Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle (born 17 October 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.

Gayle played in the Arsenal academy as a youth, but was released in 2007,[4] after which he began his career with Ryan of the Essex Olympian Football League.

In subsequent seasons, he would work his way back up through the English football pyramid via stints at Stansted, Bishop's Stortford, Dagenham & Redbridge and Peterborough United, before establishing himself in the Premier League with Crystal Palace.

[5][6] He started his career with youth club Ridgeway Rovers and spent time with the Arsenal academy but was released at the age of 12 due to his height.

[22] His former club Dagenham & Redbridge received £1 million of the initial transfer fee plus 20% of any extra payments made due to a sell-on clause added when he signed for Peterborough United.

[24] On 31 August, Gayle scored his first goal for the club and his first in the Premier League by successfully converting a penalty against Sunderland after he was fouled by John O'Shea.

[31] On 23 November, Gayle scored in the home fixture against Liverpool for the second consecutive season as Palace defeated the Merseyside team 3–1.

He then scored three goals in the team's next two matches; a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur and a 3–2 defeat of Burnley at Turf Moor.

[35] On 11 August 2015, Bristol City manager Steve Cotterill confirmed that Crystal Palace had accepted an undisclosed bid for Gayle.

[39] On 7 May 2016, the penultimate match of the season, Gayle scored two goals in a 2–1 victory over Stoke City to confirm Crystal Palace's safety in the Premier League.

[45] It was not until over a month later when he found the net again, scoring a hat-trick against Norwich City, coming back from 3–1 down to win 4–3 in stoppage time.

[63] On 9 December, Gayle was involved in both Newcastle goals in a 3–2 loss to Leicester City, assisting Joselu for the first and then scoring the equaliser.

[66] On 6 August 2018, Gayle joined newly relegated Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan deal from Newcastle.

[67] On 11 August, Gayle drew a foul from his former Newcastle teammate Tim Krul, now of Norwich City, with the resulting penalty scored by Jay Rodriguez.

[76] He finished the regular season with 23 goals as joint fourth place goalscorer in the Championship,[77] including two hat-tricks against Preston and Rotherham.

[80] In the first leg on 11 May, Gayle opened the scoring, but was later sent off after challenging Villa's goalkeeper, Jed Steer, resulting in a second yellow card.

He returned to the matchday squad against Manchester United,[84] and then made his first appearance of the season against Chelsea, coming on as a late substitute.

Gayle played in eight matches during this period, scoring four times and assisting once,[88][89] as Newcastle finished the season in thirteenth place.

[90] On 26 August 2020, Gayle suffered a knee injury in a friendly with York City,[91] and would go on to miss Newcastle's first thirteen matches (in all competitions) of the 2020–21 season.

The other significant contribution he made was against Liverpool on 24 April 2021, where he provided the assist for Joe Willock's last-minute equalising goal.

After the match, Derby head coach Paul Warne described Gayle as a "threat" despite being "rusty" from a lack of regular first team football in recent years, and praised the "boost" he had given the squad.