Following his career at Elland Road, the midfielder attracted attention from the Premier League and signed for Norwich before moving on to Hull City and then West Ham in 2017. Snodgrass came to the London Stadium on a £10.2 million deal when Slaven Bilic was manager.

Snodgrass started his senior career with Livingston. He also had a loan spell at Stirling Albion before moving to England in 2008, joining Leeds United. He helped Leeds win promotion to the Championship in 2010. In February 2012, Snodgrass was appointed captain of Leeds, but he rejected a new contract offer and moved to Norwich City later that year.

He left Norwich after they were relegated in 2014 and moved to Hull City. On his league debut for Hull, Snodgrass suffered a serious knee injury that sidelined him for over a year. Hull were relegated in his absence, but Snodgrass helped them gain promotion via the playoffs in 2016. Snodgrass moved to West Ham United in January 2017, and he was loaned to Aston Villa for most of the 2017–18 season. After Snodgrass left West Ham in January 2021, he had short stints with West Bromwich Albion, Luton Town and Heart of Midlothian at the end of his career.

After playing for Scotland at various youth levels including under-21s, Snodgrass received a call up to the Scotland national team side in 2009, and won his first cap in February 2011.^[4] Snodgrass retired from international football in October 2019, having made 28 appearances and scored seven goals for Scotland.

Born in Glasgow, Snodgrass grew up in the city’s Gallowgate area;^[5] he played boys’ club football for a team affiliated with Rangers alongside future international teammate James McArthur who is a month younger and lived a few blocks away.^[3] Celtic offered him an apprenticeship, along with Clyde and Livingston. He felt that he had little chance of breaking through at Parkhead, so chose Livingston, joining their setup at the same time as another East End boy who would go on to play for Scotland, Graham Dorrans.^[6]