Scoring goals, it is held, is the hardest job in football, so when a player scores three in a single game – a hat-trick – it is a special feat. It is perhaps little surprise that, in the 21st century, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lead the way when it comes to most hat-tricks, but, while they have logged them at the World Cup, they have each only managed to do it once.

In fact, only four players have scored more than one hat-trick at the World Cup and two is the highest number of hat-tricks achieved by a single player. There have been 56 hat-tricks in World Cup history, with some of the best players of all time writing their names into the history books.

From the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 to the present day, here, GIVEMESPORT brings you every single hat-trick scored in World Cup history.

Argentina

Guillermo Stabile

• 1930 – Uruguay
  • Mexico, 6-3 (Group Stage)
  • 8′, 17′, 80′

Gabriel Batistuta

• 1994 – United States
  • Greece, 4-0 (Group Stage)
  • 2′, 44′, 89′ (p)
• 1998 – France
  • Jamaica, 5-0 (Group Stage)
  • 73′, 78′, 83′ (p)

Gonzalo Higuain

• 2010 – South Africa
  • South Korea, 4-1 (Group Stage)
  • 33′, 76′, 80′

Lionel Messi

• 2026 – United States, Canada, Mexico
  • Algeria, 3-0 (Group Stage)
  • 17′, 60′, 76′

Austria

Erich Probst

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • Czechoslovakia, 5-0 (Group Stage)
  • 4′, 21′, 24′

Theodor Wagner

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • Switzerland, 7-5 (Quarter-Final)
  • 25′, 27′, 53′

Brazil

Leonidas

• 1938 – France
  • Poland, 6-5 aet (Round of 16)
  • 18′, 93′, 104′

Ademir

• 1950 – Brazil
  • Sweden, 7-1 (Final Group Stage)
  • 17′, 36′, 52′, 58′

Pele

• 1958 – Sweden
  • France, 5-2 (Semi-Final)
  • 52′, 64′, 75′

Canada

Jonathan David

• 2026 – United States, Canada and Mexico
  • Qatar, 6-0 (Group Stage)
  • 29′, 45′, 90′

Czechoslovakia

Oldrich Nejedly

• 1934 – Italy
  • Germany, 3-1 (Semi-Final)
  • 19′, 71′, 80′

Tomas Skuhravy

• 1990 – Italy
  • Costa Rica, 4-1 (Round of 16)
  • 12′, 63′, 82′

Denmark

Preben Elkjaer

• 1986 – Mexico
  • Uruguay, 6-1 (Group Stage)
  • 11′, 67′, 80′

England

Geoff Hurst

• 1966 – England
  • West Germany, 4-3 aet (Final)
  • 18′, 98′, 120′

Gary Lineker

• 1986 – Mexico
  • Poland, 3-0 (Group Stage)
  • 9′, 14′, 34′

Harry Kane

• 2018 – Russia
  • Panama, 6-1 (Group Stage)
  • 22′, 45+1 (p), 62′ (p)

France

Just Fontaine

• 1958 – Sweden
  • Paraguay, 7-3 (Group Stage)
  • 24′, 30′, 67′
• 1958 – Sweden
  • West Germany, 6-3 (Third-Place Play-off)
  • 16′, 36′, 78′,

Kylian Mbappe

• 2022 – Qatar
  • Argentina, 3-3 aet (Final)
  • 80′ (p), 81′, 118′ (p)

Germany

(including Germany and West Germany)

Edmund Conen

• 1934 – Italy
  • Belgium, 5-2 (Round of 16)
  • 66′, 70′, 87′

Max Morlock

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • Turkey, 7-2 (Group Stage)
  • 30′, 60′, 77′

Gerd Muller

• 1970 – Mexico
  • Bulgaria, 5-2 (Group Stage)
  • 27′, 52′ (p), 88′
• 1970 – Mexico
  • Peru, 3-1 (Group Stage)
  • 19′, 26′, 39′

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

• 1982 – Spain
  • Chile, 4-1 (First Group Stage)
  • 9′, 57′, 66′

Miroslav Klose

• 2002 – Japan and South Korea
  • Saudi Arabia, 8-0 (Group Stage)
  • 20′, 25′, 70′

Thomas Muller

• 2014 – Brazil
  • Portugal, 4-0 (Group Stage)
  • 12′ (p), 45′, 78′

Hungary

Sandor Kocsis

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • South Korea, 9-0 (Group Stage)
  • 24′, 36′, 50′
• 1954 – Switzerland
  • West Germany, 8-3 (Group Stage)
  • 3′, 21′, 67′, 78′

Florian Albert

• 1962 – Chile
  • Bulgaria, 6-1 (Group Stage)
  • 1′, 6′, 53′

Lazlo Kiss

• 1982 – Spain
  • El Salvador, 10-1 (First Group Stage)
  • 69′, 72′, 76

Italy

Angelo Schiavio

• 1934 – Italy
  • United States, 7-1 (Round of 16)
  • 18′, 29′, 64′

Paolo Rossi

• 1982 – Spain
  • Brazil, 3-2 (Second Group Stage)
  • 5′, 25′, 74′

Netherlands

Rob Rensenbrink

• 1978 – Argentina
  • Iran, 3-0 (First Group Stage)
  • 40′ (p), 62′, 79′ (p)

Peru

Teofilo Cubillas

• 1978 – Argentina
  • Iran, 4-1 (First Group Stage)
  • 36′ (p), 39′ (p), 79′

Poland

Ernst Wilimowski

• 1938 – France
  • Brazil, 5-6 aet (Round of 16)
  • 53′, 59′, 89′, 118′

Andrzej Szarmach

• 1974 – West Germany
  • Haiti, 7-0 (First Group Stage)
  • 30′, 34′, 50′

Zbigniew Boniek

• 1982 – Spain
  • Belgium, 3-0 (Second Group Stage)
  • 4′, 26′, 53′

Portugal

Eusebio

• 1966 – England
  • North Korea, 5-3 (Quarter-Final)
  • 27′, 43′ (p), 56′, 59′ (p)

Pauleta

• 2002 – Japan and South Korea
  • Poland, 4-0 (Group Stage)
  • 14′, 65′, 77′

Cristiano Ronaldo

• 2018 – Russia
  • Spain, 3-3 (Group Stage)
  • 4′ (p), 44′, 88′

Goncalo Ramos

• 2022 – Qatar
  • Switzerland, 6-1 (Round of 16)
  • 17′, 51′, 67′

Russia

Oleg Salenko

• 1994 – United States
  • Cameroon, 6-1 (Group Stage)
  • 14′, 41′, 44′ (p), 72′, 75′

Soviet Union

Igor Belanov

• 1986 – Mexico
  • Belgium, 3-4 (Round of 16)
  • 27′, 70′, 111′ (p)

Spain

Emilio Butragueno

• 1986 – Mexico
  • Denmark, 5-1 (Round of 16)
  • 43′, 56′, 80′, 88′ (p)

Michel

• 1990 – Italy
  • South Korea, 3-1 (Group Stage)
  • 22′, 61′, 81′

Sweden

Gustav Wetterstrom

• 1938 – France
  • Cuba, 8-0 (Quarter-Final)
  • 32′, 37′, 44′

Harry Andersson

• 1938 – France
  • Cuba, 8-0 (Quarter-Final)
  • 9′, 81′, 89′

Switzerland

Josef Hugi

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • Austria, 5-7 (Quarter-Final)
  • 17′, 19′, 58′

Xherdan Shaqiri

• 2014 – Brazil
  • Honduras, 3-0 (Group Stage)
  • 6′, 31′, 71′

Turkey

Burhan Sargin

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • South Korea, 7-0 (Group Stage)
  • 37′, 64′, 70′

United States

Bert Patenaude

• 1930 – Uruguay
  • Paraguay, 3-0 (Group Stage)
  • 10′, 15′, 50′

Uruguay

Pedro Cea

• 1930 – Uruguay
  • Yugoslavia, 6-1 (Semi-Final)
  • 18′, 67′, 72′

Oscar Miguez

• 1950 – Brazil
  • Bolivia, 8-0 (First Group Stage)
  • 14′, 45′, 56′

Carlos Borges

• 1954 – Switzerland
  • Scotland, 7-0 (Group Stage)
  • 17′, 47′, 57′

Yugoslavia

Dusan Bajevic

• 1974 – West Germany
  • Zaire, 9-0 (First Group Stage)
  • 8′, 30′, 81′

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