| Club: | St Johnstone |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Tommy Wright |
| Chairman: | Steve Brown |
| Stadium: | McDiarmid Park Perth, Scotland (Capacity: 10,696) |
| League: | Scottish Premiership |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter final lost to Aberdeen |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round lost to Partick Thistle |
| League Topscorer: | Danny Swanson (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Danny Swanson (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,979 vs Rangers Scottish Premiership 28 December 2016 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scottish Premiership 3 December 2016 |
| Average Attendance: | 4,368[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.[2]
Tommy Wright was kept as manager and remained for the season. The Saints again finished in Fourth place but qualified for European Football.[3] Danny Swanson was the club's Top League and Season scorer, but a few weeks before the end of the season, he signed for a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian.[4]
See main article: article and 2016–17 Scottish Premiership.
See main article: article and 2016-17 Scottish League Cup.
See main article: article and 2016-17 Scottish Cup.
[5] |-|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season|-|-|colspan="10"|Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season|-|}
As of 21 May 2017
| width=60 | Ranking | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Scottish Premiership | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | Scottish Cup | width=80 | Total |
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| 1 | 11 | Danny Swanson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Steven MacLean | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | Chris Kane | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 26 | Liam Craig | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Graham Cummins | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 10 | Steven Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Blair Alston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | Murray Davidson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 10 | David Wotherspoon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
 | 14 | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Brad McKay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Paul Paton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Richard Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Keith Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Craig Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 39 | 14 | 2 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Date | Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2016 | St Mirren | Free[6] | |
| 26 May 2016 | Falkirk | Free[7] | |
| 7 June 2016 | Dundee United | Free[8] | |
| 1 July 2016 | York City | Free[9] | |
| 1 July 2016 | Peterborough United | Loan[10] | |
| 19 August 2016 | Ross County | Free[11] | |
| 31 January 2017 | Preston North End | Loan[12] | |
| Date | Player | To | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2016 | Neil Martyniuk | Edinburgh City | Free[13] | |
| 28 June 2016 | John Sutton | St Mirren | Free[14] | |
| 13 July 2016 | Gareth Rodger | Brechin City | Free[15] | |
| 31 August 2016 | Brad McKay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free[16] | |
| 15 September 2016 | Dave Mackay | Retired | [17] | |
| 4 January 2017 | Aaron Comrie | Peterhead | Loan[18] | |
| 4 January 2017 | Liam Gordon | Peterhead | Loan[19] | |
| 6 January 2017 | Connor McLaren | Stirling Albion | Loan[20] |
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons