Top 44 Scottish Premiership Players of All Time

Old Firm idols, prolific imports and Lisbon Lion legends — Scottish football's top flight has hosted talents that crossed borders and eras. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Henrik Larsson

   Swedish striker whose 242 goals for Celtic across seven seasons make him the league's greatest modern import.
   1000pts

   BE
2. 2
   Jimmy Johnstone

   Celtic winger voted the club's greatest ever player and a Lisbon Lion of 1967.
   747pts
3. 3
   Davie Cooper

   Rangers winger whose dribbling and free-kicks made him one of Scotland's most loved technicians.
   664pts
4. 4
   Jimmy McGrory

   Celtic centre-forward who scored 410 top-flight league goals in the 1920s and 30s, a British record.
   562pts
5. 5
   Derek Johnstone

   Rangers forward and defender who scored over 200 goals for the club and was 1978 Scottish Footballer of the Year.
   562pts
6. 6
   Andy Goram

   Rangers goalkeeper widely cited as the Scottish Premiership's best ever shot-stopper in the 1990s.
   561pts
7. 7
   Jörg Albertz

   German midfielder nicknamed 'The Hammer' for his thunderous shooting, who won three league titles with Rangers.
   519pts
8. 8
   Scott Brown

   Long-time Celtic captain who lifted ten Scottish Premiership titles across an era of dominance.
   519pts
9. 9
   Jim Baxter

   Elegant Rangers left-half who won three league titles in the early 1960s and is regarded as one of Scotland's most gifted players.
   519pts
10. 10
    Paul Gascoigne

    Mercurial English midfielder whose 1995-96 Rangers campaign earned the Scottish Footballer of the Year award.
    470pts
11. 11
    Leigh Griffiths

    Celtic striker who was the 2015-16 league top scorer with 31 goals and won five league titles at the club.
    470pts
12. 12
    Bob McPhail

    Rangers inside-forward who scored 230 league goals and won nine league titles in the 1920s and 30s.
    470pts
13. 13
    Bobby Lennox

    Lisbon Lion forward who won eleven league titles with Celtic and is the club's second-highest goalscorer.
    470pts
14. 14
    Stiliyan Petrov

    Bulgarian Celtic midfielder who won four titles and was a fixture of the early-2000s side.
    415pts
15. 15
    Danny McGrain

    Celtic right-back who won seven league titles across two decades at the club and captained Scotland.
    415pts
16. 16
    John Greig

    Rangers midfielder voted the club's greatest ever player and a domestic stalwart of the 1960s and 70s.
    415pts
17. 17
    Alan Morton

    Rangers left winger nicknamed the 'Wee Blue Devil' who won nine league titles between 1920 and 1933.
    415pts
18. 18
    Paul Lambert

    Midfielder who joined Celtic from Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and won four league titles, later as captain.
    415pts
19. 19
    Kieran Tierney

    Celtic academy left-back who won four league titles before joining Arsenal in 2019 and returned to the club in 2025.
    415pts
20. 20
    Jim Leighton

    Aberdeen goalkeeper who won three league titles and the 1983 Cup Winners' Cup under Alex Ferguson.
    351pts
21. 21
    Lubomir Moravcik

    Slovak playmaker who at 33 surprised the Premiership with sublime Celtic seasons under Jozef Venglos.
    351pts
22. 22
    Alex McLeish

    Aberdeen centre-back who partnered Willie Miller to three league titles and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup.
    351pts
23. 23
    Patrick Bonner

    Long-serving Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner who anchored the club for two decades and starred for Ireland.
    351pts
24. 24
    Tommy Gemmell

    Attacking Celtic left-back who scored in both the 1967 and 1970 European Cup finals and won six league titles.
    351pts
25. 25
    Alfredo Morelos

    Colombian striker who scored over 100 goals for Rangers and helped win the unbeaten 2020-21 league title.
    351pts
26. 26
    Odsonne Édouard

    French striker who won three league titles with Celtic and was the league's top scorer in 2019-20.
    351pts
27. 27
    Callum McGregor

    Celtic academy product and captain since 2021 who has won a long run of league titles and domestic trebles.
    277pts
28. 28
    Kyogo Furuhashi

    Japanese striker who won three league titles with Celtic and was named PFA Scotland Player of the Year in 2023.
    277pts
29. 29
    Kenny Dalglish

    Celtic forward who scored 167 goals before moving to Liverpool to become a global legend.
    277pts
30. 30
    Barry Ferguson

    Rangers captain who won five league titles and was twice voted Scottish Footballer of the Year.
    277pts
31. 31
    Shunsuke Nakamura

    Japanese playmaker whose free kicks and 2007 Scottish Player of the Year award made him a Celtic icon.
    277pts
32. 32
    Gordon Strachan

    Aberdeen midfielder who won league titles in 1980 and 1984 and the 1983 Cup Winners' Cup under Alex Ferguson.
    277pts
33. 33
    Neil Lennon

    Combative Celtic captain who won five league titles as a player in the 2000s before managing the club.
    277pts
34. 34
    Jock Stein

    As a player a Celtic centre-half and captain, later the legendary Lisbon Lions manager.
    277pts
35. 35
    Moussa Dembélé

    French striker who scored 51 goals in two seasons for Celtic, including a hat-trick against Rangers, and won two trebles.
    277pts
36. 36
    Ally McCoist

    Rangers all-time top scorer with 355 club goals, the league's defining marksman of the 1980s and 90s.
    277pts
37. 37
    Chris Sutton

    English striker who won three league titles with Celtic and formed a feared partnership with Henrik Larsson.
    277pts
38. 38
    Ronaldo de Boer

    Dutch playmaker who won three Scottish titles with Rangers in the early 2000s.
    189pts
39. 39
    Mark Hateley

    English striker whose partnership with Ally McCoist powered Rangers to a run of league titles in the early 1990s.
    189pts
40. 40
    James Tavernier

    Rangers captain and right-back who led the club to the unbeaten 2020-21 title and scored more than 100 goals from defence.
    189pts
41. 41
    Brian Laudrup

    Danish playmaker whose Rangers years yielded back-to-back Scottish Footballer of the Year awards.
    189pts
42. 42
    John Hartson

    Welsh striker who scored over 100 goals for Celtic and was named Scottish Footballer of the Year in 2005.
    189pts
43. 43
    Virgil van Dijk

    Dutch centre-back who won the league with Celtic in 2014 and 2015 before his rise to world-class status in England.
    0pts
44. 44
    Billy McNeill

    Celtic centre-back and captain of the 1967 European Cup-winning Lisbon Lions.
    0pts

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