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

Honours and achievements

Source: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 It was superseded by the Premier League in 1992. 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.

Domestic League First Division / Premier League (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 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) Most goals for the club (in all competitions): 217 – Grenville Morris (1898–1913) Highest attendance: 49,946 vs. Manchester United in Division 1, 28 October 1967 Lowest attendance: 2,031 vs. Brentford in the English Football League Trophy, 31 October 2006 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 Longest sequence of league defeats: 14, losses from 21 March 1913 to 27 September 1913 Longest sequence of unbeaten league matches: 42, from 26 November 1977 to 25 November 1978 Longest sequence of league games without a win: 19, from 8 September 1998 to 16 January 1999 Longest sequence of league games without a goal: 7, 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 and 26 November 2011 to 31 December 2011 Quickest goal: League: 14 seconds, Jack Lester vs Norwich City, 8 March 2000 League Cup: 23 seconds, 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

Record defeat (in all competitions): 1–9, vs. Blackburn Rovers, Division 2, 10 April 1937 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 South, 1950–51 Highest league scorer in one season: Wally Ardron, 36, Division 3 (South), 1950–51 Most internationally capped player: Stuart Pearce, 76 for England (78 total) Youngest league player: Craig Westcarr, 16 years 257 days, vs. Burnley 13 October 2001 Oldest league player: Dave Beasant, 42 years 47 days, vs. Tranmere Rovers 6 May 2001 Largest transfer fee paid: £45,000,000 to Chelsea for Liam Delap Largest transfer fee received: £116,000,000 from Manchester City for Elliot Anderson

† 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.

Player records

Top ten appearances Competitive, professional matches only. Appearances as substitute (in parentheses) included in total. RankPlayerYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal1 Bob McKinlay2 Ian Bowyer1973–19811982–19873 Steve Chettle1986–19994 Stuart Pearce1985–19975 John Robertson1970–19831985–19866 Jack Burkitt1947–1962–7 Jack Armstrong1905–1922– Grenville Morris1898–1913–9 Geoff Thomas1946–1960–10 Viv Anderson1974–1984

Current player with most appearances – Ryan Yates (277 as of match played 24 May 2026)

Top ten goalscorers Competitive, professional matches only. RankPlayerYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal1 Grenville Morris1898-1913–2 Nigel Clough1984–19931996–19973 Wally Ardron1949–1955–4 Johnny Dent1929–1936–5 Ian Storey-Moore1962–19726 Enoch West1905–1910–7 Garry Birtles1976–19801982–1987 Ian Bowyer1973–19811982–19879 John Robertson1970–19831985–198610 Tommy Wilson1951–1960– Current player with most goals – Chris Wood (41 as of match played 24 May 2026)

Player of the Season

YearWinner1977 Tony Woodcock1978 Kenny Burns1979 Garry Birtles1980 Larry Lloyd1981 Kenny Burns1982 Peter Shilton1983 Steve Hodge1984 Chris Fairclough1985 Jim McInally1986 Nigel Clough1987 Des Walker1988 Nigel Clough1989 Stuart Pearce1990 Des Walker1991 Stuart Pearce1992 Des Walker1993 Steve Sutton YearWinner1994 David Phillips1995 Steve Stone1996 Stuart Pearce1997 Colin Cooper1998 Pierre van Hooijdonk1999 Alan Rogers2000 Dave Beasant2001 Chris Bart-Williams2002 Gareth Williams2003 David Johnson2004 Andy Reid2005 Paul Gerrard2006 Ian Breckin2007 Grant Holt2008 Julian Bennett2009 Chris Cohen2010 Lee Camp YearWinner2011 Luke Chambers2012 Garath McCleary2013 Chris Cohen2014 Andy Reid2015 Michail Antonio2016 Dorus de Vries2017 Eric Lichaj2018 Ben Osborn2019 Joe Lolley2020 Matty Cash2021 Joe Worrall2022 Scott McKenna2023 Morgan Gibbs-White2024 Murillo2025 Nikola Milenković2026 Neco Williams

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.

PositionPlayerYearsGK Peter Shilton1977–82RB Viv Anderson1974–84RCB Des Walker1984–922002–04LCB Kenny Burns1977–81LB Stuart Pearce1985–97RCM Martin O'Neill1971–81ACM Roy Keane1990–93LCM Archie Gemmill1977–79RW Ian Storey-Moore1962–72CF Trevor Francis1979–81LW 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.

PositionPlayerYearsGK Peter Shilton1977–82RB Viv Anderson1974–84CB Kenny Burns1977–81CB Des Walker1984–922002–04LB Stuart Pearce1985–97RW Martin O'Neill1971–81CM Roy Keane1990–93CM John McGovern1974–81LW John Robertson1970–831985–86ST Stan Collymore1993–95ST Ian Storey-Moore1962–72

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