Nottingham Forest 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Nottingham Forest in the 1980s — 97 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Steve Chettle made the most appearances (415). Nigel Clough scored the most (101).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Robertson | MF | 386 | 61 | 91 |
| Martin O'Neill | MF | 285 | 48 | 91 |
| Steve Chettle | DF | 415 | 11 | 90 |
| Ian Bowyer | MF | 211 | 49 | 90 |
| Stuart Pearce | DF | 401 | 63 | 90 |
| Mark Crossley | GK | 303 | 0 | 90 |
| Nigel Clough | MF/FW | 311 | 101 | 89 |
| Viv Anderson | DF | 328 | 15 | 89 |
| Peter Davenport | MF/FW | 118 | 54 | 89 |
| Neil Webb | MF | 146 | 47 | 89 |
| Steve Stone | MF | 193 | 23 | 88 |
| Colin Walsh | MF | 139 | 32 | 88 |
| Des Walker | DF | 264 | 1 | 87 |
| Peter Shilton | GK | 202 | 0 | 87 |
| Steve Hodge | MF | 123 | 30 | 87 |
| Garry Birtles | FW | 125 | 39 | 87 |
| Steve Sutton | GK | 199 | 0 | 87 |
| Franz Carr | MF | 131 | 17 | 85 |
| Ian Wallace | FW | 134 | 36 | 85 |
| Trevor Francis | FW | 70 | 28 | 85 |
| Gary Crosby | MF | 152 | 12 | 84 |
| John Metgod | MF | 116 | 15 | 84 |
| Garry Parker | MF | 103 | 17 | 84 |
| John McGovern | MF | 253 | 6 | 83 |
| Larry Lloyd | DF | 148 | 6 | 83 |
| Brian Laws | DF | 147 | 4 | 83 |
| Bryn Gunn | DF | 131 | 1 | 81 |
| Brian Rice | MF | 92 | 9 | 80 |
| Lee Chapman | FW | 48 | 15 | 79 |
| Chris Fairclough | DF | 107 | 1 | 79 |
| Terry Wilson | DF | 105 | 9 | 79 |
| Hans van Breukelen | GK | 61 | 0 | 77 |
| Kenny Swain | MF | 112 | 2 | 77 |
| David Needham | DF | 86 | 9 | 76 |
| Hans Segers | GK | 58 | 0 | 76 |
| John O'Hare | FW | 101 | 14 | 76 |
| Frank Gray | DF | 81 | 5 | 75 |
| Gary Mills | DF/MF | 79 | 4 | 75 |
| Tommy Gaynor | FW | 57 | 10 | 75 |
| Gary Fleming | DF | 74 | 0 | 74 |
| Mark Proctor | MF | 63 | 5 | 74 |
| Steve Wigley | MF | 82 | 2 | 74 |
| Kenny Burns | DF/FW | 137 | 13 | 74 |
| Colin Foster | DF | 72 | 5 | 74 |
| Paul Hart | DF | 70 | 1 | 73 |
| Colin Barrett | DF | 69 | 4 | 73 |
| Lee Glover | FW | 76 | 9 | 73 |
| Paul Wilkinson | FW | 43 | 8 | 72 |
| Willie Young | DF | 59 | 5 | 72 |
| Peter Ward | FW | 33 | 7 | 71 |
| Gary Charles | DF | 56 | 1 | 71 |
| Stuart Gray | MF | 49 | 3 | 70 |
| David Campbell | MF | 41 | 3 | 69 |
| Brett Williams | DF | 43 | 0 | 69 |
| Þorvaldur Örlygsson | MF | 37 | 2 | 67 |
| Colin Todd | DF | 36 | 0 | 67 |
| Justin Fashanu | FW | 32 | 3 | 65 |
| Andy Marriott | GK | 11 | 0 | 65 |
| Phil Starbuck | FW | 36 | 2 | 65 |
| Jim McInally | MF | 36 | 0 | 64 |
| Darren Wassall | DF | 27 | 0 | 64 |
| Ian Butterworth | DF | 27 | 0 | 64 |
| Raimondo Ponte | FW | 21 | 3 | 63 |
| Jürgen Röber | FW | 21 | 3 | 63 |
| Nigel Jemson | FW | 47 | — | 62 |
| Frans Thijssen | MF | 17 | 3 | 62 |
| Einar Jan Aas | DF | 21 | 1 | 62 |
| Stan Bowles | MF | 19 | 2 | 61 |
| David Riley | MF | 12 | 2 | 59 |
| Danny Wilson | MF | 10 | 1 | 58 |
| Alan Davidson | DF | 5 | 0 | 55 |
| Kjetil Osvold | MF | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| Mark Smalley | DF | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| Paul Raynor | MF | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| Tony Loughlan | MF | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| Kevin Hitchcock | GK | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Paul Crichton | GK | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Jimmy Montgomery | GK | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Ronnie Sinclair | GK | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Charlie George | FW | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| Colin Smith | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Stuart Cash | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Sean Dyche | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Neil Thompson | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Adrian Shaw | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Andy Bernal | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Russell Bradley | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| David Longhurst | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Liam Robinson | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Alan Lamb | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Michael Danzey | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Steven Murray | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Gary Megson | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Martin Clark | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Leigh Palin | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Paul James Kee | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| John Sheridan | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Nottingham Forest through the decades
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