Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Club & Country 1998-99 to 2020-21
The players must meet both of the following two criteria:
- Have played at least one Scottish Premier League (SPL) / Scottish Premiership game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, Domestic Cup competitions and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
- Are considered foreign, i.e., outside The United Kingdom and Ireland (the ‘British Isles’). The list is divided into two SPL and Premiership.
Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Club
| Club | Total | |
|---|---|---|
 | Celtic | 135 |
 | Rangers | 128 |
 | Heart of Midlothian | 116 |
 | Hibernian | 75 |
 | Dundee United | 75 |
 | Dundee | 68 |
 | Kilmarnock | 71 |
 | Motherwell | 56 |
 | Aberdeen | 48 |
 | Livingston | 48 |
 | Ross County | 39 |
 | Hamilton Academical | 44 |
 | St. Mirren | 33 |
 | Dunfermline Athletic | 25 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 23 |
| St. Johnstone | 22 |
 | Falkirk | 21 |
 | Partick Thistle | 21 |
 | Gretna | 8 |
Scottish Premier League / Premiership Foreign Players by Country
| Country | Total | |
|---|---|---|
 | France | 115 |
 | Netherlands | 59 |
 | Spain | 45 |
 | Australia | 40 |
 | Italy | 29 |
 | Finland | 26 |
 | Germany | 24 |
 | Lithuania | 22 |
 | Norway | 22 |
 | Portugal | 22 |
 | Sweden | 22 |
 | Argentina | 21 |
 | Canada | 19 |
 | Denmark | 18 |
 | Poland | 18 |
 | Czech Republic | 16 |
 | Iceland | 15 |
 | Slovakia | 15 |
 | Belgium | 14 |
 | Austria | 13 |
 | Morocco | 13 |
 | Nigeria | 13 |
 | Cameroon | 12 |
 | Algeria | 11 |
 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11 |
 | Greece | 11 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 |
 | Jamaica | 10 |
 | Senegal | 10 |
 | United States | 10 |
 | Brazil | 9 |
 | Hungary | 9 |
 | Switzerland | 9 |
 | Croatia | 8 |
 | Ghana | 8 |
 | Israel | 8 |
 | Bulgaria | 7 |
 | Congo DR | 6 |
 | Guinea | 6 |
 | Romania | 6 |
 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 5 |
 | Estonia | 5 |
 | New Zealand | 5 |
 | Serbia | 5 |
 | Slovenia | 5 |
 | Turkey | 5 |
 | Albania | 4 |
 | Angola | 4 |
 | Georgia | 4 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 |
 | Japan | 4 |
 | Mexico | 4 |
 | South Africa | 4 |
| DR Congo | 3 |
 | FYR Macedonia | 3 |
 | Honduras | 3 |
 | Latvia | 3 |
 | Mali | 3 |
 | Togo | 3 |
 | Tunisia | 3 |
 | Uruguay | 3 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 |
 | Central African Republic | 2 |
 | Chile | 2 |
 | China | 2 |
 | Colombia | 2 |
 | Cyprus | 2 |
 | Ecuador | 2 |
 | Faroe Islands | 2 |
| Gabon | 2 |
 | Haiti | 2 |
 | Martinique | 2 |
 | Montserrat | 2 |
 | Namibia | 2 |
 | Netherlands Antilles | 2 |
 | Russia | 2 |
 | Sierra Leone | 2 |
 | South Korea | 2 |
 | Uganda | 2 |
 | Venezuela | 2 |
 | Benin | 1 |
 | Burundi | 1 |
| Cape Verde | 1 |
 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
 | Congo | 1 |
 | Costa Rica | 1 |
 | Curaçao | 1 |
 | Gambia | 1 |
 | Grenada | 1 |
 | Guadeloupe | 1 |
 | Iran | 1 |
 | Kenya | 1 |
 | Liberia | 1 |
 | Madagascar | 1 |
 | Malta | 1 |
 | Montenegro | 1 |
 | Peru | 1 |
 | Saint Lucia | 1 |
 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Total | 902 |
See also: Scottish Premiership winners
