Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup.
A hat-trick for a footballer is always special and it garners more significance if it is scored in a World Cup. And when it comes to hat-tricks in World Cups, we have seen 52 instances in the history of the tournament so far.
American Bert Patenaude was the first player to score three goals in a World Cup match. While Pele, remains the youngest player to score a hat-trick at just 17 years, 244 days. While Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest at 33 years, 130 days when he scored thrice against Spain in Russia.
Former Hungarian forward Laszlo Kiss scored the fastest hat-trick as he took just seven minutes to score the three goals. Whereas, George Hurst remains the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final in 1966 which helped England win the trophy against West Germany. This is also the longest hat-trick in World Cup history as his first and third goal was scored in the fourth and 120th minute respectively.
Oleg Salenko remains the only player to score five goals in a World Cup match. The Russian created this record against Cameroon in the 1994 World Cup.
Four players have scored two hat-tricks in World Cup but Gabriel Batistuta is the only player to score in two different editions.
Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos scored the first hat-trick at the 2022 World Cup, leading Portugal to a 6-1 win over Switzerland in the Round of 16.
Following is the list of all hat-tricks scored in World Cups.
Bert Patenaude (USA) – 1930
Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) – 1930
Pedro Cea (Uruguay) – 1930
Angelo Schiavio (Italy) – 1934
Edmund Cohen (Germany) – 1934
Ernst Wlimowski (Poland) – 1938
Leonidas (Brazil) – 1938
Gustav Wetterstorm (Sweden) – 1938
Harry Andersson (Sweden) – 1938
Oscar Miguez (Uruguay) – 1950
Ademir (Brazil) – 1950
Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) – 1954
Erich Probst (Austria) – 1954
Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) – 1954
Burhan Sargin (Turkey) – 1954
Max Morlock (West Germany) – 1954
Theodor Wagner (Austria) – 1954
Josef Hugi (Switzerland) – 1954
Just Fontaine (France) – 1958
Pele (Brazil) – 1958
Just Fontaine (France) – 1958
Florian Albert (Hungary) – 1962
Eusebio (Portugal) – 1966
Geoff Hurst (England) – 1966
Gerd Muller (West Germany) – 1970
Dusan Bajevic (Yugoslavia) – 1974
Andrzej Szarmach (Poland) – 1974
Rob Rensenbrik (Netherlands) – 1978
Teofilo Cubilas (Peru) – 1978
Laszlo Kiss (Hungary) – 1982
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – 1982
Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) – 1982
Paolo Rossi (Italy) – 1982
Preben Elkjaer (Denmark) – 1986
Gary Lineker (England) – 1986
Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)- 1986
Emilio Butragueno (Spain) – 1986
Michel (Spain) – 1990
Tomas Skuhravy (Czechoslovakia) – 1990
Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) – 1994
Oleg Salenko (Russia) – 1994
Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) – 1998
Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 2002
Pauleta (Portugal) – 2002
Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) – 2010
Thomas Muller (Germany) – 2014
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) – 2014
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 2018
Harry Kane (England) – 2018
Goncalo Ramos (Portugal) – 2022
