GIFT ORBAN, HAT TRICKS KING 2023
Gift Orban, the King of Hat-Tricks 2023!
Gift Orban is awarded as the “King of hat-tricks” of 2023. A Nigerian striker from Gent made most hat-tricks (5) in the top level games within the past year.
We don’t consider players from the national leagues below top 100; they are included in the table published here but not in the ranking of hat-trick masters. One of such players, Garbhan Coughlan, produced as many as 6 hat-tricks in New Zealand league.
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, 5 and 6+ goals. Sam Philip had one game with 8 goals.
| PLAYERS | WITH | MOST HAT-TRICKS IN 2023 | ||||||||||
| Player | Nationality | Clubs (Leagues) | HT | Total | Goals | |||||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6+ | |||||
| Garbhan Coughlan | Rep. of Ireland | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 1 | Gift Orban | Nigeria | Gent (Belgium) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Denis Bouanga | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Barnabás Varga | Hungary | Paks, Ferencvaros | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Erling Haaland | Norway | Manchester City (England) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Sam Philip | New Zealand | Christchurch United | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Souleymane Diabate | Mali | Mohammedan Dhaka (Bangladesh) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Karim Benzema | France | Real Madrid (Spain) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | Porto (Portugal) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Serbia | Fulham (England), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Jamie Maclaren | Australia | Melbourne City | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | Kylian Mbappé | France | PSG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Germán Cano | Argentina | Fluminense (Brazil) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Odion Ighalo | Nigeria | Al Hilal, Al Wehda (Saudi Arabia) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | Malcom | Brazil | Zenit (Russia), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Páll Klettskarð | Faroe Islands | KÍ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | Dominik Stolz | Germany | Swift Hesperange (Luxembourg) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Jerry Bengtson | Honduras | Olimpia Tegucigalpa | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 17 | Omar Al-Somah | Syria | Al Arabi (Qatar) | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Matteo Prandelli | Italy | Cosmos (San Marino) | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 18 | Alexandre Lacazette | France | Lyon | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Bérgson | Brazil | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |