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List of UEFA Champions League hat-tricks
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Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup as the UEFA Champions League in 1992, 117 different players from 38 countries have scored three goals or more in a single match (a hat-trick) on 164 occasions, representing 55 clubs from 17 leagues. The first player to achieve the feat was Juul Ellerman, who scored three times for PSV Eindhoven in a 6–0 victory over Žalgiris on 16 September 1992.[1] Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have scored three or more goals in a match eight times each in the Champions League, more than any other player, followed by Robert Lewandowski with six, and Karim Benzema with four.[2]
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Lionel Messi jointly holds the record for most hat-tricks. He and Robert Lewandowski are also the only players to score four or more goals on multiple occasions.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the joint record holder for the most Champions League hat-tricks with eight. He is the only player to score three hat-tricks in one season.
Eighteen players have scored four or more goals in a match; of these, only Messi and Lewandowski have achieved this more than once. Only Messi (on 8 March 2012 against Bayer Leverkusen), Luiz Adriano (on 21 October 2014 against BATE Borisov) and Erling Haaland (on 14 March 2023 against RB Leipzig) have scored five goals in a match.[3][4][5] Only Ronaldo (four times), Kylian Mbappé (three times), Messi, Lewandowski, and Benzema (twice each) have scored multiple hat-tricks in the knockout phase.[6] Only Lewandowski has scored a hat-trick for three clubs (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona), with a further fourteen players having scored hat-tricks for two clubs.[2][7]
Ten players have scored a hat-trick on their competition debut: Marco van Basten, Faustino Asprilla, Yakubu, Wayne Rooney, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Grafite, Yacine Brahimi, Erling Haaland, Mislav Oršić, and Sébastien Haller;[8] of those, only van Basten and Haller scored four goals. Seven players have scored hat-tricks in consecutive seasons: Adriano (2004–05 and 2005–06), Mario Gómez (2010–11 and 2011–12), Roberto Soldado (2011–12 and 2012–13), Ronaldo (2012–13 and 2013–14, and 2015–16 and 2016–17), Messi (2013–14 and 2014–15), Gabriel Jesus (2018–19 and 2019–20), Kylian Mbappé (2019–20 and 2020–21), and Lewandowski (2021–22 and 2022–23).[9] Three players have scored hat-tricks in back-to-back games. Ronaldo, during his tenure with Real Madrid, netted hat-tricks against Bayern Munich on 18 April and Atlético Madrid on 2 May 2017, the shortest gap between hat-tricks at just 14 days.[10] Luiz Adriano accomplished this feat for Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 October and 5 November 2014, with both hat-tricks coming against BATE Borisov in a span of 15 days. Benzema scored a hat-trick for Real against Paris Saint-Germain on 9 March 2022, and against Chelsea on 6 April. Ronaldo is the only player to score three hat-tricks in the same season, doing so during the 2015–16 season; he also scored two in the 2016–17. Five other players have scored multiple hat-tricks in the same season: Messi for Barcelona in both 2011–12 and 2016–17,[11] Gómez for Bayern, also in 2011–12,[12] Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar in 2013–14, Lewandowski for Bayern in 2021–22, and Benzema for Real in the same season.[13]
Mohamed Salah holds the record for the quickest hat-trick, netting three times for Liverpool against Rangers in six minutes and twelve seconds on 12 October 2022.[2][14] Only six players have scored a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute: Uwe Rösler (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Joseba Llorente (Villarreal), Walter Pandiani (Deportivo La Coruña), Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), and Salah (Liverpool).[15] The youngest scorer of a hat-trick is Raúl, who scored a hat-trick for Real against Ferencváros, aged 18 years and 114 days, on 18 October 1995.[2][16] Rooney is the youngest debut scorer of a hat-trick, aged 18 years and 340 days, when he scored for Manchester United against Fenerbahçe on 28 September 2004.[17][18] The oldest scorer of a hat-trick is Benzema, who was 34 years and 108 days old when he scored three against Chelsea on 6 April 2022.[2][19] The longest spell between two hat-tricks was achieved by Owen, who scored his first hat-trick on 22 October 2002 for Liverpool and his second over seven years later, on 8 December 2009 for United.[20]
Twelve hat-tricks were scored in the 2024–25 season, the most in Champions League history, while none were scored in the 1994–95 and 2001–02 editions.[8]
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Marco van Basten (pictured in 2006) was the first player to score four goals in a match.
Raúl (pictured in 2012) scored a hat-trick aged 18 years and 114 days.
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Andy Cole (pictured in 2014) was the first player to score two hat-tricks.
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Andriy Shevchenko (pictured in 2017) scored hat-tricks for two teams, both in 4–0 victories.
Michael Owen (pictured in 2014) scored hat-tricks eight years apart for rivals Liverpool and Manchester United.
Ronaldo (pictured in 2019) was the first player to score a hat-trick and be on the losing side.
Wayne Rooney (pictured in 2006) scored a hat-trick on his Champions League and Manchester United debut.[21]
Filippo Inzaghi (pictured in 2011) was the first player to score three hat-tricks.
Mario Gómez (pictured in 2012) also scored three hat-tricks, all for Bayern Munich.
Luiz Adriano (pictured in 2011) was the first player to score back-to-back hat-tricks.
Layvin Kurzawa (pictured in 2019) is the only defender to score a hat-trick.
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Robert Lewandowski (pictured in 2019) is the only player to score a hat-trick for three clubs.
Karim Benzema (pictured in 2018) has scored four hat-tricks, including two in back-to-back matches.
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Mohamed Salah (pictured in 2021) holds the record for the fastest hat-trick, at 6 minutes and 12 seconds.
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The Result column shows the player's team's score first.
- As of 15 April 2025[23]
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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. Bold indicates a player who is currently active in Europe.
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Hat-tricks by nationality
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- As of 15 April 2025
The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation.
Hat-tricks by club
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- As of 15 April 2025
The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from given club.
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