47 nationalities have scored a PL hat-trick
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In Bournemouth’s emphatic 5-0 win against high-flying Nottingham Forest on Saturday, forward Dango Ouattara became the first player from Burkina Faso to score a Premier League hat-trick. His treble means that 47 nations have now contributed at least one hat-trick in the division, with Burkina Faso becoming the 12th African nation to do so. Since the league’s inception in the 1992/93 campaign, a grand total of 396 hat-tricks have now been scored in the Premier League. There have already been 10 hat-tricks this season alone.
So Ouattara may have got Burkina Faso up and running in the Premier League hat-trick department, but which nations have seen their players contribute the most hat-tricks down the years? Of course, England leads the way, with as many as 170 hat-tricks scored by as many as 78 different Englishmen since 1992, but which other nations have provided the biggest source of hat-tricks in Premier League history? The list can be swiped through below.
Which nations have provided the most Premier League hat-tricks?
Behind England in second place is actually the Netherlands. The Dutch have contributed 20 Premier League hat-tricks, with eight separate scorers finding the net three times in one match. Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie scored the most, with five Premier League hat-tricks. Next up three nations have provided 18 trebles. In third place is France, with 18 hat-tricks from nine different scorers – Gunners legend Thierry Henry scoring the most (9). In fourth is Norway with 18 hat-tricks from seven different scorers – Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (8) leading for them. In fifth is Argentina with 18 hat-tricks, but from just three different scorers – Sergio Agüero scored as many as 12 of them.
Spain are sixth having contributed 12 Premier League hat-tricks from eight different scorers, with former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres (4) providing the most. Belgium take seventh spot, with nine trebles from five separate scorers. Two African nations take eight and ninth position – Ivory Coast have contributed eight hat-tricks from six different scorers, whilst Nigeria have provided eight hat-tricks from five scorers. Completing the top 10 are Brazil, with seven hat-tricks from six separate goalscorers.
