MOST HAT TRICKS IN WORLD TOP LEVEL FOOTBALL 2022


Kylian Mbappé – King of Hat-Tricks 2022!

Kylian Mbappé and Kodai Tanaka have made most hat-tricks (5 each) in the top-level world football in 2022. 
The French striker is awarded as the winner of category “King of hat-tricks” due to the main tie-breaker: number of hat-tricks in international games. The glorious hat-trick in the World Cup final has just given him advantage. Other four were made by him for PSG.
Tanaka has meanwhile scored all his hat-trick in domestic games (of Singapore league).
In total, 12 players worldwide have finished 2022 with 3 and more hat-tricks in top-level games. 
In the ranking below, they are sorted by following tie-breakers: 1) hat-tricks in international games (ICC+NT), 2) in national team (NT), 3) in national league (NL), 4) number of total goals scored in the hat-trick games, 5) strength of the league (according IFFHS league ranking).
The right columns indicate the “size” of hat-tricks: number of games with 3, 4 and 5+ goals. Michael Olunga had two games with 5 goals, Julián Álvarez one game with 6 goals.   
Ronan Hale featuring in the league of Northern Ireland has made 3 pokers in 2022 (more than any other player), all 3 in different competitions: in the league, Irish Cup and League Cup. In his remaining games of 2022, apart from those three, he never scored more than once.



 PLAYERS WITH MOST HAT-TRICKS IN 2022         
             
 PlayerClubCountryHT   TotalGoals   
    NLNCICCNT 3456
1Kylian MbappéPSGFrance31 155   
2Kodai TanakaAlbirex Niigata (Singapore)Japan5   532  
3Garbhan CoughlanCashmere Technical (New Zealand)Rep. of Ireland4   42 2 
4Erling HaalandBorussia D (Germany), Man City (England)Norway4   44   
5Shin-wook KimLion City Sailors (Singapore)South Korea4   44   
6Pedro FlamengoBrazil1 2 321  
7Robert Lewandowski Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain)Poland1 2 33   
8Julián ÁlvarezRiver Plate, Manchester City (England)Argentina2 1 32  1
9BergsonJohor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia)Brazil111 33   
10Souleymane DiabateMohammedan Dhaka (Bangladesh)Mali3   321  
11Ronan HaleLarne, Cliftonville (Northern Ireland)Rep. of Ireland12  3 3  
12Michael OlungaAl Duhail (Qatar)Kenya12  33