List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks
This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA World Cups; that is, the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a single football World Cup match. Scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup is a relatively rare event: only 52 hat-tricks have been scored in over 800 matches in the 21 editions of the World Cup tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football, official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.
The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent was by Harry Kane of England, playing against Panama on 24 June 2018.
The only World Cup not to have at least one hat-trick scored was the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The record number of hat-tricks in a single World Cup tournament is eight, during the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
List
| # | Player | Time of goals | For | Goals | Result | Against | Tournament | Round | Date | FIFA report | |
| 1. | 3 | Bert Patenaude | ', 15', 50' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | 1930, Uruguay | Group stage | 17 7 1930 | |||
| 2. | 3 | Guillermo Stábile | ', 17', 80' | 1–0, 3–0, 6–3 | 6–3 | 1930, Uruguay | Group stage | 19 7 1930 | |||
| 3. | 3 | Pedro Cea | ', 67', 72' | 1–1, 5–1, 6–1 | 6–1 | 1930, Uruguay | Semi-finals | 27 7 1930 | |||
| 4. | 3 | Angelo Schiavio | ', 29', 64' | 1–0, 3–0, 5–1 | 7–1 | 1934, Italy | First round | 27 5 1934 | |||
| 5. | 3 | Edmund Conen | ', 70', 87' | 3–2, 4–2, 5–2 | 5–2 | 1934, Italy | First round | 27 5 1934 | |||
| 6. | 3 | Oldřich Nejedlý | ', 71', 80' | 1–0, 2–1, 3–1 | 3–1 | 1934, Italy | Semi-finals | 3 6 1934 | |||
| 7. | 4 | Ernst Wilimowski | ', 59', 89', 118' | 2–3, 3–3, 4–4, 5–6 | align="center" | 1938, France | First round | 5 6 1938 | |||
| 8. | 3 | Leônidas | ', 93', 104' | 1–0, 5–4, 6–4 | 6–5 | 1938, France | First round | 5 6 1938 | |||
| 9. | 3 | Gustav Wetterström | ', 37', 44' | 2–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 8–0 | 1938, France | Quarter-finals | 12 6 1938 | |||
| 10. | 3 | Harry Andersson | ', 81', 89' | 1–0, 6–0, 8–0 | 8–0 | 1938, France | Quarter-finals | 12 6 1938 | |||
| 11. | 3 | Óscar Míguez | ', 45', 56' | 1–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 8–0 | 1950, Brazil | Group stage | 2 7 1950 | |||
| 12. | 4 | Ademir | ', 36', 52', 58' | 1–0, 2–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 7–1 | 1950, Brazil | Final round | 9 7 1950 | |||
| 13. | 3 | Sándor Kocsis | ', 36', 50' | 3–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 9–0 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 17 6 1954 | |||
| 14. | 3 | Erich Probst | ', 21', 24' | 2–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 5–0 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 19 6 1954 | |||
| 15. | 3 | Carlos Borges | ', 47', 57' | 1–0, 3–0, 5–0 | 7–0 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 19 6 1954 | |||
| 16. | 4 | Sándor Kocsis | ', 21', 67', 78' | 1–0, 3–0, 6–1, 8–2 | 8–3 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 20 6 1954 | |||
| 17. | 3 | Burhan Sargın | ', 64', 70' | 4–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 7–0 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 20 6 1954 | |||
| 18. | 3 | Max Morlock | ', 60', 77' | 3–1, 4–1, 6–1 | 1954, Switzerland | Group stage | 23 6 1954 | ||||
| 19. | 3 | Theodor Wagner | ', 27', 53' | 1–3, 3–3, 6–4 | 7–5 | 1954, Switzerland | Quarter-finals | 26 6 1954 | |||
| 20. | 3 | Josef Hügi | ', 19', 58' | 2–0, 3–0, 5–6 | align="center" | 1954, Switzerland | Quarter-finals | 26 6 1954 | |||
| 21. | 3 | Just Fontaine | ', 30', 67' | 1–1, 2–1, 5–3 | 7–3 | 1958, Sweden | Group stage | 8 6 1958 | |||
| 22. | 3 | Pelé | ', 64', 75' | 3–1, 4–1, 5–1 | 5–2 | 1958, Sweden | Semi-finals | 24 6 1958 | |||
| 23. | 4 | Just Fontaine | ', 36', 78', 89' | 1–0, 3–1, 4–1, 6–3 | 6–3 | 1958, Sweden | 3rd place match | 28 6 1958 | |||
| 24. | 3 | Flórián Albert | ', 6', 53' | 1–0, 2–0, 5–0 | 6–1 | 1962, Chile | Group stage | 3 6 1962 | |||
| 25. | 4 | Eusébio | ', 43', 56', 59' | 1–3, 2–3, 3–3, 4–3 | 5–3 | 1966, England | Quarter-finals | 23 7 1966 | |||
| 26. | 3 | Geoff Hurst | ', 98', 120' | 1–1, 3–2, 4–2 | 4–2 aet | 1966, England | Final | 30 7 1966 | |||
| 27. | 3 | Gerd Müller | ', 52', 88' | 2–1, 3–1, 5–1 | 5–2 | 1970, Mexico | Group stage | 7 6 1970 | |||
| 28. | 3 | Gerd Müller | ', 26', 39' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–1 | 1970, Mexico | Group stage | 10 6 1970 | |||
| 29. | 3 | Dušan Bajević | ', 30', 81' | 1–0, 5–0, 9–0 | 9–0 | 1974, West Germany | Group stage | 18 6 1974 | |||
| 30. | 3 | Andrzej Szarmach | ', 34', 50' | 3–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 7–0 | 1974, West Germany | Group stage | 19 6 1974 | |||
| 31. | 3 | Rob Rensenbrink | ', 62', 79' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | 1978, Argentina | Group stage | 3 6 1978 | |||
| 32. | 3 | Teófilo Cubillas | ', 39', 79' | 2–0, 3–0, 4–1 | 4–1 | 1978, Argentina | Group stage | 11 6 1978 | |||
| 33. | 3 | László Kiss | ', 72', 76' | 6–1, 8–1, 9–1 | 10–1 | 1982, Spain | Group stage | 15 6 1982 | |||
| 34. | 3 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | ', 57', 66' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 4–1 | 1982, Spain | Group stage | 20 6 1982 | |||
| 35. | 3 | Zbigniew Boniek | ', 26', 53' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | 1982, Spain | Second round | 28 6 1982 | |||
| 36. | 3 | Paolo Rossi | ', 25', 74' | 1–0, 2–1, 3–2 | 3–2 | 1982, Spain | Second round | 5 7 1982 | |||
| 37. | 3 | Preben Elkjær | ', 67', 80' | 1–0, 4–1, 5–1 | 6–1 | 1986, Mexico | Group stage | 8 6 1986 | |||
| 38. | 3 | Gary Lineker | ', 14', 34' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | 1986, Mexico | Group stage | 11 6 1986 | |||
| 39. | 3 | Igor Belanov | ', 70', 111' | 1–0, 2–1, 3–4 | align="center" | 1986, Mexico | Round of 16 | 15 6 1986 | |||
| 40. | 4 | Emilio Butragueño | ', 56', 80', 88' | 1–1, 2–1, 4–1, 5–1 | 5–1 | 1986, Mexico | Round of 16 | 18 6 1986 | |||
| 41. | 3 | Míchel | ', 61', 81' | 1–0, 2–1, 3–1 | 3–1 | 1990, Italy | Group stage | 17 6 1990 | |||
| 42. | 3 | Tomáš Skuhravý | ', 63', 82' | 1–0, 2–1, 4–1 | 4–1 | 1990, Italy | Round of 16 | 23 6 1990 | |||
| 43. | 3 | Gabriel Batistuta | ', 44', 89' | 1–0, 2–0, 4–0 | 4–0 | 1994, United States | Group stage | 21 6 1994 | |||
| 44. | 5 | Oleg Salenko | ', 41', 44', 72', 75' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 4–1, 5–1 | 6–1 | 1994, United States | Group stage | 28 6 1994 | |||
| 45. | 3 | Gabriel Batistuta | ', 78', 83' | 3–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 5–0 | 1998, France | Group stage | 21 6 1998 | |||
| 46. | 3 | Miroslav Klose | ', 25', 70' | 1–0, 2–0, 5–0 | 8–0 | 2002, South Korea & Japan | Group stage | 1 6 2002 | |||
| 47. | 3 | Pauleta | ', 65', 77' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 4–0 | 2002, South Korea & Japan | Group stage | 10 6 2002 | |||
| 48. | 3 | Gonzalo Higuaín | ', 76', 80' | 2–0, 3–1, 4–1 | 4–1 | 2010, South Africa | Group stage | 17 6 2010 | |||
| 49. | 3 | Thomas Müller | ', 45', 78' | 1–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 4–0 | 2014, Brazil | Group stage | 16 6 2014 | |||
| 50. | 3 | Xherdan Shaqiri | ', 31', 71' | 1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | 2014, Brazil | Group stage | 25 6 2014 | |||
| 51. | 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | ', 44', 88' | 1–0, 2–1, 3–3 | 2018, Russia | Group stage | 15 6 2018 | ||||
| 52. | 3 | Harry Kane | ', ', 62' | 2–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 6–1 | 2018, Russia | Group stage | 24 6 2018 |
Notable World Cup hat-tricks
- Bert Patenaude was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 17 July 1930 against Paraguay. However, until 10 November 2006 the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude. In 2006, FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as teammate Tom Florie's goal in the match against Paraguay was re-attributed to him.
- Four players have scored two hat-tricks in World Cup matches: Sándor Kocsis ; Just Fontaine ; Gerd Müller ; and Gabriel Batistuta. Batistuta is thus the only person to score hat-tricks in two World Cups. He has another unique record of scoring hat-tricks, both were achieved on 21 June of the year, against World Cup finals debutants, and each time the third goal was a penalty. Kocsis and Müller scored their hat-tricks in consecutive matches.
- Oleg Salenko is the only player in World Cup history to have scored five goals in a single match. He did this during the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Russia and Cameroon.
- One player has scored a hat-trick on his international début: Guillermo Stábile.
- One player has scored four goals for the losing side: Ernest Wilimowski.
- Two players have scored a hat-trick for the losing side: Josef Hügi ; and Igor Belanov.
- There have been three occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match. Two occurred during the 1938 FIFA World Cup: when Sweden defeated Cuba, Gustav Wetterström and Harry Andersson, both playing for Sweden, scored three goals, with the former completing his in the first half. In the Brazil vs Poland, Leônidas did it for Brazil and Ernest Wilimowski for Poland. One occurred in 1954: when Austria defeated Switzerland, Theodor Wagner and Josef Hügi scored hat-tricks for Austria and Switzerland respectively.
- Only one man has scored a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. Geoff Hurst scored three for England against West Germany in the 1966 Final. This is also the longest hat-trick to be completed — most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10', while the second and third goals were in extra time at 98' and 120'.
- The quickest hat-trick is Erich Probst, who scored at 4', 21', and 24' in 1954, playing for Austria against Czechoslovakia in the first round.
- The briefest hat-trick to be completed — that is, the shortest time between the first and third goals — is the one by László Kiss in 1982 against El Salvador. He scored at 69', 72', and 76', making the time between his first and third 7 minutes. This is also the only hat-trick scored by a substitute.
- The only players to have scored from three headers in a single match are Tomáš Skuhravý in 1990 and Miroslav Klose in 2002.
- The youngest player to score a hat-trick is Pelé, at 17 years, 244 days.
- The oldest player to score a hat-trick is Cristiano Ronaldo, at 33 years, 130 days.
- Germany holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 7. Germany also shares with South Korea the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 4.
- The first man to score a first-half hat-trick: Gustav Wetterström for Sweden v Cuba, in 1938, scored all three goal in first-half. His scores coming in the 32', 37' and 44' of match. Since then, Erich Probst, Gerd Müller, Garry Lineker and Oleg Salenko also did the same.
http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/trivia.html#hattricks - Edmund Conen is the first man to score a second-half hat-trick, for Germany v Belgium in 1934 World cup. His goals came in the 60', 70' and 87'. He is also first man to complete hat-trick in one half. Since then, Pele, László Kiss and Gabriel Batistuta completed the fate.
http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/trivia.html#hattricks - The first man to score a goal in each first-half, second-half and extra-time: Igor Belanov for Soviet Union v Belgium, in 1986, scored a goal in each first-half, second-half and extra-time to complete his hat-trick. Geoff Hurst's famous hat-trick for England vs West Germany, in 1966, is also the first to be scored, with a goal in main phase and each half of the extra-time. It is also only hat-trick in a world cup final match.
http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/trivia.html#hattricks