# Scottish Professional Football League yearly awards

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

## List of award winners

The awards have been handed out by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) since the 2015–16 season. 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 | Premiership Manager | Premiership Manager | Premiership Player | Premiership Player |
| Season | Winner | Club | Winner | Club |
| 2015–16 | Tommy Wright | St Johnstone | Leigh Griffiths | Celtic |
| 2016–17 | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Scott Brown | Celtic |
| 2017–18 | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Scott Brown | Celtic |
| 2018–19 | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | James Forrest | Celtic |
| 2019–20 | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21 | Steven Gerrard | Rangers | Allan McGregor | Rangers |
| 2021–22 | Ange Postecoglou | Celtic | Craig Gordon | Heart of Midlothian |
| 2022–23 | Ange Postecoglou | Celtic | Kyogo Furuhashi | Celtic |
| Season | Championship Manager | Championship Manager | Championship Player | Championship Player |
| Season | Winner | Club | Winner | Club |
| 2015–16 | Peter Houston | Falkirk | John McGinn | Hibernian |
| 2016–17 | Jim Duffy | Greenock Morton | John McGinn | Hibernian |
| 2017–18 | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Lewis Morgan | St Mirren |
| 2018–19 | Steve Ferguson & Stuart Kettlewell | Ross County | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South |
| 2019–20 | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21 | James McPake | Dundee | Charlie Adam | Dundee |
| 2021–22 | Dick Campbell | Arbroath | Michael McKenna | Arbroath |
| 2022–23 | Gary Bowyer | Dundee | Dipo Akinyemi | Ayr United |
| Season | League One Manager | League One Manager | League One Player | League One Player |
| Season | Winner | Club | Winner | Club |
| 2015–16 | Ian McCall | Ayr United | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2016–17 | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2017–18 | Ian McCall | Ayr United | Lawrence Shankland | Ayr United |
| 2018–19 | Dick Campbell | Arbroath | Bobby Linn | Arbroath |
| 2019–20 | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21 | Ian McCall | Partick Thistle | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers |
| 2021–22 | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers |
| 2022–23 | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Kyle Benedictus | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Season | League Two Manager | League Two Manager | League Two Player | League Two Player |
| Season | Winner | Club | Winner | Club |
| 2015–16 | Gary Naysmith | East Fife | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2016–17 | Dick Campbell | Arbroath | Shane Sutherland | Elgin City |
| 2017–18 | Stewart Petrie | Montrose | Seán Dillon | Montrose |
| 2018–19 | Danny Lennon | Clyde | Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City |
| 2019–20 | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21 | Ray McKinnon | Queen's Park | Michael Doyle | Queen's Park |
| 2021–22 | Kevin Thomson | Kelty Hearts | Joe Cardle | Kelty Hearts |
| 2022–23 | Darren Young | Stirling Albion | Dale Carrick | Stirling Albion |

### Tartan Ball and Boot

The Tartan Ball and Boot awards were awarded in 2018–19 (the only season to date) 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.
| Season | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Boot | Tartan Boot | Tartan Boot | Ref |
| Season | Premiership | Premiership | Premiership | Championship | Championship | Championship | League One | League One | League One | League Two | League Two | League Two | SPFL (Tier I – IV) | SPFL (Tier I – IV) | SPFL (Tier I – IV) | | Ref |
| 2018–19 | Alfredo Morelos | Rangers | 18 Goals | Lawrence Shankland | Ayr United | 24 Goals | Kevin Nisbet | Raith Rovers | 30 Goals | Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | 30 Goals | Kevin Nisbet / Blair Henderson | Raith Rovers / Edinburgh City | 30 Goals | |
League sponsors cinch introduced a new set of top goalscorer awards in 2022–23.
| Season | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball | Tartan Ball |
| Season | Premiership | Premiership | Premiership | Championship | Championship | Championship | League One | League One | League One | League Two | League Two | League Two | Ref |
| 2022–23 | Kyogo Furuhashi | Celtic | 27 Goals |
| 2023–24 | Lawrence Shankland | Hearts | 24 Goals | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | 20 Goals | Callumn Morrison | Falkirk | 23 Goals | Blair Henderson | Spartans | 18 Goals |