The fourth edition in its history, we are excited to announce our annual list of the top 30 players in the Scottish Women’s Premier League for 2024.
Celtic’s Caitlin Hayes was the winner of last year’s award, and she doubled up by playing a pivotal role in the Ghirls maiden title win May. Her win meant Glasgow City’s Hayley Lauder - winner in 2021 and 2022 - saw her winning streak come to an end. But can Hayes go on a streak of her own by winning the award in back-to-back years?
With Scottish women’s football now boasting more professional players and teams than ever before, we began to ask a panel of current SWPL players, coaches, players, ex-players and SWPL experts for their list of the top 10 best players in the league over the last year.
Each judge was given the following rules for voting:
- Only one person per SWPL club can vote.
- Your votes can not include a player from your own club, to ensure choices are not guided by club or professional loyalties.
- The players you choose must be currently playing in the SWPL.
- Your vote must remain anonymous.
- Choose your top 10 players in the SWPL.
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 2024 from 30-1.
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21. 10: Brenna Lovera - Glasgow City ⬆️ (Last year: 16th)
Moving to Petershill Park last summer from the NWSL side Chicago Red Stars, Lovera bagged eight goals before an Achilles injury curtailed her season in November 2023. The athletic American striker has battled back though, and made her return in September and has already shown her ability to both score and create goals. Created a memorable goal for Glasgow City against Rangers at Ibrox with a 60-yard run. | SNS Group
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22. 9: Erin Husband - Hearts 🆕 (Last year: N/A)
A regular feature in the Jambos defence, Husband broke into Eva Olid's side during the 23/24 season alongside her twin sister Jess. Part of the U16s team that won a domestic treble, Husband played in last year's Scottish Cup against Rangers and was recently named the SWPL player of the month for October. Just 16, she is a full Scotland youth international. | SNS Group
23. 8: Lee Gibson - Glasgow City ⬆️ (Last year: 10th)
The only player to finish in the top 10 for four consecutive years is Glasgow City legend Lee Gibson. The experienced international is comfortably one of the best women's goalkeeper ever produced by Scotland. | SNS Group
24. 7: Rio Hardy - Rangers 🆕 (Last year: N/A)
A hugely important signing by Jo Potter last summer, the English forward is deadly in the box. She has scored 12 goals in 14 matches so far, and was a key figure in Rangers' double cup win last season. | SNS Group