# List of I-League hat-tricks

Since the inception of the Indian association football league competition, the I-League, in 2007, 45 players have scored three or more goals in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Brazilian Edu, who scored three times for JCT in a 3–1 victory over East Bengal. Eight players have scored more than three goals in a match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Tolgay Özbey, Ranti Martins, Beto, Gbeneme Friday, Bektur Talgat Uulu and Dudu Omagbemi. Baljit Sahni holds the record for the quickest I-League hat-trick, netting three times against Shillong Lajong in 54 minutes.
Okolie has scored three or more goals 13 times in the I-League, more than any other player. Seven players have each scored hat-tricks for two or more different clubs: Okolie (Sporting Goa, Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan), Muritala Ali (Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan), Martins (Dempo, Prayag United and East Bengal), Josimar (Prayag United and Salgaocar), Lalpekhlua (Indian Arrows and Pailan Arrows), Özbey (East Bengal and Dempo) and C. K. Vineeth (Prayag United and Bengaluru).

## Hat-tricks

    As of 14 May 2024
Key :
| $^4$ | Player scored four goals |
| $^5$ | Player scored five goals |
| $^6$ | Player scored six goals |
| † | Player scored hat-trick as a substitute |
| * | The home team |
    Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
| Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Edu | Brazil | JCT | East Bengal* | 3–1 | 30 November 2007 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | East Bengal | 3–2 | 13 December 2007 |
| Felix Chimaokwu | Nigeria | Salgaocar* | Mohun Bagan | 4–5 | 22 December 2007 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie$^4$ | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers | Salgaocar* | 5–1 | 31 December 2007 |
| Ranti Martins | Nigeria | Dempo* | Sporting Goa | 4–1 | 13 January 2008 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie$^4$ | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | Mahindra United | 4–2 | 14 January 2008 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers | Vasco* | 4–1 | 25 October 2008 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie$^6$ | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | Vasco | 9–1 | 20 February 2009 |
| Baljit Sahni | India | JCT* | Shillong Lajong | 5–1 | 4 October 2009 |
| Muritala Ali | Nigeria | Mahindra United | Salgaocar* | 4–1 | 18 October 2009 |
| Muritala Ali | Nigeria | Mahindra United | Air India* | 4–0 | 12 November 2009 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers | Chirag United* | 4–2 | 7 March 2010 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie$^4$ | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers | Mumbai* | 5–1 | 18 December 2010 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie$^5$ | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | AIFF | 6–0 | 3 January 2011 |
| Mandjou Keita | Guinea | Pune* | JCT | 4–0 | 30 January 2011 |
| Anil Kumar | India | Viva Kerala* | Air India | 7–1 | 20 February 2011 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua$^4$ | India | Indian Arrows | Air India* | 5–2 | 13 March 2011 |
| Tolgay Özbey | Australia | East Bengal | Air India* | 3–0 | 4 April 2011 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua$^4$ | India | Pailan Arrows* | Mohun Bagan | 5–4 | 29 May 2011 |
| Muritala Ali | Nigeria | Mohun Bagan | Indian Arrows* | 4–5 | 29 May 2011 |
| Ranti Martins$^6$ | Nigeria | Dempo* | Air India | 14–0 | 30 May 2011 |
| Beto$^4$ | Brazil | Dempo* | Air India | 14–0 | 30 May 2011 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Mohun Bagan | Pailan Arrows* | 3–1 | 23 October 2011 |
| James Moga | South Sudan | Sporting Goa* | Salgaocar | 4–2 | 5 November 2011 |
| Josimar | Brazil | Prayag United* | Pune | 5–1 | 5 November 2011 |
| Tolgay Özbey$^4$ | Australia | East Bengal | HAL* | 8–1 | 23 November 2011 |
| Henri Antchouet | Gabon | Churchill Brothers* | Shillong Lajong | 6–0 | 17 December 2011 |
| David Opara | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | Sporting Goa | 5–0 | 28 December 2011 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Mohun Bagan | Churchill Brothers* | 3–2 | 15 January 2012 |
| David Opara† | Nigeria | Churchill Brothers* | Chirag United Kerala | 4–0 | 4 April 2012 |
| Rohit Chand | Nepal | HAL* | Pune | 4–6 | 10 April 2012 |
| Gbeneme Friday$^4$ | Nigeria | Mumbai | HAL* | 5–1 | 14 April 2012 |
| David Sunday | Nigeria | Chirag United Kerala | East Bengal* | 3–4 | 16 April 2012 |
| C. S. Sabeeth | India | Pailan Arrows | Chirag United Kerala* | 3–0 | 25 April 2012 |
| Ranti Martins | Nigeria | Prayag United* | Air India | 5–1 | 7 October 2012 |
| Akram Moghrabi | Lebanon | Churchill Brothers* | ONGC | 5–0 | 11 October 2012 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Mohun Bagan* | Sporting Goa | 3–1 | 4 November 2012 |
| Ranti Martins$^5$ | Nigeria | Prayag United* | United Sikkim | 10–1 | 10 November 2012 |
| Bineesh Balan | India | Churchill Brothers* | Sporting Goa | 8–4 | 16 December 2012 |
| Chidi Edeh | Nigeria | East Bengal | Salgaocar* | 4–1 | 5 January 2013 |
| Koko Sakibo | Nigeria | Dempo* | United Sikkim | 7–0 | 19 January 2013 |
| C. K. Vineeth | India | Prayag United | Air India* | 4–1 | 2 February 2013 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Mohun Bagan | Sporting Goa* | 5–1 | 7 April 2013 |
| Josimar | Brazil | Salgaocar* | United Sikkim | 9–0 | 13 April 2013 |
| Ogba Kalu Nnanna | Nigeria | Sporting Goa* | Shillong Lajong | 5–1 | 14 December 2013 |
| Tolgay Özbey$^4$ | Australia | Dempo | Churchill Brothers* | 4–1 | 28 March 2014 |
| Yusif Yakubu | Ghana | Mumbai* | Churchill Brothers | 4–2 | 13 April 2014 |
| Cornell Glen | Trinidad and Tobago | Shillong Lajong | Mohammedan* | 5–4 | 16 April 2014 |
| Thongkhosiem Haokip | India | Pune* | Shillong Lajong | 5–2 | 29 January 2015 |
| Ranti Martins$^5$ | Nigeria | East Bengal | Dempo* | 5–1 | 1 March 2015 |
| Seityasen Singh | India | Royal Wahingdoh* | Salgaocar | 4–2 | 3 May 2015 |
| Cornell Glen | Trinidad and Tobago | Shillong Lajong* | Bharat | 3–1 | 17 May 2015 |
| Cornell Glen | Trinidad and Tobago | Shillong Lajong* | East Bengal | 5–1 | 30 May 2015 |
| Odafa Onyeka Okolie | Nigeria | Sporting Goa* | Pune | 4–0 | 30 May 2015 |
| Ranti Martins | Nigeria | East Bengal* | Shillong Lajong | 4–0 | 9 February 2016 |
| Darryl Duffy | Scotland | Salgaocar | DSK Shivajians* | 3–2 | 14 February 2016 |
| Ranti Martins | Nigeria | East Bengal | Aizawl* | 3–2 | 12 March 2016 |
| C. K. Vineeth | India | Bengaluru* | Mumbai | 3–0 | 18 January 2017 |
| Wedson Anselme | Haiti | East Bengal | Minerva Punjab* | 5–0 | 29 January 2017 |
| Bektur Talgat Uulu$^4$ | Kyrgyzstan | Churchill Brothers* | Chennai City | 6–1 | 22 April 2017 |
| Dudu Omagbemi$^4$ | Nigeria | East Bengal* | Chennai City | 7–0 | 24 February 2018 |
| Pedro Manzi | Spain | Chennai City* | Indian Arrows | 4–1 | 26 October 2018 |
| Willis Plaza | Trinidad and Tobago | Churchill Brothers* | Shillong Lajong | 4–2 | 15 November 2018 |
| Pedro Manzi | Spain | Chennai City* | Shillong Lajong | 6–1 | 29 December 2018 |
| Pedro Manzi | Spain | Chennai City* | Gokulam Kerala | 3–2 | 4 January 2019 |
| Pedro Manzi | Spain | Chennai City | NEROCA* | 3–3 | 11 February 2019 |
| Laldanmawia Ralte | India | East Bengal* | Shillong Lajong | 5–0 | 14 February 2019 |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Cameroon | Punjab* | NEROCA | 3–2 | 29 January 2020 |
| Ninghtoujam Pritam Singh | India | NEROCA* | TRAU | 5–0 | 8 February 2020 |
| Fran González | Spain | Mohun Bagan* | NEROCA | 6–2 | 14 February 2020 |
| Clayvin Zuniga | Honduras | Churchill Brothers | Indian Arrows* | 5–2 | 10 January 2021 |
| Lukman Adefemi | Nigeria | Real Kashmir | NEROCA* | 4–3 | 13 February 2021 |
| Bidyashagar Singh | India | TRAU | Mohammedan* | 4–0 | 5 March 2021 |
| Bidyashagar Singh | India | TRAU | Real Kashmir* | 3–1 | 10 March 2021 |
| Sergio Mendigutxia | Spain | NEROCA* | Sreenidi Deccan | 3–2 | 27 December 2021 |
| Luka Majcen | Slovenia | Gokulam Kerala* | Kenkre | 6–2 | 12 March 2022 |
| Luka Majcen | Slovenia | Gokulam Kerala* | Sudeva Delhi | 4–0 | 15 April 2022 |
| Lalromawia | India | Sreenidi Deccan* | Gokulam Kerala | 3–1 | 10 May 2022 |
| David Castañeda | Colombia | Sreenidi Deccan | Sudeva Delhi* | 3–0 | 14 December 2022 |
| Juan Mera | Spain | Punjab | Sudeva Delhi | 8–0 | 26 February 2023 |
| Alexis Gómez | Argentina | Sudeva Delhi* | NEROCA | 3–3 | 1 March 2023 |
| Abiola Dauda | Nigeria | Mohammedan* | Sudeva Delhi | 5–2 | 11 March 2023 |
| Yash Tripathi | India | Rajasthan United | Delhi* | 3–4 | 2 November 2023 |
| Álex Sánchez | Spain | Gokulam Kerala* | Rajasthan United | 5–0 | 9 November 2023 |
| Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia | India | Aizawl | NEROCA* | 3–1 | 14 November 2023 |
| Richardson Denzell | Ghana | Rajasthan United | TRAU* | 5–4 | 22 December 2024 |
| Eddie Hernández | Honduras | Mohammedan* | Rajasthan United | 5–1 | 13 February 2024 |
| Abdou Karim Samb | Senegal | Churchill Brothers | NEROCA* | 3–2 | 8 March 2024 |

## Multiple hat-tricks

| Rank | Player | Hat-tricks |
| 1 | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | 13 |
| 2 | Ranti Martins | 7 |
| 3 | Pedro Manzi | 4 |
| 4 | Muritala Ali | 3 |
| 4 | Cornell Glen | 3 |
| 4 | Tolgay Özbey | 3 |
| 7 | Josimar | 2 |
| 7 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 2 |
| 7 | David Opara | 2 |
| 7 | C. K. Vineeth | 2 |
| 7 | Bidyashagar Singh | 2 |
| 7 | Luka Majcen | 2 |

## Hat-tricks by nationality

| Rank | Nation | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
| 1 | Nigeria | 33 | 13 February 2021 |
| 2 | India | 15 | 10 May 2022 |
| 3 | Spain | 6 | 27 December 2021 |
| 4 | Brazil | 4 | 13 April 2013 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 15 November 2018 |
| 6 | Australia | 3 | 28 March 2014 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 2 | 15 April 2022 |
| 8 | Cameroon | 1 | 29 January 2020 |
| 8 | Gabon | 1 | 17 December 2011 |
| 8 | Ghana | 1 | 13 April 2014 |
| 8 | Guinea | 1 | 30 January 2011 |
| 8 | Haiti | 1 | 29 January 2017 |
| 8 | Honduras | 1 | 10 January 2021 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 22 April 2017 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 1 | 11 October 2012 |
| 8 | Nepal | 1 | 10 April 2012 |
| 8 | Scotland | 1 | 14 February 2016 |
| 8 | South Sudan | 1 | 5 November 2011 |