| Competition: | Latvian Higher League |
| Season: | 2000 |
| Winners: | Skonto FC |
| Relegated: | LU-Daugava |
| Continentalcup1: | UEFA Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Skonto FC |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | FK Ventspils Dinaburg FC |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | FK Liepajas Metalurgs |
| League Topscorer: |  Vladimirs Kolesnicenko (17 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1999 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skonto FC | 17 | |
| 2 | FK Ventspils | 15 | |
| 3 | Skonto FC | 12 | |
| 4 | FK Rīga | 11 | |
| FHK Liepājas Metalurgs |
| Best | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Skonto FC | ||
| Defender | Skonto FC | ||
| Midfielder | Skonto FC | ||
| Forward | Skonto FC |
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 18 | 4 | 2 | - |
 Yevgeniy Buda | 18.03.1977 | 12 | 3 | - | - | |
| MF |  Orestas Buitkus | 11.04.1975 | 24 | 5 | 1 | - |
| FW |  David Chaladze | 22.01.1976 | 19 | 10 | 3 | - |
| GK | Pāvels Doroševs | 09.10.1980 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 28 | 17 | 1 | - |
| GK | Aleksandrs Koliņko | 18.06.1975 | 17 | –6 | - | - |
| MF | Levan Korgalidze | 21.02.1980 | 21 | 4 | 1 | - |
| MF | Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 26 | 6 | 1 | - |
| MF | Valentīns Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 22 | - | 1 | - |
| - |  Vladimir Mel'nyk | 21.11.1979 | 9 | 1 | - | - |
| MF | Zurab Menteshashvili | 30.01.1980 | 21 | 6 | 2 | - |
| FW | Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 17 | 12 | - | - |
| MF | Viktors Morozs | 30.07.1980 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| MF | Viktoras Olšanskis | 14.03.1969 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| GK | Andrejs Piedels | 17.09.1970 | 11 | –4 | - | - |
| MF | Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| MF | Andrejs Rubins | 26.11.1978 | 23 | 7 | - | - |
| Mants Samusevs | 08.09.1978 | 21 | 2 | 3 | - | |
| DF | Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 18 | 2 | 4 | - |
| DF | Andrėjus Tereškinas | 10.07.1970 | 13 | - | 1 | - |
| Renārs Vucāns | 04.11.1976 | 14 | - | - | - | |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs |