Ronaldo leads list of six players with most 21st‑century hat‑tricks
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top a feature listing the six players with the most hat‑tricks in the 21st century, a piece published on 2026-11-02 that ranks players by the number of three‑goal games they have recorded since 2001.
The list compiles frequency of scoring three goals in a single match across players still active and those retired, placing Ronaldo first with 67 hat‑tricks and Messi second with 62. It highlights contemporary forwards alongside past stars and draws attention to age and current clubs when relevant. The article notes several individual records and season feats tied to members of the top six. Readers are given context on each player’s hat‑trick totals and notable career landmarks cited in the piece.
Cristiano Ronaldo is listed as the leading hat‑trick scorer of the 21st century with 67 such matches; the piece states he is in his forties, is playing outside Europe for Al Nassr, and that most of his hat‑tricks came while at Los Blancos. The article also describes him as the greatest goal scorer of all time and says he will try to score 1,000 goals in the latter years of his career with Al Nassr.
Lionel Messi is recorded second on the list with 62 hat‑tricks in the 21st century and is also noted for scoring 91 goals in a single calendar year. The feature comments that Messi spent the majority of his career on the right flank, a detail presented alongside his hat‑trick total. Erling Haaland, aged 26 in the piece, is included among the six and is credited with eight Premier League trebles and six hat‑tricks for Norway.
Harry Kane is identified as one of the six and is described as Tottenham’s all‑time top scorer and England’s all‑time top scorer; the article states he is 33 years old and still playing. It also says Kane has accumulated more hat‑tricks than Sergio Aguero, Mario Gomez and Klaas‑Jan Huntelaar, who are listed as retired players.
Luis Suárez is listed with a career total of 31 hat‑tricks and is noted for his spells at Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona; the piece adds that he is still playing in Major League Soccer with Inter Miami and could add to his MLS tally. Robert Lewandowski is credited with sharing the record of five Bundesliga trebles in a single season with Mario Gomez, having scored Champions League hat‑tricks for Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.
The article records Lewandowski with 312 goals and states he is the second‑highest goalscorer in Bundesliga history, only surpassed by Gerd Muller. The feature therefore combines season records, club‑level treble achievements and career goal totals when framing each player’s hat‑trick credentials.
The ranking concludes with Cristiano Ronaldo top of the 21st‑century hat‑trick list on 67 three‑goal games and Lionel Messi second on 62, and the six players featured in the piece are Ronaldo, Messi, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Luis Suárez and Robert Lewandowski.