Scott James McLean (born 17 June 1976 in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer. A striker, McLean began his career with St Johnstone in 1995. He remained at McDiarmid Park for just a year, making six league appearances. In 1996, he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle. In three years with the Highland club he made 48 appearances, scoring 32 goals. After a loan period at Queen of the South in 1999, he joined Partick Thistle. He went on to make 80 league appearances for the Jags and scored 38 goals in the process.