# The 15 Best Nottingham Forest Players of All Time

> Back-to-back European champions share the page with a title-winning cult hero and the current Premier League crop. Not everyone here lifted trophies, but nobody was forgettable.

*By YPB Team · Published October 24, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-15-best-nottingham-forest-players-of-all-time*

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1. **Peter Shilton** — score 1000/1000
   England's record-cap goalkeeper who won the European Cup with Forest in 1979 and 1980.
2. **Roy Keane** — score 873/1000
   Irish midfielder who burst through at Forest before a record move to Manchester United in 1993.
3. **Nigel Clough** — score 668/1000
   Brian's son and a cultured striker who scored 100-plus goals for the club in the late 1980s and early 90s.
4. **Stan Collymore** — score 668/1000
   Explosive striker whose goals helped Forest to a third-place finish in 1994-95.
5. **Trevor Francis** — score 565/1000
   Britain's first £1m player, whose header won the 1979 European Cup final.
6. **Pierre van Hooijdonk** — score 565/1000
   Dutch striker who scored heavily in the late 1990s, including in the 1998 promotion season.
7. **Chris Wood** — score 565/1000
   New Zealand striker who led the line as Forest returned to the Premier League in 2022.
8. **Teddy Sheringham** — score 439/1000
   Striker who scored regularly in Forest's early 1990s side before moving to Tottenham.
9. **Viv Anderson** — score 439/1000
   Right-back who became the first black player to play for England and won two European Cups at Forest.
10. **John Robertson** — score 439/1000
   Languid left winger who crossed for Birtles and scored the 1980 European Cup final winner.
11. **Peter Withe** — score 439/1000
   Powerful centre-forward whose goals helped Forest win promotion and then the 1977-78 league title.
12. **Taiwo Awoniyi** — score 439/1000
   Nigerian forward who scored regularly after joining in 2022 to help keep Forest in the top flight.
13. **Murillo** — score 439/1000
   Brazilian centre-back who arrived in 2023 and quickly became a first-choice defender in the Premier League.
14. **Martin O'Neill** — score 0/1000
   Northern Irish winger and the engine on the right of the 1970s title-winning team.
15. **Matz Sels** — score 0/1000
   Belgian goalkeeper whose shot-stopping underpinned Forest's 2024-25 European push.

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