Kylian Mbappe scored his fourth Champions League hat-trick final evening and is on the right track to interrupt the file, which is at the moment held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
After his latest heroics towards FC Kairat, Mbappe has scored extra hat-tricks within the UCL than the likes of Neymar, Mario Gomez and Filippo Inzaghi.
Right here’s the total breakdown of the 5 gamers with probably the most Champions League hat-tricks and the way lengthy it can take Mbappe to interrupt the file.
=4. Kylian Mbappe – 4 hat-tricks
The Frenchman is now midway to turning into the joint file holder for probably the most hat-tricks within the historical past of the Champions League.
He managed to attain his fourth hat-trick throughout his 89th look within the competitors.
If he takes one other 89 matches to attain his subsequent 4 hat-tricks, he’ll equal the file in fewer matches than Ronaldo, who scored eight hat-tricks throughout 183 UCL appearances.
Though he’ll must turn out to be much more prolific if he desires to interrupt the file in fewer matches than Messi.
With the quantity of objectives he’s been scoring since becoming a member of Actual Madrid, it’s possible that the Frenchman may rating greater than 4 hat-tricks in Europe over the following few years to interrupt the file.
=4. Karim Benzema – 4 hat-tricks
Joint with Mbappe on 4 hat-tricks in Benzema, who made 152 appearances within the competitors.
His 4 hat-tricks all got here for Actual Madrid and had been towards AJ Auxerre, Malmo, PSG and Chelsea.
Together with tying stage with Benzema’s hat-trick tally, Mbappe is just 30 objectives away from equalling his complete tally within the UCL of 90 objectives.
3. Robert Lewandowski – 6 hat-tricks
With the best way Lewandowski remains to be performing, there’s an opportunity that he may surpass Messi and Ronaldo on this listing.
The 37-year-old remains to be performing on the highest stage, having scored 105 objectives in 154 appearances since becoming a member of Barcelona in 2022.
His final hat-trick within the competitors got here throughout his debut season for Barcelona when he scored three towards Viktoria Plzen throughout a 5-1 triumph in September 2022.
=1. Lionel Messi – 8 hat-tricks
Messi’s eight hat-tricks have been scored towards Arsenal, Viktoria Plzen, Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax, APOEL, Celtic, Man Metropolis and PSV.
His final hat-trick within the competitors got here in September 2018 throughout his 126th look within the Champions League.
That signifies that if Mbappe desires to stage Messi’s file in fewer matches, he’ll want to attain 4 hat-tricks in his subsequent 37 appearances in Europe – or rating 5 hat-tricks to interrupt the file.
=1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 8 hat-tricks
As issues stand, the file is tied between Messi and Ronaldo, who’ve every scored eight hat-tricks.
Nevertheless, it does must be mentioned that Messi scored his eighth hat-trick in fewer matches than it took CR7.
Within the case of Ronaldo, his eighth hat-trick within the competitors got here towards Atlético Madrid in March 2019, throughout his one hundred and sixtieth sport within the competitors.
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