Chris Wood

Chris Wood is a New Zealand footballer, born on 7 December 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand. Wood plays as a forward for Nottingham Forest. Wood has scored 261 goals in 722 games for club and country and has won 3 trophies, including 2 league titles.

Wood's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions627216
New Zealand9545
Total722261

Goals per game: 0.36.

Wood's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 3
  • League titles: 2
  • Trophies with New Zealand: 1
  • Individual awards: 25

Brighton & Hove Albion

  • Football League One: 1 (2010–11)

Leicester City

  • Football League Championship: 1 (2013–14)

New Zealand

  • OFC Nations Cup: 1 (2016)

Individual

  • New Zealand U-20 Men's Player of the Year: 3 (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • IFFHS OFC Best Man Player of the Decade: 1 (2011–2020)
  • Premier League Player of the Month: 1 (2024)
  • EFL Team of the Season: 1 (2016–17)
  • EFL Championship Golden Boot: 1 (2016–17)
  • Football League Championship Player of the Month: 1 (2017)
  • PFA Team of the Year: 2 (2016–17, 2024–25)
  • PFA Premier League Fans' Player of the Month: 1 (2024)
  • Leeds United Player of the Year: 1 (2016–17)
  • IFFHS OFC Men's Team of the Decade: 1 (2011–2020)
  • IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time: 1 (2021)
  • Burnley Player of the Year: 1 (2020–21)
  • and 4 more

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2006: Cambridge
  2. 2007: Hamilton Wanderers, 17 games, 16 goals
  3. 2007–2008: Waikato, 5 games, 0 goals
  4. 2009–2013: West Bromwich Albion, 21 games, 1 goal
  5. 2010: Barnsley (loan), 7 games, 0 goals
  6. 2010–2011: Brighton & Hove Albion (loan), 29 games, 8 goals
  7. 2011–2012: Birmingham City (loan), 23 games, 9 goals
  8. 2012: Bristol City (loan), 19 games, 3 goals
  9. 2012: Millwall (loan), 19 games, 11 goals
  10. 2013: Leicester City (loan), 1 game, 2 goals
  11. 2013–2015: Leicester City, 52 games, 12 goals
  12. 2015: Ipswich Town (loan), 8 games, 0 goals
  13. 2015–2017: Leeds United, 83 games, 41 goals
  14. 2017–2022: Burnley, 144 games, 49 goals
  15. 2022–2023: Newcastle United, 35 games, 4 goals
  16. 2023: Nottingham Forest (loan), 7 games, 1 goal
  17. 2023–: Nottingham Forest, 90 games, 37 goals

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Club stats as of 31 October 2026.