Since the inception of the English Premier League in 1992-93, more than 100 players have registered hat-tricks. 36 different players have scored 3 or more goals in a Premier League game on multiple occasions.Of the 20 players to have scored more than 3 goals in a Premier League game, the quintet of Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe, Dimitar Berbatov and Sergio Agüero share the record of scoring most goals in a Premier League game (5 apiece).Eric Cantona scored the first Premier League hat-trick when the Frenchman scored thrice in a game for Leeds United against Tottenham Hotspur. Since then, players from 42 different nations have registered three (or more) goal hauls in the Premier League.148 hat-tricks by English players in the Premier League is the most by players from any nationality, while 17 hat-tricks by Argentine players is the most by players from a non-European nation. Let us now meet the top 6 players with the most Premier League hat-tricks:

6. Michael Owen



Club Liverpool

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A player who was once the blue-eyed boy of English Football, although Owen is now known more for the

ridiculously stupid things he says as a pundit. However, in his youth, Owen was a tour de force – combing electric pace and deadly finishing ability to devastating effect.

Owen burst onto the scene with Liverpool as a precociously talented 17-year-old, before going on to light up the 1998 World Cup in France with England just a year later.

Sadly for Owen, persistent hamstring injuries gradually robbed him of his speed and by the time he left Anfield for Real Madrid in 2004, his powers were already on the wane. The 40 goal England international would return to the Premier League just a year after moving to Spain and finished out his career with spells at Newcastle,Manchester United and Stoke.

Time has not been kind to Owen’s legacy with the once deadly striker rarely getting enough credit for just how good he was during the first few seasons of his career. However, his record for being the youngest player to score 100 Premier League goals, does show what a top class goal scorer he was in his prime.

5. Thierry Henry

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