Scottish Professional Football League yearly awards

This article lists the winners of the yearly awards in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).

The Winners

Yearly awards have been handed out by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) since the 2015–16 season. The awards are presented by Ladbrokes, the sponsors of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The awards are voted for by members of the Scottish media, with a Manager and Player of the Year selected for each of the four divisions of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) at the end of every season.

Season[1] Premiership Manager Premiership Player
Winner Club Winner Club
2015–16 Tommy Wright[2][3]St Johnstone Leigh Griffiths[4][5]Celtic
2016–17 Brendan Rodgers[6]Celtic Scott Brown[7]Celtic
2017–18 Brendan Rodgers[8][9]Celtic Scott Brown[8][9]Celtic
2018–19 Steve Clarke[10][11] Kilmarnock James Forrest[12][13]Celtic
Season[1] Championship Manager Championship Player
Winner Club Winner Club
2015–16 Peter Houston[14][15]Falkirk John McGinn[16][17]Hibernian
2016–17 Jim Duffy[18][19]Greenock Morton John McGinn[20][21]Hibernian
2017–18 Jack Ross[8][22]St Mirren Lewis Morgan[23]St Mirren
2018–19 Steve Ferguson & Stuart Kettlewell[24][25]Ross County Stephen Dobbie[26][27] Queen of the South
Season[1] League One Manager League One Player
Winner Club Winner Club
2015–16 Ian McCall[28][29]Ayr United not awarded
2016–17 not awarded not awarded
2017–18 Ian McCall[8][30]Ayr United Lawrence Shankland[8][30]Ayr United
2018–19 Dick Campbell[31][32] Arbroath Bobby Linn[33][32] Arbroath
Season[1] League Two Manager League Two Player
Winner Club Winner Club
2015–16 Gary Naysmith[34][35]East Fife not awarded
2016–17 Dick Campbell[36][37]Arbroath Shane Sutherland[38][39]Elgin City
2017–18 Stewart Petrie[8][40]Montrose Seán Dillon[8][40]Montrose
2018–19 Danny Lennon[41][42] Clyde Blair Henderson[43][44] Edinburgh City

Goalscorers

The Tartan Ball and Boot awards have been awarded since the 2018–19 by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and are produced by the official SPFL matchday ball supplier, Mitre. The Tartan Ball is awarded to the highest goalscorer in each of the four SPFL divisions (Premiership, Championship, League One, and League Two). The Tartan Boot is awarded to the highest overall goalscorer of all four divisions.[45][46][47][48][49]

Season Tartan Ball Winners Tartan Boot Winner Ref
Premiership Championship League One League Two
2018–19 Alfredo Morelos
(Rangers)		 18 Lawrence Shankland
(Ayr United)		 24 Kevin Nisbet
(Raith Rovers)		 30 Blair Henderson
(Edinburgh City)		 30 Kevin Nisbet (Raith Rovers)
Blair Henderson (Edinburgh City)		 [50][51][52]

See also

References
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  3. "St Johnstone's Tommy Wright wins manager of the season award". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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  5. "Celtic's Leigh Griffiths crowned Ladbrokes Player of the Season". Herald Scotland. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. "Rodgers voted Manager of the Year". SPFL. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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  14. "Houston lands Championship award". SPFL. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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  16. "Championship award for McGinn". SPFL. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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  18. "2016/17 award for Morton manager". SPFL. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  19. "Morton boss Jim Duffy wins Championship manager of the season". Greenock Telegraph. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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  34. "Naysmith lands League 2 award". SPFL. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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  36. "Campbell lands League 2 award". SPFL. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  37. "Dick Campbell – Ladbrokes League 2 Manager of the Season". Arbroath FC. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  38. "Sutherland is League 2 Player of Year". SPFL. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  39. "Shane Sutherland ruptured cruciate but still claimed League Two Player of Year award". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  40. "LEAGUE 2 AWARDS DOUBLE FOR MONTROSE". SPFL. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  41. "LENNON LANDS LEAGUE 2 AWARD". SPFL. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  42. "Danny Named Manager of the Season". Clyde FC. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  43. "HENDERSON VOTED TOP LEAGUE 2 PLAYER". SPFL. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  44. "Edinburgh City's Blair Henderson named Ladbrokes League Two player of the year – but striker still sidelined". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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  50. "SHANKLAND, NISBET AND HENDERSON WIN FIRST SPFL TARTAN BALLS". SPFL. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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