Scottish Premiership Top scorers - Scotland 2017/2018

The winning top scorer in Scottish Premiership (SPFL), Scotland during the season 2017/2018 was Kris Boyd with 18 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Scott Allan together with 3 other players. 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 2017/2018

Below is the final top scorer list for the Scottish Premiership 2017/2018, including the 26 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Kris Boyd
Kilmarnock
Scotland
34 36.7%
18
2. Alfredo Morelos
Rangers
Colombia
21 18.4%
14
3. Josh Windass
Rangers
England
24 17.1%
13
4. Kyle Lafferty
Hearts
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
30 30.8%
12
5. Alex Schalk
Ross County
Netherlands
25 27.5%
11
6. Scott Sinclair
Celtic
England
29 13.7%
10
  Steven MacLean
St Johnstone
Scotland
35 23.8%
10
8. Adam Rooney
Aberdeen
Ireland
30 16.1%
9
  David Templeton
Hamilton Academical
Scotland
29 19.1%
9
  Florian Kamberi
Hibernian
Switzerland
23 14.5%
9
  Leigh Griffiths
Celtic
Scotland
27 12.3%
9
  Moussa Dembélé
Celtic
France
21 12.3%
9
  Odsonne Edouard
Celtic
France
20 12.3%
9
  Simon Murray
Hibernian/​Dundee
Scotland
26 -
9
15. Dougie Imrie
Hamilton Academical
Scotland
34 17.0%
8
  James Forrest
Celtic
Scotland
26 11.0%
8
  James Tavernier
Rangers
England
26 10.5%
8
  Jamie Maclaren
Hibernian
Australia
24 12.9%
8
  Kenny McLean
Aberdeen
Scotland
26 14.3%
8
  Louis Moult
Motherwell
England
25 18.6%
8
21. Anthony Stokes
Hibernian
Ireland
29 11.3%
7
  Callum McGregor
Celtic
Scotland
24 9.6%
7
  Conor Sammon
Partick Thistle
Ireland
31 22.6%
7
  Eamonn Brophy
Kilmarnock
Scotland
22 14.3%
7
  Ryan Bowman
Motherwell
England
26 16.3%
7
  Sofien Moussa
Dundee
Tunisia
Tunisia
30 19.4%
7
The age of the players is when the season ended at 13 May 2018

Most assists in the Scottish Premiership 2017/2018

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Scottish Premiership during the 2017/2018 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Scott Allan
Hibernian/​Dundee
Scotland
26
8
  Ryan Christie
Aberdeen
Scotland
23
8
  Richard Tait
Motherwell
Scotland
28
8
  Daniel Candeias
Rangers
Portugal
30
8
5. Kieran Tierney
Celtic
Scotland
20
7
  James Forrest
Celtic
Scotland
26
7
  Scott Sinclair
Celtic
England
29
7
  Chris Cadden
Motherwell
Scotland
21
7
  James Tavernier
Rangers
England
26
7
  Jamie Murphy
Rangers
Scotland
28
7

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2017/2018

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 2017/2018 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
Jamie Maclaren
Hibernian
Hibernian - Rangers 5-5
Sun 13 may 2018
3
22', 70', 90+3'
Steven MacLean
St Johnstone
Motherwell - St Johnstone 1-5
Sat 5 may 2018
3
31', 40', 56'
Alex Schalk
Ross County
Ross County - Partick Thistle 4-0
Tue 3 april 2018
3
35', 56', 72'
Florian Kamberi
Hibernian
Hibernian - Hamilton Academical 3-1
Tue 3 april 2018
3
17', 63', 85'
Josh Windass
Rangers
Hamilton Academical - Rangers 3-5
Sun 18 february 2018
3
19', 34', 72'
Gary Mackay-Steven
Aberdeen
Aberdeen - Hibernian 4-1
Sat 16 december 2017
3
36', 45', 62'
Odsonne Edouard
Celtic
Celtic - Motherwell 5-1
Sat 2 december 2017
3
16', 33', 85'
Adam Rooney
Aberdeen
Aberdeen - St Johnstone 3-0
Sat 30 september 2017
3
7', 18', 81'

The first game in Scottish Premiership the season 2017/2018 was played 5 August 2017, and the season ended 13 May 2018. More information and the winning top scorers in Scottish Premiership between the seasons 1999/2000-2024/2025 here.