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TOP GOALSCORERS PER SEASON

In the 1950-51 season, Wally Ardron scored 36 goals for Forest in the 47 games he played. 47 years later Pierre van Hooijdonk scored 34 in exactly the same number of games.

These are the top goalscorers for each season, ordered by season.
(Note, all players scoring 20 goals in a season are included):

Season	Goals	Player	Games
2024-25	8	Chris Wood	11
2023-24	15	Chris Wood	35
2022-23	11	Taiwo Awoniyi	30
2021-22	19	Brennan Johnson	53
2020-21	6	Lewis Grabban	29
2019-20	20	Lewis Grabban	45
2018-19	17	Lewis Grabban	41
2017-18	10	Kieran Dowell	43
2016-17	14	Britt Assombalonga	33
2015-16	9	Nelson Oliveira	28
2014-15	15	Britt Assombalonga	32
	15	Michail Antonio	49
2013-14	12	Jamie Paterson	39
2012-13	11	Billy Sharp	40
2011-12	9	Garath McCleary	23
2010-11	13	Lewis McGugan	45
2009-10	17	Robert Earnshaw	37
2008-09	17	Robert Earnshaw	36
2007-08	14	Junior Agogo	42
2006-07	19	Grant Holt	55
2005-06	10	Ian Breckin	49
	10	Nathan Tyson	28
2004-05	11	Gareth Taylor	43
2003-04	13	Andy Reid	51
2002-03	29	David Johnson	47
	21	Marlon Harewood	48
2001-02	14	Stern John	29
2000-01	15	Chris Bart-Williams	49
1999-00	11	Alan Rogers	45
	11	Dougie Freedman	40
1998-99	12	Dougie Freedman	36
1997-98	23	Kevin Campbell	45
	34	Pierre van Hooijdonk	47
1996-97	6	Alfe-Inge Haaland	41
	6	Kevin Campbell	20
1995-96	12	Ian Woan	51
1994-95	25	Stan Collymore	43
1993-94	25	Stan Collymore	35
1992-93	12	Nigel Clough	51
1991-92	22	Teddy Sheringham	59
1990-91	20	Nigel Clough	52
1989-90	14	Steve Hodge	47
1988-89	21	Nigel Clough	53
1987-88	22	Nigel Clough	40
1986-87	16	Nigel Clough	49
1985-86	18	Nigel Clough	45
1984-85	17	Peter Davenport	44
1983-84	17	Peter Davenport	45
1982-83	16	Ian Wallace	47
1981-82	12	Ian Wallace	34
1980-81	13	Ian Wallace	49
1979-80	19	John Robertson	65
1978-79	26	Garry Birtles	53
1977-78	19	Peter Withe	54
	19	Tony Woodcock	50
1976-77	19	Peter Withe	44
1975-76	16	Ian Bowyer	46
1974-75	12	Neil Martin	34
1973-74	28	Duncan McKenzie	49
1972-73	8	John Galley	22
1971-72	14	Ian Storey-Moore	34
1970-71	22	Ian Storey-Moore	41
1969-70	12	Ian Storey-Moore	35
1968-69	18	Ian Storey-Moore	29
1967-68	21	Joe Baker	48
1966-67	24	Ian Storey-Moore	47
1965-66	9	Colin Addison	28
1964-65	16	Colin Addison	38
	16	Frank Wignall	38
1963-64	16	Frank Wignall	42
1962-63	20	Colin Addison	42
1961-62	14	Colin Booth	34
1960-61	19	Colin Booth	38
1959-60	12	Tommy Wilson	35
1958-59	26	Roy Dwight	50
	28	Tommy Wilson	50
1957-58	22	Tommy Wilson	43
1956-57	30	Jim Barrett	37
1955-56	17	Jim Barrett	35
1954-55	10	Jim Barrett	25
	10	Tommy Wilson	34
1953-54	20	Alan Moore	43
1952-53	22	Wally Ardron	32
1951-52	29	Wally Ardron	41
1950-51	24	Tommy Capel	37
	36	Wally Ardron	47
1949-50	25	Wally Ardron	43
1948-49	10	George Lee	37
1947-48	13	Tom Johnston	33
1946-47	17	Sailor Brown	45
1945-46	1	Eddie Barks	3
	1	Tanner Allen	3
1939-40	2	Colin Perry	3
1938-39	9	Harold Crawshaw	22
	9	Jack Surtees	28
1937-38	15	Boy Martin	39
1936-37	31	Boy Martin	38
1935-36	21	Tom Peacock	31
1934-35	21	Tom Peacock	40
1933-34	27	Johnny Dent	38
1932-33	15	Billy Dickinson	39
1931-32	22	Billy Dickinson	40
	20	Johnny Dent	38
1930-31	23	Johnny Dent	38
1929-30	18	Johnny Dent	26
1928-29	17	Sam Jennings	29
1927-28	15	Cyril Stocks	36
	15	Noah Burton	36
1926-27	17	Sid Gibson	43
1925-26	11	Sid Gibson	46
1924-25	8	Duncan Walker	37
1923-24	17	Duncan Walker	40
1922-23	10	Jack Spaven	35
1921-22	22	Jack Spaven	46
1920-21	11	Jack Spaven	30
1919-20	11	John Lythgoe	41
1914-15	16	Tim Coleman	40
1913-14	8	John Derrick	26
1912-13	21	Thomas Gibson	33
1911-12	10	Grenville Morris	19
1910-11	12	Grenville Morris	27
1909-10	20	Grenville Morris	31
1908-09	25	Enoch West	38
1907-08	29	Enoch West	37
1906-07	22	Grenville Morris	38
1905-06	21	Grenville Morris	36
1904-05	14	Billy Shearman	31
1903-04	15	Grenville Morris	27
1902-03	26	Grenville Morris	37
1901-02	14	John Calvey	38
1900-01	16	John Calvey	31
1899-00	18	John Calvey	36
1898-99	9	Fred Spencer	16
1897-98	12	Arthur Capes	33
	12	Chas Richards	31
	12	Len Benbow	30
1896-97	8	Adrian Capes	33
	8	Chas Richards	31
	8	Fred Forman	25
1895-96	10	Tom McInnes	31
1894-95	17	Albert Carnelly	32
1893-94	18	Tom McInnes	30
1892-93	11	Alex Higgins	27
	11	Tom McInnes	32
1891-92	7	Alex Higgins	6
1890-91	11	Alex Higgins	5
1888-89	3	Tinsley Lindley	4
1887-88	3	Tinsley Lindley	3
1886-87	3	Teddy Leighton	4
1885-86	4	George Tutin	2
1884-85	5	Sam Widdowson	7
1882-83	5	Sam Widdowson	3
1880-81	1	Sam Widdowson	1
1879-80	7	Sam Widdowson	5
1878-79	3	AH Smith	5

These are the players scoring more than 15 goals per season
(competitive goals only), ordered by goals:

Season	Goals	Player	Games
1950-51	36	Wally Ardron	47
1997-98	34	Pierre van Hooijdonk	47
1936-37	31	Boy Martin	38
1956-57	30	Jim Barrett	37
1951-52	29	Wally Ardron	41
1907-08	29	Enoch West	37
2002-03	29	David Johnson	47
1958-59	28	Tommy Wilson	50
1973-74	28	Duncan McKenzie	49
1933-34	27	Johnny Dent	38
1902-03	26	Grenville Morris	37
1958-59	26	Roy Dwight	50
1978-79	26	Garry Birtles	53
1993-94	25	Stan Collymore	35
1994-95	25	Stan Collymore	43
1949-50	25	Wally Ardron	43
1908-09	25	Enoch West	38
1950-51	24	Tommy Capel	37
1966-67	24	Ian Storey-Moore	47
1930-31	23	Johnny Dent	38
1997-98	23	Kevin Campbell	45
1987-88	22	Nigel Clough	40
1991-92	22	Teddy Sheringham	59
1931-32	22	Billy Dickinson	40
1921-22	22	Jack Spaven	46
1906-07	22	Grenville Morris	38
1970-71	22	Ian Storey-Moore	41
1957-58	22	Tommy Wilson	43
1952-53	22	Wally Ardron	32
1967-68	21	Joe Baker	48
1905-06	21	Grenville Morris	36
1912-13	21	Thomas Gibson	33
1934-35	21	Tom Peacock	40
1935-36	21	Tom Peacock	31
1988-89	21	Nigel Clough	53
2002-03	21	Marlon Harewood	48
1990-91	20	Nigel Clough	52
2019-20	20	Lewis Grabban	45
1931-32	20	Johnny Dent	38
1909-10	20	Grenville Morris	31
1962-63	20	Colin Addison	42
1953-54	20	Alan Moore	43
1930-31	19	Billy Dickinson	24
1960-61	19	Colin Booth	38
1966-67	19	Joe Baker	42
1909-10	19	Enoch West	36
2021-22	19	Brennan Johnson	53
1988-89	19	Lee Chapman	47
2006-07	19	Grant Holt	55
1976-77	19	Peter Withe	44
1977-78	19	Peter Withe	54
	19	Tony Woodcock	50
1979-80	19	John Robertson	65
1985-86	18	Nigel Clough	45
1976-77	18	Tony Woodcock	38
1977-78	18	John Robertson	56
1893-94	18	Tom McInnes	30
1899-00	18	John Calvey	36
1929-30	18	Johnny Dent	26
1968-69	18	Ian Storey-Moore	29
1950-51	18	Tucker Johnson	34
1953-54	18	Tommy Capel	35
1955-56	17	Jim Barrett	35
1946-47	17	Sailor Brown	45
1950-51	17	Collin Collindridge	48
1928-29	17	Sam Jennings	29
1923-24	17	Duncan Walker	40
1926-27	17	Sid Gibson	43
1894-95	17	Albert Carnelly	32
1905-06	17	Enoch West	39
1912-13	17	Grenville Morris	35
1983-84	17	Peter Davenport	45
1984-85	17	Peter Davenport	44
1979-80	17	Trevor Francis	44
2008-09	17	Robert Earnshaw	36
2009-10	17	Robert Earnshaw	37
2018-19	17	Lewis Grabban	41
1986-87	16	Nigel Clough	49
1987-88	16	Neil Webb	49
1990-91	16	Stuart Pearce	49
1979-80	16	Garry Birtles	64
1982-83	16	Ian Wallace	47
1983-84	16	Colin Walsh	51
1978-79	16	John Robertson	63
1914-15	16	Tim Coleman	40
1900-01	16	John Calvey	31
1955-56	16	Peter Higham	40
1956-57	16	Doug Lishman	27
1975-76	16	Ian Bowyer	46
1957-58	16	Stewart Imlach	43
1963-64	16	Frank Wignall	42
1964-65	16	Colin Addison	38
	16	Frank Wignall	38
1956-57	15	Tommy Wilson	37
1903-04	15	Grenville Morris	27
1900-01	15	Grenville Morris	36
1927-28	15	Cyril Stocks	36
	15	Noah Burton	36
1928-29	15	Joe Heathcock	17
1926-27	15	Cyril Stocks	40
1932-33	15	Billy Dickinson	39
1937-38	15	Boy Martin	39
1978-79	15	Martin O'Neill	42
	15	Tony Woodcock	57
1983-84	15	Garry Birtles	43
1986-87	15	Garry Birtles	33
2014-15	15	Britt Assombalonga	32
	15	Michail Antonio	49
2000-01	15	Chris Bart-Williams	49
2023-24	15	Chris Wood	35