SFWA Young Player of the Year
Kieran Tierney won the award three times in consecutive seasons
Awarded for	The outstanding young player in each given Scottish football season
Country	Scotland
Presented by	Scottish Football Writers' Association
First award	2002
Young Player of the Year	Lennon Miller
Most awards	Kieran Tierney (3)

TheScottish Football Writers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called theSFWA Young Player of the Year, or simply theScottish Young Player of the Year) award is given to the footballer in theScottish football league system, who is seen to have been the best young (under 23) player of the previous season. The shortlist is compiled by the members of theScottish Football Writers' Association (the SFWA), who also vote for the winner.

As of 2025, the award has been made 24 times and has been won by 21 different players.Kieran Tierney (3) andSteven Fletcher (2) are the only players to have won the award more than once. The award was first made in2002, and was won byMotherwell forwardJames McFadden.^[1] As of 2019, the award had been restricted to players who are eligible for selection by theScotland national under-21 football team.^[2][3]

Season	Nat	Player	Club	Notes
2001–02		James McFadden	Motherwell	[1]
2002–03		Zurab Khizanishvili	Dundee
2003–04		Craig Gordon	Heart of Midlothian
2004–05		Derek Riordan	Hibernian
2005–06		Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock	[4]
2006–07		Scott Brown	Hibernian
2007–08		Steven Fletcher	Hibernian	[5]
2008–09		Steven Fletcher	Hibernian	[5]
2009–10		Danny Wilson	Rangers	[6]
2010–11		David Goodwillie	Dundee United	[7]
2011–12		James Forrest	Celtic	[8]
2012–13		Stuart Armstrong	Dundee United	[9]
2013–14		Stevie May	St Johnstone	[10]
2014–15		Ryan Christie	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	[11]
2015–16		Kieran Tierney	Celtic	[12]
2016–17		Kieran Tierney	Celtic	[13]
2017–18		Kieran Tierney	Celtic	[14]
2018–19		David Turnbull	Motherwell	[1]
2019–20		Lewis Ferguson	Aberdeen	[15][16]
2020–21		Josh Doig	Hibernian	[17][18]
2021–22		Calvin Ramsay	Aberdeen	[19]
2022–23		Max Johnston	Motherwell	[3][20]
2023–24		David Watson	Kilmarnock	[21]
2024–25		Lennon Miller	Motherwell	[22]

• SFWA Footballer of the Year
• SFWA International Player of the Year
• SFWA Manager of the Year
• PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year
• PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year
• PFA Scotland Team of the Year
• Scottish Premier League Yearly Awards

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