PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year

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 2001.

List of winners

Year	Player	Club
1977–78	Graeme Payne	Dundee United
1978–79	Ray Stewart	Dundee United
1979–80	John MacDonald	Rangers
1980–81	Charlie Nicholas	Celtic
1981–82	Frank McAvennie	St. Mirren
1982–83	Paul McStay	Celtic
1983–84	John Robertson	Heart of Midlothian
1984–85	Craig Levein	Heart of Midlothian
1985–86	Craig Levein	Heart of Midlothian
1986–87	Robert Fleck	Rangers
1987–88	John Collins	Hibernian
1988–89	Billy McKinlay	Dundee United
1989–90	Scott Crabbe	Heart of Midlothian
1990–91	Eoin Jess	Aberdeen
1991–92	Phil O'Donnell	Motherwell
1992–93	Eoin Jess	Aberdeen
1993–94	Phil O'Donnell	Motherwell
1994–95	Charlie Miller	Rangers
1995–96	Jackie McNamara	Celtic
1996–97	Robbie Winters	Dundee United
1997–98	Gary Naysmith	Heart of Midlothian
1998–99	Barry Ferguson	Rangers
1999–00	Kenny Miller	Hibernian
2000–01	Stiliyan Petrov	Celtic
2001–02	Kevin McNaughton	Aberdeen
2002–03	James McFadden	Motherwell
2003–04	Stephen Pearson	Celtic
2004–05	Derek Riordan	Hibernian
2005–06	Shaun Maloney	Celtic
2006–07	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
2007–08	Aiden McGeady	Celtic
2008–09	James McCarthy	Hamilton Academical
2009–10	Danny Wilson	Rangers
2010–11	David Goodwillie	Dundee United
2011–12	James Forrest	Celtic
2012–13	Leigh Griffiths	Hibernian
2013–14	Andrew Robertson	Dundee United
2014–15	Jason Denayer	Celtic

Breakdown of winners

Winners by club

Club	Number of wins	Winning seasons
Celtic	9	1980–81, 1982–83, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15
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
Rangers	5	1979–80, 1980–87, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2009–10
Hibernian	4	1987–88, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2012–13
Aberdeen	3	1990–91, 1992–93, 2001–02
Motherwell	3	1991–92, 1993–94, 2002–03
Hamilton Academical	1	2008–09
Kilmarnock	1	2006–07
St. Mirren	1	1981–82

Winners by country

Country	Number of wins	Winning seasons
Scotland	34	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
Republic of Ireland	2	2007–08, 2008–09
Belgium	1	2014–15
Bulgaria	1	2000–01

See also

• PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year
• PFA Scotland Team of the Year
• PFA Scotland Manager of the Year
• SFWA Footballer of the Year