List of Reading F.C. records and statistics


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 and also the record for the number of points gained in a professional league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign. Reading finished champions of their division on both of these occasions.
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. Reading's heaviest loss was an 18–0 defeat against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894.
The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks with a total of 500 from 1978 to 1991. The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for Ireland while at the club. 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. The player with the most league goals in a game is Arthur Bacon with six against Stoke City in 1930–31. The first Reading-based player to play in the World Cup is Bobby Convey at the 2006 World Cup with the United States. 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.
Reading's highest attendance at Elm Park was in 1927, when 33,042 spectators watched Reading beat Brentford 1–0. The highest attendance at the Madejski Stadium is 24,160 for the Premier League game with Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September 2012.
The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the £7 million 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson on 31 August 2010. The most expensive player Reading have ever bought is George Pușcaș, for an estimated £8,000,000 from Internazionale on 7 August 2019.

Honours

;League competitions
;Cup competitions
;Youth and reserve competitions
;Appearances
;Goals
;Goalkeeping
;Transfers
;Internationals
The following players have played more than 398 times for Reading, in all competitions.
Pos.PlayerApp.
1 Martin Hicks603
2 Steve Death537
3 Dick Spiers505
4 Michael Gilkes487
5 Stuart Beavon481
6 Maurice Evans459
7 Steve Richardson457
8 Jimmy Wheeler453
9 Phil Parkinson426
10 Adrian Williams398

Goalscorers

The following players have scored more than 85 times for Reading, in all competitions.
Pos.PlayerGls
1 Trevor Senior191
2 Jimmy Wheeler168
3 Ronnie Blackman167
4 Tony MacPhee104
5 Tommy Tait103
6 Denis Allen95
7 Jimmy Quinn94
8 Douggie Webb93
9 Les Chappell90
10 Pat Earles85

Team records