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Scottish Premiership Top scorers - Scotland 2012/2013

The winning top scorer in Scottish Premiership (SPFL), Scotland during the season 2012/2013 was Michael Higdon with 26 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

SPFL best goal scorers 2012/2013

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Goals
1.	Michael Higdon	Motherwell	England	29	38.8%	26
2.	Billy McKay	Inverness	Northern Ireland	24	35.9%	23
	Leigh Griffiths	Hibernian	Scotland	22	46.9%	23
4.	Niall McGinn	Aberdeen	Northern Ireland	25	48.8%	20
5.	Gary Hooper	Celtic	England	25	20.7%	19
6.	Johnny Russell	Dundee United	Scotland	23	25.5%	13
	Steven Thompson	St Mirren	Scotland	34	27.7%	13
8.	Andrew Shinnie	Inverness	Scotland	23	18.8%	12
9.	Kris Commons	Celtic	Scotland	29	12.0%	11
10.	Eoin Doyle	Hibernian	Ireland	25	20.4%	10
	Jon Daly	Dundee United	Ireland	30	19.6%	10
12.	Cillian Sheridan	Kilmarnock	Ireland	24	17.3%	9
	Georgios Samaras	Celtic	Greece	28	9.8%	9
	Paul Heffernan	Kilmarnock	Ireland	31	17.3%	9
	Richard Brittain	Ross County	Scotland	29	19.1%	9
16.	John Sutton	Hearts	England	29	20.0%	8
	Richie Foran	Inverness	Ireland	32	12.5%	8
18.	Iain Vigurs	Ross County	Scotland	25	14.9%	7
	Joe Ledley	Celtic	Wales	26	7.6%	7
	Liam Craig	St Johnstone	Scotland	26	15.6%	7
	Murray Davidson	St Johnstone	Scotland	25	15.6%	7
	Nigel Hasselbaink	St Johnstone	Netherlands	22	15.6%	7
	Rowan Vine	St Johnstone	England	30	15.6%	7

The age of the players is when the season ended at 19 May 2013

4 August 2012 was the starting date for the Scottish Premiership season 2012/2013, and the final games were played 19 May 2013. More information and the winning top scorers in Scottish Premiership between the seasons 1999/2000-2023/2024 here.

Scored hat-tricks in Scottish Premiership, season 2012/2013

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 2012/2013 in Scottish Premiership, Scotland. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	Goals
Billy McKay Inverness	Inverness - Motherwell 4-3 Sat 4 may 2013	3 3', 27', 84'
Paul Heffernan Kilmarnock	Hearts - Kilmarnock 0-3 Sat 16 february 2013	3 42', 65', 71'
Michael Higdon Motherwell	Motherwell - St Johnstone 3-2 Sun 20 january 2013	3 8', 20', 69'
Johnny Russell Dundee United	Kilmarnock - Dundee United 2-3 Sat 19 january 2013	3 43', 63', 88'
Niall McGinn Aberdeen	Dundee - Aberdeen 1-3 Sat 29 december 2012	3 46', 69', 89'
Billy McKay Inverness	Dundee United - Inverness 4-4 Sat 15 december 2012	3 25', 27', 62'
Cillian Sheridan Kilmarnock	Hearts - Kilmarnock 1-3 Sat 29 september 2012	3 32', 51', 62'
Michael Higdon Motherwell	Motherwell - Inverness 4-1 Sun 2 september 2012	3 12', 72', 79'

League table Scottish Premiership - Championship Round 2012/2013

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Celtic	38	24	7	7	92-35	79
2.	Motherwell	38	18	9	11	67-51	63
3.	St Johnstone	38	14	14	10	45-44	56
4.	Inverness	38	13	15	10	64-60	54
5.	Ross County	38	13	14	11	47-48	53
6.	Dundee United	38	11	14	13	51-62	47

League table Scottish Premiership - Relegation 2012/2013

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Hibernian	38	13	12	13	49-52	51
2.	Aberdeen	38	11	15	12	41-43	48
3.	Kilmarnock	38	11	12	15	52-53	45
4.	Hearts	38	11	11	16	40-49	44
5.	St Mirren	38	9	14	15	47-60	41
6.	Dundee	38	7	9	22	28-66	30

League table Scottish Premiership - Regular Season 2012/2013

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Celtic	33	21	6	6	78-30	69
2.	Motherwell	33	15	9	9	56-43	54
3.	Inverness	33	12	15	6	58-49	51
4.	St Johnstone	33	11	13	9	39-38	46
5.	Ross County	33	11	12	10	42-43	45
6.	Dundee United	33	10	14	9	48-52	44
7.	Kilmarnock	33	10	12	11	47-43	42
8.	Aberdeen	33	10	11	12	38-41	41
9.	Hibernian	33	10	10	13	40-47	40
10.	Hearts	33	9	10	14	34-45	37
11.	St Mirren	33	8	12	13	40-51	36
12.	Dundee	33	5	8	20	22-60	23