Scottish Premiership Top scorers - Scotland 2016/2017

The winning top scorer in Scottish Premiership (SPFL), Scotland during the season 2016/2017 was Liam Boyce with 23 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

SPFL best goal scorers 2016/2017

Season:
# Player Team Age Nationality % team's goals Goals
1. Liam Boyce Ross County 26 Northern Ireland 47.9%
23
2. Scott Sinclair Celtic 28 England 19.8%
21
3. Moussa Dembélé Celtic 20 France 16.0%
17
4. Louis Moult Motherwell 25 England 32.6%
15
  Stuart Armstrong Celtic 25 Scotland 14.2%
15
6. Kris Doolan Partick Thistle 30 Scotland 36.8%
14
7. Adam Rooney Aberdeen 29 Ireland 16.2%
12
  Jamie Walker Hearts 23 Scotland 21.8%
12
  Leigh Griffiths Celtic 26 Scotland 11.3%
12
10. Kenny Miller Rangers 37 Scotland 19.6%
11
11. Danny Swanson St Johnstone 30 Scotland 20.0%
10
  Niall McGinn Aberdeen 29 Northern Ireland 13.5%
10
13. Jonny Hayes Aberdeen 29 Ireland 12.2%
9
  Marcus Haber Dundee 28 Canada 23.7%
9
  Patrick Roberts Celtic 20 England 8.5%
9
  Scott McDonald Motherwell 33 Australia 19.6%
9
  Steven MacLean St Johnstone 34 Scotland 18.0%
9
18. Alex Fisher Inverness 26 England 18.2%
8
  Ali Crawford Hamilton Academical 25 Scotland 21.6%
8
  Callum Paterson Hearts 22 Scotland 14.5%
8
  Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 33 Scotland 22.2%
8
  Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock 22 Ivory Coast 22.2%
8
The age of the players is when the season ended at 21 May 2017

The Scottish Premiership season of 2016/2017 lasted between the dates 6 August 2016 and 21 May 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in Scottish Premiership between the seasons 1999/2000-2022/2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2016/2017

In total there were 9 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016/2017 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
Scott Wright
Aberdeen
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 0-6
Sun 21 may 2017
3
11', 17', 51'
Liam Boyce
Ross County
Ross County - Inverness 4-0
Fri 28 april 2017
4
21', 34', 49', 60'
Scott Sinclair
Celtic
Hearts - Celtic 0-5
Sun 2 april 2017
3
24', 27', 84'
Andrew Considine
Aberdeen
Dundee - Aberdeen 0-7
Fri 31 march 2017
3
17', 39', 83'
Adam Rooney
Aberdeen
Aberdeen - Motherwell 7-2
Wed 15 february 2017
3
34', 64', 69'
Moussa Dembélé
Celtic
St Johnstone - Celtic 2-5
Sun 5 february 2017
3
61', 75', 85'
Louis Moult
Motherwell
Motherwell - Hamilton Academical 4-2
Sat 17 september 2016
4
8', 13', 21', 50'
Moussa Dembélé
Celtic
Celtic - Rangers 5-1
Sat 10 september 2016
3
33', 42', 83'
Liam Boyce
Ross County
Inverness - Ross County 2-3
Sat 13 august 2016
3
7', 26', 46'

League table Scottish Premiership - Championship Round 2016/2017

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Celtic 38 34 4 0 106-25 106
2. Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74-35 76
3. Rangers 38 19 10 9 56-44 67
4. St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50-46 58
5. Hearts 38 12 10 16 55-52 46
6. Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38-54 42

League table Scottish Premiership - Relegation 2016/2017

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Ross County 38 11 13 14 48-58 46
2. Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36-56 41
3. Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46-69 38
4. Dundee 38 10 7 21 38-62 37
5. Hamilton Academical 38 7 14 17 37-56 35
6. Inverness 38 7 13 18 44-71 34

League table Scottish Premiership - Regular Season 2016/2017

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Celtic 33 29 4 0 87-22 91
2. Aberdeen 33 21 4 8 63-28 67
3. Rangers 33 16 10 7 48-34 58
4. St Johnstone 33 14 7 12 44-40 49
5. Hearts 33 12 9 12 51-43 45
6. Partick Thistle 33 10 11 12 35-38 41
7. Kilmarnock 33 7 14 12 30-49 35
8. Ross County 33 7 12 14 37-54 33
9. Hamilton Academical 33 6 14 13 30-48 32
10. Motherwell 33 8 8 17 38-61 32
11. Dundee 33 8 6 19 33-53 30
12. Inverness 33 4 13 16 36-62 25