Scottish Premiership top scorers - Scotland 2020/2021

The leading goalscorers in Scottish Premiership (SPFL) in the 2020/2021 season, as well as the players with the most assists and all hat-tricks.

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SPFL best goalscorers 2020/2021

Below is the final top scorer list for the Scottish Premiership 2020/2021, including the 25 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals Min/goal GoalsGoals
1. Odsonne Edouard
Celtic
France
23 23.1% 130
2. Kemar Roofe
Rangers
Jamaica
Jamaica
28 15.2% 112
  Kevin Nisbet
Hibernian
Scotland
24 29.2% 183
4. Alfredo Morelos
Rangers
Colombia
24 13.0% 173
  James Tavernier
Rangers
England
29 13.0% 243
  Martin Boyle
Hibernian
Scotland
28 25.0% 263
7. Devante Cole
Motherwell
England
26 28.2% 184
8. Jamie McGrath
St Mirren
Ireland
24 27.0% 283
  Mohamed Elyounoussi
Celtic
Norway
26 12.8% 179
  Ryan Kent
Rangers
England
24 10.9% 303
11. Chris Burke
Kilmarnock
Scotland
37 20.9% 277
  David Turnbull
Celtic/​Motherwell
Scotland
21 - 278
  Lewis Ferguson
Aberdeen
Scotland
21 25.0% 346
  Ross Callachan
Hamilton Academical
Scotland
27 26.5% 314
15. Kyle Lafferty
Kilmarnock
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
33 18.6% 91
  Lawrence Shankland
Dundee United
Scotland
25 25.0% 338
  Nicky Clark
Dundee United
Scotland
29 25.0% 253
18. Christian Doidge
Hibernian
Wales
Wales
28 14.6% 386
  Ianis Hagi
Rangers
Romania
22 7.6% 282
  Joe Aribo
Rangers
Nigeria
24 7.6% 325
21. Albian Ajeti
Celtic
Switzerland
24 7.7% 145
  Greg Kiltie
Kilmarnock
Scotland
24 14.0% 331
  Leigh Griffiths
Celtic
Scotland
30 7.7% 126
  Oliver Shaw
Ross County
Scotland
23 17.1% 213
  Scott Pittman
Livingston
Scotland
28 14.3% 554
TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.
  • Sources: Historical statistics are based on data from our providers and checked against archived season records when needed. Read more in our About Us section.
  • Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.
The age of the players is when the season ended at 16 May 2021

Most assists in the Scottish Premiership 2020/2021

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Scottish Premiership during the 2020/2021 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Ianis Hagi
Rangers
Romania
22
11
2. Ryan Christie
Celtic
Scotland
26
9
  James Tavernier
Rangers
England
29
9
  Ryan Kent
Rangers
England
24
9
5. Callum McGregor
Celtic
Scotland
27
7
6. Martin Boyle
Hibernian
Scotland
28
6
  David Turnbull
Celtic/​Motherwell
Scotland
21
6
  Borna Barisic
Rangers
Croatia
28
6
9. Devante Cole
Motherwell
England
26
5
  Jordan White
Ross County
Scotland
29
5
  Tony Watt
Motherwell
Scotland
27
5
  Scott Arfield
Rangers
Canada
32
5
  Greg Taylor
Celtic
Scotland
23
5

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2020/2021

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2020/2021 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 GoalsGoals
Northern Ireland
Kyle Lafferty
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock - Dundee United 3-0
Wed 21 April 2021
3
32', 35', 43'
Mohamed Elyounoussi
Celtic
Motherwell - Celtic 1-4
Sun 8 November 2020
3
8', 27', 76'
Kevin Nisbet
Hibernian
Livingston - Hibernian 1-4
Sat 8 August 2020
3
24', 37', 88'
Odsonne Edouard
Celtic
Celtic - Hamilton Academical 5-1
Sun 2 August 2020
3
20', 49', 53'

The first game in Scottish Premiership the season 2020/2021 was played 1 August 2020, and the season ended 16 May 2021.

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