Since France's first international association football match in 1904, there have been 26 occasions when a French player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Eugène Maës against Italy in 1912. The record for the most goals scored in an international by a French player is five, which has been achieved on two occasions: by Maës against Luxembourg in 1913, and by Thadée Cisowski against Belgium in 1956.^[1]

Just Fontaine holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a French player, with five between 1953 and 1959.^[2] Two of these came at the 1958 World Cup finals, when France finished in third place. In the 1984 European Championships, Michel Platini scored hat-tricks in consecutive first-round matches, against Belgium and Yugoslavia.^[3] Kylian Mbappé became the second-ever player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final when he did so in 2022 against Argentina. The last French player to score a hat-trick was Kylian Mbappé, who scored three times against Gibraltar in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match.

France have conceded 41 hat-tricks in their history, 31 of which came before the Second World War. In the post-war period, the only player to have scored two hat-tricks against France is Pelé; the first of these occurred in the 1958 World Cup semi-finals. Pelé is also the only non-European player to have scored a hat-trick against France. The Danish forward Sophus Nielsen holds the record for the most goals scored against France in a match, with ten in a 17–1 win at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. England's Geoff Hurst scored the last hat-trick scored against France, in a friendly in 1969.

Hat-tricks for France

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result[a]	Ref
17 March 1912	3	Eugène Maës	Italy	Campo Piazza d’Armi, Turin	Friendly	4–3	[4]
20 April 1913	5	Eugène Maës	Luxembourg	Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen	Friendly	8–0	[5]
27 May 1924	3	Édouard Crut	Latvia	Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen	1924 Summer Olympics	7–0	[6]
13 June 1926	3	Paul Nicolas	Yugoslavia	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	4–1	[7]
21 February 1928	3	Paul Nicolas	Ireland	Stade Buffalo, Montrouge	Friendly	4–0	[8]
9 June 1932	4	Jean Sécember	Bulgaria	Yunak Stadium, Sofia	Friendly	5–3	[9]
15 April 1934	4	Jean Nicolas	Luxembourg	Stade Municipale, Luxembourg City	1934 FIFA World Cup qualification	6–1	[10]
10 May 1934	3	Jean Nicolas	Netherlands	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam	Friendly	5–4	[11]
23 November 1947	3	Ernest Vaast	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Friendly	4–2	[12]
17 December 1953	3	Just Fontaine	Luxembourg	Parc des Princes, Paris	1954 FIFA World Cup qualification	8–1	[13]
11 November 1956	5	Thadée Cisowski	Belgium	Colombes, Paris	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification	6–3	[1]
8 June 1958	3	Just Fontaine	Paraguay	Idrottsparken, Norrköping	1958 FIFA World Cup	7–3	[14]
28 June 1958	4	Just Fontaine	West Germany	Ullevi, Gothenburg	1958 FIFA World Cup	6–3	[15]
11 November 1959	3	Just Fontaine	Portugal	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	5–3	[16]
13 December 1959	3	Just Fontaine	Austria	Colombes, Paris	1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying	5–2	[17]
23 December 1967	3	Charly Loubet	Luxembourg	Parc des Princes, Paris	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	3–1	[18]
10 September 1969	3	Hervé Revelli	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	3–1	[19]
7 May 1979	3	Bernard Lacombe	United States	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford	Friendly	6–0	[20]
16 June 1984	3	Michel Platini	Belgium	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes	UEFA Euro 1984	5–0	[21]
19 June 1984	3	Michel Platini	Yugoslavia	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne	UEFA Euro 1984	3–2	[22]
30 October 1985	3	Dominique Rocheteau	Luxembourg	Parc des Princes, Paris	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	6–0	[23]
16 August 2000	3	David Trezeguet	FIFA XI	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	Friendly	5–1	[24]
2 June 2017	3	Olivier Giroud	Paraguay	Roazhon Park, Rennes	Friendly	5–0	[25]
13 November 2021	4	Kylian Mbappé	Kazakhstan	Parc des Princes, Paris	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0	[26]
18 December 2022	3	Kylian Mbappé	Argentina	Lusail Stadium, Lusail	2022 FIFA World Cup final	3–3 (2–4 p)	[27]
18 November 2023	3	Kylian Mbappé	Gibraltar	Allianz Riviera, Nice	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	14–0	[28]

Hat-tricks conceded by France

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result [a]	Ref(s)
7 May 1905	3	Pierre Destrebecq	Belgium	Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels	Friendly	0–7	[29]
1 November 1906	7	Stanley Harris	England Amateurs	Parc des Princes, Paris	Friendly	0–15	[30]
1 November 1906	4	Vivian Woodward	England Amateurs	Parc des Princes, Paris	Friendly	0–15	[30]
23 March 1908	6	William Jordan	England Amateurs	Park Royal, London	Friendly	0–12	[31]
23 March 1908	3	Vivian Woodward	England Amateurs	Park Royal, London	Friendly	0–12	[31]
22 October 1908	10	Sophus Nielsen	Denmark	White City Stadium, London	1908 Summer Olympics	1–17	[32]
22 October 1908	4	Vilhelm Wolfhagen	Denmark	White City Stadium, London	1908 Summer Olympics	1–17	[32]
9 May 1909	3	Robert De Veen	Belgium	Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels	Friendly	2–5	[33]
22 May 1909	3	Thomas Porter	England Amateurs	Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly	Friendly	0–11	[34]
3 April 1910	3	Alphonse Six	Belgium	Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly	Friendly	0–4	[35]
16 April 1910	4	Thomas Wilson	England Amateurs	Goldstone Ground, Brighton	Friendly	1–10	[36]
16 April 1910	4	William Steer	England Amateurs	Goldstone Ground, Brighton	Friendly	1–10	[36]
15 May 1910	3	Pietro Lana	Italy	Arena Civica, Milan	Friendly	2–6	[37]
1 January 1911	3	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	Stade Charentonneau, Maisons-Alfort	Friendly	0–3	[38]
30 April 1911	5	Robert De Veen	Belgium	Uccle Stadium, Brussels	Friendly	1–7	[39]
8 February 1914	4	Jean Massard	Luxembourg	Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City	Friendly	4–5	[40]
31 May 1914	3	Sándor Bodnár	Hungary	Üllői Úti Stadion, Budapest	Friendly	1–5	[41]
18 January 1920	3	Ermanno Aebi	Italy	Velodromo Sempione, Milan	Friendly	4–9	[42]
18 January 1920	3	Guglielmo Brezzi	Italy	Velodromo Sempione, Milan	Friendly	4–9	[42]
31 August 1920	3	Otakar Mazal	Czechoslovakia	Olympic Stadium, Antwerp	1920 Summer Olympics	1–4	[43]
13 November 1921	3	Jan van Gendt	Netherlands	Stade Pershing, Vincennes	Friendly	0–5	[44]
11 June 1922	4	Einar Gundersen	Norway	Gressbanen, Oslo	Friendly	0–7	[45]
12 June 1927	6	József Takács	Hungary	Üllői Úti Stadion, Budapest	Friendly	1–13	[46]
11 March 1928	3	Willy Jäggi	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	Friendly	3–4	[47]
14 April 1929	4	Gaspar Rubio	Spain	Estadio Torrero, Saragossa	Friendly	1–8	[48]
13 April 1930	3	Michel Vanderbauwhede	Belgium	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	1–6	[49]
25 January 1931	3	Giuseppe Meazza	Italy	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna	Friendly	0–5	[50]
29 November 1931	3	Wim Lagendaal	Netherlands	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	3–4	[51]
8 May 1932	3	Neil Dewar	Scotland	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	1–3	[52]
9 June 1932	3	Asen Panchev	Bulgaria	Yunak Stadium, Sofia	Friendly	5–3	[9]
12 January 1936	3	Bep Bakhuys	Netherlands	Parc des Princes, Paris	Friendly	1–6	[53]
6 December 1945	3	Karl Decker	Austria	Prater Stadium, Vienna	Friendly	1–4	[54]
23 April 1949	3	Theo Timmermans	Netherlands	De Kuip, Rotterdam	Friendly	1–4	[55]
19 June 1949	3	Estanislau Basora	Spain	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	1–5	[56]
4 June 1950	3	Joseph Mermans	Belgium	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Friendly	1–4	[57]
11 November 1953	3	Charles Antenen	Switzerland	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	2–4	[58]
24 June 1958	3	Pelé	Brazil	Råsunda Stadium, Solna	1958 FIFA World Cup	2–5	[59]
12 October 1960	5	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	St. Jakob-Park, Basle	Friendly	2–6	[60]
28 April 1963	3	Pelé	Brazil	Colombes, Paris	Friendly	2–3	[61]
28 September 1966	4	János Farkas	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	Friendly	2–4	[62]
12 March 1969	3	Geoff Hurst	England	Wembley Stadium, London	Friendly	0–5	[63]