| P | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | Points | GD | |
| Celtic | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 48 | +24 |
| Rangers | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 45 | +17 |
| Dundee Utd | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 44 | +19 |
| Aberdeen | 36 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 40 | +23 |
| Hibernian | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 37 | -4 |
| St Mirren | 36 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 36 | +4 |
| Morton | 36 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 36 | -1 |
| Partick | 36 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 34 | +3 |
| Hearts | 36 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 23 | -32 |
| Motherwell | 36 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 48 | 17 | -53 |
| |
|||||||||||||
| See Scottish Premier table from a different season | |||||||||||||
| See another table from 1978/1979 | |||||||||||||
league table Scottish Premier
Final 1978/1979 Scottish Premier Table
 |
|
Reproduced under licence from Football DataCo Limited. All rights reserved. Licence no. [NEWMEDIA/RPO/97810b]. managers | grounds | referees | season | help | faq | home contact: desk@soccerbase.com advertising: advertising@soccerbase.com (c) Copyright Centurycomm Limited (registered number 3387163) whose registered office is One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP ("Centurycomm"). |