The fifth edition in its history, we are extremely excited to confirm our annual list of the top 30 players in the Scottish Women’s Premier League for 2025.
Scotland midfielder Kirsty McLean become the youngest winner of the award last year before bagging a move across the border to the Women’s Super League with Liverpool in the summer, meaning this year’s list has a new name at the top of the pile.
The second player to move to the English top tier immediately after winning this award, former Celtic’s centre-back Caitlin Hayes claimed the award in 2023 prior to her switch to Brighton, while Scotland centurion and Glasgow City legend Hayley Williams remains our only back-to-back winner, having claimed the honours in 2021 and 2022.
So how does the list work, you may ask? We ask a panel of 10 judges, including current and former SWPL players, coaches, experts, and journalists to name their 10 top best players in order from the top tier over the last 12.
Each judge is given the following rules for voting:
- Only one person per SWPL club can vote.
- Votes cannot include a player from their own club, to ensure choices are not guided by club or professional loyalties.
- The players chosen must be currently playing in the SWPL.
- Vote must remain anonymous.
From here, we used the metric that each player is awarded points for their ranking (ie: position one = 10 points, position two = 9 points, position three = 8 points etc.) we then add together the points from each vote to give us the definitive of the year’s best players in the SWPL.
Here is our annual list of the top 30 players in the Scottish Women's top tier for the year 2025 from position 30 to No 1.
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21. 10: Eilidh Shore - Hearts ⬆️ (Last year: 19th)
One of the select few who have appeared in all five editions of the SWPL top 30, Shore has steadily shown improvement season upon season since first rising to prominence at Aberdeen in her teens. Industrious and technically gifted midfielders, Shore makes her first appearance in the top 10 after a sterling 12 months in the capital. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
22. 9: Lee Gibson - Glasgow City ⬇️ (Last year: 8th)
The experienced Scotland international is the only player to have been named within the top 10 of this list every single since its introduction in 2021. Glasgow City legend Gibson the best goalkeeper in the SWPL, and remains one of the best stoppers ever produced by Scotland. | SNS Group / SFA Photo: SNS Group
23. 8: Lana Golob - Glasgow City 🆕 (Last year: N/A)
When Glasgow City lost key defender Samantha Van Diemen to Roma in the summer, many worried how they'd replace her - but they needn't have worried. Slovakian international Golob has been a composed, reliable, and solid addition to a City backline that has conceded just four league goals all season. An outstanding piece of recruitment from the league leaders. | Glasgow City FC Photo: Glasgow City FC
24. 7: Georgia Timms - Hearts 🆕 (Last year: N/A)
Now into her fourth season Hearts, the English striker is enjoying the most profile spell of her Hearts career. Averaging a goal a game, Timms is leading by example for Eva Olid's side, who harbour hopes of a top-two finish this term. | Malcolm Mackenzie Photo: Malcolm Mackenzie