List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks


The first hat-trick, a player scoring three goals in a game, in Major League Soccer, was scored by Steve Rammel of D.C. United in their 5–2 win at the Columbus Crew on May 15, 1996.[1]
The league's fastest hat-trick was scored in under five minutes by Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy on June 4, 1998, in an 8–1 win at the Dallas Burn.[2] The fastest hat-trick from the start of a game was scored by Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC, who recorded three goals in the opening 16 minutes of a 5–1 victory against Chicago Fire FC on July 18, 2021 (the goals all came in a six-minute window). Clint Mathis scored the most goals in a game, when he scored five, on August 26, 2000, in a 6–4 MetroStars win over the Burn.[3]
Roy Lassiter scored hat-tricks for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[1] and D.C. United.[4] Dante Washington scored hat-tricks for the Burn[5] and the Crew.[6] Mamadou Diallo scored three hat-tricks for the Mutiny[7][8][9] and another for the MetroStars,[10] twice scoring four goals in a game.
Hat-tricks
[edit]| Key | |
|---|---|
| 4 | Player scored four goals |
| 5 | Player scored five goals |
| † | Player scored hat-trick as a substitute |
| * | The home team |
1990s
[edit]- Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Multiple hat-tricks
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. Players whose names are in bold are still currently active in Major League Soccer. Players whose names are in italics no longer play in the league, but are still active players. As of October 18, 2025.
Hat-tricks by nationality
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 18, 2025.
| Rank | Nation | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 85 | |
| 2 | 17 | |
| 3 | 13 | |
| 4 | 11 | |
| 5 | 10 | |
| 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | 7 | |
| 10 | 6 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 17 | 4 | |
| 22 | 3 | |
| 27 | 2 | |
| 37 | 1 | |
Hat-tricks by team
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by the different MLS teams. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 18, 2025.
| Rank | Team | Hat-tricks total | Hat-tricks home | Hat-tricks away | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 20 | 8 | |
| 2 | D.C. United | 22 | 14 | 8 | |
| 3 | New York Red Bulls | 18 | 13 | 5 | 7 hat-tricks as MetroStars |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 12 | 5 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 11 | 1 | |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 7 | 4 | |
| FC Dallas | 9 | 2 | 3 hat-tricks as Dallas Burn | ||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 7 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Atlanta United FC | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Chicago Fire FC | 5 | 5 | |||
| New England Revolution | 9 | 1 | |||
| Sporting Kansas City | 8 | 2 | 6 hat-tricks as Kansas City Wizards | ||
| 14 | Seattle Sounders FC | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | Houston Dynamo FC | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | |||
| 17 | Nashville SC | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| New York City FC | 6 | 1 | |||
| Toronto FC | 5 | 2 | |||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 6 | 1 | |||
| 20 | † Miami Fusion | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 22 | † Tampa Bay Mutiny | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Inter Miami CF | 4 | 1 | |||
| 23 | FC Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| CF Montréal | 4 | 0 | 4 hat-tricks as Montreal Impact | ||
| 26 | Orlando City SC | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 | † Chivas USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Minnesota United FC | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charlotte FC | 2 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Austin FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| San Diego FC | 0 | 1 | |||
| St. Louis City SC | 1 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
† Defunct team
Hat-tricks in MLS Cup playoffs
[edit]| Key | |
|---|---|
| * | The home team |
| Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl Díaz Arce | D.C. United* | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 4–1 | October 10, 1996 | [254] | |
| Stern John | Columbus Crew* | D.C. United | 5–1 | November 7, 1999 | [255] | |
| Landon Donovan | LA Galaxy* | Real Salt Lake | 5–0 | November 9, 2014 | [256] | |
| Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | New York City FC* | 5–0 | November 6, 2016 | [255] | |
| Jordan Morris | Seattle Sounders FC* | FC Dallas | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | October 19, 2019 | [257] | |
| Elias Manoel | New York Red Bulls* | Charlotte FC | 5–2 | October 25, 2023 | [258] | |
| Ryan Gauld | Vancouver Whitecaps FC* | Portland Timbers | 5–0 | October 23, 2024 | [259] | |
| Tadeo Allende | Inter Miami CF* | New York City FC | 5–1 | November 29, 2025 | [260] |
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