List of all hat-tricks in FIFA World Cup history
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The 1954 edition of the mega competition saw a record eight hat-tricks.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is all set to kick off on June 11. The three countries set to host this tournament are the United States of America (USA), Canada, and Mexico. A total of 48 teams have qualified and are set to feature on the biggest stage of football.
Lionel Messi’s Argentina are the defending champions of the World Cup. They will once again field a stacked squad and are among the favourites to win the title.
Taking part in the FIFA World Cup is one thing, and putting up top performances on the greatest stage is a different scenario. Since the inauguration of the mega competition in 1930, several players have made it to the highlight reel.
Stars like Diego Maradona and Ronaldo Nazario are some of the top performers, but none of them ever scored a hat-trick on the biggest stage of football.
Sándor Kocsis (1954), Just Fontaine (1958), Gerd Müller (1970) and Gabriel Batistuta (1994, 1998) are the only players to have scored two hat-tricks each in the FIFA World Cup. This is the joint-highest tally in the competition’s history.
As a nation, Germany have scored the most number of hat-tricks (7) in the mega tournament.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest player ever to score a hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup. He was 33 years and 130 days when he scored a hat-trick for Portugal against Spain in 2018.
All 54 hat-tricks in FIFA World Cup history
| S.No | Player | Country | Opponent | Score | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bert Patenaude | USA | Paraguay | 3–0 | 1930 |
| 2. | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | Mexico | 6–3 | 1930 |
| 3. | Pedro Cea | Uruguay | Yugoslavia | 6–1 | 1930 |
| 4. | Angelo Schiavio | Italy | USA | 7–1 | 1934 |
| 5. | Edmund Conen | Germany | Belgium | 5–2 | 1934 |
| 6. | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | Germany | 3–1 | 1934 |
| 7. | Ernst Wilimowski | Poland | Brazil | 5–6 (AET) | 1938 |
| 8. | Leônidas | Brazil | Poland | 6–5 (AET) | 1938 |
| 9. | Gustav Wetterström | Sweden | Cuba | 8–0 | 1938 |
| 10. | Harry Andersson | Sweden | Cuba | 8–0 | 1938 |
| 11. | Óscar Míguez | Uruguay | Bolivia | 8–0 | 1950 |
| 12. | Ademir | Brazil | Sweden | 7–1 | 1950 |
| 13. | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | South Korea | 9–0 | 1954 |
| 14. | Erich Probst | Austria | Czechoslovakia | 5-0 | 1954 |
| 15. | Carlos Borges | Uruguay | Scotland | 7-0 | 1954 |
| 16. | Buhran Sargun | Turkiye | South Korea | 7-0 | 1954 |
| 17. | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | West Germany | 8–3 | 1954 |
| 18. | Max Morlock | West Germany | Turkiye | 7-2 | 1954 |
| 19. | Theodor Wagner | Austria | Switzerland | 7-5 | 1954 |
| 20. | Sepp Huegi | Austria | Paraguay | 7-3 | 1954 |
| 21. | Just Fontaine | France | Paraguay | 7–3 | 1958 |
| 22. | Pelé | Brazil | France | 5-2 | 1958 |
| 23. | Just Fontaine | France | West Germany | 6–3 | 1958 |
| 24. | Florian Albert | Hungary | Bulgaria | 6-1 | 1962 |
| 25. | Eusébio | Portugal | North Korea | 5–3 | 1966 |
| 26. | Geoff Hurst | England | West Germany | 4–2 (AET) | 1966 |
| 27. | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bulgaria | 5–2 | 1970 |
| 28. | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Peru | 3–1 | 1970 |
| 29. | Dusan Bajevic | Yugoslavia | Zaire | 9-0 | 1974 |
| 30. | Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | Haiti | 7-0 | 1974 |
| 31. | Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | Iran | 3-0 | 1978 |
| 32. | Teofilo Cubillas | Peru | Iran | 4-1 | 1978 |
| 33. | Laszlo Kiss | Hungary | El Salvador | 10-1 | 1982 |
| 34. | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | Chile | 4-1 | 1982 |
| 35. | Zbigniew Boniek | Poland | Belgium | 3-0 | 1982 |
| 36. | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Brazil | 3-2 | 1982 |
| 37. | Preben Elkjaer Larsen | Denmark | Uruguay | 6-1 | 1986 |
| 38. | Garv Lineker | England | Poland | 3-0 | 1986 |
| 39. | Igor Belanov | Soviet Union | Belgium | 3-4 (AET) | 1986 |
| 40. | Emilio Butragueno | Spain | Denmark | 5-1 | 1986 |
| 41. | Míchel | Spain | South Korea | 3-1 | 1990 |
| 42. | Tomas Skuhravv | Czechoslovakia | Costa Rica | 4-1 | 1990 |
| 43. | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | Greece | 4–0 | 1994 |
| 44. | Oleg Salenko | Russia | Cameroon | 6-1 | 1994 |
| 45. | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | Jamaica | 5–0 | 1998 |
| 46. | Miroslav Klose | Germany | Saudi Arabia | 8–0 | 2002 |
| 47. | Pauleta | Portugal | Poland | 4-0 | 2002 |
| 48. | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | South Korea | 4-1 | 2010 |
| 49. | Thomas Muller | Germany | Portugal | 4-0 | 2014 |
| 50. | Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland | Honduras | 3-0 | 2014 |
| 51. | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Spain | 3–3 | 2018 |
| 52. | Harry Kane | England | Panama | 6–1 | 2018 |
| 53. | Gonçalo Ramos | Portugal | Switzerland | 6–1 | 2022 |
| 54. | Kylian Mbappé | France | Argentina | 3–3 | 2022 |
Who is the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup?
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Spain in 2018. He was 33 years, 130 days old.
Which country has scored the most hat-tricks in the FIFA World Cup?
Germany have scored a record seven hat-tricks in the history of the mega competition.
Which year of the FIFA World Cup saw the most number of hat-tricks?
The 1954 edition of the mega competition saw a record of eight hat-tricks.
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