List of Scottish Premier League clubs
Columns: Club | Town or city | Total seasons | Total spells | Longest spell | Last promotion | Last SPL season | Years absent | Seasons | Most recent finish | Highest finish
Aberdeen | Aberdeen | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1905–06 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 8th | 3rd | Celtic | Glasgow | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1890–91 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 1st | 1st | Dundee | Dundee | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 1 | 1998–2005 2012–13 | 12th (relegated) | 5th | Dundee United | Dundee | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1996–97 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 6th | 3rd | Dunfermline Athletic | Dunfermline | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2011–12 | 2011–12 | 2 | 1998–99 2000–07 2011–12 | 9th First Division | 4th | Falkirk | Falkirk | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2005–06 | 2009–10 | 4 | 2005–10 | 3rd First Division | 7th | Gretna | Gretna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007–08 | 2007–08 | 6 | 2007–08 | n/a | 12th | Hamilton Academical | Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2008–09 | 2010–11 | 3 | 2008–11 | 5th First Division | 9th | Heart of Midlothian | Edinburgh | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1983–84 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 10th | 2nd | Hibernian | Edinburgh | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1999–00 | 2012—13 | — | 1999–2013 | 7th | 3rd | Inverness CT | Inverness | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2010–11 | 2012—13 | — | 2004–09 2010–2013 | 4th | 4th | Kilmarnock | Kilmarnock | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1993–94 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 9th | 4th | Livingston | Livingston | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2001–02 | 2005–06 | 8 | 2001–06 | 4th First Division | 3rd | Motherwell | Motherwell | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1985–86 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–2013 | 2nd | 2nd | Partick Thistle | Glasgow | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2013–14 | 2012—13 | — | 2002–04 2013–2013 | 1st First Division | 10th | Rangers | Glasgow | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1890–91 | 2011–12 | 2 | 1998–2012 | 1st Third Division | 1st | Ross County | Dingwall | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2012–13 | 2012—13 | — | 2012–2013 | 5th | 5th | St. Johnstone | Perth | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2009–10 | 2012—13 | — | 1998–02 2009–2013 | 3rd | 3rd | St. Mirren | Paisley | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2006–07 | 2012—13 | — | 2000–01 2006–2013 | 11th | 8th