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Who is the best player in Scottish Premiership history?

By YPB Team

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. Henrik Larsson — ranked #11
    Henrik Larsson
    Swedish striker whose 242 goals for Celtic across seven seasons make him the league's greatest modern import.
  2. Jimmy Johnstone — ranked #22
    Jimmy Johnstone
    Celtic winger voted the club's greatest ever player and a Lisbon Lion of 1967.
  3. Brian Laudrup — ranked #33
    Brian Laudrup
    Danish playmaker whose Rangers years yielded back-to-back Scottish Footballer of the Year awards.
  4. Ally McCoist — ranked #44
    Ally McCoist
    Rangers all-time top scorer with 355 club goals, the league's defining marksman of the 1980s and 90s.
  5. Paul Gascoigne — ranked #55
    Paul Gascoigne
    Mercurial English midfielder whose 1995-96 Rangers campaign earned the Scottish Footballer of the Year award.
  6. Kenny Dalglish — ranked #66
    Kenny Dalglish
    Celtic forward who scored 167 goals before moving to Liverpool to become a global legend.
  7. Billy McNeill — ranked #77
    Billy McNeill
    Celtic centre-back and captain of the 1967 European Cup-winning Lisbon Lions.
  8. John Greig — ranked #88
    John Greig
    Rangers midfielder voted the club's greatest ever player and a domestic stalwart of the 1960s and 70s.
  9. Davie Cooper — ranked #99
    Davie Cooper
    Rangers winger whose dribbling and free-kicks made him one of Scotland's most loved technicians.
  10. Patrick Bonner — ranked #1010
    Patrick Bonner
    Long-serving Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner who anchored the club for two decades and starred for Ireland.
  11. Ronaldo de Boer — ranked #1111
    Ronaldo de Boer
    Dutch playmaker who won three Scottish titles with Rangers in the early 2000s.
  12. Scott Brown — ranked #1212
    Scott Brown
    Long-time Celtic captain who lifted ten Scottish Premiership titles across an era of dominance.
  13. Shunsuke Nakamura — ranked #1313
    Shunsuke Nakamura
    Japanese playmaker whose free kicks and 2007 Scottish Player of the Year award made him a Celtic icon.
  14. Lubomir Moravcik — ranked #1414
    Lubomir Moravcik
    Slovak playmaker who at 33 surprised the Premiership with sublime Celtic seasons under Jozef Venglos.
  15. Stiliyan Petrov — ranked #1515
    Stiliyan Petrov
    Bulgarian Celtic midfielder who won four titles and was a fixture of the early-2000s side.
  16. Jock Stein — ranked #1616
    Jock Stein
    As a player a Celtic centre-half and captain, later the legendary Lisbon Lions manager.
  17. Andy Goram — ranked #1717
    Andy Goram
    Rangers goalkeeper widely cited as the Scottish Premiership's best ever shot-stopper in the 1990s.
  18. Barry Ferguson — ranked #1818
    Barry Ferguson
    Rangers captain who won five league titles and was twice voted Scottish Footballer of the Year.

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