Multiple players have found it easy to score hat-tricks in their careers, and the 11 men with the most since 2000 have all scored three goals in a match 22 times or more. Cristiano Ronaldo has the most hat-tricks out of any other footballer in the 21st century. Lionel Messi is currently nine hat-tricks behind his rival, but still has 57 to his name.
Scoring a hat-trick is a very tough task - for some, at least. Some of the beautiful game's most elite strikers go their whole career without netting three goals in a single game. But, contrary to that, there are some that make scoring hat-tricks look like second nature to them.
Take Cristiano Ronaldo as the prime example - the legendary Portuguese has made scoring hat-tricks look easy throughout his illustrious career. He's taken the match ball home on numerous occasions since making his professional debut and, now in his late 30s and plying his trade outside of Europe, is still adding to his tally. He is truly one of the most clinical strikers in football history, but how does his hat-trick record compare to other players in the 21st century? GIVEMESPORT are here to take you through the 21 men who have scored three times in a single match the most frequently since 2000, and it's a list which includes several modern-day legends.
In the event of a tiebreak, the players have been ranked by how many games they scored the hat-tricks in. The player who managed the total in the fewest games wins. Footballers with the most hat-tricks si.