List of Scottish Premier League hat-tricks
# List of Scottish Premier League hat-tricks

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was a football league competition that operated between 1998 and 2013. During that period, more than 100 players scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Craig Burley, who scored three times for Celtic in a 5–0 victory against Dunfermline Athletic on the opening day of the first SPL season. Eight players scored more than three goals in a match; of these, three players, Kris Boyd (twice), Gary Hooper and Kenny Miller scored five.

Three matches featured two hat-tricks in the same game. The first two came in the same week of the 1999–2000 season. Henrik Larsson and Mark Viduka both scored three goals each in Celtic's 7–0 win against Aberdeen on 16 October 1999, then Aberdeen's Robbie Winters and Motherwell's John Spencer both scored hat-tricks in a 6–5 win for Aberdeen at Fir Park four days later. Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes both scored hat-tricks in Celtic's league record 9–0 win against Aberdeen on 6 November 2010. Larsson and Stokes are the only players who have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches.

Henrik Larsson scored three or more goals twelve times in the Scottish Premier League, more than any other player. Larsson, Boyd, John Hartson, Michael Higdon and Stokes were the only players to have scored more than three hat-tricks in the SPL. Six players scored hat-tricks for two different clubs: Boyd (Kilmarnock and Rangers), Higdon (St Mirren and Motherwell), Gary McSwegan (Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock), Colin Nish (Kilmarnock and Hibernian), Stokes (Falkirk and Celtic) and Kyle Lafferty (Rangers and Kilmarnock)

## Hat-tricks

Key :

| $^4$ | Player scored four goals |
| - | - |
| $^5$ | Player scored five goals |
| * | The home team |
| # | Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date |
| 1 | Craig Burley | Scotland | Celtic* | Dunfermline Athletic | 5–0 | 1 August 1998 |
| 2 | Ally McCoist | Scotland | Kilmarnock* | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | 30 August 1998 |
| 3 | Billy Dodds | Scotland | Dundee United | St Johnstone* | 1–3 | 26 September 1998 |
| 4 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Dundee | 6–1 | 7 November 1998 |
| 5 | Harald Brattbakk | Norway | Celtic* | St Johnstone | 5–0 | 31 January 1999 |
| 6 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | 6 February 1999 |
| 7 | Jorg Albertz | Germany | Rangers* | Dundee | 6–1 | 20 February 1999 |
| 8 | Henrik $Larsson^4$ | Sweden | Celtic | Motherwell* | 1–7 | 21 February 1999 |
| 9 | Rod Wallace | England | Rangers | Kilmarnock* | 0–5 | 28 February 1999 |
| 10 | Robbie Winters | Scotland | Aberdeen* | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–1 | 3 April 1999 |
| 11 | Gary McSwegan | Scotland | Heart of Midlothian | Aberdeen* | 2–5 | 23 May 1999 |
| 12 | Michael $Mols^4$ | Netherlands | Rangers* | Motherwell | 4–1 | 15 August 1999 |
| 13 | Gary McSwegan | Scotland | Heart of Midlothian* | Aberdeen | 3–0 | 22 August 1999 |
| 14 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 7–0 | 16 October 1999 |
| 15 | Mark Viduka | Australia | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 7–0 | 16 October 1999 |
| 16 | Robbie Winters | Scotland | Aberdeen | Motherwell* | 5–6 | 20 October 1999 |
| 17 | John Spencer | Scotland | Motherwell* | Aberdeen | 5–6 | 20 October 1999 |
| 18 | Jonatan Johansson | Finland | Rangers | Aberdeen* | 1–5 | 30 October 1999 |
| 19 | Mark Viduka | Australia | Celtic* | Kilmarnock | 5–1 | 30 October 1999 |
| 20 | Rod Wallace | England | Rangers | Dundee* | 1–7 | 27 February 2000 |
| 21 | Tommy Johnson | England | Celtic* | Dundee | 6–2 | 1 March 2000 |
| 22 | Rod Wallace | England | Rangers* | Motherwell | 6–2 | 18 March 2000 |
| 23 | Tommy Johnson | England | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 5–1 | 6 May 2000 |
| 24 | Juan Sara | Argentina | Dundee | Dundee United | 3–0 | 20 September 2000 |
| 25 | Robbie Winters | Scotland | Aberdeen | Dundee United* | 3–5 | 23 September 2000 |
| 26 | Mixu Paatelainen | Finland | Hibernian* | Heart of Midlothian | 6–2 | 22 October 2000 |
| 27 | Kenny $Miller^5$ | Scotland | Rangers* | St Mirren | 7–1 | 4 November 2000 |
| 28 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 6–0 | 17 December 2000 |
| 29 | Paul Wright | Scotland | Kilmarnock | St Mirren* | 1–3 | 26 December 2000 |
| 30 | Henrik $Larsson^4$ | Sweden | Celtic* | Kilmarnock | 6–0 | 2 January 2001 |
| 31 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic | Heart of Midlothian* | 0–3 | 4 February 2001 |
| 32 | Arild Stavrum | Norway | Aberdeen* | St Mirren | 3–0 | 21 February 2001 |
| 33 | Arild Stavrum | Norway | Aberdeen* | Dundee United | 4–1 | 4 April 2001 |
| 34 | Tore André Flo | Norway | Rangers | Dundee United* | 1–6 | 22 September 2001 |
| 35 | Hicham Zerouali | Morocco | Aberdeen | Dundee* | 1–4 | 29 September 2001 |
| 36 | John Hartson | Wales | Celtic* | Dundee United | 5–1 | 20 October 2001 |
| 37 | David Ferrere | France | Motherwell* | Hibernian | 4–0 | 9 February 2002 |
| 38 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Dunfermline Athletic | 5–0 | 9 February 2002 |
| 39 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Livingston | 5–1 | 6 April 2002 |
| 40 | Mark de $Vries^4$ | Suriname | Heart of Midlothian* | Hibernian | 5–1 | 11 August 2002 |
| 41 | Claudio Caniggia | Argentina | Rangers* | Dunfermline Athletic* | 0–6 | 1 September 2002 |
| 42 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Kilmarnock | 5–0 | 28 September 2002 |
| 43 | John $Hartson^4$ | Wales | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 7–0 | 3 November 2002 |
| 44 | Alex Burns | Scotland | Partick Thistle* | Kilmarnock | 3–0 | 30 November 2002 |
| 45 | Shota Arveladze | Georgia | Rangers* | Livingston | 4–3 | 4 December 2002 |
| 46 | Barry Ferguson | Scotland | Rangers* | Dundee United | 3–1 | 14 December 2002 |
| 47 | John Hartson | Wales | Celtic* | Heart of Midlothian | 4–2 | 26 December 2002 |
| 48 | Gary $McSwegan^4$ | Scotland | Kilmarnock* | Hibernian | 6–2 | 5 April 2003 |
| 49 | James McFadden | Scotland | Motherwell* | Livingston | 6–2 | 24 May 2003 |
| 50 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Livingston | 5–1 | 30 August 2003 |
| 51 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 4–0 | 25 October 2003 |
| 52 | Chris Sutton | England | Celtic | Kilmarnock* | 0–5 | 1 November 2003 |
| 53 | Chris Sutton | England | Celtic | Dundee United* | 1–5 | 22 November 2003 |
| 54 | David Clarkson | Scotland | Motherwell* | Dundee United | 3–1 | 3 January 2004 |
| 55 | Jim McIntyre | Scotland | Dundee United* | Kilmarnock | 4–1 | 20 March 2004 |
| 56 | Kris $Boyd^5$ | Scotland | Kilmarnock* | Dundee United | 5–2 | 25 September 2004 |
| 57 | Andy Tod | Scotland | Dunfermline Athletic* | Dundee | 3–1 | 1 January 2005 |
| 58 | Derek Riordan | Scotland | Hibernian* | Kilmarnock | 3–0 | 22 January 2005 |
| 59 | Craig Bellamy | Wales | Celtic | Dundee United* | 2–3 | 19 March 2005 |
| 60 | John Hartson | Wales | Celtic | Livingston* | 0–4 | 13 April 2005 |
| 61 | Derek Young | Scotland | Dunfermline Athletic* | Dundee | 5–0 | 7 May 2005 |
| 62 | John Hartson | Wales | Celtic | Motherwell* | 4–4 | 30 July 2005 |
| 63 | Colin Nish | Scotland | Kilmarnock* | Livingston | 3–0 | 27 August 2005 |
| 64 | Ivan Sproule | Northern Ireland | Hibernian | Rangers* | 0–3 | 27 August 2005 |
| 65 | Stiliyan Petrov | Bulgaria | Celtic* | Motherwell | 5–0 | 26 October 2005 |
| 66 | Peter Løvenkrands | Denmark | Rangers | Kilmarnock* | 2–3 | 11 December 2005 |
| 67 | Maciej $Żurawski^4$ | Poland | Celtic | Dunfermline Athletic* | 1–8 | 19 February 2006 |
| 68 | Kris Boyd | Scotland | Rangers | Dundee United* | 1–4 | 2 April 2006 |
| 69 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Japan | Celtic | Dundee United* | 1–4 | 14 October 2006 |
| 70 | Anthony Stokes | Ireland | Falkirk* | Dundee United | 5–1 | 28 October 2006 |
| 71 | Anthony Stokes | Ireland | Falkirk | Dunfermline Athletic* | 0–3 | 4 November 2006 |
| 72 | Thomas Gravesen | Denmark | Celtic | St Mirren* | 1–3 | 12 November 2006 |
| 73 | Anthony Stokes | Ireland | Falkirk* | Inverness CT | 3–1 | 30 December 2006 |
| 74 | Alan Gow | Scotland | Falkirk | Dundee United* | 1–5 | 1 January 2007 |
| 75 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | Netherlands | Celtic* | St Mirren | 5–1 | 20 January 2007 |
| 76 | Kris Boyd | Scotland | Rangers | Kilmarnock* | 1–3 | 11 February 2007 |
| 77 | Kris Boyd | Scotland | Rangers* | Aberdeen | 3–0 | 17 March 2007 |
| 78 | Barry Robson | Scotland | Dundee United | Heart of Midlothian* | 0–4 | 17 March 2007 |
| 79 | Scott McDonald | Australia | Celtic* | Dundee United | 3–0 | 29 September 2007 |
| 80 | Clayton Donaldson | England | Hibernian* | Kilmarnock | 4–1 | 29 September 2007 |
| 81 | Scott McDonald | Australia | Celtic* | Motherwell | 3–0 | 27 October 2007 |
| 82 | Aiden McGeady | Ireland | Celtic* | Falkirk | 4–0 | 11 December 2007 |
| 83 | Barry Robson | Scotland | Dundee United* | Heart of Midlothian | 4–1 | 2 January 2008 |
| 84 | Steven Fletcher | Scotland | Hibernian* | Gretna | 4–2 | 13 February 2008 |
| 85 | Kris Boyd | Scotland | Rangers* | Inverness CT | 5–0 | 1 November 2008 |
| 86 | Kris Boyd | Scotland | Rangers* | Hamilton Academical | 7–1 | 6 December 2008 |
| 87 | Chris Porter | England | Motherwell* | Inverness CT | 3–2 | 27 December 2008 |
| 88 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Japan | Celtic* | St Mirren | 7–0 | 28 February 2009 |
| 89 | Kevin Kyle | Scotland | Kilmarnock* | Falkirk | 3–0 | 11 April 2009 |
| 90 | Peter MacDonald | Scotland | St Johnstone | Motherwell* | 1–3 | 26 December 2009 |
| 91 | Kris $Boyd^5$ | Scotland | Rangers* | Dundee United | 7–1 | 30 December 2009 |
| 92 | Jon Daly | Ireland | Dundee United | Falkirk* | 1–4 | 24 January 2010 |
| 93 | Colin Nish | Scotland | Hibernian | Motherwell* | 6–6 | 5 May 2010 |
| 94 | Paul Hartley | Scotland | Aberdeen* | Hamilton Academical | 4–0 | 14 August 2010 |
| 95 | Kenny Miller | Scotland | Rangers | Hibernian* | 0–3 | 22 August 2010 |
| 96 | Rudi Skacel | Czech Republic | Heart of Midlothian* | St Mirren | 3–0 | 23 October 2010 |
| 97 | Gary Hooper | England | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 9–0 | 6 November 2010 |
| 98 | Anthony Stokes | Ireland | Celtic* | Aberdeen | 9–0 | 6 November 2010 |
| 99 | Nick Blackman | England | Motherwell* | St Johnstone | 4–0 | 10 November 2010 |
| 100 | Kenny Miller | Scotland | Rangers | Kilmarnock* | 2–3 | 20 November 2010 |
| 101 | Adam Rooney | Ireland | Inverness CT* | Hibernian | 4–2 | 20 November 2010 |
| 102 | Nikica Jelavić | Croatia | Rangers* | Motherwell | 6–0 | 12 February 2011 |
| 103 | Michael Higdon | England | St Mirren* | Hamilton Academical | 3–1 | 2 April 2011 |
| 104 | Jon Daly | Ireland | Dundee United* | Motherwell | 4–0 | 7 May 2011 |
| 105 | Kyle Lafferty | Northern Ireland | Rangers | Kilmarnock* | 1–5 | 15 May 2011 |
| 106 | Scott Vernon | England | Aberdeen* | Dunfermline Athletic | 4–0 | 30 September 2011 |
| 107 | Andrew Shinnie | Scotland | Inverness CT | Kilmarnock* | 3–6 | 5 November 2011 |
| 108 | Gary Hooper | England | Celtic* | St Mirren | 5–0 | 26 November 2011 |
| 109 | Rudi Skacel | Czech Republic | Heart of Midlothian* | St Mirren | 5–2 | 14 January 2012 |
| 110 | Michael Higdon | England | Motherwell* | Hibernian | 4–3 | 22 February 2012 |
| 111 | Steven Thompson | Scotland | St Mirren* | Dunfermline Athletic | 4–4 | 21 April 2012 |
| 112 | Gary $Hooper^5$ | England | Celtic* | Heart of Midlothian | 5–0 | 13 May 2012 |
| 113 | Sone Aluko | Nigeria | Rangers | St Johnstone* | 0–4 | 13 May 2012 |
| 114 | Michael Higdon | England | Motherwell* | Inverness CT | 4–1 | 2 September 2012 |
| 115 | Cillian Sheridan | Ireland | Kilmarnock | Heart of Midlothian* | 1–3 | 29 September 2012 |
| 116 | Billy McKay | Northern Ireland | Inverness CT | Dundee United* | 4–4 | 15 December 2012 |
| 117 | Niall McGinn | Northern Ireland | Aberdeen | Dundee* | 1–3 | 29 December 2012 |
| 118 | Johnny Russell | Scotland | Dundee United | Kilmarnock* | 2–3 | 19 January 2013 |
| 119 | Michael Higdon | England | Motherwell* | St Johnstone | 3–2 | 20 January 2013 |
| 120 | Paul Heffernan | Ireland | Kilmarnock | Heart of Midlothian* | 0–3 | 16 February 2013 |
| 121 | Billy McKay | Northern Ireland | Inverness CT* | Motherwell | 4–3 | 4 May 2013 |

## Multiple hat-tricks

| Rank | Player | Hat-tricks |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Henrik Larsson | 12 |
| 2nd | Kris Boyd | 7 |
| 3rd | John Hartson | 5 |
| 4th | Michael Higdon | 4 |
| 4th | Anthony Stokes | 4 |
| 6th | Gary Hooper | 3 |
| 6th | Gary McSwegan | 3 |
| 6th | Kenny Miller | 3 |
| 6th | Rod Wallace | 3 |
| 6th | Robbie Winters | 3 |
| 9th | Jon Daly | 2 |
| 9th | Tommy Johnson | 2 |
| 9th | Scott McDonald | 2 |
| 9th | Billy McKay | 2 |
| 9th | Shunsuke Nakamura | 2 |
| 9th | Colin Nish | 2 |
| 9th | Barry Robson | 2 |
| 9th | Rudi Skacel | 2 |
| 9th | Arild Stavrum | 2 |
| 9th | Chris Sutton | 2 |
| 9th | Mark Viduka | 2 |
