List of Nottingham Forest F.C. players
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Nottingham Forest. Generally, this means players that have played a significant amount of first-class 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.
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.
Table
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Name | Nationality | Position | Nottingham Forest career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
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Sam Weller Widdowson | FW | 1869–1884 | 23 | 19 | Influential early player who pre-dated league football; became chairman whilst still a player | |
John McPherson | MF | 1891–1902 | 259 | 27 | Captain of 1898 FA Cup winning team, scoring in the final | |
Fred Forman | MF | 1893–1902 | 181 | 40 | ||
Frank Forman | FB | 1894–1905 | 256 | 28 | ||
Arthur Capes | FW | 1896–1901 | 191 | 42 | Scored twice for Forest in 1898 FA Cup Final | |
Grenville Morris | FW | 1898–1913 | 460 | 217 | Forest's record goalscorer - 217 | |
Harry Linacre | GK | 1899–1909 | 335 | 0 | ||
John Derrick | MF | 1909–1919 | 147 | 36 | ||
Charlie Flood | FW | 1922–1925 | 100 | 21 | ||
Johnny Dent | FW | 1930–1936 | 206 | 122 | ||
Bob Pugh | FW | 1931–1938 | 280 | 34 | ||
Bill Whare | FB | 1946–1960 | 321 | 2 | ||
Jack Burkitt | MF | 1947–1962 | 503 | 15 | Captain of 1959 FA Cup winning team | |
Wally Ardron | FW | 1949–1955 | 191 | 124 | ||
Tommy Capel | FW | 1949–1954 | 162 | 72 | ||
Bob McKinlay | CB | 1951–1969 | 685 | 10 | Record number of appearances for Forest - 685 | |
Tommy Wilson | FW | 1951–1961 | 217 | 89 | Scored for Forest in 1959 FA Cup Final | |
Jim Barrett | FW | 1954–1958 | 117 | 69 | ||
Billy Gray | MF | 1957–1963 | 233 | 33 | ||
Roy Dwight | FW | 1958–1960 | 53 | 27 | Scored for Forest in 1959 FA Cup Final | |
Colin Booth | FW | 1959–1962 | 98 | 41 | ||
Peter Grummitt | GK | 1960–1970 | 352 | 0 | ||
Geoff Vowden | FW | 1960–1964 | 105 | 45 | ||
Colin Addison | FW/MF | 1961–1966 | 176 | 69 | ||
Ian Storey-Moore | FW | 1963–1972 | 272 | 118 | ||
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 | Youngest player to play for Forest at the time | |
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 & 1980 European Cup winning side | |
Frank Clark | DF | 1975–1979 | 157 | 1 | ||
John O'Hare | FW | 1975–1980 | 133 | 25 | ||
Garry Birtles | FW | 1976–1980, 1982-1986 | 283 | 96 | ||
Larry Lloyd | DF | 1976–1981 | 215 | 13 | ||
Kenny Burns | DF | 1977–1981 | 196 | 15 | ||
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 | 1978–1987 | 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 | |
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 | ||
Carl Tiler | DF | 1991–1995 | 87 | 1 | ||
Kingsley Black | MF | 1991–1995 | 128 | 20 | ||
Stan Collymore | FW | 1993–1995 | 78 | 50 | Record transfer fee received | |
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 | ||
Alf-Inge Haaland | DF | 1994–1997 | 93 | 7 | ||
Jason Lee | MF | 1994–1997 | 98 | 16 | ||
Chris Bart-Williams | MF | 1995–2002 | 246 | 35 | ||
Kevin Campbell | FW | 1995–1998 | 96 | 35 | ||
Marlon Harewood | FW | 1996–2003 | 204 | 55 | ||
Pierre Van Hooijdonk | FW | 1996–1999 | 77 | 41 | Record transfer fee paid | |
Thierry Bonalair | MF | 1997–2000 | 80 | 5 | ||
Dave Beasant | GK | 1997–2001 | 154 | 0 | ||
Jon Olav Hjelde | CB | 1997–2003, 2004–2005 | 190 | 6 | ||
Chris Doig | DF | 1997–2005 | 98 | 2 | ||
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 | ||
Dougie Freedman | FW | 1998–2000 | 83 | 23 | ||
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 | 160 | 25 | ||
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 | ||
Michael Dawson | DF | 2001–2005 | 91 | 7 | ||
Eugen Bopp | MF | 2001–2006 | 89 | 11 | ||
John Thompson | DF | 2001–2007 | 148 | 7 | ||
Eoin Jess | MF | 2002–2005 | 93 | 7 | ||
Wes Morgan | CB | 2003– | 350 | 11 | Current longest-serving player | |
Gareth Taylor | FW | 2003–2006 | 103 | 23 | ||
James Perch | FB | 2004–2010 | 220 | 14 | ||
Paul Gerrard | GK | 2004–2006 | 81 | 0 | ||
Kris Commons | MF | 2004–2008 | 159 | 38 | ||
John Curtis | DF | 2005–2007 | 90 | 0 | ||
Ian Breckin | CB | 2005–2009 | 161 | 14 | ||
Nathan Tyson | FW | 2005– | 196 | 41 | ||
Julian Bennett | FB | 2006– | 107 | 8 | ||
Grant Holt | FW | 2006–2008 | 109 | 24 | ||
Sammy Clingan | MF | 2006–2008 | 96 | 1 | ||
Lewis McGugan | MF | 2006– | 133 | 28 | ||
Paul Smith | GK | 2006– | 141 | 1 | Fastest recorded goal | |
Luke Chambers | DF | 2007– | 157 | 17 | ||
Chris Cohen | MF | 2007– | 166 | 11 | ||
Kelvin Wilson | DF | 2007– | 134 | 0 | ||
Garath McCleary | MF | 2008– | 87 | 3 | ||
Robert Earnshaw | FW | 2008– | 89 | 37 | Brian Clough Trophy Leading Goalscorer | |
Paul Anderson | MF | 2008– | 94 | 9 | ||
Lee Camp | GK | 2008– | 89 | 0 |