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List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks

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List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks
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The first hat-trick, a player scoring three goals in a game, in Major League Soccer, was scored by Steve Rammel of D.C. United in their 5–2 win at the Columbus Crew on May 15, 1996.[1]

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Clint Mathis scored an MLS record five goals in a game in 2000.
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Josef Martínez has scored an MLS record seven hat-tricks.

The league's fastest hat-trick was scored in under five minutes by Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy on June 4, 1998, in an 8–1 win at the Dallas Burn.[2] The fastest hat-trick from the start of a game was scored by Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC, who recorded three goals in the opening 16 minutes of a 5–1 victory against Chicago Fire FC on July 18, 2021 (the goals all came in a six-minute window). Clint Mathis scored the most goals in a game, when he scored five, on August 26, 2000, in a 6–4 MetroStars win over the Burn.[3]

Roy Lassiter scored hat-tricks for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[1] and D.C. United.[4] Dante Washington scored hat-tricks for the Burn[5] and the Crew.[6] Mamadou Diallo scored three hat-tricks for the Mutiny[7][8][9] and another for the MetroStars,[10] twice scoring four goals in a game.

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Hat-tricks

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Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. Players whose names are in bold are still currently active in Major League Soccer. As of July 25, 2025.

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Hat-tricks by nationality

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of July 25, 2025.

Hat-tricks by team

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by the different MLS teams. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of July 25, 2025.

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Hat-tricks in MLS Cup playoffs

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