List of Reading F.C. records and statistics

Reading Football Club hold the record for the number of successive league wins at the start of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign. [1]

The club's largest win was a 10–0 victory over Gibraltar on 10 July 2019 in a pre-season friendly. Their biggest league win was a 10–2 victory over Crystal Palace on 4 September 1946 in the Third Division South.[1] Reading's heaviest loss was an 18–0 defeat against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894.[1]

The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks with a total of 500 from 1978 to 1991.[1] The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for Ireland while at the club.[1][2] The most league goals in total and in a season is Ronnie Blackman with 158 from 1947 to 1954 and 39 in 1951–52 respectively.[1] The player with the most league goals in a game is Arthur Bacon with six against Stoke City in 1930–31.[1] The first Reading-based player to play in the World Cup is Bobby Convey at the 2006 World Cup with the United States.[1] The record time for a goalkeeper not conceding a goal is Steve Death at 1,103 minutes in 1978–79, which is a former English league record.[3]

Reading's highest attendance at Elm Park was in 1927, when 33,042 spectators watched Reading beat Brentford 1–0.[4] The highest attendance at the Madejski Stadium is 24,160 for the Premier League game with Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September 2012.[5]

The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the £8 million received from Crystal Palace for Michael Olise in July 2021, beating the £7 million fee that 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson in August 2010.[6][1][7] The most expensive player Reading have ever bought is George Pușcaș, for an estimated £8,000,000 from Internazionale on 7 August 2019.[8]

Honours

Managerial

Player records

Appearances
Goals
Goalkeeping
  • Longest time without conceding a goal: Steve Death (1,103 minutes; 1978–79; former English league record)[3][14]
Transfers
Internationals

Appearances

The following players have played more than 398 times for Reading, in all competitions.[11]

Pos. Player App.
1 Martin Hicks 603
2 Steve Death 537
3 Dick Spiers 505
4 Michael Gilkes 487
5 Stuart Beavon 481
6 Maurice Evans 459
7 Steve Richardson 457
8 Jimmy Wheeler 453
9 Phil Parkinson 426
10 Ady Williams 398

Goalscorers

The following players have scored more than 85 times for Reading, in all competitions.[12]

Pos. Player Gls
1 Trevor Senior 191
2 Jimmy Wheeler 168
3 Ronnie Blackman 167
4 Tony MacPhee 104
5 Tommy Tait 103
6 Denis Allen 95
7 Jimmy Quinn 94
8 Douggie Webb 93
9 Les Chappell 90
10 Pat Earles 85

List of hat-tricks

The Result column shows the Reading score first.

As of match played 4 January 2026
Key
(X) Number of times player scored a hat-trick (only for players with multiple hat-tricks)
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
6 Player scored six goals
Reading lost the match
Reading drew the match
# Player G Against Res. Date Home/Away/Neutral Competition Ref.
1 Craig Maskell 3 Darlington 4–2 10 March 1992 Third Division Away
2 Stuart Lovell 3 Swindon Town 3–0 1 April 1995 First Division Home
3 Lee Nogan 3 Port Vale 3–3 15 April 1995 First Division Home
4 Lee Nogan (2) 3 Southend United 3–3 19 March 1996 First Division Home
5 Trevor Morley 3 Bolton Wanderers 3–2 8 February 1997 First Division Home
6 Jamie Cureton 3 Brentford 4–0 9 September 2000 Second Division Home
7 Martin Butler 3 Swansea City 4–0 23 September 2000 Second Division Home
8 Jamie Cureton (2) 3 Luton Town 4–1 23 December 2000 Second Division Home
9 Nicky Forster 3 Blackpool 3–0 19 January 2002 Second Division Home
10 Nicky Forster (2) 3 Ipswich Town 3–0 19 October 2002 Second Division Home [18]
11 Nicky Forster (3) 3 Preston North End 3–0 15 April 2003 Second Division Home [19]
12 Dave Kitson 3 Gillingham 3–1 18 September 2004 EFL Championship Home [20]
13 Dave Kitson (2) 3 West Ham United 3–1 12 March 2005 EFL Championship Home [21]
14 Dave Kitson (3) 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 5–1 10 December 2005 EFL Championship Home [22]
15 Leroy Lita 3 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 17 January 2006 FA Cup Home [23]
16 Kevin Doyle 3 Crystal Palace 4–2 30 August 2008 EFL Championship Home [24]
17 Kevin Doyle (2) 3 Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 16 September 2008 EFL Championship Home [25]
18 Adam Le Fondre 3 Bolton Wanderers 7–1 18 January 2014 EFL Championship Home [26]
19 Adam Le Fondre (2) 3 Blackpool 5–1 28 January 2014 EFL Championship Home [27]
20 Orlando Sá 3 Ipswich Town 5–1 19 January 2016 EFL Championship Home [28]
21 Matěj Vydra 3 Huddersfield 5–2 19 January 2016 FA Cup Home [29]
22 Jón Daði Böðvarsson 3 Stevenage 3–0 16 January 2018 FA Cup Home [30]
23 George Pușcaș 3 Wigan Athletic 3–1 30 November 2019 EFL Championship Away [31]
24 Yakou Méïté 4 Luton Town 5–0 4 July 2020 EFL Championship Away [32]
25 Lucas João 3 Colchester United 3–0 5 September 2020 EFL Cup Home [33]
26 John Swift 3 Queens Park Rangers 3–3 11 September 2021 EFL Championship Home [34]
27 Harvey Knibbs 3 Swindon Town 5–0 10 October 2023 EFL Trophy Home [35]

Team records

  • Biggest win: 9–0 v Exeter City (19 September 2023, Football League Trophy)[1]
  • Heaviest defeat: 18–0 v Preston North End (27 January 1894, FA Cup 1st round)[1]
  • Longest winning sequence at the start of a season: 13 victories in 1985–86.
  • Most points in a single season in any English professional league: 106 points (2005–06)[36]
  • Longest winless sequence at the start of a season (club record): 6 (2 draws and 4 defeats), (2018–19)
  • Heaviest home defeat: 7-0 vs Fulham, (11 January 2022)
  • Longest winless sequence: 15 defeats (4 March 2023 - 8 August 2023)

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