The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place organised every four years, except in 1942 and 1946, when the competition was cancelled due to World War II. A hat-trick occurs when a player scores three or more goals in a single match and it is considered an achievement, especially while playing at the largest international football tournament in the world. Across the over 800 matches at the 22 tournaments of the FIFA World Cup, 54 hat-tricks have been scored. The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent was by Kylian Mbappé of France, playing against Argentina on 18 December 2022. 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.
Only four players have scored more than one hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup: Sándor Kocsis (two in 1954), Just Fontaine (two in 1958), Gerd Müller (two in 1970) and Gabriel Batistuta (1994 and 1998) - the latter being the only player in history to score hat-tricks at two World Cups. 19 players have scored a hat-trick in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup. Two were playing in their first ever World Cup match, Edmund Conen and Angelo Schiavio, both in 1934, a tournament without a group stage. Geoff Hurst (1966) & Kylian Mbappé (2022) are the only players to have scored a hat-trick in the final. Two players have scored a hat-trick in the second group stage of the World Cup, Paolo Rossi and Zbigniew Boniek, both in 1982.
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Player (X) | Number of times player scored a hat-trick (only for players with multiple hat-tricks) |
Player's team lost the match | |
Player's team drew the match |
No. | Tournament | Player | Number and time of goals |
For | Goals | Result | Against | Round | Date | FIFA report |
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1. | 1930, Uruguay | Bert Patenaude | 3 – 10', 15', 50' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 17 July 1930 | [1] |
2. | Guillermo Stábile | 3 – 8', 17', 80' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 6–3 | 6–3 | ![]() |
19 July 1930 | [2] | ||
3. | Pedro Cea | 3 – 18', 67', 72' | ![]() |
1–1, 5–1, 6–1 | 6–1 | ![]() |
Semi-finals | 27 July 1930 | [3] | |
4. | 1934, Italy | Angelo Schiavio | 3 – 18', 29', 64' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 5–1 | 7–1 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | 27 May 1934 | [4] |
5. | Edmund Conen | 3 – 66', 70', 87' | ![]() |
3–2, 4–2, 5–2 | 5–2 | ![]() |
[5] | |||
6. | Oldřich Nejedlý | 3 – 19', 71', 80' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 3–1 | 3–1 | ![]() |
Semi-finals | 3 June 1934 | [6] | |
7. | 1938, France | Ernst Wilimowski | 4 – 53', 59', 89', 118' | ![]() |
2–3, 3–3, 4–4, 5–6 | 5–6 aet | ![]() |
Round of 16 | 5 June 1938 | [7] |
8. | Leônidas | 3 – 18', 93', 104' | ![]() |
1–0, 5–4, 6–4 | 6–5 aet | ![]() | ||||
9. | Gustav Wetterström | 3 – 32', 37', 44' | ![]() |
2–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 8–0 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | 12 June 1938 | [8] | |
10. | Harry Andersson | 3 – 9', 81', 89' | ![]() |
1–0, 6–0, 8–0 | 8–0 | ![]() | ||||
11. | 1950, Brazil | Óscar Míguez | 3 – 14', 45', 56' | ![]() |
1–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 8–0 | ![]() |
First group stage | 2 July 1950 | [9] |
12. | Ademir | 4 – 17', 36', 52', 58' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 7–1 | ![]() |
Final group stage | 9 July 1950 | [10] | |
13. | 1954, Switzerland | Sándor Kocsis | 3 – 24', 36', 50' | ![]() |
3–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 9–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 17 June 1954 | [11] |
14. | Erich Probst | 3 – 4', 21', 24' | ![]() |
2–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 5–0 | ![]() |
19 June 1954 | [12] | ||
15. | Carlos Borges | 3 – 17', 47', 57' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 5–0 | 7–0 | ![]() |
[13] | |||
16. | Sándor Kocsis (2) | 4 – 3', 21', 67', 78' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 6–1, 8–2 | 8–3 | ![]() |
20 June 1954 | [14] | ||
17. | Burhan Sargın | 3 – 37', 64', 70' | ![]() |
4–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 7–0 | ![]() |
[15] | |||
18. | Max Morlock | 3 – 30', 60', 77' | ![]() |
3–1, 4–1, 6–1 | 7–2 | ![]() |
23 June 1954 | [16] | ||
19. | Theodor Wagner | 3 – 25', 27', 53' | ![]() |
1–3, 3–3, 6–4 | 7–5 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | 26 June 1954 | [17] | |
20. | Josef Hügi | 3 – 17', 19', 58' | ![]() |
2–0, 3–0, 5–6 | 5–7 | ![]() | ||||
21. | 1958, Sweden | Just Fontaine | 3 – 24', 30', 67' | ![]() |
1–1, 2–1, 5–3 | 7–3 | ![]() |
Group stage | 8 June 1958 | [18] |
22. | Pelé | 3 – 52', 64', 75' | ![]() |
3–1, 4–1, 5–1 | 5–2 | ![]() |
Semi-finals | 24 June 1958 | [19] | |
23. | Just Fontaine (2) | 4 – 16', 36', 78', 89' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–1, 4–1, 6–3 | 6–3 | ![]() |
3rd place match | 28 June 1958 | [20] | |
24. | 1962, Chile | Flórián Albert | 3 – 1', 6', 53' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 5–0 | 6–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 3 June 1962 | [21] |
25. | 1966, England | Eusébio | 4 – 27', 43' (p), 56', 59' (p) | ![]() |
1–3, 2–3, 3–3, 4–3 | 5–3 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | 23 July 1966 | [22] |
26. | Geoff Hurst | 3 – 18', 98', 120' | ![]() |
1–1, 3–2, 4–2 | 4–2 aet | ![]() |
Final | 30 July 1966 | [23] | |
27. | 1970, Mexico | Gerd Müller | 3 – 27', 52' (p), 88' | ![]() |
2–1, 3–1, 5–1 | 5–2 | ![]() |
Group stage | 7 June 1970 | [24] |
28. | Gerd Müller (2) | 3 – 19', 26', 39' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–1 | ![]() |
10 June 1970 | [25] | ||
29. | 1974, West Germany | Dušan Bajević | 3 – 8', 30', 81' | ![]() |
1–0, 5–0, 9–0 | 9–0 | ![]() |
First group stage | 18 June 1974 | [26] |
30. | Andrzej Szarmach | 3 – 30', 34', 50' | ![]() |
3–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 7–0 | ![]() |
19 June 1974 | [27] | ||
31. | 1978, Argentina | Rob Rensenbrink | 3 – 40' (p), 62', 79' (p) | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
First group stage | 3 June 1978 | [28] |
32. | Teófilo Cubillas | 3 – 36' (p), 39' (p), 79' | ![]() |
2–0, 3–0, 4–1 | 4–1 | ![]() |
11 June 1978 | [29] | ||
33. | 1982, Spain | László Kiss | 3 – 69', 72', 76' | ![]() |
6–1, 8–1, 9–1 | 10–1 | ![]() |
First group stage | 15 June 1982 | [30] |
34. | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 3 – 9', 57', 66' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 4–1 | ![]() |
20 June 1982 | [31] | ||
35. | Zbigniew Boniek | 3 – 4', 26', 53' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
Second group stage | 28 June 1982 | [32] | |
36. | Paolo Rossi | 3 – 5', 25', 74' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 3–2 | 3–2 | ![]() |
5 July 1982 | [33] | ||
37. | 1986, Mexico | Preben Elkjær | 3 – 11', 67', 80' | ![]() |
1–0, 4–1, 5–1 | 6–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 8 June 1986 | [34] |
38. | Gary Lineker | 3 – 9', 14', 34' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
11 June 1986 | [35] | ||
39. | Igor Belanov | 3 – 27', 70', 111' (p) | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 3–4 | 3–4 aet | ![]() |
Round of 16 | 15 June 1986 | [36] | |
40. | Emilio Butragueño | 4 – 43', 56', 80', 88' (p) | ![]() |
1–1, 2–1, 4–1, 5–1 | 5–1 | ![]() |
18 June 1986 | [37] | ||
41. | 1990, Italy | Míchel | 3 – 22', 61', 81' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 3–1 | 3–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 17 June 1990 | [38] |
42. | Tomáš Skuhravý | 3 – 12', 63', 82' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 4–1 | 4–1 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | 23 June 1990 | [39] | |
43. | 1994, United States | Gabriel Batistuta | 3 – 2', 44', 89' (p) | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 4–0 | 4–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 21 June 1994 | [40] |
44. | Oleg Salenko | 5 – 14', 41', 44' (p), 72', 75' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 4–1, 5–1 | 6–1 | ![]() |
28 June 1994 | [41] | ||
45. | 1998, France | Gabriel Batistuta (2) | 3 – 73', 78', 83' (p) | ![]() |
3–0, 4–0, 5–0 | 5–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 21 June 1998 | [42] |
46. | 2002, South Korea & Japan | Miroslav Klose | 3 – 20', 25', 70' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 5–0 | 8–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 1 June 2002 | [43] |
47. | Pauleta | 3 – 14', 65', 77' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 4–0 | ![]() |
10 June 2002 | [44] | ||
48. | 2010, South Africa | Gonzalo Higuaín | 3 – 33', 76', 80' | ![]() |
2–0, 3–1, 4–1 | 4–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 17 June 2010 | [45] |
49. | 2014, Brazil | Thomas Müller | 3 – 12' (p), 45', 78' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 4–0 | 4–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 16 June 2014 | [46] |
50. | Xherdan Shaqiri | 3 – 6', 31', 71' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0, 3–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
25 June 2014 | [47] | ||
51. | 2018, Russia | Cristiano Ronaldo | 3 – 4' (p), 44', 88' | ![]() |
1–0, 2–1, 3–3 | 3–3 | ![]() |
Group stage | 15 June 2018 | [48] |
52. | Harry Kane | 3 – 22' (p), 45+1' (p), 62' | ![]() |
2–0, 5–0, 6–0 | 6–1 | ![]() |
24 June 2018 | [49] | ||
53. | 2022, Qatar | Gonçalo Ramos | 3 – 17', 51', 67' | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0, 5–1 | 6–1 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | 6 December 2022 | [50] |
54. | Kylian Mbappé | 3 – 80' (p), 81', 118' (p) | ![]() |
1–2, 2–2, 3–3 | 3–3 aet | ![]() |
Final | 18 December 2022 | [51] |