Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith each finished top goalscorer for Hearts in consecutive seasons.Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith each finished top goalscorer for Hearts in consecutive seasons.
Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith each finished top goalscorer for Hearts in consecutive seasons.

The top Hearts goalscorer from each of the last 12 seasons

With the 2021/22 season underway for the Jambos, we look back through the last few years to find which players ended the campaign as the club’s top goalscorer.
By Craig Fowler
Published 15th Jul 2021, 16:45 BST

Famously, not since John Robertson in 1991-92 have Hearts had a scorer find the target 20 times or more in a single season. Could this be the year to change that?

15 goals (12 in the league).

5. 2016/17: Jamie Walker

15 goals (12 in the league). Photo: SNS Group Craig Foy

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The striker netted 11 times before his January departure (nine in the league).

6. 2015/16: Osman Sow

The striker netted 11 times before his January departure (nine in the league). Photo: SNS Group Craig Foy

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The two strikes shared the honour in Hearts' promotion season, scoring 12 each (Zeefuik scored all 12 in the league; Sow got 11).

7. 2014/15: Osman Sow/Genero Zeefuik

The two strikes shared the honour in Hearts' promotion season, scoring 12 each (Zeefuik scored all 12 in the league; Sow got 11). Photo: SNS Group Sammy Turner

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The versatile youngster netted 11 times, all of them in the league.

8. 2013/14: Callum Paterson

The versatile youngster netted 11 times, all of them in the league. Photo: SNS Group Bill Murray

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