Of the starting group recorded minutes in the later season.
FOREST · PREMIER LEAGUE · SINCE PROMOTION
How much of the squad stayed?
Follow the players, the minutes and the rebuild. Compare any two seasons, then trace a starting squad through time.
League appearances, not the contracted squad. Latest season: 9 games through 2026-10-31.
10% means 342 minutes over 38 games, or 81 over 9 games. The threshold scales with games played; it is a definition you can change, not a statistical cut-off. Current-season comparisons are provisional.
2022/23 → 2026/27
Share of the starting group’s minutes supplied by those carried over. Gives regulars more weight.
Same players, same shares of minutes. 100% = identical distribution; 0% = no shared players. Uses everyone.
Does the picture change for the regulars?
These levels are nested: key players are also in the core and squad. Each uses the same carried-over rule selected above.
| Starting group | Minimum minutes share | Players carried over | Players retained % | Prior group minutes retained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad | 10% | 4 / 26 | 15.4% | 19.3% |
| Core | 40% | 3 / 14 | 21.4% | 24.5% |
| Key | 70% | 1 / 2 | 50.0% | 50.3% |
Where did 2026/27’s minutes go?
Starting group 18.9%Other starting-season players 0.0%No starting-season minutes 81.1%
All later-season recorded minutes are included. “No starting-season minutes” can include a returning player, academy graduate or previously unused player; it does not mean a new signing.
Season to season: continuity or rebuild?
Each bar shows where the later season’s minutes came from. Select a row to inspect that comparison.
How long did each squad last?
Start with a row, then read across to a later season. Darker cells mean more continuity. Select a cell to inspect the players who carried over.
Count and percentage of the starting group who played in the later season. Carried over = any later recorded minutes. Each starting group uses 10%+ of its season’s available minutes.
Starting season ↓ Later season →
| From / to | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | 2026/279 games* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/2326 players | ||||
| 2023/2427 players | Start | |||
| 2024/2518 players | — | Start | ||
| 2025/2623 players | — | — | Start |
0%100%Same scale in every view
* 2026/27 is provisional: 9 games through 2026-10-31. No later appearance does not prove a player left the club.
2022/23 → 2026/27
- Players carried over
- 4/26 (15.4%)
- Starting minutes retained
- 19.3%
- Later minutes supplied
- 18.9%
The players behind the change
Each cell: recorded minutes and % of that season’s available minutes. A dash means no recorded minutes, not proof that a player had left the club.
| Player | Position | 2022/2338 games | 2023/2438 games | 2024/2538 games | 2025/2638 games | 2026/279 games | Selected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Gibbs-White | MID | 2,97787.0% | 3,16092.4% | 2,82282.5% | 3,11090.9% | 72088.9% | Carried over |
| Brennan Johnson | FWD | 2,94086.0% | 2397.0% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Renan Lodi | DEF | 2,22164.9% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Joe Worrall | DEF | 2,21664.8% | 43912.8% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Remo Freuler | MID | 2,16663.3% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Serge Aurier | DEF | 1,94957.0% | 83424.4% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Neco Williams | DEF | 1,87454.8% | 1,63447.8% | 2,59075.7% | 3,20693.7% | 80499.3% | Carried over |
| Ryan Yates | MID | 1,83953.8% | 1,98658.1% | 1,90455.7% | 60417.7% | 455.6% | Carried over |
| Dean Henderson | GK | 1,62047.4% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Scott McKenna | DEF | 1,57346.0% | 41712.2% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Orel Mangala | MID | 1,55545.5% | 1,56945.9% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Keylor Navas | GK | 1,52944.7% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Felipe | DEF | 1,41941.5% | 37310.9% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | FWD | 1,41141.3% | 1,04630.6% | 40011.7% | 48114.1% | — | No later minutes |
| Moussa Niakhaté | DEF | 1,16234.0% | 1,45742.6% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Danilo | MID | 97928.6% | 1,79652.5% | 2758.0% | — | — | No later minutes |
| Steve Cook | DEF | 95828.0% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Harry Toffolo | DEF | 93527.3% | 1,45542.5% | 1353.9% | — | — | No later minutes |
| Jesse Lingard | MID | 92727.1% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Cheikhou Kouyaté | MID | 87825.7% | 2086.1% | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Emmanuel Dennis | FWD | 71520.9% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Willy Boly | DEF | 68720.1% | 1,44342.2% | 1464.3% | — | — | No later minutes |
| Lewis O'Brien | MID | 58017.0% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Jonjo Shelvey | MID | 54115.8% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Jack Colback | MID | 49414.4% | — | — | — | — | No later minutes |
| Chris Wood | FWD | 37611.0% | 1,80652.8% | 2,97687.0% | 90626.5% | 11113.7% | Carried over |
How widely were the minutes shared?
| Season | Games | Players used | Selected group | Group’s share of minutes | Top 11’s share | Effective squad size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38 | 33 | 26 | 97.1% | 61.0% | 21.9 |
| 2023/24 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 98.1% | 59.4% | 21.9 |
| 2024/25 | 38 | 23 | 18 | 97.7% | 81.8% | 14.9 |
| 2025/26 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 96.5% | 72.8% | 17.4 |
| 2026/27 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 97.2% | 82.7% | 14.4 |
Effective squad size = 1 ÷ sum of squared player-minute shares. If 15 players shared all minutes equally, it would be 15. Lower values mean a more concentrated workload, not automatically a better or more settled team.
Continuity by position
Broad profile positions, not tactical roles in each game. Only confirmed profile links are used; unlinked players remain Unknown. This breakdown uses all recorded players.
GK
0 of 3 recorded again
2022/23: 9.1% of minutes
2026/27: 9.1% of minutes
DEF
1 of 11 recorded again
2022/23: 39.9% of minutes
2026/27: 35.4% of minutes
MID
2 of 12 recorded again
2022/23: 34.9% of minutes
2026/27: 20.2% of minutes
FWD
1 of 7 recorded again
2022/23: 16.1% of minutes
2026/27: 11.4% of minutes
Unknown
0 of 0 recorded again
2022/23: 0.0% of minutes
2026/27: 23.8% of minutes
Definitions, coverage and limits
Premier League only, since 2022/23. Cup appearances and players with no recorded league minutes are excluded. Individuals are joined by the existing stable player identity, never by name alone. A player can disappear and return; this page describes appearances rather than transfer activity.
Player minutes as % available = player minutes ÷ (Forest games × 90). Shares of the squad’s recorded minutes use the sum of player minutes, so red cards and rounding do not force an artificial eleven-player total. Core thresholds apply separately within each season. The “carried over” rule changes cohort retention, not the all-player minutes bars or overlap.
Full-season and part-season usage are different samples. No appearance yet can reflect injury, selection or a later debut. This is descriptive squad continuity, not a causal measure of results or recruitment quality.
Age profiles need verified birth dates matched to these identities. Those are not in the current validated appearance summaries; age figures are withheld rather than inferred. Position coverage is explicitly shown as Unknown where necessary.
Latest saved update: 2026-11-03. Uses the existing published player-data reader when refreshed; no separate collection process.