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. Statistics as of 18 April 2025.

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

Name	Position	Nottingham Forest career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Horace Pike	MF	1888–1905	110	27
John McPherson	MF	1891–1902	259	27	Scorer 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	Scorer in the 1898 FA Cup Final^[1]
Alf Spouncer	FW	1897–1909	336	52
Grenville Morris	FW	1898–1913	460	217	Record goalscorer for Forest^[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	Scorer in the 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
Johnny Quigley	MF	1957–1965	270	58
Roy Dwight	FW	1958–1960	53	27	Scorer in the 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	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
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	Scorer in the 1978 Football League Cup Final Replay Scorer in the 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	Scorer in the 1979 Football League Cup Final
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	Also served as manager 1993–1996
John O'Hare	FW	1975–1980	133	25
Garry Birtles	FW	1976–1980, 1982–1987	283	96	Scorer in the 1979 Football League Cup Final
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 Scorer in the 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	Scorer in the 1989 Football League Cup Final
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] Scorer in the 1991 FA Cup Final Also served as manager 1996–1997 and 2014–2015
Neil Webb	MF	1985–1989, 1992–1996	230	63	Scorer in the 1989 Football League Cup Final
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
Nigel Jemson	FW	1988–1991	54	18	Scorer in the 1990 Football League Cup Final
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	2002–2007	148	7
Michael Dawson	DF	2002–2005, 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
Paul Smith	GK	2006–2012	142	1
Lewis McGugan	MF	2006–2013	225	44
Luke Chambers	DF	2007–2012	229	21
Kelvin Wilson	DF	2007–2011, 2013–2016	191	0
Chris Cohen	MF	2007–2018	303	17
Garath McCleary	MF	2008–2012	123	13
Robert Earnshaw	FW	2008–2011	113	45
Guy Moussi	MF	2008–2013	133	3
Paul Anderson	MF	2008–2012	132	11
Lee Camp	GK	2008–2013	192	0
Chris Gunter	DF	2009–2012	157	2
Dexter Blackstock	FW	2009–2016	189	45
Radosław Majewski	MF	2009–2015	164	19
Karl Darlow	GK	2011–2015	111	0
Adlène Guedioura	MF	2012–2013, 2018–2019	100	6
Henri Lansbury	MF	2012–2016	148	30
Eric Lichaj	DF	2013–2018	190	6
David Vaughan	MF	2013–2018	111	2
Danny Fox	DF	2014–2019	123	0
Ben Osborn	MF	2014–2019	230	16
Michael Mancienne	DF	2014–2018	134	0
Matty Cash	DF/MF	2016–2020	141	13
Joe Worrall	DF	2016–2024	226	5
Jack Colback	DF/MF	2018–2023	134	8
Joe Lolley	FW	2018–2022	171	26
Tobias Figueiredo	DF	2018–2022	121	3
Lewis Grabban	FW	2018–2022	149	56
Ryan Yates	MF	2018–	236	22
Brennan Johnson	FW	2019–2023	109	29
Brice Samba	GK	2019–2022	134	0
Scott McKenna	DF	2020–2024	106	3
Morgan Gibbs-White	MF	2022–	111	16
Neco Williams	DF	2022–	101	2
Chris Wood	FW	2023–	75	34	Record Premier League goalscorer for Forest

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Records". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ Wright, Don (2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1959 FA Cup Final: Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town". therollingball. Retrieved 29 December 2023.