The primary hat-trick within the World Cup was scored by the USA’ Bert Patenaude in a 3-0 win over Paraguay on July 17, 1930.
Argentina’s Guillermo Stábile and Uruguay’s Pedro Cea additionally netted hat-tricks within the inaugural World Cup and each version of the match bar one has featured no less than one three-goal haul.
There have been no hat-tricks on the 2006 World Cup in Germany, however there have been 54 in complete, with solely 4 gamers having achieved it twice.
Right here, a take a look at a number of the extra memorable trebles by means of the years on the males’s World Cup…
32. Angelo Schiavio
Angelo Schiavio scored Italy’s first World Cup purpose in a 7-1 win over the USA in 1934 and went on to finish his hat-trick in the identical recreation.
Schiavio, who spent his complete membership profession with Bologna, additionally netted Italy’s winner within the ultimate towards Czechoslovakia to seal a primary World Cup trophy for the Azzurri. Blighted by accidents after that, he by no means performed for Italy once more.
31. Preben Elkjær
A prolific scorer for Denmark in an 11-year worldwide profession, Preben Elkjær netted 38 worldwide objectives for the Scandinavian nation.
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4 of the final 5 got here on the 1986 World Cup in Mexico because the striker adopted up a winner towards Scotland with a hat-trick in a 6-1 victory over Uruguay within the group phases.
30. Harry Kane
Harry Kane completed as the highest scorer on the 2018 World Cup after scoring six objectives for England en path to the semi-finals in Russia.
Three of these strikes got here in a 6-1 win over Panama within the group phases, together with two penalties. The previous Spurs striker additionally scored towards Tunisia (twice) and Colombia.
29. Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri was named Man of the Match in two out of three of Switzerland’s group video games on the 2014 World Cup – towards Ecuador and Honduras.
In opposition to the Central People, the winger netted a hat-trick in a 3-0 win, which included a spectacular roller from 30 yards. Switzerland misplaced narrowly to Argentina within the final 16.
28. Rob Rensenbrink
Rob Rensenbrink performed for the Netherlands for over a decade between 1968 and 1979 and began in two World Cup finals for the Dutch – in 1974 and 1978.
On the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the previous Anderlecht winger netted three objectives – together with two penalties – in a 3-0 win over Iran within the group phases.
27. Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Cubillas performed in three World Cups for Peru and the attacking midfielder scored 10 objectives within the match – 5 in 1970 and 5 once more in 1978.
Cubillas’ 5 objectives at Argentina 78 included a hat-trick towards Iran, which featured two penalties, similar to Rob Rensenbrink’s treble towards the Asian facet eight days earlier.
26. Oldřich Nejedlý
Oldřich Nejedlý performed as an inside ahead for Sparta Prague and Czechoslovakia within the Nineteen Thirties, starring for his nation on the 1934 World Cup in Italy.
Nejedlý scored all three objectives as Czechoslovakia beat Germany within the semi-finals and completed because the match’s prime scorer with 5, though this was solely formally recognised in a while. Czechoslovakia misplaced within the ultimate to the hosts, Italy, after further time.
25. Pauleta
Pauleta scored 47 objectives in 88 video games for Portugal and was the nation’s prime scorer till his mark was handed – and later obliterated – by Cristiano Ronaldo.
On the 2002 World Cup, Pauleta hit a hat-trick for Portugal in a 4-0 win over Poland, however the striker’s treble couldn’t forestall a disastrous group-stage exit for the Portuguese in Japan and South Korea.
24. Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose scored 5 objectives on the 2002 World Cup and was a contender for the Golden Boot in Japan and South Korea.
All of Klose’s objectives within the match had been headers, together with his hat-trick towards Saudi Arabia in an 8-0 win, and a few advised he ought to obtain a Golden Hat if he completed as prime scorer. He did not, finally profitable the Silver Boot as a substitute, however it was a pleasant thought.
23. Gonzalo Higuaín
Gonzalo Higuaín is commonly remembered extra for his misses than for his objectives, however the former Argentina striker scored 31 objectives for his nationwide staff in 75 caps.
Three of these got here in a bunch recreation towards South Korea on the 2010 World Cup as Higuain hit the second, third and fourth objectives in a 4-1 win for Diego Maradona’s facet. It was the primary World Cup hat-trick by any participant in eight years and the one one on the 2010 World Cup.
22. Gustav Wetterström & Harry Andersson
Sweden obtained to the semi-finals of the 1938 World Cup, regardless of profitable just one match in France. The Scandinavians superior on to the quarter-finals after Austria united with Germany and determined to withdraw.
Within the final eight, Sweden thrashed Cuba 8-0, with two of their gamers scoring hat-tricks. Gustav Wetterström accomplished his in simply 12 minutes, netting the Scandinavians’ second, third and fourth objectives within the thirty second, thirty seventh and forty fourth minutes. Harry Andersson had opened the scoring and added two extra late within the recreation. Sweden misplaced to Hungary within the semi-finals and had been overwhelmed by Brazil within the third-place match.
21. Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller scored 10 objectives for Germany in his first two World Cups and helped Joachim Löw’s facet win the trophy at Brazil 2014.
Müller scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win towards Portugal in Germany’s opener in 2014 and went on to web towards the USA and Brazil later within the match.
20. Gary Lineker
England’s 1986 World Cup marketing campaign began slowly as Bobby Robson’s facet misplaced to Portugal after which drew with Morocco of their opening two matches in Mexico.
However the Three Lions clicked into gear with a 3-0 win over Poland of their ultimate group recreation to advance to the knockout phases. Gary Lineker scored all three objectives and went on to complete because the match’s prime scorer with six. England misplaced to Argentina within the quarter-finals.
19. Leônidas
Leônidas was the primary Brazilian to attain a hat-trick on the World Cup and stays one in every of simply three males from the South American nation to attain that feat.
The previous Flamengo and São Paulo ahead scored three, together with two in further time, as Brazil beat Poland 6-5 within the spherical of 16 on the 1938 World Cup. Poland’s Ernst Wilimowski scored 4 in the identical match, however nonetheless ended up on the dropping facet.
18. Gonçalo Ramos
Gonçalo Ramos got here into the Portugal facet for his or her last-16 conflict with Switzerland on the 2022 World Cup as Cristiano Ronaldo surprisingly dropped right down to the bench.
Ramos repaid the religion proven in him by coach Fernando Santos by hitting a hat-trick in a 6-1 win over the Swiss, however Portugal went out to Morocco within the quarter-finals.
17. Ademir
Ademir scored 9 objectives for Brazil on the 1950 World Cup and completed because the match’s prime scorer.
4 of these objectives got here in a single match because the legendary ahead scored Brazil’s first, second, fourth and fifth objectives in a 7-1 win over Sweden within the second group stage. Brazil went on to lose the decisive match towards Uruguay on the Maracanã, having wanted solely a draw to be topped champions for the primary time.
16. Tomáš Skuhravý
Tomáš Skuhravý scored Czechoslovakia’s opening purpose on the 1990 World Cup, towards the USA, and performed a pivotal half within the Czechs’ run to the quarter-finals at Italia 90.
Skuhravý scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Costa Rica within the final 16. All of his objectives had been headers, making his the primary hat-trick of headers in World Cup historical past. Within the final eight, Czechoslovakia misplaced narrowly to eventual winners West Germany.
15. Igor Belanov
Igor Belanov gained the Ballon d’Or in 1986 after starring for Dynamo Kyiv of their European Cup Winners’ Cup victory that yr.
Additionally in 1986, the Ukraine-born ahead helped the Soviet Union attain the knockout phases of the World Cup in Mexico, however his hat-trick towards Belgium couldn’t forestall a 4-3 defeat to Belgium after further time within the spherical of 16.
14. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is the one man in historical past to have scored in 5 completely different World Cups – and one efficiency stands out above all.
The Portuguese hit a superb hat-trick towards Spain within the group phases of the 2018 World Cup in Russia to earn his facet a 3-3 attract an exciting contest. He could but function within the match once more in 2026.
13. Oleg Salenko
Oleg Salenko made World Cup historical past in 1994 when he turned the one males’s participant to attain 5 objectives in a match on the match.
Salenko hit 5 in a 6-1 win for Russia towards Cameroon of their ultimate group recreation, however it was not sufficient to seal qualification for the knockout phases and extremely, he by no means performed for his nation once more.
12. Zbigniew Boniek
Poland completed in third place on the 1982 World Cup and Zbigniew Boniek performed an essential half within the success of the Crimson-Whites in Spain.
Boniek scored a hat-trick towards Belgium within the second group stage to present Poland a 3-0 win and the Poles superior to the semi-finals, the place they misplaced to eventual champions Italy. Within the third-place match, Poland beat France 3-2.
11. Sándor Kocsis
Sándor Kocsis scored two World Cup hat-tricks for Hungary on the 1954 match and completed as prime scorer with 11 objectives because the Mighty Magyars reached the ultimate.
Kocsis scored all three in a 3-0 win over South Korea within the group phases after which netted 4 in an unimaginable 8-3 victory towards West Germany three days later. The 2 groups met once more within the ultimate, with the Germans 3-2 winners in Bern this time.
10. Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Batistuta scored 10 objectives throughout three World Cups for Argentina and the previous Fiorentina ahead is the one man to web hat-tricks in two completely different editions of the match.
Batistuta scored three in a 4-0 win over Greece within the group phases at USA 94 and added one other treble in a 5-0 thrashing of Jamaica within the opening spherical of France 98. Each hat-tricks included one penalty.
9. Gerd Müller
There have been solely two hat-tricks on the 1970 World Cup in Mexico – and legendary West German striker Gerd Müller scored them each.
Müller hit three objectives in a 5-2 win over Bulgaria on June 7 and adopted that up with a second hat-trick three days later as West Germany beat Peru 3-1. The Bayern Munich nice would end because the match’s prime scorer with 10 objectives as West Germany reached the semi-finals and was a World Cup winner on house soil 4 years later.
8. Pedro Cea
Pedro Cea was the third participant in World Cup historical past to attain a hat-trick and the primary to web three objectives in a knockout match within the match.
The Uruguay striker was heading in the right direction 3 times as Uruguay thrashed Yugoslavia 6-1 within the semi-finals and went on to attain an all-important equaliser towards Argentina within the ultimate because the Celeste gained 4-2 to assert the inaugural trophy. Cea was additionally a part of the Uruguay groups which gained Olympic gold in 1924 and 1928.
7. Emilio Butragueño
Denmark had a superb staff on the 1986 World Cup and the Scandinavians took the lead within the first half of their last-16 conflict with Spain.
However La Roja mounted a powerful comeback to win the tie 5-1 in Querétaro, with legendary Actual Madrid ahead Emilio Butragueño heading in the right direction 4 occasions – together with a fourth from the penalty spot – in an finally one-sided contest.
6. Simply Fontaine
Pelé could have been the largest star of the 1958 World Cup, however the legendary Brazilian ahead was not the match’s prime scorer.
That honour went to France’s Simply Fontaine, who netted a file 13 objectives to win the Golden Boot, together with two hat-tricks – a treble in a 7-3 win over Paraguay within the group phases and 4 in a 6-3 victory towards West Germany within the third-place match 20 days later.
5. Eusébio
Trailing North Korea by three objectives inside 25 minutes, Portugal crashing out of the 1966 World Cup within the quarter-finals. Enter Eusébio.
The legendary Benfica ahead hit 4 objectives – together with two penalties – in a sensational comeback as Portugal stormed again to win 5-3 and seal a spot within the final 4.
4. Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi gained the Golden Boot on the 1982 World Cup after scoring six objectives for Italy en path to their triumph in Spain – together with an exciting hat-trick towards Brazil.
In one of many World Cup’s greatest-ever video games, Brazil solely wanted a draw towards Italy within the second group stage conflict to make the semi-finals. However Tele Santana’s facet stored on attacking and Rossi punished them with a historic treble in Barcelona. He went on to attain once more within the ultimate as Italy beat West Germany to win the trophy for a 3rd time.
3. Pelé
Pelé not solely completed as a winner in his debut World Cup, however did so on the tender age of 17 and as a key participant in Brazil’s first-ever win within the match.
The younger Santos ahead hit a hat-trick in a 5-2 victory over France within the semi-finals and added two extra as Brazil beat Sweden by the identical scoreline within the ultimate 5 days later.
2. Kylian Mbappé
Already a World Cup winner in 2018, Kylian Mbappé led France to the ultimate once more in 2022 and completed because the match’s prime scorer with eight objectives.
There was no World Cup trophy this time, however Mbappé turned solely the second participant within the match’s historical past to web a hat-trick within the ultimate. His treble, which included two penalties, earned a 3-3 draw for Les Bleus after further time. The previous Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain ahead additionally scored within the shootout, however France misplaced out on this event.
1. Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst began the 1966 World Cup on the bench, however got here into the facet after an harm to Jimmy Greaves and have become the primary participant ever to hit a hat-trick in a World Cup ultimate.
Hurst scored a header early within the recreation and two in further time, together with an effort which bounced off the crossbar and onto the purpose line, which was awarded regardless of protests from the West German gamers. England went on to win 4-2.
