Over the years, Nottingham Forest have developed a glowing reputation of nurturing young players in turning them into stars.

The Forest academy is undoubtedly one of the best in the country when it comes to developing players and selling them on, and Gary Brazil, in particular, deserves credit for that.

In the summer, Forest cashed in on Matty Cash for around £16million after a standout campaign under Sabri Lamouchi, and the previous summer, they sold Arvin Appiah for £8million.

Alex Mighten, Brennan Johnson and Tyrese Fornah are all out on loan, and will be hoping that they are the next to follow in the footsteps of those who have made the step up to the Premier League.

Out of all the players Forest have produced in recent years, who is the best? Here, we rank them in order, with slight help coming from Transfermarkt's market values...

Osborn racked up 230 appearances for Forest after coming through the ranks at the Nigel Doughty Academy.

The midfielder played in several different positions for the Reds, either in central midfield, left-back or out wide on the left.

Last season, he moved up to the Premier League with Sheffield United and has since been a steady performer for the Blades.

If they do go down this season, then you would back him to help them go back up next season after some impressive individual performances this season.

He starts off our list.

Worrall is undeniably one of the biggest leaders in the Forest dressing room at the moment and is definitely one of the best defenders in the Championship.

The centre-half is a boyhood Forest fan and has racked up 129 appearances for the Reds, and has been a regular ever since returning from a loan spell at Rangers last term.

Every summer transfer window seems to be dictated by speculation regarding Worrall and the Premier League, and you have to say that it will only be a matter of time before the defender makes the step up.

His market value on Transfermarkt is £3.6million, but he will be sold for much more than that when the time comes.

Darlow joined Forest as a youngster from Aston Villa in 2006 before making his professional debut for the club in 2011.

He went on to make 111 appearances for Forest after having loan spells with Walsall and Newport County, before joining Newcastle in 2014 in a double-deal along with Jamaal Lascelles.

Darlow has been a regular for Newcastle this season and is arguably one of the more underrated goalkeepers in the division.

He's now 30 and it would be unfair to ignore his amount of appearances in the Premier League. He's another Forest academy graduate to have done well for himself in the top-flight.

Cash, as alluded to before, had an excellent season in the Premier League last term.

He was easily the best right-back in the Championship alongside Leeds United's Luke Ayling, which is seriously impressive given he was converted from a winger in pre-season.

He has been hugely impressive since joining Aston Villa in the summer and they are missing him at the moment through injury.

It wouldn't be a surprise to see him join the England setup sooner rather than later if he continues to perform the way he has been doing. He has been a class act since moving up to the Premier League.

Lascelles is one of those players who seems to have gone under the radar given Newcastle's poor performances in the Premier League over the last few years.

But when the defender is at his best, he is easily one of the best centre-backs in the league.

Lascelles currently has a market value of just over £13million on Transfermarkt, and has made 184 appearances for the Magpies.

He has been unlucky not to have featured for England amid a plethora of impressive central defenders, but he is a solid, reliable performer in the Premier League.

Patrick Bamford is currently one of the more impressive strikers in the Premier League.

The 27-year-old has scored 13 goals and registered six assists for Leeds in the top-flight this season, and helped fire them to promotion from the Championship last season.

He came through the ranks at Forest before joining Chelsea in 2012, but never made the grade at Stamford Bridge and had several loan spells with the likes of Derby, MK Dons, Norwich and Crystal Palace.

He then went on to sign for Boro, before finding a home in Leeds United. Given his form this season, it would be hard to ignore him and leave him off this list.

Jenas is another player who played a large amount of games in the Premier League for some big teams.

The 38-year-old left Forest for Newcastle in 2002, before going on to have spells with the likes of Aston Villa and Tottenham.

He did return to Forest on loan in 2012/13, and finished his playing career at Queens Park Rangers before going into television.

He was one of the most gifted midfielders ever to emerge from the Nigel Doughty Academy, and made loads of appearance in England's top-flight.

Reid is now the manager of Forest's Under-23s' and is responsible for developing the next big thing at the Nigel Doughty Academy.

Reid enjoyed an excellent playing career, though, and is arguably one of the most talented midfielders Forest fans have had the pleasure of watching in a Garibaldi shirt.

The Irishman scored 40 goals and registered 48 assists in 268 appearances for Forest, and was one of the best players in the division back in 2013/14 with nine goals and 13 assists to his name.

He came through the ranks at Forest after joining them from Cherry Orchard as a youngster in 1998 before joining Spurs in 2005.

Dawson narrowly misses out on top spot, and even though he is currently out of favour under Chris Hughton, it's hard to ignore the career he has had.

The defender left the City Ground for Tottenham Hotspur in 2005, before going on to make 324 senior appearances for the North London club.

During a lengthy spell at White Hart Lane, he played in the Champions League against some of the world's best players and was one of the more solid defenders in the top-flight.

He won the League Cup with Spurs in 2008 and the play-offs with Hull City in 2016, and has been a fantastic servant for every club he has played for.

It's hard to argue that Morgan isn't right up there in terms of the best academy players Forest have ever developed.

Morgan made 381 appearances for Forest and scored an incredible goal against local rivals Notts County in the League Cup under Steve McClaren.

Since joining Leicester in 2012, the defender has made 322 appearances for the Foxes and captained them to a memorable Premier League title-winning campaign in 2015/16.

For that, it's hard to ignore his progress and put him right at the top of this list, with over 700 career appearances to the stalwart's name too.