Scottish Premiership Top scorers - Scotland 2012/2013

The winning top scorer in Scottish Premiership (SPFL), Scotland during the season 2012/2013 was Michael Higdon with 26 goals scored.

SPFL best goal scorers 2012/2013

Season:
# Player Team Age Nationality % team's goals Goals
1. Michael Higdon Motherwell 29 England 46.4%
26
2. Billy McKay Inverness 24 Northern Ireland 39.7%
23
  Leigh Griffiths Hibernian 22 Scotland 57.5%
23
4. Niall McGinn Aberdeen 25 Northern Ireland 52.6%
20
5. Gary Hooper Celtic 25 England 24.4%
19
6. Johnny Russell Dundee United 23 Scotland 27.1%
13
  Steven Thompson St Mirren 34 Scotland 32.5%
13
8. Andrew Shinnie Inverness 23 Scotland 20.7%
12
9. Kris Commons Celtic 29 Scotland 14.1%
11
10. Eoin Doyle Hibernian 25 Ireland 25.0%
10
  Jon Daly Dundee United 30 Ireland 20.8%
10
12. Cillian Sheridan Kilmarnock 24 Ireland 19.1%
9
  Georgios Samaras Celtic 28 Greece 11.5%
9
  Paul Heffernan Kilmarnock 31 Ireland 19.1%
9
  Richard Brittain Ross County 29 Scotland 21.4%
9
16. John Sutton Hearts 29 England 23.5%
8
  Richie Foran Inverness 32 Ireland 13.8%
8
18. Iain Vigurs Ross County 25 Scotland 16.7%
7
  Joe Ledley Celtic 26 Wales 9.0%
7
  Liam Craig St Johnstone 26 Scotland 17.9%
7
  Murray Davidson St Johnstone 25 Scotland 17.9%
7
  Nigel Hasselbaink St Johnstone 22 Netherlands 17.9%
7
  Rowan Vine St Johnstone 30 England 17.9%
7
The age of the players is when the season ended at 19 May 2013

4 August 2012 was the starting date for the Scottish Premiership season 2012/2013, and the final games were played 19 May 2013. More information and the winning top scorers in Scottish Premiership between the seasons 1999/2000-2021/2022 here.

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2012/2013

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 2012/2013 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 Goals
Billy McKay
Inverness
Inverness - Motherwell 4-3
Sat 4 may 2013
3
3', 27', 84'
Paul Heffernan
Kilmarnock
Hearts - Kilmarnock 0-3
Sat 16 february 2013
3
42', 65', 71'
Michael Higdon
Motherwell
Motherwell - St Johnstone 3-2
Sun 20 january 2013
3
8', 20', 69'
Johnny Russell
Dundee United
Kilmarnock - Dundee United 2-3
Sat 19 january 2013
3
43', 63', 88'
Niall McGinn
Aberdeen
Dundee - Aberdeen 1-3
Sat 29 december 2012
3
46', 69', 89'
Billy McKay
Inverness
Dundee United - Inverness 4-4
Sat 15 december 2012
3
25', 27', 62'
Cillian Sheridan
Kilmarnock
Hearts - Kilmarnock 1-3
Sat 29 september 2012
3
32', 51', 62'
Michael Higdon
Motherwell
Motherwell - Inverness 4-1
Sun 2 september 2012
3
12', 72', 79'

League table Scottish Premiership - season 2012/2013

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Celtic 33 21 6 6 78-30 69
2. Motherwell 33 15 9 9 56-43 54
3. Inverness 33 12 15 6 58-49 51
4. St Johnstone 33 11 13 9 39-38 46
5. Ross County 33 11 12 10 42-43 45
6. Dundee United 33 10 14 9 48-52 44
7. Kilmarnock 33 10 12 11 47-43 42
8. Aberdeen 33 10 11 12 38-41 41
9. Hibernian 33 10 10 13 40-47 40
10. Hearts 33 9 10 14 34-45 37
11. St Mirren 33 8 12 13 40-51 36
12. Dundee 33 5 8 20 22-60 23