# Ross County F.C. records and statistics

Ross County Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Dingwall. Ross County joined the Highland Football League in 1929, and then were one of two clubs voted into the Scottish Professional Football League System in 1994.
The club's record appearance maker is Michael Gardyne, who has made over 400 appearances through four spells at the club. Michael Gardyne is also County's all time goal scorer, scoring 73 goals.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Ross County, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ross County players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records are also included in the list.

## Honours
### League

* First Division/Championship (second tier)
** Winners (2): 2011–12, 2018–19
* Second Division (third tier)
** Winners (1): 2007–08
* Third Division (fourth tier)
** Winners (1): 1998–99
* Highland Football League
** Winners (3): 1966–67, 1990–91, 1991–92
** Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1972–73
* North Caledonian Football League
** Winners (2): 1965–66, 1996–97

### Cup

* Scottish Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2009–10
* Scottish League Cup:
** Winners (1): 2015–16
* Challenge Cup
** Winners (3): 2006–07, 2010–11, 2018–19
** Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2008–09
* Qualifying Cup (North)
** Winners (1): 1993–94
** Runners-up (5): 1933–34, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74
* North of Scotland Cup
** Winners (6): 1929–30, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1991–92, 2006–07, 2018–19
* Highland League Cup
** Winners (4): 1949–50, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1991–92

### Youth

* SPFL Development League (Under-20)
** Winners (1): 2016–17

## Player records
### Individual records

* Most Appearance Holder: Michael Gardyne (444)
* Record Goalscorer: Michael Gardyne (73)
* Most Goals in a season (all competitions): Andrew Barrowman (29)
* Most Goals in a season (league): Andrew Barrowman (24)
* Most Clean Sheets: Nicky Walker (54)
* Most Hat-Tricks: Liam Boyce (5)

### Most appearances

As of 15 March 2025
| # | Name | Career | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | Michael Gardyne | 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 | 444 | 73 |
| 2 | Scott Boyd | 2007–2008, 2008–2017 | 306 | 12 |
| 3 | Mark McCulloch | 2002–2009 | 288 | 8 |
| 4 | Richard Brittain | 2008–2015 | 269 | 50 |
| 5 | Don Cowie | 2000–2007, 2018–2020 | 249 | 29 |
| 6 | Iain Vigurs | 2009–2013, 2018–2021 | 238 | 29 |
| 7 | Sean Higgins | 2002–2009 | 220 | 59 |
| 8 | Steven Ferguson | 1996–2003 | 220 | 54 |
| 9 | Marcus Fraser | 2015–2020 | 197 | 4 |
| 10 | Paul Lawson | 2007–2013 | 190 | 17 |
| 11 | Martin Scott | 2006–2011, 2012–2013 | 189 | 9 |
| 12 | Kenny Gilbert | 1996–2003 | 183 | 4 |
| 13 | Jordan White | 2021– | 182 | 39 |
| 14 | David MacKay | 1994–2001 | 177 | 2 |
| 15 | Ross Laidlaw | 2019– | 176 | 0 |
| 16 | Ian Maxwell | 1998–2002 | 171 | 5 |
| 17 | Hugh Robertson | 2000–2004, 2006-2008 | 160 | 16 |
| 18 | Billy Herd | 1994–1999 | 154 | 5 |
| 19 | Stuart Kettlewell | 2009–2014 | 154 | 10 |
| 20 | Brian Irvine | 1999–2003 | 150 | 18 |
| 21 | Gary Miller | 2007–2012 | 150 | 3 |
| 22 | David Winters | 1996–2003 | 148 | 42 |
| 23 | Connor Randall | 2020– | 148 | 3 |
| 24 | Stuart Golabek | 1995–1999, 2007–2009 | 147 | 10 |
| 25 | Scott Fox | 2014–2019 | 147 | 0 |
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### Top goalscorers

As of 15 March 2025
| # | Name | Career | Apps | Goals | Ratio |
| 1 | Michael Gardyne | 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 | 444 | 73 | 0.16 |
| 2 | Sean Higgins | 2002–2009 | 220 | 59 | 0.27 |
| 3 | Derek Adams | 1996–1998, 2006–2009 | 134 | 56 | 0.42 |
| 4 | Liam Boyce | 2014–2017 | 115 | 55 | 0.48 |
| 5 | Steven Ferguson | 1996–2003 | 220 | 54 | 0.25 |
| 6 | Richard Brittain | 2008–2015 | 269 | 50 | 0.19 |
| 7 | Andrew Barrowman | 2007–2008, 2010–2011 | 94 | 45 | 0.48 |
| 8 | Alex Bone | 2000, 2000–2003 | 105 | 44 | 0.42 |
| 9 | David Winters | 2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008 | 148 | 42 | 0.28 |
| 10 | Billy McKay | 2017–2021 | 126 | 41 | 0.33 |
| 11 | Jordan White | 2021– | 182 | 39 | 0.21 |
| 12 | Brian Graham | 2015–2016, 2018–2020 | 97 | 37 | 0.38 |
| 13 | Steven Craig | 2008–2012 | 123 | 33 | 0.27 |
| 14 | Alex Schalk | 2015–2018 | 108 | 30 | 0.28 |
| 15 | Don Cowie | 2000–2007, 2018–2020 | 249 | 30 | 0.12 |
| 16 | Craig Curran | 2014–2018 | 118 | 29 | 0.25 |
| 17 | Iain Vigurs | 2009–2013, 2018–2021 | 238 | 29 | 0.12 |
| 18 | Gary Wood | 1996–2000 | 80 | 28 | 0.35 |
| 19 | Ross Stewart | 2018–2021 | 82 | 28 | 0.34 |
| 20 | Neil Tarrant | 1997–1999, 2001-2002 | 60 | 27 | 0.45 |
| 21 | Simon Murray | 2023–2024 | 62 | 26 | 0.42 |
| 22 | Brian Grant | 1994–1996 | 84 | 26 | 0.31 |
| 23 | Jamie MacPherson | 1994–1999 | 65 | 21 | 0.32 |
| 24 | Colin McMenamin | 2011–2013 | 60 | 21 | 0.35 |
| 25 | John Rankin | 2003–2006 | 124 | 21 | 0.17 |
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### Clean Sheets

As of 15 March 2025
| # | Name | Career | Apps | Clean Sheets | Ratio |
| 1 | Nicky Walker | 1997–2001 | 137 | 54 | 0.39 |
| 2 | Ross Laidlaw | 2019– | 176 | 43 | 0.24 |
| 3 | Tony Bullock | 2001–2003, 2007–2009 | 145 | 41 | 0.28 |
| 4 | Scott Fox | 2014–2019 | 147 | 38 | 0.26 |
| 5 | Michael McGovern | 2009–2011 | 96 | 32 | 0.33 |
| 6 | Steve Hutchison | 1994–1998 | 98 | 30 | 0.31 |
| 7 | Michael Fraser | 2011–2014 | 77 | 25 | 0.32 |
| 8 | Mark Brown | 2012–2015 | 71 | 17 | 0.24 |
| 9 | Colin Stewart | 2003–2005 | 47 | 13 | 0.28 |
| 10 | Stuart Garden | 2004–2006 | 52 | 9 | 0.17 |
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### Club captains

| Name | Dates |
| Jim Lauchlan | 2004–2006 |
| Don Cowie | 2006–2007 |
| Richard Brittain | 2009–2015 |
| Andrew Davies | 2015–2018 |
| Marcus Fraser | 2018–2020 |
| Iain Vigurs | 2020–2021 |
| Keith Watson | 2021–2023 |
| Jack Baldwin | 2023–2024 |
| Connor Randall | 2024– |

### Team of the decade

In January 2020 Ross County Twitter put out a poll to fans to decide on the team of the 2010s. The results were as follows:
* GK: Scott Fox
* DF: Marcus Fraser
* DF: Andrew Davies
* DF: Scott Boyd
* DF: Evangelos Ikonomou
* MF: Richard Brittain
* MF: Jackson Irvine
* MF: Iain Vigurs
* MF: Michael Gardyne
* FW: Liam Boyce
* FW: Alex Schalk
Source:

### International players

This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club and the year of their first International cap while at the club.
* 2001 Richard Hastings
* 2006 Sean Webb
* 2010 Michael McGovern
* 2010 Atli Gregersen
* 2013 André Hainault
* 2014 Yoann Arquin
* 2014 Filip Kiss
* 2014 Erik Čikoš
* 2015 Liam Boyce
* 2015 Jackson Irvine
* 2017 Tim Chow
* 2018 Mattias Käit
* 2021 Regan Charles-Cook
* 2023 Nohan Kenneh
* 2023 William Akio
* 2023 Victor Loturi
* 2024 Josh Nisbet
* Most Caps while at Club: Liam Boyce, Atli Gregersen, Yoann Arquin, Richard Hastings (6)
* Most International Goals while at Club: Liam Boyce (1)

## Club records

* First league goal scored: William D Herd 1994 v Cowdenbeath
* Record all-time attendance: 8,000 approx v Rangers (Scottish Cup 28 February 1966)
* Record league attendance: 6,590 v Celtic (Scottish Premiership 18 November 2017)
* Record win: 11–0 v St Cuthbert Wanderers (1993–94 Scottish Cup first round)
* Record League win 8-0 v Albion Rovers (15 August 1998)
* Record defeat: 0–7 v Kilmarnock (1961–62 Scottish Cup third round)
* Club record signing: £100,000 – Ross Draper from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 9 August 2017
* Club record sale: £500,000 – Liam Boyce to Burton Albion, 20 June 2017

## Managers

Information correct as of 15 March 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

### Table headers

* Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
* From – The year of the manager's first game for Ross County.
* To – The year of the manager's last game for Ross County.
* P – The number of games managed for Ross County.
* W – The number of games won as a manager.
* D – The number of games drawn as a manager.
* L – The number of games lost as a manager.
* GF – The number of goals scored under his management.
* GA – The number of goals conceded under his management.
* Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
* Honours – The trophies won while managing Ross County.
List of Ross County F.C. managers :
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours |
| Tom Pirie | Scotland | August 1929 | July 1930 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 58 | 038.46 | 99971 North of Scotland Cup |
| Johnny Hart | Scotland | July 1929 | May 1931 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 47 | 038.46 | |
| John Ramage | Scotland | July 1931 | May 1932 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 77 | 87 | 038.71 | |
| George Henderson | England | December 1937 | March 1938 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 011.11 | |
| George Barrie | Scotland | May 1938 | August 1939 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 78 | 89 | 042.86 | |
| Jimmy Dykes | Scotland | 23 January 1951 | June 1951 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 038.46 | |
| Jim Fiddes | Scotland | August 1951 | January 1952 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 76 | 025.00 | |
| Jim Stenhouse | Scotland | July 1952 | June 1953 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 82 | 63 | 050.00 | |
| Alec Young | Scotland | June 1958 | July 1964 | 231 | 92 | 32 | 107 | 475 | 493 | 039.83 | |
| Sammy Wilson | Scotland | July 1964 | September 1966 | 97 | 56 | 14 | 27 | 283 | 182 | 057.73 | |
| Ian McNeill | Scotland | September 1966 | June 1968 | 66 | 47 | 9 | 10 | 197 | 76 | 071.21 | 99971 Highland Football League |
| Archie Wright | Scotland | 18 June 1968 | April 1969 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 57 | 055.88 | |
| Jack Lornie | Scotland | April 1969 | June 1971 | 90 | 53 | 15 | 22 | 238 | 172 | 058.89 | 1 Highland League Cup 1 North of Scotland Cup |
| Ian McNeill | Scotland | June 1971 | June 1976 | 214 | 109 | 44 | 61 | 501 | 344 | 050.93 | 99971 North of Scotland Cup |
| Jack Lornie | Scotland | June 1976 | June 1977 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 66 | 77 | 034.21 | |
| Bill Cassidy | Scotland | August 1977 | June 1979 | 73 | 43 | 12 | 18 | 156 | 99 | 058.90 | 99971 Highland League Cup |
| Sammy Wilson | Scotland | July 1979 | May 1982 | 105 | 41 | 25 | 39 | 191 | 201 | 039.05 | |
| Robbie Giles | Scotland | May 1982 | October 1983 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 104 | 112 | 034.00 | |
| Donald Stuart (caretaker) | Scotland | October 1983 | December 1983 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 027.27 | |
| Sandy Wallace | Scotland | December 1983 | December 1985 | 68 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 118 | 131 | 041.18 | |
| John Buchanan | Scotland | December 1985 | March 1987 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 74 | 142 | 019.15 | |
| Chic Ogilvie (interim) | Scotland | March 1987 | May 1987 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 000.00 | |
| Bobby Wilson | Scotland | June 1987 | 1 July 1996 | 385 | 204 | 63 | 118 | 821 | 553 | 052.99 | 2 Highland Football League 1 North of Scotland Cup 1 Highland League Cup |
| Neale Cooper | Scotland | 1 July 1996 | 11 November 2002 | 275 | 131 | 62 | 82 | 455 | 330 | 047.64 | 1 Scottish Football League Third Division |
| Danny McDonald (caretaker) | Scotland | 11 November 2002 | 27 November 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 | |
| Alex Smith | Scotland | 27 November 2002 | 11 June 2005 | 110 | 39 | 26 | 45 | 148 | 124 | 035.45 | |
| John Robertson | Scotland | 21 June 2005 | 24 October 2005 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 040.00 | |
| Gardner Speirs (caretaker) | Scotland | 24 October 2005 | 3 June 2006 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 039.29 | |
| Scott Leitch | Scotland | 1 July 2006 | 17 June 2007 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 57 | 68 | 030.43 | 1 Scottish Challenge Cup |
| Dick Campbell | Scotland | 17 June 2007 | 2 October 2007 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 050.00 | |
| Derek Adams | Scotland | 2 October 2007 | 11 November 2010 | 140 | 66 | 31 | 43 | 189 | 175 | 047.14 | 1 Scottish Football League Second Division |
| Willie McStay | Scotland | 25 November 2010 | 12 February 2011 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 000.00 | |
| Jimmy Calderwood | Scotland | 17 February 2011 | 15 May 2011 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 041.18 | |
| Derek Adams | Scotland | 19 May 2011 | 28 August 2014 | 113 | 41 | 32 | 40 | 244 | 181 | 036.28 | 1 Scottish Football League First Division |
| Jim McIntyre | Scotland | 9 September 2014 | 25 September 2017 | 138 | 50 | 32 | 56 | 204 | 210 | 036.23 | 1 Scottish League Cup |
| Owen Coyle | Ireland | 28 September 2017 | 1 March 2018 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 018.18 | |
| Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell | Scotland Scotland | 2 March 2018 | 10 June 2020 | 96 | 43 | 23 | 30 | 137 | 118 | 044.79 | 1 Scottish Championship 1 Scottish Challenge Cup |
| Stuart Kettlewell | Scotland | 10 June 2020 | 19 December 2020 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 029.17 | |
| John Hughes | Scotland | 21 December 2020 | 24 May 2021 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 038.10 | |
| Malky Mackay | Scotland | 26 May 2021 | 15 November 2023 | 107 | 31 | 25 | 51 | 134 | 181 | 028.97 | |
| Derek Adams | Scotland | 20 November 2023 | 7 February 2024 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 016.67 | |
| Don Cowie | Scotland | 8 February 2024 | Present | 53 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 68 | 88 | 035.85 | |