Scottish Premiership Top scorers - Scotland 2011/2012

The winning top scorer in Scottish Premiership (SPFL), Scotland during the season 2011/2012 was Gary Hooper with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

This league has a break between two seasons right now. The next season is planned to start on 2 August 2025.

SPFL best goal scorers 2011/2012

Below is the final top scorer list for the Scottish Premiership 2011/2012, including the 29 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Gary Hooper
Celtic
England
24 28.6%
24
2. Jon Daly
Dundee United
Ireland
29 30.6%
19
3. Nikica Jelavic
Rangers
Croatia
26 19.5%
15
4. Francisco Sandaza
St Johnstone
Spain
27 32.6%
14
  Michael Higdon
Motherwell
England
28 28.6%
14
6. Dean Shiels
Kilmarnock
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
27 29.5%
13
  Steven Thompson
St Mirren
Scotland
33 33.3%
13
8. Anthony Stokes
Celtic
Ireland
23 14.3%
12
  Garry O'Connor
Hibernian
Scotland
29 30.0%
12
  Sone Aluko
Rangers
Nigeria
23 15.6%
12
11. Andy Kirk
Dunfermline
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
32 27.5%
11
  Paul Heffernan
Kilmarnock
Ireland
30 25.0%
11
  Rudolf Skácel
Hearts
Czech Republic
32 24.4%
11
  Scott Vernon
Aberdeen
England
28 30.6%
11
15. Gregory Tade
Inverness
France
25 21.4%
9
  Jamie Murphy
Motherwell
Scotland
22 18.4%
9
  Johnny Russell
Dundee United
Scotland
22 14.5%
9
  Steven Naismith
Rangers
Scotland
25 11.7%
9
19. Charlie Mulgrew
Celtic
Scotland
26 9.5%
8
  Joe Cardle
Dunfermline
England
25 20.0%
8
  Leigh Griffiths
Hibernian
Scotland
21 20.0%
8
  Paul McGowan
St Mirren
Scotland
24 20.5%
8
23. Andrew Shinnie
Inverness
Scotland
22 16.7%
7
  Henrik Ojamaa
Motherwell
Estonia
Estonia
20 14.3%
7
  James Forrest
Celtic
Scotland
20 8.3%
7
  Joe Ledley
Celtic
Wales
Wales
25 8.3%
7
  Jonny Hayes
Inverness
Ireland
24 16.7%
7
  Kyle Lafferty
Rangers
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
24 9.1%
7
  Liam Craig
St Johnstone
Scotland
25 16.3%
7
The age of the players is when the season ended at 13 May 2012

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2011/2012

In total there were 9 scored hat-tricks during the season 2011/2012 in Scottish Premiership, Scotland. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Gary Hooper
Celtic
Celtic - Hearts 5-0
Sun 13 may 2012
5
5', 8', 39', 66', 87'
Sone Aluko
Rangers
St Johnstone - Rangers 0-4
Sun 13 may 2012
3
56', 62', 73'
Steven Thompson
St Mirren
St Mirren - Dunfermline 4-4
Sat 21 april 2012
3
43', 48', 67'
Michael Higdon
Motherwell
Motherwell - Hibernian 4-3
Wed 22 february 2012
3
47', 70', 75'
Rudolf Skácel
Hearts
Hearts - St Mirren 5-2
Sat 14 january 2012
3
23', 64', 68'
Gary Hooper
Celtic
Celtic - St Mirren 5-0
Sat 26 november 2011
3
8', 53', 57'
Nikica Jelavic
Rangers
Rangers - Dundee United 3-1
Sat 5 november 2011
3
18', 63', 82'
Andrew Shinnie
Inverness
Kilmarnock - Inverness 3-6
Sat 5 november 2011
3
39', 60', 66'
Scott Vernon
Aberdeen
Aberdeen - Dunfermline 4-0
Fri 30 september 2011
3
6', 35', 80'

The first game in Scottish Premiership the season 2011/2012 was played 23 July 2011, and the season ended 13 May 2012. More information and the winning top scorers in Scottish Premiership between the seasons 1999/2000-2024/2025 here.