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.
29. 2: Mia McAuley - Rangers 🆕 (Last year: N/A)
She may only be 19, but few will be surprised to see McAuley chart this high, such is her importance to Rangers' cause. Quick and imposing, the right winger is one of the division's most feared attackers and has already broken into the Scotland senior side. Likely to be on the radar of Women's Super League clubs already, Rangers will face a fight to hold onto her in the months ahead. | SNS Group Photo: SNS Group
30. 1: Kathleen McGovern - Hibs ⬆️ (Last year: 28th)
McGovern caps off a remarkable year by being crowned the SWPL's top player for 2025. Last year, the 23-year-old made the move from rivals Hearts and bagged 31 goals to help Hibs lift their first league title since 2007. Now a fully-fledged international, she has continued her goal-scoring exploits on the big stage, with two goals in her first four caps. | SNS Group