The oldest hat-trick scorers in Premier League history
Each of the three oldest hat-trick scorers in Premier League history played for Man Utd, but only two of the three scored their last hat-trick whilst at the Red Devils. Teddy Sheringham played for Portsmouth when he scored his final Premier League hat-trick at 37 years and 146 days old, making him the oldest hat-trick scorer in the Premier League's history.
Last updated before the 2025-26 season
Oldest hat-trick scorers in Premier League history (top 20)
PLAYER | AGE (YEAR) | AGE (DAYS) | TEAM | OPPONENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Teddy Sheringham | 37 | 146 | Portsmouth | Bolton Wanderers |
Cristiano Ronaldo | 37 | 70 | Manchester United | Norwich City |
Cristiano Ronaldo | 37 | 35 | Manchester United | Tottenham Hotspur |
Gordon Strachan | 36 | 60 | Leeds United | Blackburn Rovers |
Teddy Sheringham | 34 | 209 | Manchester United | Southampton |
Les Ferdinand | 33 | 353 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester City |
Ian Wright | 33 | 314 | Arsenal | Bolton Wanderers |
Jurgen Klinsmann | 33 | 276 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wimbledon |
Jamie Vardy | 33 | 260 | Leicester City | Manchester City |
Frank Lampard | 33 | 104 | Chelsea | Bolton Wanderers |
Jermain Defoe | 33 | 98 | Sunderland | Swansea City |
Chris Wood | 33 | 56 | Nottingham Forest | Brighton & Hove Albion |
Gianluca Vialli | 33 | 46 | Chelsea | Barnsley |
Ian Wright | 32 | 318 | Arsenal | Sheffield Wednesday |
Samuel Eto'o | 32 | 315 | Chelsea | Manchester United |
Jamie Vardy | 32 | 287 | Leicester City | Southampton |
Peter Beardsley | 32 | 285 | Newcastle United | Wimbledon |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 32 | 203 | Middlesbrough | Blackburn Rovers |
Louis Saha | 32 | 181 | Everton | Blackpool |
Mark Hughes | 32 | 164 | Chelsea | Leeds United |
Portuguese Premier League legend Cristiano Ronaldo is the second oldest Premier League hat-trick scorer, having netted three goals in a single fixture on two occasions at the age of 37 during a second spell at Man Utd against Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur respectively.
After Sheringham and Ronaldo, Gordon Strachan is the third oldest player to have scored a Premier League hat-trick and the only one to have done so at 36-years-old. Former Scottish international Strachan claimed that hat-trick against Blackburn Rovers in 1993 whilst at Leeds Utd, the only hat-trick of his Premier League career.
Of the current top 20 oldest Premier League hat-trick scorers, only one remains in the Premier League as it stands, that being a 33-year-old Chris Wood, who racked up three goals for Nottingham Forest on February 1st 2025 in a 7-0 thrashing of Brighton, the third Premier League hat-trick of his career.
