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A hat-trick for a footballer is always special and it garners more significance if it is scored in a World Cup. And when it comes to hat-tricks in World Cups, we have seen 52 instances in the history of the tournament so far.
American Bert Patenaude was the first player to score three goals in a World Cup match. While Pele, remains the youngest player to score a hat-trick at just 17 years, 244 days. While Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest at 33 years, 130 days when he scored thrice against Spain in Russia.
Former Hungarian forward Laszlo Kiss scored the fastest hat-trick as he took just seven minutes to score the three goals. Whereas, George Hurst remains the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final in 1966 which helped England win the trophy against West Germany. This is also the longest hat-trick in World Cup history as his first and third goal was scored in the fourth and 120th minute respectively.
Oleg Salenko remains the only player to score five goals in a World Cup match. The Russian created this record against Cameroon in the 1994 World Cup.
Four players have scored two hat-tricks in World Cup but Gabriel Batistuta is the only player to score in two different editions.
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Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos scored the first hat-trick at the 2022 World Cup, leading Portugal to a 6-1 win over Switzerland in the Round of 16.
Kylian Mbappe made history as he became the second ever player to score a hattrick in a World Cup final, since Geoff Hurst for England in 1966.
Following is the list of all hat-tricks scored in World Cups.
Date | Player | Number of goals | Time of Goal | Result | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 17, 1930 | Bert Patenaude (USA) | 3 | 10', 15', 50' | 3-0 | Paraguay |
July 19, 1930 | Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) | 3 | 8', 17', 80' | 6-3 | Mexico |
July 27, 1930 | Pedro Cea (Uruguay) | 3 | 18', 67', 72' | 6-1 | Yugoslavia |
May 27, 1934 | Angelo Schiavio (Italy) | 3 | 18', 29', 64' | 7-1 | USA |
May 27, 1934 | Edmund Cohen (Germany) | 3 | 66', 70', 87' | 5-2 | Belgium |
| June 3, 1934 | Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) | 3 | 19', 71', 80' | 3-1 | Germany |
June 5, 1938 | Ernst Wilimowski (Poland) | 4 | 53', 59', 89', 118' | 5-6 (Lost) | Brazil |
June 5, 1938 | Leonidas (Brazil) | 3 | 18', 93, 104' | 5-6 | Poland |
June 12, 1938 | Gustav Wetterstorm (Sweden) | 3 | 32', 37', 44' | 8-0 | Cuba |
June 12, 1938 | Harry Andersson (Sweden) | 3 | 9', 81', 89' | 8-0 | Cuba |
July 2, 1950 | Oscar Miguez (Uruguay) | 3 | 14', 45', 56' | 8-0 | Bolivia |
July 9, 1950 | Ademir (Brazil) | 4 | 17', 36', 52', 58' | 7-1 | Sweden |
June 17, 1954 | Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) | 3 | 24', 36', 50' | 9-0 | South Korea |
June 19, 1954 | Erich Probst (Austria) | 3 | 4', 21', 24' | 5-0 | Czechoslovakia |
| June 19, 1954 | Carlos Borges (Uruguay) | 3 | 17', 47', 57' | 7-0 | Scotland |
June 20, 1954 | Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) | 4 | 3', 21', 67', 78' | 8-3 | West Germany |
June 20, 1954 | Burhan Sargin (Turkey) | 3 | 37', 64', 70' | 7-0 | South Korea |
June 23, 1954 | Max Morlock (West Germany) | 3 | 30', 60', 77' | 7-2 | Turkey |
June 26, 1954 | Theodor Wagner (Austria) | 3 | 25', 27', 53' | 7-5 | Switzerland |
June 26, 1954 | Josef Hugi (Switzerland) | 3 | 17', 19, 58' | 7-5 (Lost) | Austria |
June 8, 1958 | Just Fontaine (France) | 3 | 24', 30', 67' | 7-3 | Paraguay |
June 24, 1958 | Pele (Brazil) | 3 | 52', 64', 75' | 5-2 | France |
June 28, 1958 | Just Fontaine (France) | 4 | 16, 36', 78', 89' | 6-3 | West Germany |
June 3, 1962 | Florian Albert (Hungary) | 3 | 1', 6', 53' | 6-1 | Bulgaria |
July 23, 1966 | Eusebio (Portugal) | 4 | 27', 43', 56', 59' | 5-3 | South Korea |
July 30, 1966 | Geoff Hurst (England) | 3 | 18', 98', 120' | 4-2 | West Germany |
June 7, 1970 | Gerd Muller (West Germany) | 3 | 27', 52', 88' | 5-2 | Bulgaria |
June 10, 1970 | Gerd Muller (West Germany) | 3 | 19', 26', 39' | 3-1 | Peru |
June 18, 1974 | Dusan Bajevic (Yugoslavia) | 3 | 8', 30', 81' | 9-0 | Zaire |
June 19, 1974 | Andrzej Szarmach (Poland) | 3 | 30', 34', 50' | 7-0 | Haiti |
June 3, 1978 | Rob Rensenbrik (Netherlands) | 3 | 40', 62', 79' | 3-0 | Iran |
June 11, 1978 | Teofilo Cubilas (Peru) | 3 | 36', 39', 79' | 4-1 | Iran |
June 15, 1982 | Laszlo Kiss (Hungary) | 3 | 69', 72', 76' | 10-1 | El Salvador |
June 20, 1982 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 3 | 9', 57', 66' | 4-1 | Chile |
June 28, 1982 | Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) | 3 | 4', 26', 53' | 3-0 | Belgium |
July 5, 1982 | Paolo Rossi (Italy) | 3 | 5', 25', 74' | 3-2 | Brazil |
June 8, 1986 | Preben Elkjaer (Denmark) | 3 | 11', 67', 80' | 6-1 | Uruguay |
June 11, 1986 | Gary Lineker (England) | 3 | 9', 14', 34' | 3-0 | Poland |
June 15, 1986 | Igor Belanov (Soviet Union) | 3 | 27', 70', 111' | 3-4 (Lost) | Belgium |
June 18, 1986 | Emilio Butragueno (Spain) | 4 | 43', 56', 80', 88' | 5-1 | Denmark |
June 17, 1990 | Michel (Spain) | 3 | 22', 61', 81' | 3-1 | South Korea |
June 23, 1990 | Tomas Skuhravy (Czechoslovakia) | 3 | 12', 63', 82' | 4-1 | Costa Rica |
June 21, 1994 | Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) | 3 | 2', 44', 89' | 4-0 | Greece |
June 28, 1994 | Oleg Salenko (Russia) | 4 | 14', 41', 44', 72', 75' | 6-1 | Cameroon |
June 21, 1998 | Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) | 3 | 73', 78', 83' | 5-0 | Jamaica |
June 1, 2002 | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | 3 | 20', 25', 70' | 8-0 | Saudi Arabia |
June 10, 2002 | Pauleta (Portugal) | 3 | 14', 65', 77' | 4-0 | Poland |
June 17, 2010 | Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) | 3 | 33', 76', 80' | 4-1 | South Korea |
June 16, 2014 | Thomas Muller (Germany) | 3 | 12', 45', 78' | 4-0 | Portugal |
June 25, 2014 | Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) | 3 | 6', 31', 71' | 3-0 | Honduras |
June 15, 2018 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) | 3 | 4', 44', 88' | 3-3 | Spain |
June 24, 2018 | Harry Kane (England) | 3 | 22', 45+1', 62' | 6-1 | Panama |
December 6, 2022 | Goncalo Ramos (Portugal) | 3 | 17', 51', 67' | 6-1 | Switzerland |
December 18th, 2022 | Kylian Mbappe (France) | 3 | 80' (p), 81', 118' (p) | 3-3 (lost after pens) | Argentina |