List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks

The first hat-trick, a player scoring three goals in a game, in Major League Soccer, was scored by Steve Rammel of D.C. United in their 5–2 win at the Columbus Crew on May 15, 1996.[1]

Clint Mathis scored an MLS record five goals in a game in 2000.
Josef Martínez has scored an MLS record six hat-tricks.

The league's fastest hat-trick was scored in under five minutes by Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy on June 4, 1998, in an 8–1 win at the Dallas Burn.[2] The fastest hat-trick from the start of a game was scored by Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC, who recorded three goals in the opening 16 minutes of a 5–1 victory against Chicago Fire FC on July 18, 2021 (the goals all came in a six-minute window). Clint Mathis scored the most goals in a game, when he scored five, on August 26, 2000, in a 6–4 MetroStars win over the Burn.[3]

Roy Lassiter scored hat-tricks for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[1] and D.C. United.[4] Dante Washington scored hat-tricks for the Burn[5] and the Crew.[6] Mamadou Diallo scored three hat-tricks for the Mutiny[7][8][9] and another for the MetroStars,[10] twice scoring four goals in a game.

Hat-tricks

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Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Player scored hat-trick as a substitute
* The home team

1990s

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Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
Player[11] Nationality For Against Result Date Ref.
Steve Rammel   United States D.C. United Columbus Crew* 5–2 May 15, 1996 [1]
Giovanni Savarese   Venezuela NY/NJ MetroStars* Colorado Rapids 3–0 May 16, 1996 [1]
Eduardo Hurtado   Ecuador LA Galaxy NY/NJ MetroStars* 4–0 June 9, 1996 [1]
Eduardo Hurtado   Ecuador LA Galaxy Colorado Rapids* 3–1 June 26, 1996 [1]
Raúl Díaz Arce4   El Salvador D.C. United Dallas Burn* 6–1 July 7, 1996 [1]
Cobi Jones   United States LA Galaxy* Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–4 July 27, 1996 [1]
Roy Lassiter   United States Tampa Bay Mutiny Colorado Rapids* 3–1 August 3, 1996 [1]
Brian Maisonneuve   United States Columbus Crew* Kansas City Wiz 5–1 September 7, 1996 [1]
Raúl Díaz Arce4   El Salvador D.C. United Colorado Rapids* 5–2 April 12, 1997 [12]
Alberto Naveda   Argentina New England Revolution* NY/NJ MetroStars 3–1 May 30, 1997 [13]
Dante Washington   United States Dallas Burn* San Jose Clash 3–1 July 18, 1997 [5]
Eduardo Hurtado   Ecuador LA Galaxy* Tampa Bay Mutiny 6–1 September 7, 1997 [14]
Jose Vasquez   United States LA Galaxy San Jose Clash* 3–2 September 21, 1997 [15]
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew* Miami Fusion 5–1 April 18, 1998 [16]
Cobi Jones   United States LA Galaxy* Colorado Rapids 7–4 May 6, 1998 [17]
Musa Shannon   United States Tampa Bay Mutiny New England Revolution* 3–4 May 10, 1998 [18]
Vitalis Takawira   Zimbabwe Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution* 3–1 May 16, 1998 [19]
Martín Machón   Guatemala LA Galaxy Columbus Crew* 3–1 May 17, 1998 [20]
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew Chicago Fire* 5–1 May 30, 1998 [21]
Harut Karapetyan   Armenia LA Galaxy* Dallas Burn 8–1 June 4, 1998 [2]
Roy Lassiter   United States D.C. United* Chicago Fire 4–1 July 18, 1998 [4]
Cobi Jones   United States LA Galaxy* Colorado Rapids 6–1 August 5, 1998
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew* Kansas City Wizards 5–3 August 16, 1998 [22]
Cobi Jones   United States LA Galaxy New England Revolution* 5–1 August 22, 1998 [23]
Diego Serna   Colombia Miami Fusion* New England Revolution 3–2 August 30, 1998 [24]
Preki   United States Kansas City Wizards* San Jose Clash 5–1 September 5, 1998 [19]
Jason Kreis   United States Dallas Burn* New England Revolution 4–0 March 20, 1999 [25]
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew* Miami Fusion 4–0 August 1, 1999 [26]
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew MetroStars* 4–2 August 18, 1999 [27]

2000s

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Player[11] Nationality For Against Result Date Ref.
Ante Razov   United States Chicago Fire Miami Fusion* 3–0 May 6, 2000 [28]
Jaime Moreno   Bolivia D.C. United Colorado Rapids* 5–2 [29]
Diego Serna   Colombia Miami Fusion Tampa Bay Mutiny* 4–1 June 21, 2000 [30]
Mamadou Diallo   Senegal Tampa Bay Mutiny* MetroStars 4–3 August 16, 2000 [7]
Clint Mathis5   United States MetroStars Dallas Burn* 6–4 August 26, 2000 [3]
Mamadou Diallo   Senegal Tampa Bay Mutiny Columbus Crew* 4–3 August 30, 2000 [8]
Diego Serna4   Colombia Miami Fusion* MetroStars 4–1 September 2, 2000 [31]
Diego Serna   Colombia Miami Fusion D.C. United* 6–2 September 9, 2000 [32]
Alex Comas   Colombia MetroStars New England Revolution* 3–4 [33]
Clint Mathis   United States MetroStars* Kansas City Wizards 4–1 May 2, 2001 [34]
Abdul Thompson Conteh4   Sierra Leone D.C. United* New England Revolution 5–0 May 9, 2001 [9]
Mamadou Diallo4   Senegal Tampa Bay Mutiny* LA Galaxy 4–1 [9]
Diego Serna   Colombia Miami Fusion Dallas Burn 6–2 June 2, 2001 [35]
Dante Washington   United States Columbus Crew* Tampa Bay Mutiny 6–1 June 16, 2001 [6]
John Spencer   Scotland Colorado Rapids* D.C. United 3–1 July 4, 2001 [36]
Alex Pineda Chacón   Honduras Miami Fusion* D.C. United 3–1 September 8, 2001 [37]
Ante Razov   United States Chicago Fire New England Revolution* 3–1 May 19, 2002 [38]
Bobby Rhine   United States Dallas Burn* Colorado Rapids 4–1 June 8, 2002 [39]
Mamadou Diallo4   Senegal MetroStars* LA Galaxy 5–0 June 15, 2002 [10]
Chris Carrieri   United States Colorado Rapids* Chicago Fire 3–2 July 4, 2002 [40]
Carlos Ruiz   Guatemala LA Galaxy* MetroStars 3–0 August 31, 2002 [41]
Taylor Twellman   United States New England Revolution* D.C. United 3–0 September 7, 2002 [42]
Chris Brown   United States New England Revolution* Chicago Fire 5–1 August 30, 2003 [43]
Landon Donovan   United States San Jose Earthquakes Kansas City Wizards* 4–1 September 20, 2003 [44]
Dwayne De Rosario   Canada San Jose Earthquakes* Dallas Burn 5–2 September 27, 2003 [45]
Pat Noonan   United States New England Revolution* Chicago Fire 5–1 August 30, 2003 [46]
Alejandro Moreno   Venezuela LA Galaxy D.C. United* 4–2 May 19, 2004 [47]
Pat Noonan   United States New England Revolution Kansas City Wizards* 3–2 June 2, 2004 [48]
Damani Ralph   Jamaica Chicago Fire* LA Galaxy 3–0 June 5, 2004 [49]
Davy Arnaud   United States Kansas City Wizards* Dallas Burn 5–1 July 3, 2004 [50]
Ross Paule   United States Columbus Crew* LA Galaxy 3–1 September 4, 2004 [51]
Edson Buddle4   United States Columbus Crew* MetroStars 4–2 September 18, 2004 [52]
Amado Guevara   Honduras MetroStars Colorado Rapids* 3–1 April 30, 2005 [53]
Nate Jaqua   United States Chicago Fire* Chivas USA 5–2 June 4, 2005 [54]
Jeff Cunningham   United States Colorado Rapids Chivas USA* 3–1 June 18, 2005 [55]
Taylor Twellman   United States New England Revolution* FC Dallas 3–2 July 16, 2005 [56]
Amado Guevara   Honduras MetroStars* Chivas USA 3–3 August 21, 2005 [57]
Taylor Twellman   United States New England Revolution* Columbus Crew 3–1 September 10, 2005 [56]
Brian Ching4   United States Houston Dynamo* Colorado Rapids 5–2 April 2, 2006 [58]
Peguero Jean Philippe   Haiti New York Red Bulls* Chivas USA 5–4 May 20, 2006 [59]
Edson Buddle   United States New York Red Bulls* Real Salt Lake 6–0 August 26, 2006 [60]
Amado Guevara   Honduras New York Red Bulls* Kansas City Wizards 3–2 October 14, 2006 [61]
Eddie Johnson   United States Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution* 4–3 May 26, 2007
Eddie Johnson   United States Kansas City Wizards* New York Red Bulls 3–2 June 2, 2007 [62]
Ben Olsen   United States D.C. United* New York Red Bulls 4–2 June 9, 2007 [63]
Brad Davis   United States Houston Dynamo* Chivas USA 4–0 June 21, 2007 [64]
Nate Jaqua   United States Houston Dynamo* Real Salt Lake 4–3 September 8, 2007 [65]
Landon Donovan   United States LA Galaxy* Chivas USA 5–2 April 26, 2008 [66]
Edson Buddle   United States LA Galaxy FC Dallas* 5–1 May 18, 2008 [67]
Edson Buddle   United States LA Galaxy* San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 June 15, 2008 [68]
Luciano Emílio   Brazil D.C. United* New York Red Bulls 4–1 [69]
Landon Donovan   United States LA Galaxy* D.C. United 5–2 September 20, 2008 [70]
Conor Casey   United States Colorado Rapids New York Red Bulls* 5–4 September 27, 2008 [71]
Chris Rolfe   United States Chicago Fire* New York Red Bulls 5–2 October 23, 2008 [72]
Robbie Findley   United States Real Salt Lake* Columbus Crew SC 4–1 April 3, 2009 [73]
Conor Casey   United States Colorado Rapids LA Galaxy* 3–2 April 5, 2009 [74]
Jeff Cunningham4   United States FC Dallas* Kansas City Wizards 6–0 August 1, 2009 [75]
Conor Casey   United States Colorado Rapids* Chivas USA 4–0 August 8, 2009 [76]
Kheli Dube   Zimbabwe New England Revolution* Real Salt Lake 3–1 August 23, 2009 [77]

2010s

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Player[11] Nationality For Against Result Date Ref.
Sébastien Le Toux   France Philadelphia Union* D.C. United 3–2 April 10, 2010 [78]
Zack Schilawski   United States New England Revolution* Toronto FC 4–1 [79]
Chris Pontius   United States D.C. United Seattle Sounders FC* 3–2 June 11, 2010 [80]
Brian Ching   United States Houston Dynamo* Chicago Fire 4–3 August 21, 2010 [81]
Blaise Nkufo    Switzerland Seattle Sounders FC Columbus Crew SC* 4–0 September 18, 2010 [82]
Chris Wondolowski   United States San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC* 3–2 September 25, 2010 [83]
Chris Wondolowski   United States San Jose Earthquakes* Chivas USA 3–0 October 20, 2010 [84]
Birahim Diop   Senegal Kansas City Wizards* San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 October 23, 2010 [85]
Will Bruin   United States Houston Dynamo* D.C. United 4–1 April 29, 2011 [86]
Justin Braun   United States Chivas USA New York Red Bulls* 3–2 May 15, 2011 [87]
Steven Lenhart   United States San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United* 4–2 June 11, 2011 [88]
Sanna Nyassi   Gambia Colorado Rapids* New York Red Bulls 4–1 July 20, 2011 [89]
Justin Braun   United States Chivas USA* Houston Dynamo 3–0 July 23, 2011 [90]
Dwayne De Rosario   Canada D.C. United* Toronto FC 3–3 August 6, 2011 [91]
Lamar Neagle   United States Seattle Sounders FC* Columbus Crew SC 6–2 August 27, 2011 [92]
Charlie Davies   United States D.C. United Chivas USA* 3–0 September 11, 2011 [93]
Dwayne De Rosario   Canada D.C. United* Real Salt Lake 4–1 September 24, 2011 [94]
Marco Pappa   Guatemala Chicago Fire Real Salt Lake* 3–0 September 28, 2011 [95]
David Estrada   Mexico Seattle Sounders FC* Toronto FC 3–1 March 17, 2012 [96]
Thierry Henry   France New York Red Bulls* Montreal Impact 5–2 March 31, 2012 [97]
Chris Pontius   United States D.C. United* New York Red Bulls 4–1 April 22, 2012 [98]
Álvaro Saborío   Costa Rica Real Salt Lake* Portland Timbers 3–0 July 7, 2012 [99]
Chris Wondolowski   United States San Jose Earthquakes* Real Salt Lake 5–0 July 14, 2012 [100]
Fredy Montero   Colombia Seattle Sounders FC Chivas USA* 6–2 August 25, 2012 [101]
Álvaro Saborío   Costa Rica Real Salt Lake Chivas USA* 4–0 September 29, 2012 [102]
Chris Wondolowski   United States San Jose Earthquakes Colorado Rapids* 4–1 October 6, 2012 [103]
Mike Magee   United States LA Galaxy* Chicago Fire 4–0 March 2, 2013 [70]
Marco Di Vaio   Italy Montreal Impact* Philadelphia Union 5–3 May 25, 2013 [104]
Robbie Keane   Republic of Ireland LA Galaxy* Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 May 26, 2013 [105]
Álvaro Saborío   Costa Rica Real Salt Lake New York Red Bulls* 3–4 July 27, 2013 [106]
Landon Donovan   United States LA Galaxy FC Dallas* 3–3 August 12, 2013 [107]
Robbie Keane   Republic of Ireland LA Galaxy* Real Salt Lake 4–2 August 17, 2013 [108]
Kekuta Manneh   Gambia Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders FC* 4–1 October 10, 2013 [109]
Camilo   Brazil Vancouver Whitecaps FC* Colorado Rapids 3–0 October 27, 2013 [110]
Clint Dempsey   United States Seattle Sounders FC Portland Timbers* 4–4 April 5, 2014 [111]
Bradley Wright-Phillips   England New York Red Bulls* Houston Dynamo 4–0 April 23, 2014 [112]
Harry Shipp   United States Chicago Fire New York Red Bulls* 5–4 May 11, 2014 [113]
Bradley Wright-Phillips   England New York Red Bulls* Chicago Fire 4–5 [113]
Javier Morales   Argentina Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo* 5–2 [114]
Luis Silva   United States D.C. United Montreal Impact* 4–2 June 11, 2014 [115]
Tesho Akindele   Canada FC Dallas San Jose Earthquakes* 5–0 August 16, 2014 [116]
Bradley Wright-Phillips   England New York Red Bulls* Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 September 21, 2014 [117]
Robbie Keane   Republic of Ireland LA Galaxy* Toronto FC 4–0 July 5, 2015 [118]
Sebastian Giovinco   Italy Toronto FC New York City FC* 4–4 July 12, 2015 [119]
Robbie Keane   Republic of Ireland LA Galaxy* San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 July 18, 2015 [120]
Cyle Larin   Canada Orlando City SC New York City FC* 3–5 July 26, 2015 [121]
Sebastian Giovinco   Italy Toronto FC* Orlando City SC 4–1 August 5, 2015 [122]
Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast Montreal Impact* Chicago Fire 4–3 September 6, 2015 [123]
Cyle Larin   Canada Orlando City SC New York Red Bulls* 5–2 September 25, 2015 [124]
Ola Kamara   Norway Columbus Crew SC* Real Salt Lake 4–3 May 28, 2016 [125]
Bradley Wright-Phillips   England New York Red Bulls* Toronto FC 3–0 [126]
Roland Alberg   Netherlands Philadelphia Union* Chicago Fire 4–3 June 22, 2016 [127]
Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast Montreal Impact* Philadelphia Union 5–1 July 23, 2016 [128]
Sebastian Giovinco   Italy Toronto FC* D.C. United 4–1 [129]
Frank Lampard   England New York City FC* Colorado Rapids 5–1 July 30, 2016 [130]
Sebastian Giovinco   Italy Toronto FC* New England Revolution 4–1 August 6, 2016 [131]
Clint Dempsey   United States Seattle Sounders FC Orlando City SC* 3–1 August 7, 2016 [132]
Patrick Mullins   United States D.C. United* Chicago Fire 6–2 August 27, 2016 [133]
Mauro Manotas   Colombia Houston Dynamo* Portland Timbers 3–1 September 24, 2016 [134]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC Minnesota United FC* 6–1 March 11, 2017 [135]
Erick Torres   Mexico Houston Dynamo* New York Red Bulls 4–1 April 2, 2017 [136]
C. J. Sapong   United States Philadelphia Union* New York Red Bulls 3–0 May 6, 2017 [137]
Justin Meram   Iraq Columbus Crew SC Montreal Impact* 3–2 May 13, 2017 [138]
Gerso Fernandes   Guinea-Bissau Sporting Kansas City* Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 May 17, 2017 [139]
Miguel Almirón   Paraguay Atlanta United FC* Houston Dynamo 4–1 May 20, 2017 [140]
Roland Lamah   Belgium FC Dallas* Real Salt Lake 6–2 June 3, 2017 [141]
David Accam   Ghana Chicago Fire* Orlando City SC 4–0 June 25, 2017 [142]
David Villa   Spain New York City FC* New York Red Bulls 3–2 August 6, 2017 [143]
Kei Kamara   Sierra Leone New England Revolution* Orlando City SC 4–0 September 2, 2017 [144]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC* New England Revolution 7–0 September 13, 2017 [145]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC* Orlando City SC 3–3 September 16, 2017 [146]
Patrick Mullins4   United States D.C. United* San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 September 23, 2017 [147]
Justin Morrow   United States Toronto FC* New York Red Bulls 4–2 September 30, 2017 [148]
Nemanja Nikolić   Hungary Chicago Fire* Philadelphia Union 3–2 October 15, 2017 [149]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC* Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 March 17, 2018 [150]
Dominique Badji   Senegal Colorado Rapids* Philadelphia Union 3–0 March 31, 2018 [151]
Johnny Russell   Scotland Sporting Kansas City* Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–0 April 20, 2018 [152]
Ignacio Piatti   Argentina Montreal Impact* Los Angeles FC 3–5 April 21, 2018 [153]
Cristian Techera   Uruguay Vancouver Whitecaps FC* New England Revolution 3–3 May 26, 2018 [154]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC* Philadelphia Union 3–1 June 2, 2018 [155]
Adama Diomande   Norway Los Angeles FC* Philadelphia Union 4–1 June 30, 2018 [156]
Darwin Quintero   Colombia Minnesota United FC* Toronto FC 4–3 July 4, 2018 [157]
Josef Martínez   Venezuela Atlanta United FC* D.C. United 3–1 July 21, 2018 [158]
Michael Barrios   Colombia FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City* 3–2 July 28, 2018 [159]
Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden LA Galaxy* Orlando City SC 4–3 July 29, 2018 [160]
Luciano Acosta   Argentina D.C. United* Orlando City SC 3–2 August 12, 2018 [161]
Damir Kreilach   Croatia Real Salt Lake* LA Galaxy 6–2 September 1, 2018 [162]
Bradley Wright-Phillips   England New York Red Bulls D.C. United* 3–3 September 16, 2018 [163]
Gyasi Zardes   United States Columbus Crew SC* Minnesota United FC 3–2 October 28, 2018 [164]
Wayne Rooney   England D.C. United* Real Salt Lake 5–0 March 16, 2019 [165]
Krisztián Németh   Hungary Sporting Kansas City* Montreal Impact 7–1 March 30, 2019 [166]
Carlos Vela   Mexico Los Angeles FC San Jose Earthquakes* 5–0 [167]
Diego Rossi   Uruguay Los Angeles FC D.C. United* 4–0 April 6, 2019 [168]
Chris Wondolowski4   United States San Jose Earthquakes* Chicago Fire 4–1 May 18, 2019 [169]
Johnny Russell   Scotland Sporting Kansas City* Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 May 26, 2019 [170]
Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden LA Galaxy* Los Angeles FC 3–2 July 19, 2019 [171]
Kei Kamara   Sierra Leone Colorado Rapids* Montreal Impact 6–3 August 3, 2019 [172]
Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden LA Galaxy* Sporting Kansas City 7–2 September 15, 2019 [173]
Alexandru Mitriță   Romania New York City FC* Atlanta United FC 4–1 September 25, 2019 [174]
Carlos Vela   Mexico Los Angeles FC* Colorado Rapids 3–1 October 6, 2019 [175]

2020s

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Player[11] Nationality For Against Result Date Ref.
Ayo Akinola   Canada Toronto FC Montreal Impact 4–3 July 16, 2020 [176]
Diego Rossi4   Uruguay Los Angeles FC LA Galaxy 6–2 July 18, 2020 [177]
Santiago Mosquera   Colombia FC Dallas* Colorado Rapids 4–1 September 16, 2020 [178]
Sergio Santos   Brazil Philadelphia Union* Toronto FC 5–0 October 24, 2020 [179]
Taty Castellanos   Argentina New York City FC* New York Red Bulls 5–2 November 1, 2020 [180]
Javier Hernández   Mexico LA Galaxy* New York Red Bulls 3–2 April 25, 2021 [181]
Hany Mukhtar   Germany Nashville SC* Chicago Fire FC 5–1 July 17, 2021 [182]
Ricardo Pepi   United States FC Dallas* LA Galaxy 4–0 July 24, 2021 [183]
Ola Kamara   Norway D.C. United* Chicago Fire FC 3–0 September 15, 2021 [184]
Javier Eduardo López   Mexico San Jose Earthquakes* Real Salt Lake 3–4 [185]
Brian White   United States Vancouver Whitecaps FC* San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 October 2, 2021 [186]
Cristian Arango   Colombia Los Angeles FC FC Dallas* 3−2 October 20, 2021 [187]
Carlos Vela   Mexico Los Angeles FC* Colorado Rapids 3−0 February 26, 2022 [188]
Lewis Morgan   Scotland New York Red Bulls Toronto FC* 4−1 March 5, 2022 [189]
Jesús Ferreira   United States FC Dallas* Portland Timbers 4−1 March 19, 2022 [190]
Leonardo Campana   Ecuador Inter Miami CF* New England Revolution 3−2 April 9, 2022 [191]
Taty Castellanos4   Argentina New York City FC* Real Salt Lake 6−0 April 17, 2022 [192]
Cristian Espinoza   Argentina San Jose Earthquakes* Seattle Sounders FC 4−3 April 23, 2022 [193]
Ronaldo Cisneros   Mexico Atlanta United FC* Chicago Fire FC 4–1 May 7, 2022 [194]
Brenner   Brazil FC Cincinnati* New York City FC 4–4 June 29, 2022 [195]
Taxiarchis Fountas   Greece D.C. United Orlando City SC* 5–3 July 4, 2022 [196]
Julián Carranza   Argentina Philadelphia Union* D.C. United 7–0 July 8, 2022 [197]
Gonzalo Higuaín   Argentina Inter Miami CF* FC Cincinnati 4–4 July 30, 2022 [198]
Gyasi Zardes   United States Colorado Rapids* Minnesota United FC 4–3 August 6, 2022 [199]
Julián Carranza   Argentina Philadelphia Union D.C. United* 6–0 August 20, 2022 [200]
Dániel Gazdag   Hungary Philadelphia Union* Colorado Rapids 6–0 August 27, 2022 [201]
Hany Mukhtar   Germany Nashville SC* Colorado Rapids 4–1 August 31, 2022 [202]
Juanjo Purata   Mexico Atlanta United FC* Toronto FC 4–2 September 10, 2022 [203]
Brenner   Brazil FC Cincinnati* San Jose Earthquakes 6–0 [204]
Moussa Djitté   Senegal Austin FC* Real Salt Lake 3–0 September 14, 2022 [205]
Daniel Ríos4   Mexico Charlotte FC* Philadelphia Union 4–0 October 1, 2022 [206]
Brenner   Brazil FC Cincinnati D.C. United* 5–2 October 9, 2022 [207]
Dániel Gazdag   Hungary Philadelphia Union* Toronto FC 4–0 [208]
Jordan Morris4   United States Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City* 4–1 March 25, 2023 [209]
Denis Bouanga   Gabon Los Angeles FC* Austin FC 3–0 April 8, 2023 [210]
Mikael Uhre   Denmark Philadelphia Union* Toronto FC 4–2 April 22, 2023 [211]
Hany Mukhtar   Germany Nashville SC* Chicago Fire FC 3–0 May 6, 2023 [212]
Hany Mukhtar   Germany Nashville SC* St. Louis City SC 3–1

June 17, 2023

[213]
Cucho Hernández   Colombia Columbus Crew CF Montréal* 4–2

September 2, 2023

[214]
Cucho Hernández   Colombia Columbus Crew* Chicago Fire FC 3–0 September 20, 2023 [215]
Billy Sharp   England LA Galaxy* Minnesota United FC 4–3
Christian Benteke   Belgium D.C. United* New York Red Bulls 3–5

September 23, 2023

Denis Bouanga   Gabon Los Angeles FC* Minnesota United FC 5–1

October 4, 2023

Teemu Pukki4   Finland Minnesota United FC* LA Galaxy 5–2

October 7, 2023

[216]
Christian Benteke   Belgium D.C. United* New England Revolution 3–1

February 24, 2024

[217]
Giorgos Giakoumakis   Greece Atlanta United FC* New England Revolution 4–1

March 9, 2024

[218]
Lewis Morgan   Scotland New York Red Bulls* Inter Miami CF 4–0

March 23, 2024

[219]
Cristian Arango   Colombia Real Salt Lake* St. Louis City SC 3−1

March 30, 2024

[220]
Luis Suárez   Uruguay Inter Miami CF* New York Red Bulls 6–2 May 4, 2024 [221]
Sam Surridge   England Nashville SC* CF Montréal 4–1 [222]
Christian Benteke   Belgium D.C. United Atlanta United FC* 3–2

May 11, 2024

[223]
Federico Bernardeschi   Italy Toronto FC* CF Montréal 5–1

May 18, 2024

[224]
Alonso Martínez   Costa Rica New York City FC* San Jose Earthquakes 5–1

May 31, 2024

[225]
Cristian Arango   Colombia Real Salt Lake* Austin FC 5−1

June 1, 2024

[226]
Yuya Kubo   Japan FC Cincinnati San Jose Earthquakes* 4–2

June 15, 2024

[227]
Petar Musa   Croatia FC Dallas* Minnesota United FC 5–3 June 19, 2024 [228]
Djordje Mihailovic   United States Colorado Rapids St. Louis City SC* 3–0 [229]
Cucho Hernández   Colombia Columbus Crew* Sporting Kansas City 4–0 June 22, 2024 [230]
Sebastián Ferreira   Paraguay Houston Dynamo FC D.C. United* 4–1 [231]
Mateusz Bogusz   Poland Los Angeles FC* Colorado Rapids 3–0

June 29, 2024

[232]
Brian White   United States Vancouver Whitecaps FC* St. Louis City SC 4–3 [233]
Tai Baribo   Israel Philadelphia Union* New England Revolution 5–1 July 17, 2024 [234]
Dániel Gazdag   Hungary Philadelphia Union* Nashville SC 3–0 July 20, 2024 [235]
Albert Rusnák   Slovakia Seattle Sounders FC Columbus Crew* 4–0 September 7, 2024 [236]
Alexandru Mățan   Romania Columbus Crew* New England Revolution 4–0 October 12, 2024 [237]
Lionel Messi   Argentina Inter Miami CF* New England Revolution 6–2 October 19, 2024 [238]

Multiple hat-tricks

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. Players whose names are in bold are still currently active in Major League Soccer. As of July 20, 2024.

Rank Player Hat-tricks
1   Josef Martínez 6
2   Stern John 5
  Diego Serna
  Chris Wondolowski
  Bradley Wright-Phillips
6   Edson Buddle 4
  Mamadou Diallo
  Landon Donovan
  Sebastian Giovinco
  Cobi Jones
  Robbie Keane
  Hany Mukhtar
13   Cristian Arango 3
  Christian Benteke
  Brenner
  Conor Casey
  Dwayne De Rosario
  Dániel Gazdag
  Amado Guevara
  Cucho Hernández
  Eduardo Hurtado
  Zlatan Ibrahimović
  Álvaro Saborío
  Taylor Twellman
  Carlos Vela
26   Denis Bouanga 2
  Justin Braun
  Julián Carranza
  Taty Castellanos
  Brian Ching
  Jeff Cunningham
  Clint Dempsey
  Raúl Díaz Arce
  Didier Drogba
  Nate Jaqua
  Eddie Johnson
  Kei Kamara
  Ola Kamara
  Cyle Larin
  Roy Lassiter
  Clint Mathis
  Lewis Morgan
  Patrick Mullins
  Pat Noonan
  Chris Pontius
  Ante Razov
  Diego Rossi
  Dante Washington
  Brian White
  Gyasi Zardes

Hat-tricks by nationality

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 19, 2024.

Rank Nation Hat-tricks
1   United States 82
2   Colombia 17
3   Argentina 11
4   Mexico 10
5   England 9
6   Venezuela 8
7   Canada 7
  Senegal
9   Brazil 6
  Italy
11   Hungary 5
  Scotland
  Trinidad and Tobago
14   Belgium 4
  Costa Rica
  Ecuador
  Germany
  Honduras
  Republic of Ireland
  Uruguay
21   Guatemala 3
  Norway
  Sierra Leone
  Sweden
25   Croatia 2
  El Salvador
  France
  Gabon
  Gambia
  Greece
  Ivory Coast
  Paraguay
  Romania
  Zimbabwe
35   Armenia 1
  Bolivia
  Denmark
  Finland
  Ghana
  Guinea-Bissau
  Haiti
  Iraq
  Israel
  Jamaica
  Japan
  Netherlands
  Poland
  Slovakia
  Spain
   Switzerland

Hat-tricks by team

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by the different MLS teams. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 19, 2024.

Rank Team Hat-tricks total Hat-tricks home Hat-tricks away Notes
1 LA Galaxy 27 19 8
2 D.C. United 23 14 9
3 New York Red Bulls 18 13 5 7 hat-tricks as MetroStars
4 Columbus Crew 16 12 4
5 Colorado Rapids 11 7 4
FC Dallas 9 2 3 hat-tricks as Dallas Burn
Philadelphia Union 10 1
8 Atlanta United FC 10 9 1
Los Angeles FC 6 4
New England Revolution 9 1
San Jose Earthquakes 6 4
Sporting Kansas City 8 2 6 hat-tricks as Kansas City Wizards
13 Chicago Fire FC 9 5 4
14 Houston Dynamo FC 8 7 1
Real Salt Lake 5 3
Seattle Sounders FC 2 6
17 Toronto FC 7 5 2
18 Miami Fusion 6 3 3
New York City FC 6 0
20 Nashville SC 5 5 0
Tampa Bay Mutiny 2 3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 1
23 FC Cincinnati 4 2 2
Inter Miami CF 4 0
CF Montréal 4 0 4 hat-tricks as Montreal Impact
26 Chivas USA 2 1 1
Minnesota United FC 2 0
Orlando City SC 0 2
29 Austin FC 1 1 0
Charlotte FC 1 0
31 Portland Timbers 0 0 0
St. Louis City SC 0 0

† Defunct team

Hat-tricks in MLS Cup playoffs

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Key
* The home team
Player Nationality For Against Result Date Ref.
Raúl Díaz Arce   El Salvador D.C. United* Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–1 October 10, 1996 [239]
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Crew* D.C. United 5–1 November 7, 1999 [240]
Landon Donovan   United States LA Galaxy* Real Salt Lake 5–0 November 9, 2014 [241]
Sebastian Giovinco   Italy Toronto FC New York City FC* 5–0 November 5, 2016 [240]
Jordan Morris   United States Seattle Sounders FC* FC Dallas 4–3 (a.e.t.) October 19, 2019 [242]
Elias Manoel   Brazil New York Red Bulls* Charlotte FC 5–2 October 25, 2023 [243]
Ryan Gauld   Scotland Vancouver Whitecaps FC* Portland Timbers 5–0 October 23, 2024 [244]

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