List of England national football team hat-tricks

Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, 59 England male footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first players to score a hat-trick for England were Howard Vaughton and Arthur Alfred Brown, both Aston Villa players; in a friendly match against Ireland in 1882, they scored nine goals between them.[1] Four players, Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willie Hall and Malcolm Macdonald, have scored five goals in one match. Jimmy Greaves has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks, with six. Five players, Albert Allen, Frank Bradshaw, Walter Gilliat, John Veitch and John Yates, have scored hat-tricks on their only international appearance.

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Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, which England won 4–2.

In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time.[2][3][4] The most recent hat-trick was scored by Bukayo Saka in a European Championship qualifier against North Macedonia in June 2023.

England have conceded eleven hat-tricks since 1872, the most recent being scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović who scored four goals in a 4–2 defeat by Sweden in a friendly match in November 2012. Richard Hofmann was the first player from outside the Home Nations to score a hat-trick against England, scoring three times for Germany in a friendly match in May 1930. Previously only the Scottish players John McDougall, George Ker, John Smith, Robert Smyth McColl and Alex Jackson had scored hat-tricks against England.

Hat-tricks for England

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list.
Steve Bloomer scored England's first hat-trick of the twentieth century.
Bryan Robson scored a hat-trick in an 8–0 victory against Turkey in 1984.
Gary Lineker scored five hat-tricks for England.
Michael Owen scored a hat-trick against Germany in 2001.
Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick in a friendly fixture against Jamaica in 2006.
Theo Walcott scored three times against Croatia in a World Cup qualifying game in 2008.
No.DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult[a]Ref
1
18 February 1882
5
Howard Vaughton  IrelandBloomfield, BelfastFriendly
13–0
[5]
2
18 February 1882
4
Arthur Alfred Brown  IrelandBloomfield, BelfastFriendly
13–0
[5]
3
3 February 1883
3
Clement Mitchell  WalesKensington Oval, LondonFriendly
5–0
[5]
4
23 February 1884
3
Henry Cursham  IrelandUlster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1883–84 British Home Championship
8–1
[5]
5
13 March 1886
4
Benjamin Spilsbury  IrelandUlster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1885–86 British Home Championship
6–1
[5]
6
5 February 1887
3
Tinsley Lindley  IrelandBramall Lane, Sheffield1886–87 British Home Championship
7–0
[5]
7
4 February 1888
3
Fred Dewhurst  WalesNantwich Road, Crewe1887–88 British Home Championship
5–1
[5]
8
7 April 1888
3
Albert Allen  IrelandUlster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1887–88 British Home Championship
5–1
[5]
9
2 March 1889
3
John Yates  IrelandAnfield, Liverpool1888–89 British Home Championship
6–1
[5]
10
15 March 1890
3
Fred Geary  IrelandUlster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1889–90 British Home Championship
9–1
[5]
11
25 February 1893
3
Walter Gilliat  IrelandWellington Road, Perry Barr1892–93 British Home Championship
6–1
[5]
12
13 March 1893
3
Fred Spiksley  WalesVictoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent1892–93 British Home Championship
6–0
[6]
13
1 April 1893
3
Fred Spiksley (2)  ScotlandAthletic Ground, Richmond1892–93 British Home Championship
5–2
[7]
14
12 March 1894
3
John Veitch  WalesRacecourse Ground, Wrexham1893–94 British Home Championship
5–1
[5]
15
16 March 1896
5
Steve Bloomer  WalesArms Park, Cardiff1895–96 British Home Championship
9–1
[5]
16
20 February 1897
3
Fred Wheldon  IrelandTrent Bridge, Nottingham1896–97 British Home Championship
6–0
[5]
17
18 February 1899
4
Gilbert Smith  IrelandRoker Park, Sunderland1898–99 British Home Championship
13–2
[5]
18
18 February 1899
4
Jimmy Settle  IrelandRoker Park, Sunderland1898–99 British Home Championship
13–2
[5]
19
18 March 1901
4
Steve Bloomer (2)  WalesSt James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne1900–01 British Home Championship
6–0
[8]
20
16 March 1908
3
Vivian Woodward  WalesRacecourse Ground, Wrexham1907–08 British Home Championship
7–1
[8]
21
8 June 1908
3
Frank Bradshaw  AustriaHohe Warte Stadium, ViennaFriendly
11–1
[8]
22
8 June 1908
4
Vivian Woodward (2)  AustriaHohe Warte Stadium, ViennaFriendly
11–1
[8]
23
10 June 1908
4
George Hilsdon  HungaryMillenáris Sporttelep, BudapestFriendly
7–0
[8]
24
31 May 1909
4
Vivian Woodward (3)  HungaryMillenáris Sporttelep, BudapestFriendly
8–2
[8]
25
1 June 1909
3
Vivian Woodward (4)  AustriaHohe Warte Stadium, ViennaFriendly
8–1
[8]
26
10 February 1912
3
Harold Fleming  IrelandDalymount Park, Dublin1911–12 British Home Championship
6–1
[8]
27
24 May 1926
3
Frank Osborne  BelgiumKielstadion, AntwerpFriendly
5–3
[9]
28
11 May 1927
3
Dixie Dean  BelgiumStadium in Molenbeek, Molenbeek, BrusselsFriendly
9–1
[9]
29
21 May 1927
3
Dixie Dean (2)  LuxembourgStade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-AlzetteFriendly
5–2
[9]
30
11 May 1929
4
George Camsell  BelgiumStade Joseph Marien, BrusselsFriendly
5–1
[9]
31
20 November 1929
3
George Camsell (2)  WalesStamford Bridge, London1929–30 British Home Championship
6–0
[9]
32
2 December 1936
3
Ted Drake  HungaryArsenal Stadium, LondonFriendly
6–2
[10]
33
17 May 1937
3
Freddie Steele  SwedenRåsunda Stadium, Solna, StockholmFriendly
4–0
[10]
34
23 October 1937
3
George Mills  IrelandWindsor Park, Belfast1937–38 British Home Championship
5–1
[10]
35
1 December 1937
3
Stanley Matthews  CzechoslovakiaWhite Hart Lane, LondonFriendly
5–4
[10]
36
16 November 1938
5
Willie Hall  IrelandOld Trafford, Manchester1938–39 British Home Championship
7–0
[10]
37
28 September 1946
3
Wilf Mannion  IrelandWindsor Park, Belfast1946–47 British Home Championship
7–2
[11]
38
27 November 1946
4
Tommy Lawton  NetherlandsLeeds Road, HuddersfieldFriendly
8–2
[11]
39
25 May 1947
4
Stan Mortensen  PortugalEstádio Nacional, JamorFriendly
10–0
[11]
40
25 May 1947
4
Tommy Lawton (2)  PortugalEstádio Nacional, JamorFriendly
10–0
[11]
41
19 November 1947
3
Stan Mortensen (2)  SwedenArsenal Stadium, LondonFriendly
4–2
[11]
42
9 October 1948
3
Stan Mortensen (3)  IrelandWindsor Park, Belfast1949 British Home Championship
6–2
[11]
43
15 October 1949
3
Jackie Milburn  WalesNinian Park, Cardiff1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier
1949–50 British Home Championship
4–1
[11]
44
16 November 1949
4
Jack Rowley  IrelandMaine Road, Manchester1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier
1949–50 British Home Championship
9–2
[11]
45
14 May 1950
4
Tom Finney  PortugalEstádio Nacional, JamorFriendly
5–3
[12]
46
10 November 1954
3
Roy Bentley  WalesWembley Stadium, London1953–54 British Home Championship
3–2
[13][14]
47
2 April 1955
4
Dennis Wilshaw  ScotlandWembley Stadium, London1954–55 British Home Championship
7–2
[15][16]
48
5 December 1956
3
Tommy Taylor  DenmarkMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5–2
[17]
49
8 May 1957
3
Tommy Taylor (2)  Republic of IrelandWembley Stadium, London1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5–1
[18]
50
22 October 1958
3
Johnny Haynes  Soviet UnionWembley Stadium, LondonFriendly
5–0
[19]
51
28 May 1959
3
Bobby Charlton  United StatesWrigley Field, Los AngelesFriendly
8–1
[12]
52
19 October 1960
3
Bobby Charlton (2)  LuxembourgStade Municipal, Luxembourg City1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier
9–0
[20]
53
19 October 1960
3
Jimmy Greaves  LuxembourgStade Municipal, Luxembourg City1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier
9–0
[20]
54
15 April 1961
3
Jimmy Greaves (2)  ScotlandWembley Stadium, London1960–61 British Home Championship
9–3
[21]
55
10 May 1961
3
Bobby Charlton (3)  MexicoWembley Stadium, LondonFriendly
8–0
[20]
56
20 May 1962
3
Jimmy Greaves (3)  PeruEstadio Nacional de Lima, LimaFriendly
4–0
[20]
57
5 June 1963
3
Bobby Charlton (4)   SwitzerlandSt. Jakob-Park, BaselFriendly
8–1
[20]
58
20 November 1963
4
Jimmy Greaves (4)  Northern IrelandWembley Stadium, London1962–63 British Home Championship
8–3
[20]
59
20 November 1963
3
Terry Paine  Northern IrelandWembley Stadium, London1962–63 British Home Championship
8–3
[20]
60
17 May 1964
3
Johnny Byrne  PortugalEstádio Nacional, JamorFriendly
4–3
[20]
61
27 May 1964
4
Roger Hunt  United StatesDowning Stadium, New York CityFriendly
10–0
[20]
62
27 May 1964
3
Fred Pickering  United StatesDowning Stadium, New York CityFriendly
10–0
[20]
63
3 October 1964
3
Jimmy Greaves (5)  Northern IrelandWindsor Park, Belfast1963–64 British Home Championship
4–3
[20]
64
29 June 1966
4
Jimmy Greaves (6)  NorwayUllevaal Stadion, OsloFriendly
6–1
[20]
65
30 July 1966
3
Geoff Hurst  West GermanyWembley Stadium, London1966 FIFA World Cup final
4–2
[3]
66
12 March 1969
3
Geoff Hurst (2)  FranceWembley Stadium, LondonFriendly
5–0
[20]
67
16 April 1975
5
Malcolm Macdonald  CyprusWembley Stadium, London1976 European Championship qualifier
5–0
[22]
68
15 December 1982
3
Luther Blissett  LuxembourgWembley Stadium, London1984 European Championship qualifier
9–0
[23]
69
14 November 1984
3
Bryan Robson  TurkeyBesiktas Inönü Stadyumu, Istanbul1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier
8–0
[3]
70
16 October 1985
3
Gary Lineker  TurkeyWembley Stadium, London1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5–0
[24]
71
11 June 1986
3
Gary Lineker (2)  PolandEstadio Universitario, Monterrey1986 FIFA World Cup finals
3–0
[24]
72
18 February 1987
4
Gary Lineker (3)  SpainSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, MadridFriendly
4–2
[24]
73
14 October 1987
3
Gary Lineker (4)  TurkeyWembley Stadium, London1988 European Championship qualifier
8–0
[24]
74
12 June 1991
4
Gary Lineker (5)  MalaysiaStadium Merdeka, Kuala LumpurFriendly
4–2
[24]
75
17 February 1993
4
David Platt  San MarinoWembley Stadium, London1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
6–0
[22]
76
17 November 1993
4
Ian Wright  San MarinoStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
7–1
[22]
77
27 March 1999
3
Paul Scholes  PolandWembley Stadium, London2000 European Championship qualifier
3–1
[22]
78
4 September 1999
3
Alan Shearer  LuxembourgWembley Stadium, London2000 European Championship qualifier
6–0
[25]
79
1 September 2001
3
Michael Owen  GermanyOlympiastadion, Munich2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier[26]
80
31 May 2005
3
Michael Owen (2)  ColombiaGiants Stadium, New York CityFriendly
3–2
[27]
81
3 June 2006
3
Peter Crouch  JamaicaOld Trafford, ManchesterFriendly
6–0
[28]
82
10 September 2008
3
Theo Walcott  CroatiaMaksimir Stadium, Zagreb2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
4–1
[29]
83
3 September 2010
3
Jermain Defoe  BulgariaWembley Stadium, London2012 European Championship qualifier
4–0
[30]
84
24 June 2018
3
Harry Kane  PanamaNizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod2018 World Cup finals
6–1
[31]
85
22 March 2019
3
Raheem Sterling  Czech RepublicWembley Stadium, London2020 European Championship qualifier
5–0
[32]
86
7 September 2019
3
Harry Kane (2)  BulgariaWembley Stadium, London2020 European Championship qualifier
4–0
[33]
87
14 November 2019
3
Harry Kane (3)  MontenegroWembley Stadium, London2020 European Championship qualifier
7–0
[34]
88
12 November 2021
3
Harry Kane (4)  AlbaniaWembley Stadium, London2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5–0
[35]
89
15 November 2021
4
Harry Kane (5)  San MarinoSan Marino Stadium, Serraville2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10–0
[36]
90
19 June 2023
3
Bukayo Saka  North MacedoniaOld Trafford, Manchester2024 European Championship qualifier
7–0
[37]

Hat-tricks conceded by England

England have conceded eleven hat-tricks, the first five of which were scored by players from Scotland. England have lost ten of the eleven matches in which they have conceded a hat-trick; the other was a 3–3 draw against Germany in 1930.

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored four goals against England. He achieved the feat for Sweden in 2012 at the opening game of the Friends Arena.
DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult[a]Ref(s)
2 March 1878
3
John McDougall  ScotlandHampden Park, GlasgowFriendly
2–7
[5]
13 March 1880
3
George Ker  ScotlandHampden Park, GlasgowFriendly
4–5
[5]
12 March 1881
3
John Smith  ScotlandKennington Oval, LondonFriendly
1–6
[5]
7 April 1900
3
Robert Smyth McColl  ScotlandCeltic Park, Glasgow1899–1900 British Home Championship
1–4
[8]
31 March 1928
3
Alex Jackson  ScotlandWembley Stadium, London1927–28 British Home Championship[9]
10 May 1930
3
Richard Hofmann  GermanyDeutsches Stadion, BerlinFriendly
3–3
[38]
25 November 1953
3
Nándor Hidegkuti  HungaryWembley Stadium, LondonFriendly[39][40]
11 May 1958
3
Aleksandar Petaković  YugoslaviaJugoslavija Narodna Armia, BelgradeFriendly
0–5
[12]
17 May 1959
3
Juan Seminario  PeruEstadio Nacional, LimaFriendly
1–4
[12]
15 June 1988
3
Marco van Basten  NetherlandsRheinstadion, Düsseldorf1988 European Championship finals
1–3
[41]
14 November 2012
4
Zlatan Ibrahimović  SwedenFriends Arena, Solna MunicipalityFriendly
2–4
[42]

Statistics

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by English
players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.[43]

Hat-tricks by competition[b]
CompetitionHat-tricks
Friendlies34
British Home Championship31
UEFA European Championship qualifying10
UEFA European Championship0
FIFA World Cup qualification14
FIFA World Cup3
Total92


Hat-tricks by opponent
RankOpponentHat-tricks
1  Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland)21
2  Wales10
3  Luxembourg5
4  Portugal4
5  Austria3
 Belgium
 Hungary
 San Marino
 Scotland
 Turkey
 United States
12  Bulgaria2
 Czech Republic (incl. Czechoslovakia)
 Sweden
 Poland
 Germany (incl. West Germany)
17  Albania1
 Colombia
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Denmark
 France
 Jamaica
 Republic of Ireland
 Malaysia
 Mexico
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 North Macedonia
 Norway
 Panama
 Peru
 Soviet Union
 Spain
  Switzerland
Total90

See also

References