Top 21st Century Goal-Scorers Hat-Trick Showdown: Ronaldo 66 times > Messi, Haaland 26 times > Mbappé

Scoring a hat-trick in football is a clear sign of peak form and exceptional finishing skills. Foreign media have compiled statistics on the number of hat-tricks players have scored for both club and country in the 21st century, creating a ranking list. Cristiano Ronaldo leads with 66 hat-tricks, followed by Messi; Haaland ranks sixth with 26 hat-tricks, surpassing Mbappé.

Ranking of 21st-century players by hat-tricks for club and national teams:

• First place: Cristiano Ronaldo, 66 hat-tricks!
• Second place: Lionel Messi, 61 hat-tricks!
• Third place: Robert Lewandowski, 35 hat-tricks!
• Fourth place: Luis Suárez, 30 hat-tricks!
• Fifth place: Harry Kane, 28 hat-tricks!
• Sixth place: Erling Haaland, 26 hat-tricks!
• Seventh place: Kylian Mbappé, 24 hat-tricks!

Kane’s scoring momentum at Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga is very strong, easily overtaking Suárez; Haaland’s goal-scoring ability is impressive, and at just 25 years old, surpassing Lewandowski is well within reach.

Fans joke that these players are all legendary strikers. Ronaldo’s lead in hat-tricks over Messi is mainly due to playing more matches and the presence of more weaker teams in Europe compared to South America. Overall, in any football statistic battle, Messi and Ronaldo remain far ahead, like gods, with everyone else playing catch-up.