The Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the SFWA Footballer of the Year, or simply the Scottish Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in Scottish football. The award has been presented since the 1964–65 season, and the winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA), which comprises over 100 football journalists based throughout Scotland. The first winner was Celtic's Billy McNeill, and the first non-Scottish winner was Mark Hateley of Rangers in 1994. Only Craig Gordon has won the award three times. Each member of the association casts one vote and also nominates a runner-up. In the event of a tie for first place the number of runner-up votes is taken into consideration. Although it is the older of the two awards, the SFWA award is considered by the players themselves to be of secondary importance to the SPFA Players' Player of the Year because the winner of the SPFA award is chosen by his fellow professionals.

Season   Player                                 Club

1964–65  Billy McNeill                       Celtic

1965–66  John Greig                          Rangers

1966–67  Ronnie Simpson                 Celtic

1967–68  Gordon Wallace                 Raith Rovers

1968–69  Bobby Murdoch                 Celtic

1969–70  Pat Stanton                         Hibernian

1970–71  Martin Buchan                    Aberdeen

1971–72  Dave Smith                         Rangers

1972–73  George Connelly                 Celtic

1973–74  Scotland World Cup squad 

1974–75  Sandy Jardine                      Rangers

1975–76  John Greig                          Rangers

1976–77  Danny McGrain                  Celtic

1977–78  Derek Johnstone                 Rangers

1978–79  Andy Ritchie                       Morton

1979–80  Gordon Strachan                Aberdeen

1980–81  Alan Rough                        Partick Thistle

1981–82  Paul Sturrock                      Dundee United

1982–83  Charlie Nicholas                 Celtic

1983–84  Willie Miller                        Aberdeen

1984–85  Hamish McAlpine              Dundee United

1985–86  Sandy Jardine                      Heart of Midlothian

1986–87  Brian McClair                     Celtic

1987–88  Paul McStay                        Celtic

1988–89  Richard Gough                   Rangers

1989–90  Alex McLeish                      Aberdeen

1990–91  Maurice Malpas                  Dundee United

1991–92  Ally McCoist                       Rangers

1992–93  Andy Goram                       Rangers

1993–94  Mark Hateley                      Rangers

1994–95  Brian Laudrup                    Rangers

1995–96  Paul Gascoigne                   Rangers

1996–97  Brian Laudrup                    Rangers

1997–98  Craig Burley                        Celtic

1998–99  Henrik Larsson                   Celtic

1999–00  Barry Ferguson                   Rangers

2000–01  Henrik Larsson                   Celtic

2001–02  Paul Lambert                      Celtic

2002–03  Barry Ferguson                   Rangers

2003–04  Jackie McNamara                Celtic

2004–05  John Hartson                      Celtic

2005–06  Craig Gordon                     Heart of Midlothian

2006–07  Shunsuke Nakamura           Celtic

2007–08  Carlos Cuéllar                     Rangers

2008–09  Gary Caldwell                     Celtic

2009-10   David Weir                         Rangers

2010-11   Emilio Izaguirre                 Celtic

2011-12   Charlie Mulgrew                 Celtic

2012-13   Leigh Griffiths                    Hibernian

2013-14   Kris Commons                   Celtic

2014-15   Craig Gordon                     Celtic

2015-16   Leigh Griffiths                    Celtic

2016-17   Scott Sinclair                      Celtic

2017-18   Scott Brown                        Celtic

2018-19   James Forrest                      Celtic

2019-20   Edouard Odsonne              Celtic

2020-21   Steven Davis                       Rangers

2021-22   Craig Gordon                     Heartsw paragraph