The following is a list of footballers who have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in Scottish league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players, in the following domestic league competitions only:

Due to the close connections between English and Scottish football, several players have played for clubs in Scotland and in the English Football League and/or Premier League and amassed over 200 goals across the two systems, including David McLean (over 160 goals in both), Joe Baker (over 140 in both), Neil Martin (over 110 in both) and Kenny Dalglish (over 110 in both).

List of players

Bold = All goals scored in top division.

PlayerNationalityGoals[lower-alpha 1]Games[lower-alpha 2]PositionSeasons[lower-alpha 3]Clubs[lower-alpha 4]Notes
Jimmy McGrory Scotland408408FW162[1][lower-alpha 5]
Bob McPhail Scotland305468FW172[3][lower-alpha 5]
Hughie Ferguson Scotland286305FW102[lower-alpha 6][1]
Ally McCoist Scotland282528FW183[lower-alpha 7][4]
Willie Reid Scotland270367FW195[1][5]
Gordon Wallace Scotland264487FW174[lower-alpha 8][6]
Jimmy McColl Scotland263455+FW185[lower-alpha 9][1][7][8]
Bob Ferrier England255626MF201[lower-alpha 10][1]
David Wilson England255329FW111[lower-alpha 11][1][9]
Willie MacFadyen Scotland256410FW173[lower-alpha 12][1][10][5]
Willie Wallace Scotland247505FW175.[lower-alpha 13][11]
Jimmy Smith Scotland241249FW192[lower-alpha 14][12][5]
Andy Cunningham Scotland236534FW212.[lower-alpha 15][1]
Owen Coyle Republic of Ireland236612FW2010[lower-alpha 16][13]
Jimmy Fleming Scotland235339FW143[1][5]
Ken Eadie Scotland230510FW206[14]
David McCrae Scotland229333FW123[lower-alpha 17][1][5]
John Robertson Scotland229558FW183[lower-alpha 18][15]
Kris Boyd Scotland225478FW162[lower-alpha 19][16]
Keith Wright Scotland222637FW206[17]
Robert Hamilton Scotland221325FW154[lower-alpha 20][1][5]
John Brogan Scotland221549FW216[18]
Phil Weir Scotland218404FW142[1][5]
Joe McBride Scotland217358FW147[lower-alpha 21][19]
Joe Harper Scotland216361FW173[lower-alpha 22][20]
Jimmy Wardhaugh Scotland210315FW152[1][21]
Colin McGlashan Scotland210609FW209[22]
Patsy Gallacher Ireland207562FW212[1]
Tommy Coyne Republic of Ireland204522FW207[lower-alpha 23][23]
Willie Irvine Scotland201571FW199[lower-alpha 24][24]
Jim Patterson Scotland200361FW141[lower-alpha 25][25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Number of League goals only.
  2. ↑ Number of League games only.
  3. ↑ Number of League seasons only.
  4. ↑ Number of different League clubs only; two spells with the same club should only be counted once.
  5. 1 2 As of 2021, among 39 players to have scored over 300 goals in one national league.[2]
  6. ↑ Also scored 77 English Football League goals in 117 matches.
  7. ↑ Also scored 8 goals in 56 EFL matches.
  8. ↑ Also scored 20 goals in 45 North American Soccer League matches.
  9. ↑ Also scored 5 EFL goals in 27 matches.
  10. ↑ Motherwell
  11. ↑ Hamilton Academical
  12. ↑ Also scored 18+ EFL goals in 48+ matches.
  13. ↑ Also scored 4 EFL goals in 39 matches
  14. ↑ Also scored goals in unofficial wartime competitions.
  15. ↑ Also scored 1 EFL goal in 15 matches
  16. ↑ Also scored 12 EFL goals in 54 matches.
  17. ↑ Also scored at least 2 EFL goals in an uncertain number of matches.
  18. ↑ Also played in 12 EFL matches without scoring.
  19. ↑ Also scored 12 EFL goals in 37 matches and 7 Major League Soccer goals in 26 matches.
  20. ↑ Also scored 11 EFL goals in 29 matches.
  21. ↑ Also scored 9 EFL goals in 25 matches.
  22. ↑ Also scored 16 EFL goals in 71 matches.
  23. ↑ Also scored 1 EFL goal in 12 matches.
  24. ↑ Also had spell in Tippeligaen (Norway), statistics uncertain.
  25. ↑ Queen of the South

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Scotland – All-Time Topscorers, RSSSF
  2. ↑ "New one league world goal scorer record for Lionel Messi". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Rangers player McPhail, Bob, FitbaStats
  4. ↑ Ally McCoist, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  6. ↑ Gordon Wallace, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  7. ↑ Celtic player McColl, James, FitbaStats
  8. ↑ Hibernian player McColl, Jimmy, FitbaStats
  9. ↑ Wilson, David, Hamilton Academical Memory Bank, 24 February 2011
  10. ↑ Willie McFadyen, MotherWELLnet
  11. ↑ Willie Wallace, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  12. ↑ Rangers player Smith, Jimmy, FitbaStats
  13. ↑ Owen Coyle, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  14. ↑ Ken Eadie, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  15. ↑ John Robertson, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  16. ↑ "Kris Boyd". National-Football-Teams.com.
  17. ↑ Keith Wright, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  18. ↑ John Brogan, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  19. ↑ Joe McBride, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  20. ↑ Joe Harper, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  21. ↑ Jimmy Wardhaugh, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  22. ↑ Colin McGlashan, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  23. ↑ Tommy Coyne, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  24. ↑ Willie Irvine, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  25. ↑ Queen of the South 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
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