Henrik Larsson scored a record 12 Scottish Premier League hat-tricks, for
Celtic.
The
Scottish Premier League (SPL) was a
footballleague competition that operated between 1998 and 2013.[a] During that period, more than 100 players scored three goals (a
hat-trick) or more in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was
Craig Burley, who scored three times for
Celtic in a 5–0 victory against
Dunfermline Athletic on the opening day of the first SPL season.[1] Eight players scored more than three goals in a match; of these, three players,
Kris Boyd (twice),
Gary Hooper and
Kenny Miller scored five.[2]
Three matches featured two hat-tricks in the same game. The first two came in the same week of the 1999–2000 season.
Henrik Larsson and
Mark Viduka both scored three goals each in Celtic's 7–0 win against
Aberdeen on 16 October 1999,[3] then Aberdeen's
Robbie Winters and
Motherwell's
John Spencer both scored hat-tricks in a 6–5 win for Aberdeen at
Fir Park four days later.[4]Gary Hooper and
Anthony Stokes both scored hat-tricks in Celtic's league
record 9–0 win against Aberdeen on 6 November 2010.[5] Larsson and Stokes are the only players who have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches.[2]
Henrik Larsson scored three or more goals twelve times in the Scottish Premier League, more than any other player.[2] Larsson, Boyd,
John Hartson,
Michael Higdon and Stokes were the only players to have scored more than three hat-tricks in the SPL. Six players scored hat-tricks for two different clubs: Boyd (
Kilmarnock and
Rangers), Higdon (
St Mirren and Motherwell),
Gary McSwegan (
Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock),
Colin Nish (Kilmarnock and
Hibernian), Stokes (
Falkirk and Celtic) and Kyle Lafferty (Rangers and Kilmarnock)
Henrik Larsson scored a record 12 Scottish Premier League hat-tricks, for
Celtic.
The
Scottish Premier League (SPL) was a
footballleague competition that operated between 1998 and 2013.[a] During that period, more than 100 players scored three goals (a
hat-trick) or more in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was
Craig Burley, who scored three times for
Celtic in a 5–0 victory against
Dunfermline Athletic on the opening day of the first SPL season.[1] Eight players scored more than three goals in a match; of these, three players,
Kris Boyd (twice),
Gary Hooper and
Kenny Miller scored five.[2]
Three matches featured two hat-tricks in the same game. The first two came in the same week of the 1999–2000 season.
Henrik Larsson and
Mark Viduka both scored three goals each in Celtic's 7–0 win against
Aberdeen on 16 October 1999,[3] then Aberdeen's
Robbie Winters and
Motherwell's
John Spencer both scored hat-tricks in a 6–5 win for Aberdeen at
Fir Park four days later.[4]Gary Hooper and
Anthony Stokes both scored hat-tricks in Celtic's league
record 9–0 win against Aberdeen on 6 November 2010.[5] Larsson and Stokes are the only players who have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches.[2]
Henrik Larsson scored three or more goals twelve times in the Scottish Premier League, more than any other player.[2] Larsson, Boyd,
John Hartson,
Michael Higdon and Stokes were the only players to have scored more than three hat-tricks in the SPL. Six players scored hat-tricks for two different clubs: Boyd (
Kilmarnock and
Rangers), Higdon (
St Mirren and Motherwell),
Gary McSwegan (
Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock),
Colin Nish (Kilmarnock and
Hibernian), Stokes (
Falkirk and Celtic) and Kyle Lafferty (Rangers and Kilmarnock)