The list of Liverpool players who managed to score a hat-trick during their careers is a long one, with 249 games featuring at least three goals scored by a player during the period between the club’s formation and the conclusion of the 2023-2024 campaign.
Obviously we’re not going to list all of the times that a player has scored a hat-trick, but we can look at the overall number of hat-tricks scored by all of the players that managed it during their Liverpool career:
| Player | Number of Hat-Tricks Scored |
|---|---|
| Gordon Hodgson | 17 |
| Ian Rush | 16 |
| Roger Hunt | 12 |
| Michael Owen | 10 |
| Robbie Fowler | 10 |
| Dick Forshaw | 8 |
| Jack Parkinson | 7 |
| Luis Suarez | 6 |
| Sam Raybould | 6 |
| Billy Liddell | 5 |
| Harry Chambers | 5 |
| Joe Hewitt | 5 |
| Mohamed Salah | 5 |
| Steven Gerrard | 5 |
| Fernando Torres | 4 |
| George Allan | 4 |
| Bobby Robinson | 3 |
| Fred Howe | 3 |
| Jack Balmer | 3 |
| John Aldridge | 3 |
| John Miller | 3 |
| John Toshack | 3 |
| John Wark | 3 |
| Kenny Dalglish | 3 |
| Tony Hateley | 3 |
| Yossi Benayoun | 3 |
| Albert Stubbins | 2 |
| Cyril Done | 2 |
| Dean Saunders | 2 |
| Dick Johnson | 2 |
| Frank Becton | 2 |
| Fred Pagnam | 2 |
| Graeme Souness | 2 |
| Harold Barton | 2 |
| Harry Race | 2 |
| Ian St John | 2 |
| Jimmy Case | 2 |
| Jimmy Ross | 2 |
| John Barnes | 2 |
| John Evans | 2 |
| Malcolm McVean | 2 |
| Maxi Rodriguez | 2 |
| Paul Walsh | 2 |
| Roberto Firmino | 2 |
| Steve McMahon | 2 |
| Terry McDermott | 2 |
| Tony Rowley | 2 |
| Willie Devlin | 2 |
| Alan Arnell | 1 |
| Albert Stubbins | 1 |
| Alf Arrowsmith | 1 |
| Alun Evans | 1 |
| Andy McGuigan | 1 |
| Arthur Metcalf | 1 |
| Bill McPherson | 1 |
| Bobby Graham | 1 |
| Charlie Satterthwaite | 1 |
| Daniel Sturridge | 1 |
| Danny Shone | 1 |
| Dave Hickson | 1 |
| Dave Wright | 1 |
| David Fairclough | 1 |
| David Johnson | 1 |
| Diogo Jota | 1 |
| Dirk Kuyt | 1 |
| Divock Origi | 1 |
| Emile Heskey | 1 |
| Gary Gillespie | 1 |
| Ian Callaghan | 1 |
| Jack Whitham | 1 |
| Jan Mølby | 1 |
| Jimmy Harrower | 1 |
| Jimmy Smith | 1 |
| Jimmy Stewart | 1 |
| Jimmy Stott | 1 |
| Jimmy Walsh | 1 |
| Johnny Walker | 1 |
| Johnny Wheeler | 1 |
| Kevin Keegan | 1 |
| Kevin Lewis | 1 |
| Louis Bimpson | 1 |
| Mark Walters | 1 |
| Michael Robinson | 1 |
| Milan Baros | 1 |
| Patrik Berger | 1 |
| Peter Beardsley | 1 |
| Peter Crouch | 1 |
| Phil Boersma | 1 |
| Philippe Coutinho | 1 |
| Ronald Orr | 1 |
| Ronnie Whelan | 1 |
| Ronny Rosenthal | 1 |
| Sadio Mané | 1 |
| Stan Collymore | 1 |
| Steve Nicol | 1 |
| Steve Staunton | 1 |
| Tom Reid | 1 |
| Tom Wyllie | 1 |
It is important to note that we’re talking about the players that scored at least a hat-trick during the match. Ian Rush scored five goals in a six goal game against Luton Town in 1983, for example, whilst Robbie Fowler scored all five in a 5-0 win over Fulham in 1993.
The name ‘Hodgson’ will make some Liverpool supporters who were around during Roy Hodgson’s ill-fated time at the club shiver, but the 17 hat-tricks scored by Gordon Hodgson is exceptional. Not even Rushie, the club’s all-time top scorer, could match it.
Robbie Fowler scored the same number as Michael Owen, with the big difference being that Fowler also scored the fastest hat-trick in the club’s history. For a time, it was the fastest hat-trick scored in the English top-flight, coming in at four minutes and 33 seconds.
Robbie Fowler. 4 minutes and 33 seconds. On this day in 1994. A record that would stand for 21 years.pic.twitter.com/5auhfycMtu
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) August 28, 2024
It was a record that remained in place for 21 years, eventually being overtaken by a future Liverpool player in Sadio Mané, who did it in two minutes and 56 seconds while playing for Southampton.
