PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year


The PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, formerly known as the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year, is named at the end of every Scottish football season. The members of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland vote on which of its young members played the best football in the previous year. The award was first given in 1978, to Graeme Payne. The Bulgarian international Stiliyan Petrov was the first non-Scottish player to win the award, when he did so in

List of winners

As of 2025, the award has been presented 47 times and won by 42 different players. Kieran Tierney, Craig Levein, Eoin Jess and Phil O'Donnell are the players who have won the award more than once.
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1977–78sortname|Graeme|Paynesort|SCO|