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The 50 Players With Most Hat-Tricks In The 21st Century Have Been Ranked

The 50 Players With Most Hat-Tricks In The 21st Century Have Been Ranked

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Cristiano Ronaldo is now three ahead of longtime rival Lionel Messi when it comes to hat-tricks scored in the 21st century.

The Portuguese superstar netted all of Juventus' goals in 3-1 win over Cagliari on Saturday and silenced his critics.

He managed to make it perfect as well, scoring on with his left foot, one with his right foot and one with his head.

It means 'CR7' has 57 hat-tricks in his overall career, which is just ahead of Messi's 53.

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Messi's last hat-trick came against Eibar last February and it's unlikely he'll match Ronaldo's tally.

That doesn't mean his numbers are poor though. Ronaldo and Messi are on another level to everyone else and the closest player is Luis Suarez with 29 hat-tricks.

Check out the entire top 50 per Transfermarkt below:

50. Karim Benzema - Seven hat-tricks

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49. Didier Drogba - Seven hat-tricks

48. Gareth Bale - Seven hat-tricks

47. Robbie Keane - Seven hat-tricks

46. David Villa - Seven hat-tricks

45. Emmanuel Adebayor - Seven hat-tricks

44. Carlos Tevez - Seven hat-tricks

43. Edin Dzeko - Eight hat-tricks

42. Raul - Eight hat-tricks

41. Samuel Eto'o - Eight hat-tricks

40. Antonio Di Natale - Eight hat-tricks

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39. Jermain Defoe - Eight hat-tricks

38. Wissam Ben Yedder - Eight hat-tricks

37. Kylian Mbappe - Eight hat-tricks

36. Erling Haaland - Eight hat-tricks

35. Fernando Torres - Nine hat-tricks

34. Miroslav Klose - Nine hat-tricks

33. Wayne Rooney - Nine hat-tricks

32. Claudio Pizarro - Nine hat-tricks

31. Dimitar Berbatov - Nine hat-tricks

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30. Aleksandr Kerzhakov - Nine hat-tricks

29. Pauleta - Nine hat-tricks

28. Marc Janko - Nine hat-tricks

27. Robin van Persie - Nine hat-tricks

26. Dries Mertens - 10 hat-tricks

25. Michael Owen - 10 hat-tricks

24. Filippo Inzaghi - 10 hat-tricks

23. Radamel Falcao - 10 hat-tricks

22. Mateja Kezman - 10 hat-tricks

21. Dirk Kuyt - 11 hat-tricks

20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 11 hat-tricks

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19. Thierry Henry - 11 hat-tricks

18. Ruud van Nistelrooy - 11 hat-tricks

17. Neymar - 11 hat-tricks

16. Roberto Soldado - 11 hat-tricks

15. Bas Dost - 11 hat-tricks

14. Alan Carvalho - 11 hat-tricks

13. Gonzalo Higuain - 12 hat-tricks

12. Roy Makaay - 12 hat-tricks

11. Jonathan Soriano - 14 hat-tricks

10. Edinson Cavani - 15 hat-tricks

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9. Harry Kane - 15 hat-tricks

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 17 hat-tricks

7. Sergio Aguero - 18 hat-tricks

6. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - 18 hat-tricks

5. Mario Gomez - 18 hat-tricks

4. Robert Lewandowski - 24 hat-tricks

3. Luis Suarez - 29 hat-tricks

2. Lionel Messi - 54 hat-tricks

1. Cristiano Ronaldo - 57 hat-tricks

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Ronaldo and Messi combined have scored 111 hat-tricks in their career and that's a tally that'll never be matched.

What a great era for goalscorers.

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Topics: Football, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo