Ross County Clean sheets". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
4. "Ross County Team of the Decade". Ross County Twitter. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. "Ross County All-Time Records". Staggies Archive. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
6. "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
7. "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.