PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year | |
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![]() Kieran Tierney won the award three times in consecutive seasons | |
Awarded for | The outstanding young player in each given Scottish football season |
Country | Scotland |
Presented by | PFA Scotland |
First award | 1978 |
Young Player of the Year | Lennon Miller |
Most awards | Kieran Tierney (3) |
The PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, formerly known as the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year, is named at the end of every Scottish football season. The members of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland vote on which of its young members played the best football in the previous year. The award was first given in 1978, to Graeme Payne. The Bulgarian international Stiliyan Petrov was the first non-Scottish player to win the award, when he did so in
As of 2025, the award has been presented 47 times and won by 42 different players. Kieran Tierney (3), Craig Levein (2), Eoin Jess (2) and Phil O'Donnell (2) are the players who have won the award more than once.
Club | Number of wins | Winning seasons |
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Celtic | 14 | 1980–81, 1982–83, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
Rangers | 7 | 1979–80, 1980–87, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2022–23 |
Dundee United | 6 | 1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1996–97, 2010–11, 2013–14 |
Heart of Midlothian | 5 | 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1997–98 |
Hibernian | 4 | 1987–88, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2012–13 |
Motherwell | 4 | 1991–92, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2024–25 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1990–91, 1992–93, 2001–02 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 2006–07, 2023–24 |
Hamilton Academical | 1 | 2008–09 |
St Mirren | 1 | 1981–82 |
Country | Number of wins | Winning seasons |
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Scotland | 40 | 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2023–24, 2024–25 |
Republic of Ireland | 2 | 2007–08, 2008–09 |
Belgium | 1 | 2014–15 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 2000–01 |
England | 1 | 2018–19 |
Israel | 1 | 2021–22 |
United States | 1 | 2022–23 |