Scottish Premier League Golden Boot

The Scottish Premier League Golden Boot was a football award presented to the leading goalscorer at every end of season of the Scottish Premier League (SPL). The Scottish Premier League (SPL) replaced the Scottish Premier Division as the top flight of Scottish football for the 1998–99 season, but was replaced by the Scottish Premiership as the top division by the end of the 2012–13 season, after the merger of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) and Scottish Football League (SFL) to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).

Scottish Premier League Golden Boot
Henrik Larsson won the most Golden Boots (5)
Awarded for	The leading goalscorer in a given SPL season.
Sponsored by	Clydesdale Bank
Country	Scotland
Presented by	Scottish Premier League
First awarded	1999
Last awarded	2013
Most awards	Henrik Larsson (5)

Winners edit

Michael Higdon was the last winner of the Scottish Premier League Golden Boot in 2013.

Kris Boyd was the only winner of the Scottish Premier League Golden Boot representing two clubs in one season.

Key
Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games	The number of SPL season league games played by the winner that season^[A]
Rate	The winner's goals-to-games ratio that regular season
†	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§	Denotes the club were SPL champions in the same season

Scottish Premier League Golden Boot winners
Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals	Games	Rate	Ref(s)
1998–99	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	Celtic	29	35	0.83	^[1]^[2]^[3]
1999–2000	Mark Viduka	Australia	Celtic	25	28	0.89	^[1]
2000–01	Henrik Larsson (2)	Sweden	Celtic^§	35	37	0.95	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2001–02	Henrik Larsson (3)	Sweden	Celtic^§	29	33	0.88	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2002–03	Henrik Larsson (4)	Sweden	Celtic	28	35	0.80	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2003–04	Henrik Larsson (5)	Sweden	Celtic^§	30	37	0.81	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2004–05	John Hartson	Wales	Celtic	25	38	0.66	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2005–06	Kris Boyd	Scotland	Kilmarnock Rangers	32	36	0.89	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2006–07	Kris Boyd (2)	Scotland	Rangers	20	32	0.63	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2007–08	Scott McDonald	Australia	Celtic^§	25	36	0.69	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2008–09	Kris Boyd (3)	Scotland	Rangers^§	27	35	0.77	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2009–10	Kris Boyd (4)	Scotland	Rangers^§	23	31	0.74	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
2010–11	Kenny Miller	Scotland	Rangers^§	21	18	1.12	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[5]^[6]
2011–12	Gary Hooper	England	Celtic^§	24	37	0.65	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[7]
2012–13	Michael Higdon	England	Motherwell	26	37	0.70	^[2]^[3]^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Golden Boot for Hooper". SPFL. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Scottish Premier League Highest Goalscorers". My Football Facts. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ "TOP SCORER AWARD FOR BOYD". SPFL. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
^ "Golden Boot for Miller". SPFL. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ "Ex-Rangers striker Kenny Miller collects golden boot". BBC. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ "Inside Celtic: Gary Hooper delighted with Golden Boot & Neil Lennon praises the Hoops support". Goal.com. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ "Golden Boot for Higdon". SPFL. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ "Higdon scoops 'Golden Boot' award". Motherwell FC. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.