Scottish Football Writers Association
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Player of the year

Billy McNeill was the inaugural winner of the Player of the Year award

Billy McNeill was the inaugural winner of the Player of the Year award

 

1965 Billy McNeill (Celtic)
1966 John Greig (Rangers)
1967 Ronnie Simpson (Celtic)
1968 Gordon Wallace (Raith Rovers)
1969 Bobby Murdoch (Celtic)
1970 Pat Stanton (Hibernian)
1971 Martin Buchan (Aberdeen)
1972 Dave Smith (Rangers)
1973 George Connelly (Celtic)
1974 Scotland World Cup squad
1975 Sandy Jardine (Rangers)
1976 John Greig (Rangers)
1977 Danny McGrain (Celtic)
1978 Derek Johnstone (Rangers)
1979 Andy Ritchie (Morton)
1980 Gordon Strachan (Aberdeen)
1981 Alan Rough (Partick Thistle)
1982 Paul Sturrock (Dundee United)
1983 Charlie Nicholas (Celtic)
1984 Willie Miller (Aberdeen)
1985 Hamish McAlpine (Dundee United)
1986 Sandy Jardine (Heart of Midlothian)
1987 Brian McClair (Celtic)
1988 Paul McStay Celtic)
1989 Richard Gough (Rangers)
1990 Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)
1991 Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)
1992 Ally McCoist (Rangers)
1993 Andy Goram (Rangers)
1994 Mark Hateley (Rangers)
1995 Brian Laudrup (Rangers)
1996 Paul Gascoigne (Rangers)
1997 Brian Laudrup (Rangers)
1998 Craig Burley (Celtic)
1999 Henrik Larsson (Celtic)
2000 Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
2001 Henrik Larsson (Celtic)
2002 Paul Lambert (Celtic)
2003 Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
2004 Jackie McNamara (Celtic)
2005 John Hartson (Celtic)
2006 Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian)
2007 Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)
2008 Carlos Cuéllar (Rangers)
2009 Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
2010 David Weir (Rangers)
2011 Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
2012 Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic)
2013 Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian)
2014 Kris Commons (Celtic)
2015 Craig Gordon (Celtic)
2016 Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)
2017 Scott Sinclair (Celtic)
2018 Scott Brown (Celtic)
2019 James Forrest (Celtic)
2020 Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
2021 Steven Davis (Rangers)
2022 Craig Gordon (Hearts) 2023 Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) 2024 Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)