List of 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

Cup

Youth

Player records

Individual records

Most appearances

As of 22 February 2026

# 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 Jordan White 2021– 222 44
8 Sean Higgins 2002–2009 220 59
9 Steven Ferguson 1996–2003 220 54
10 Marcus Fraser 2015–2020 197 4
11 Paul Lawson 2007–2013 190 17
12 Martin Scott 2006–2011, 2012–2013 189 9
13 Ross Laidlaw 2019– 186 0
14 Connor Randall 2020– 183 4
15 Kenny Gilbert 1996–2003 183 4
16 David MacKay 1994–2001 177 2
17 Ian Maxwell 1998–2002 171 5
18 Hugh Robertson 2000–2004, 2006-2008 160 16
19 Billy Herd 1994–1999 154 5
20 Stuart Kettlewell 2009–2014 154 10
21 Brian Irvine 1999–2003 150 18
22 Gary Miller 2007–2012 150 3
23 David Winters 1996–2003 148 42
24 Stuart Golabek 1995–1999, 2007–2009 147 10
25 Scott Fox 2014–2019 147 0

Source:[1]

Top goalscorers

As of 22 February 2026

# 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 Jordan White 2021– 222 44 0.20
9 Alex Bone 2000, 2000–2003 105 44 0.42
10 David Winters 2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008 148 42 0.28
11 Billy McKay 2017–2021 126 41 0.33
12 Brian Graham 2015–2016, 2018–2020 97 37 0.38
13 Steven Craig 2008–2012 123 33 0.27
14 Ronan Hale 2024–2026 67 30 0.45
15 Alex Schalk 2015–2018 108 30 0.28
16 Don Cowie 2000–2007, 2018–2020 249 30 0.12
17 Craig Curran 2014–2018 118 29 0.25
18 Iain Vigurs 2009–2013, 2018–2021 238 29 0.12
19 Gary Wood 1996–2000 80 28 0.35
20 Ross Stewart 2018–2021 82 28 0.34
21 Neil Tarrant 1997–1999, 2001-2002 60 27 0.45
22 Simon Murray 2023–2024 62 26 0.42
23 Brian Grant 1994–1996 84 26 0.31
24 Jamie MacPherson 1994–1999 65 21 0.32
25 Colin McMenamin 2011–2013 60 21 0.35
26 John Rankin 2003–2006 124 21 0.17

Source:[2]

Clean Sheets

As of 22 February 2026

# Name Career Apps Clean Sheets Ratio
1 Nicky Walker 1997–2001 137 54 0.39
2 Ross Laidlaw 2019– 186 45 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

Source:[3]

Club captains

Name Dates Notes
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 2024–2025
Declan Gallagher 2025–

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:

Source:[4]

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.

Club records

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Managers

Information correct as of 21 March 2026. 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%[nb 1] Honours
Tom Pirie  Scotland August 1929 July 1930 32 13 4 15 69 71 040.63 99971 North of Scotland Cup
Johnny Hart  Scotland July 1929 May 1931 32 13 6 13 84 57 040.63
John Ramage  Scotland July 1931 May 1932 36 13 9 14 85 95 036.11
George Henderson  England December 1937 March 1938 9 1 1 7 16 41 011.11
George Barrie  Scotland May 1938 August 1939 33 14 3 16 89 109 042.42
Jimmy Dykes  Scotland 23 January 1951 June 1951 19 10 1 8 51 44 052.63
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 237 96 32 109 484 497 040.51
Sammy Wilson  Scotland July 1964 September 1966 101 59 15 27 303 197 058.42
Ian McNeill  Scotland September 1966 June 1968 68 51 7 10 203 78 075.00 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 227 114 46 67 522 367 050.22 99971 North of Scotland Cup
Jack Lornie  Scotland June 1976 June 1977 40 14 4 22 69 81 035.00
Bill Cassidy  Scotland August 1977 June 1979 79 47 12 20 172 109 059.49 99971 Highland League Cup
Sammy Wilson  Scotland July 1979 May 1982 115 48 25 42 222 225 041.74
Robbie Giles  Scotland May 1982 October 1983 54 19 8 27 112 119 035.19
Donald Stuart (caretaker)  Scotland October 1983 December 1983 12 3 5 4 22 21 025.00
Sandy Wallace  Scotland December 1983 December 1985 71 29 12 30 129 141 040.85
John Buchanan  Scotland December 1985 March 1987 49 10 3 36 78 147 020.41
Chic Ogilvie (interim)  Scotland March 1987 May 1987 4 0 2 2 3 7 000.00
Bobby Wilson  Scotland June 1987 1 July 1996 400 214 63 123 874 580 053.50 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 24 August 2025 71 21 17 33 93 120 029.58
John Robertson (interim)  Scotland 26 August 2025 3 September 2025 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00
Tony Docherty  Scotland 3 September 2025 14 December 2025 15 4 4 7 19 26 026.67
John Robertson (interim)  Scotland 17 December 2025 30 December 2025 2 0 1 1 0 2 000.00
Stuart Kettlewell  Scotland 30 December 2025 Present 12 4 3 5 9 9 033.33

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References

  1. ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Ross County Clean sheets". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ross County Team of the Decade". Ross County Twitter. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ross County All-Time Records". Staggies Archive. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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