‎List of FIFA World Cup hat tricks Records

The FIFA World Cup, the pinnacle of international football has witnessed some of the most memorable moments in the sport’s history, with hat tricks standing out as a spectacular display of individual. Scoring 3 goals in a match not only underscores a player’s technical skill and scoring prowess but also often to be a turning point in the outcome of the game. The World Cup is one of the biggest football events and every player has a dream of completing the FIFA World Cup hat tricks in front of billions of Fans.

Throughout the tournament’s storied history, numerous have etched their names into football folklore by achieving this remarkable feat. These records capture the essence of competitive spirit and, serving as enduring reminders of moments when extraordinary talent met opportunity on the world’s biggest stage. legacy of these hat tricks continues to future generations of footballers, as they strive to emulate the success and impact of their legendary predecessors.

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‎List of FIFA World Cup hat tricks Records

Here is the ‎list of FIFA World Cup hat tricks Records since the 1930 FIFA World Cup. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 22 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been held since the first one in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Only four players have scored more than a hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup history – Sándor Kocsis (two in 1954), Just Fontaine ( in 1958), Gerd Müller (two in 1970), and Gabriel Batuta (1994 and 1998).

In the list of World Cup hat-trick records, a few active players are also included: Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo, Brazilian star Pele & Ronaldo, French footballer Kylian Mbappé, England star player Harry Kane, and star Thomas Müller.

1930 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
1	Bert Patenaude	United States vs Paraguay	3 – 10′, 15′, 50′	17 July 1930	Group stage
2	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina vs Mexico	3 – 8′, 17′, 80′	19 July 1930	Group stage
3	Pedro Cea	Uruguay vs Yugoslavia	3 – 18′, 67′, 72′	27 July 1930	Semifinals

1934 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
4	Angelo Schiavio	Italy vs United States	3 – 18′, 29′, 64′	27 May 1934	Round 16
5	Edmund Conen	Germany vs Belgium	3 – 66′, 70′, 87′	27 May 1934	Round 16
6	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia vs Germany	3 – 19′, 71′, 80′	3 June 1934	Semifinals

1938 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
7	Ernst Wilimowski	Poland vs Brazil	4 – 53′, 59′, 89′, 118′	5 June 1938	Round 16
8	Leônidas	Brazil vs Poland	3 – 18′, 93′, 104′	5 June 1938	Round 16
9	Gustav Wetterström	Sweden vs Cuba	3 – 32′, 37′, 44′	12 June 1938	Quarterfinals
10	Harry Andersson	Sweden vs Cuba	3 – 9′, 81′, 89′	12 June 1938	Quarterfinals

1950 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
11	Óscar Míguez	Uruguay vs Bolivia	3 – 14′, 45′, 56′	2 July 1950	First Group stage
12	Ademir	Brazil vs Sweden	4 – 17′, 36′, 52′, 58′	9 July 1950	Final Group stage

1954 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

Eight hat tricks were scored the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, marking the highest number of hat tricks in a single Cup tournament to date. It is ‎also know as most hat tricks FIFA World Cup. Here are the list of FIFA World Cup hat tricks Records of 1954 where Sándor Kocsis have done 2 times in the group stage.

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
13	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary vs South Korea	3 – 24′, 36′, 50′	17 June 1954	Group stage
14	Erich Probst	Austria vs Czechoslovakia	3 – 4′, 21′, 24′	19 June 1954	Group stage
15	Carlos Borges	Uruguay vs Scotland	3 – 17′, 47′, 57′	20 June 1954	Group stage
16	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary vs West Germany	4 – 3′, 21′, 67′, 78′	23 June 1954	Group stage
17	Burhan Sargın	Turkey vs South Korea	3 – 37′, 64′, 70′	26 June 1954	Group stage
18	Max Morlock	West Germany vs Turkey	3 – 30′, 60′, 77′	8 June 1958	Group stage
19	Theodor Wagner	Uruguay vs Scotland	3 – 25′, 27′, 53′	24 June 1958	Quarterfinals
20	Josef Hügi	Switzerland vs Austria	3 – 17′, 19′, 58′	28 June 1958	Quarterfinals

1958 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
21	Just Fontaine	France vs Paraguay	3 – 24′, 30′, 67′	28 June 1958	Group stage
22	Pelé	Brazil vs France	3 – 52′, 64′, 75′	24 June 1954	Semifinals
23	Just Fontaine	France vs West Germany	4 – 16′, 36′, 78′, 89′	8 June 1954	3rd place match

1962 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
24	Flórián Albert	Hungary vs Bulgaria	3 – 1′, 6′, 53′	3 June 1962	Group stage

1966 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
25	Eusébio	Portugal vs North Korea	4 – 27′, 43′ (p), 56′, 59′ (p)	23 July 1966	Quarterfinals
26	Geoff Hurst	England vs West Germany	3 – 52′, 64′, 75′	30 July 1966	Final

1970 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

Gerd Müller has completed two hat-tricks in this World Cup, the third player in FIFA World Cup history to score three goals in a single tournament with the help of two hat tricks.

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
27	Gerd Müller	West Germany vs Bulgaria	3 – 27′, 52′ (p), 88′	28 June 1958	Group stage
28	Gerd Müller	West Germany vs Peru	3 – 19′, 26′, 39′	24 June 1954	Group stage

1974 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
29	Dušan Bajević	Yugoslavia vs Zaire	3 – 8′, 30′, 81′	18 June 1974	Group stage
30	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland vs Haiti	3 – 30′, 34′, 50′	19 June 1974	Group stage

1978 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
31	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands vs Iran	3 – 40′ (p), 62′, 79′ (p)	28 June 1958	Group stage
32	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru vs Iran	3 – 36′ (p), 39′ (p), 79′	24 June 1954	Group stage

1982 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
33	László Kiss	Hungary vs El Salvador	3 – 69′, 72′, 76′	15 June 1982	First Group stage
34	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany vs Chile	3 – 9′, 57′, 66′	20 June 1982	First Group stage
35	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland vs Belgium	3 – 4′, 26′, 53′	28 June 1982	Second Group stage
36	Paolo Rossi	Italy vs Brazil	3 – 5′, 25′, 74′	5 July 1982	Second Group stage

1986 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
37	Preben Elkjær	Denmark vs Uruguay	3 – 11′, 67′, 80′	8 June 1986	Group stage
38	Gary Lineker	England vs Poland	3 – 9′, 14′, 34′	11 June 1986	Group stage
39	Igor Belanov	Soviet Union vs Belgium	3 – 27′, 70′, 111′ (p)	15 June 1986	Round 16
40	Emilio Butragueño	Spain vs Denmark	4 – 43′, 56′, 80′, 88′ (p)	18 June 1986	Round 16

1990 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
41	Míchel	Spain vs South Korea	3 – 22′, 61′, 81′	17 June 1990	Group stage
42	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia vs Costa Rica	3 – 12′, 63′, 82′	23 June 1990	Round 16

1994 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
43	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina vs Greece	3 – 2′, 44′, 89′ (p)	21 June 1994	Group stage
44	Oleg Salenko	Russia vs Cameroon	5 – 14′, 41′, 44′ (p), 72′, 75′	28 June 1994	Round 16

1998 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
45	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina vs Jamaica	3 – 73′, 78′, 83′ (p)	21 June 1998	Group stage

2002 FIFA World Cup Hat-trick

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
46	Miroslav Klose	Germany vs Saudi Arabia	3 – 20′, 25′, 70′	1 June 2002	Group stage
47	Pauleta	Portugal vs Poland	3 – 14′, 65′, 77′	10 June 2002	Group stage

2010 FIFA World Cup Hat-trick

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
48	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina vs South Korea	3 – 33′, 76′, 80′	17 June 2010	Group stage

2014 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
49	Thomas Müller	Germany vs Portugal	3 – 12′ (p), 45′, 78′	16 June 2014	Group stage
50	Xherdan Shaqiri	Switzerland vs Honduras	3 – 6′, 31′, 71′	25 June 2014	Group stage

2018 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
51	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal vs Spain	3 – 4′ (p), 44′, 88′	15 June 2018	Group stage
52	Harry Kane	England vs Panama	3 – 22′ (p), 45+1′ (p), 62′	24 June 2018	Group stage

2022 FIFA World Cup hat tricks

S No	Players	Teams	Goals and Time	Date	Match
53	Gonçalo Ramos	Portugal vs  Switzerland	3 – 17′, 51′, 67′	6 Dec 2022	Round 16
54	Kylian Mbappé	France vs Argentina	3 – 80′ (p), 81′, 118′ (p)	18 Dec 2022	Final