List of Premier League hat-tricks
Since the inception of the English football league competition, the Premier League,[a] in 1992, exactly 202 players have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Frenchman Eric Cantona, who scored three times for Leeds United in a 5–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. 31 have scored more than three goals in a match; of these, five players, Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe, Dimitar Berbatov and Sergio Agüero have scored five. Sadio Mané holds the record for the quickest Premier League hat-trick, netting three times for Southampton against Aston Villa in 2 minutes 56 seconds,[1] breaking Robbie Fowler's record.[2] Six hat-tricks have been achieved in under 10 minutes; in addition to Mané and Fowler's, Defoe, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ian Wright, and Andy Carroll have scored the quickest hat-tricks.[3] In 1999, Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored four goals in twelve minutes as a substitute against Nottingham Forest, "the fastest scorer of a four-goal haul on record in England".[4]
The fixture between Arsenal and Southampton at Highbury in 2003 saw both Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires score a hat-trick for the home team. In 2007, Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz and Wigan's Marcus Bent both scored hat-tricks in a match that Wigan won 5–3. In 2019, both Ayoze Pérez and Jamie Vardy scored hat-tricks as Leicester City defeated Southampton 9–0. In 2022, Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat-tricks in a 6–3 victory over Manchester United in the Manchester derby. Only six players – Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane (twice) – have scored hat-tricks in two consecutive league games, while Thierry Henry achieved it in consecutive appearances a month apart.[5]
Rooney's hat-trick on 10 September 2011 and Matt Le Tissier's hat-trick on 19 August 1995 were scored through set pieces, which consists of penalty kicks and direct free kicks.[6] Everton's Duncan Ferguson and Salomón Rondón of West Bromwich Albion are the only Premier League players to have scored a hat-trick of headers.[7] 36 different players have scored a "perfect" hat-trick in the Premier League since its inception, but only two players have achieved this feat more than once: Robbie Fowler has scored three (all for Liverpool) and Yakubu has scored two (one each for Blackburn Rovers and Everton).[8]
Most number of hat-tricks scored on the same day is three, which happened twice in the history of Premier League: on 23 September 1995 Fowler, Shearer and Tony Yeboah registered hat-tricks, and on 2 September 2023 Evan Ferguson, Erling Haaland and Son Heung-min scored three goals each.[9]
Most number of hat-tricks scored in one season is 19, which happened twice: in 1993–94 (with 462 games played) and 2011–12 season (380 games played). On the other end, 2006–07 season saw only 3 hat-tricks scored.[10] Alan Shearer has scored the most hat-tricks in a single season, with five during the 1995–96 season.[11]
Sergio Agüero has scored three or more goals twelve times in the Premier League, more than any other player. Alan Shearer is second with eleven hat-tricks; Robbie Fowler has scored nine, and Henry, Kane and Michael Owen have each scored eight hat-tricks. Five players have each scored hat-tricks for three different clubs: Yakubu (Blackburn, Everton and Portsmouth); Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City); Kevin Campbell (Arsenal, Everton and Forest); Les Ferdinand (Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham) and Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United, Portsmouth and Tottenham).[5] Four players have scored hat-tricks and still ended up on the losing side: Matt Le Tissier (twice), Dion Dublin, Roque Santa Cruz and Dwight Yorke.[12]
The youngest player to score a Premier League hat-trick was Michael Owen for Liverpool, when he scored his first league hat-trick against Sheffield Wednesday on 14 February 1998 at the age of 18 years and 62 days.[13][14] The oldest scorer of a Premier League hat-trick is Teddy Sheringham with an age of 37 years and 146 days playing for Portsmouth against Bolton Wanderers on 26 August 2003.[11]
The Dubious Goals Committee has sometimes decided after a match that players have not scored hat-tricks because one of the goals was incorrectly credited to them. Southampton player Egil Østenstad was thought to have scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in 1996, but the committee ruled that one of the goals be credited as an own goal to United's Phil Neville.[15][16] Anelka's first goal for Manchester City in September 2002 was later credited as an own goal to Everton's Tomasz Radzinski.[17] Javier Hernández was denied a hat-trick against Aston Villa in November 2012 after the committee ruled his second goal was actually an own goal by Ron Vlaar.[18]
Hat-tricks
Key | |
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Player (X) | Player name (count of multiple hat-tricks if applicable) |
Bold | Team hat-trick scored for |
4 5 | Player scored four or five goals |
D L | Player was not on the winning team (game drawn or lost) |
† | Player scored hat-trick as a substitute |
P | Player scored a perfect hat-trick (one goal each with right foot, left foot and head) |
Multiple hat-tricks
The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored at least two hat-tricks.
Players in bold are still active in the Premier League. Players in italics are still active outside the Premier League.
Rank | Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
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1 | Sergio Agüero | 12 | 12 January 2020 |
2 | Alan Shearer | 11 | 19 September 1999 |
3 | Robbie Fowler | 9 | 26 December 2001 |
4 | Erling Haaland | 8 | 31 August 2024 |
Thierry Henry | 7 May 2006 | ||
Harry Kane | 26 December 2017 | ||
Michael Owen | 17 December 2005 | ||
8 | Wayne Rooney | 7 | 29 November 2017 |
9 | Luis Suárez | 6 | 22 March 2014 |
10 | Dimitar Berbatov | 5 | 26 December 2011 |
Andy Cole | 30 August 1999 | ||
Ruud van Nistelrooy | 27 September 2003 | ||
Robin van Persie | 22 April 2013 | ||
Raheem Sterling | 12 February 2022 | ||
Ian Wright | 13 September 1997 | ||
16 | Yakubu | 4 | 3 December 2011 |
Kevin Campbell | 8 May 1999 | ||
Jermain Defoe | 13 January 2016 | ||
Les Ferdinand | 25 November 2000 | ||
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 16 October 2004 | ||
Matthew Le Tissier | 19 August 1995 | ||
Mohamed Salah | 24 October 2021 | ||
Teddy Sheringham | 26 August 2003 | ||
Son Heung-min | 2 September 2023 | ||
Chris Sutton | 28 February 1998 | ||
Carlos Tevez | 14 April 2012 | ||
Fernando Torres | 29 April 2012 | ||
Dwight Yorke | 25 February 2001 | ||
29 | Emmanuel Adebayor | 3 | 13 September 2008 |
Nicolas Anelka | 1 November 2008 | ||
Tony Cottee | 17 December 1994 | ||
Didier Drogba | 14 August 2010 | ||
Dion Dublin | 14 November 1998 | ||
Phil Foden | 3 April 2024 | ||
Robbie Keane | 26 September 2009 | ||
Frank Lampard | 2 October 2011 | ||
Romelu Lukaku | 4 February 2017 | ||
Cristiano Ronaldo | 16 April 2022 | ||
Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 29 January 2002 | ||