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. 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.

In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time. The most recent hat-trick was scored by Bukayo Saka in the 2026 FIFA World Cup match for third place against France in July 2026.

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.

No.DateGoalsPlayer OpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef Bloomfield, Belfast Friendly Bloomfield, Belfast Friendly Kensington Oval, London Friendly Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1883–84 British Home Championship Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1885–86 British Home Championship Bramall Lane, Sheffield1886–87 British Home Championship Nantwich Road, Crewe1887–88 British Home Championship Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1887–88 British Home Championship Anfield, Liverpool1888–89 British Home Championship Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast1889–90 British Home Championship Wellington Road, Perry Barr1892–93 British Home Championship Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent1892–93 British Home Championship (2) Athletic Ground, Richmond1892–93 British Home Championship Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1893–94 British Home Championship Arms Park, Cardiff1895–96 British Home Championship Trent Bridge, Nottingham1896–97 British Home Championship Roker Park, Sunderland1898–99 British Home Championship Roker Park, Sunderland1898–99 British Home Championship (2) St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne1900–01 British Home Championship Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1907–08 British Home Championship Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna Friendly (2) Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna Friendly Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Friendly (3) Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Friendly (4) Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna Friendly Dalymount Park, Dublin1911–12 British Home Championship Kielstadion, Antwerp Friendly Stadium in Molenbeek, Molenbeek, Brussels Friendly (2) Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette Friendly Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels Friendly (2) Stamford Bridge, London1929–30 British Home Championship Arsenal Stadium, London Friendly Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Stockholm Friendly Windsor Park, Belfast1937–38 British Home Championship White Hart Lane, London Friendly Old Trafford, Manchester1938–39 British Home Championship Windsor Park, Belfast1946–47 British Home Championship Leeds Road, Huddersfield Friendly Estádio Nacional, Jamor Friendly (2) Estádio Nacional, Jamor Friendly (2) Arsenal Stadium, London Friendly (3) Windsor Park, Belfast 1949 British Home Championship Ninian Park, Cardiff 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier1949–50 British Home Championship Maine Road, Manchester 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier1949–50 British Home Championship Estádio Nacional, Jamor Friendly Wembley Stadium, London1953–54 British Home Championship Wembley Stadium, London1954–55 British Home Championship England v Scotland 1955 video footage from Pathé News Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier (2) Wembley Stadium, London 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Wembley Stadium, London Friendly Wrigley Field, Los Angeles Friendly (2) Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier (2) Wembley Stadium, London1960–61 British Home Championship (3) Wembley Stadium, London Friendly (3) Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima Friendly (4) St. Jakob-Park, Basel Friendly (4) Wembley Stadium, London1962–63 British Home Championship Wembley Stadium, London1962–63 British Home Championship Estádio Nacional, Jamor Friendly Downing Stadium, New York City Friendly Downing Stadium, New York City Friendly (5) Windsor Park, Belfast1963–64 British Home Championship (6) Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Friendly Wembley Stadium, London 1966 FIFA World Cup final (2) Wembley Stadium, London Friendly Wembley Stadium, London 1976 European Championship qualifier Wembley Stadium, London 1984 European Championship qualifier Besiktas Inönü Stadyumu, Istanbul 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier Wembley Stadium, London 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier (2) Estadio Universitario, Monterrey 1986 FIFA World Cup finals (3) Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Friendly (4) Wembley Stadium, London 1988 European Championship qualifier (5) Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Friendly Wembley Stadium, London 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier Wembley Stadium, London Wembley Stadium, London Olympiastadion, Munich 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier (2) Giants Stadium, New York City Friendly Old Trafford, Manchester Friendly Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier Wembley Stadium, London 2012 European Championship qualifier Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod 2018 FIFA World Cup finals Wembley Stadium, London 2020 European Championship qualifier (2) Wembley Stadium, London 2020 European Championship qualifier (3) Wembley Stadium, London 2020 European Championship qualifier (4) Wembley Stadium, London 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier (5) San Marino Stadium, Serravalle 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier Old Trafford, Manchester 2024 European Championship qualifier (2) Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens 2026 FIFA World Cup match for third place

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.

Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition ResultRef(s)Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendlyKennington Oval, LondonFriendly Celtic Park, Glasgow1899–1900 British Home ChampionshipWembley Stadium, London1927–28 British Home Championship Deutsches Stadion, BerlinFriendly Wembley Stadium, LondonFriendly Jugoslavija Narodna Armia, BelgradeFriendly Estadio Nacional, LimaFriendly Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf1988 European Championship finals Friends Arena, Solna MunicipalityFriendly

Statistics The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by Englishplayers who have scored two or more hat-tricks.

+ Multiple hat-tricksRank PlayerHat-tricks 1 Jimmy Greaves 6 2 Gary Lineker 5 Harry Kane 4 Vivian Woodward 4 Bobby Charlton 6 Stan Mortensen 3 7 Steve Bloomer 2 Fred Spiksley Dixie Dean George Camsell Tommy Lawton Tommy Taylor Geoff Hurst Michael Owen Bukayo Saka

+ Hat-tricks by competition Competition Hat-tricks Friendlies 34 British Home Championship 31 UEFA European Championship qualifying 10 UEFA European Championship 0 FIFA World Cup qualification 14 FIFA World Cup 4 Total 93

+ Hat-tricks by opponent Rank Opponent Hat-tricks 1 (incl. Northern Ireland) 21 2 10 3 5 4 4 5 3 12 2 (incl. Czechoslovakia) (incl. West Germany) 17 1 Total 91

See also England national football team records and statistics List of England women's national football team hat-tricks List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks List of Wales national football team hat-tricks List of Republic of Ireland national football team hat-tricks List of Germany national football team hat-tricks List of France national football team hat-tricks List of Spain national football team hat-tricks List of Portugal national football team hat-tricks

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