Arsenal’s Hat-trick Heroes

15 April 2023

Complete List of Arsenal Players to Score Three or More Goals in a Game

Following the Arsenal v Basel Champions League game on 6 December 2016 in which Lucas Perez became the third Arsenal player to score a hat-trick that season, we were asked what is the record for most hat-tricks scored by Arsenal players in a season. And then, what is the record for most number of different players to score a hat-trick in the same season.

Not ones to shirk from very important questions like this we decided to put together a list of all of players to score three or more goals in a competitive match for Arsenal. For the sake of clarity, competitive means Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, European Cup, Champions League, Cup-winners’ Cup, Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup, Europa League and, somewhat contentiously, Charity / Community Shield.

As we all know, football fans love lists so we have two. The first is a chronological breakdown of every player to score a competitive hat-trick for Arsenal, with their individual totals. The second is a list of the top ten players to have scored most hat-tricks. We’ve also included some items of hat-trick trivia.

The first list was compiled by our good friend from Finland, hente.

The first column is the order of all hat-tricks, the second column is the order in which individual players scored their first hat-trick.
(x) after a player’s name indicates that players total number of hat-tricks.
[x] is the number of goals scored by that player in that game if it is more than three.

1. 1. William Scott 05/10/1889 Lyndhurst FAC 1Q H 11-0
2. 2. Humphrey Barbour 05/10/1889 Lyndhurst FAC 1Q H 11-0
3. 3. James Henderson 29/10/1892 City Ramblers FAC 2Q H 10-1
4. 4. Charlie Booth 29/10/1892 City Ramblers FAC 2Q H 10-1
5. 5. Arthur Elliott 29/10/1892 City Ramblers FAC 2Q H 10-1
6. 6. Joe Heath 11/09/1893 Walsall Town Swifts DIV2 H 4-0
7. – Arthur Elliot (2) 14/10/1893 Ashford United FAC 1Q H 12-0
8. – James Henderson (2) 14/10/1893 Ashford United FAC 1Q H 12-0
9. – James Henderson (3) 10/02/1894 Crewe Alexandra DIV2 H 3-2
10. 7. Walter Shaw 24/02/1894 Middlesbrough Ironopiles DIV2 A 6-3
11. 8. Henry Boyd 29/09/1894 Manchester City DIV2 H 4-2
12. 9. Paddy O’Brien 25/12/1894 Burslem Port Vale DIV2 H 7-0
13. 10. Peter Mortimer 21/03/1896 Crewe Alexandra DIV2 H 7-0
14. 11. Archie McGeoch 18/09/1897 Gainsborough Trinity DIV2 H 4-0
15. 12. Fergus Hunt 30/10/1897 St. Albans FAC 3Q H 9-0
16. – Archie McGeoch (2) 13/11/1897 Walsall DIV2 H 4-0
17. 13. David Hannah 05/03/1898 Small Heath DIV2 H 4-2
18. 14. William White 03/12/1898 Newton Heath DIV2 H 5-1
19. – Fergus Hunt (2) 31/21/1898 Luton Town DIV2 H 6-2
20. 15. Adam Haywood 31/21/1898 Luton Town DIV2 H 6-2
21. 16. Ernest Cottrell 18/03/1899 Blackpool DIV2 H 6-0
22. 17. Ralph Gaudie 12/03/1900 Loughborough Town DIV2 H 12-0
23. 18. Bill Gooing 27/09/1902 Gainsborough Trinity DIV2 H 6-1
24. 19. John ’Tim’ Coleman 27/12/1902 Burnley DIV2 H 5-1
25. 20. Tommy Briercliffe 19/09/1903 Burton United DIV2 H 8-0
26. 21. Tommy Shanks 26/10/1903 Leicester Fosse DIV2 H 8-0
27. – Tommy Shanks (2) 07/11/1903 Lincoln City DIV2 H 4-0
28. – Tommy Shanks [4] (3) 19/12/1903 Grimsby Town DIV2 H 5-1
29. – Tommy Shanks (4) 29/02/1904 Burnley DIV2 H 4-0
30. 22. Tom Fitchie 17/12/1904 Notts County DIV1 A 5-1
31. 23. Sam Raybould 24/10/1908 Bury DIV1 H 4-0
32. 24. Albert Beney 20/02/1909 Liverpool DIV1 H 5-0
33. 25. Charles Randall 18/11/1911 Sunderland DIV1 H 3-0
34. 26. John Grant 22/04/1912 Blackburn Rovers DIV1 H 5-1
35. 27. Stephen Stonley 25/12/1913 Bradford Park Avenue DIV1 A 3-2
36. 28. Harry King 14/11/1914 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 6-0
37. 29. Charlie Lewis 26/12/1914 Leicester Fosse DIV1 H 6-0
38. – Harry King [4] (2) 02/01/1915 Wolverhampton Wanderers DIV1 H 5-1
39. – Harry King (3) 09/01/1915 Merthyr Town FAC R1 H 3-0
40. – Harry King [4] (4) 24/04/1915 Nottingham Forest DIV1 H 7-0
41. 30. Bert White 20/09/1919 Sunderland DIV1 H 3-2
42. 31. Bob Turnbull [4] 26/12/1922 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 H 5-0
43. – Bob Turnbull [4] (2) 01/01/1923 Blackburn Rovers DIV1 A 5-0
44. – Bob Turnbull (3) 10/03/1923 Middlesbrough DIV1 H 3-0
45. 32. Harry Woods 06/12/1924 Preston North End DIV1 H 4-0
46. 33. Jimmy Brain [4] 20/12/1924 Leeds United DIV1 H 6-1
47. – Jimmy Brain (2) 18/04/1925 Burnley DIV1 H 5-0
48. – Jimmy Brain (3) 17/10/1925 Cardiff City DIV1 H 5-0
49. – Jimmy Brain (4) 31/10/1925 Everton DIV1 H 4-1
50. – Jimmy Brain (5) 14/11/1925 Bury DIV1 H 6-1
51. – Jimmy Brain (6) 13/03/1926 Everton DIV1 A 3-2
52. – Jimmy Brain [4] (7) 23/10/1926 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 H 6-2
53. – Jimmy Brain (8) 01/01/1927 Cardiff City DIV1 H 3-2
54. – Jimmy Brain [4] (9) 26/02/1927 Burnley DIV1 H 6-2
55. – Jimmy Brain (10) 04/02/1928 Derby County DIV1 H 3-4
56. – Jimmy Brain (11) 07/03/1928 Liverpool DIV1 H 6-3
57. 34. David Jack [4] 30/03/1929 Bury DIV1 H 7-1
58. 35. Jack Lambert 19/10/1929 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 4-1
59. – Jack Lambert (2) 08/02/1930 Everton DIV1 H 4-0
60. – Jack Lambert (3) 12/04/1930 Sheffield United DIV1 H 8-1
61. 36. David Halliday [4] 21/04/1930 Leicester City DIV1 A 6-6
62. – Jack Lambert (4) 01/09/1930 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 A 4-1
63. – Jack Lambert (5) 13/09/1930 Sunderland DIV1 A 4-1
64. – Jack Lambert (6) 27/09/1930 Birmingham DIV1 A 4-2
65. – Jack Lambert (7) 22/11/1930 Middlesbrough DIV1 H 5-3
66. – David Jack (2) 29/11/1930 Chelsea DIV1 A 5-1
67. – Jimmy Brain (12) 27/12/1930 Blackpool DIV1 H 7-1
68. – David Jack (3) 27/12/1930 Blackpool DIV1 H 7-1
69. – Jack Lambert (8) 28/01/1931 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 9-1
70. – David Jack [4] (4) 28/01/1931 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 9-1
71. – Jack Lambert (9) 05/02/1931 Leicester City DIV1 A 7-2
72. 37. Cliff Bastin 14/02/1931 Derby County DIV1 H 6-3
73. – Jack Lambert (10) 28/03/1931 Middlesbrough DIV1 A 5-2
74. – Cliff Bastin (2) 10/10/1931 Blackpool DIV1 A 5-1
75. – David Jack (5) 14/11/1931 West Ham United DIV1 H 4-1
76. – Jack Lambert (11) 28/11/1931 Liverpool DIV1 H 6-0
77. – Cliff Bastin [4] (3) 09/01/1932 Darwen FAC R3 H 11-0
78. – David Jack (6) 09/01/1932 Darwen FAC R3 H 11-0
79. 38. Ray Parkin 30/01/1932 Manchester City DIV1 H 4-0
80. 39. Joe Hulme 03/09/1932 Sunderland DIV1 H 6-1
81. – Joe Hulme (2) 29/10/1932 Leicester City DIV1 H 8-2
82. – David Jack (7) 05/11/1932 Wolverhampton Wanderers DIV1 A 7-1
83. – Cliff Bastin (4) 24/12/1932 Sheffield United DIV1 H 9-2
84. – Jack Lambert [5] (12) 24/12/1932 Sheffield United DIV1 H 9-2
85. 40. Ernie ’Tim’ Coleman 01/02/1933 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 A 4-0
86. – Ernie ’Tim’ Coleman (2) 25/02/1933 Blackburn Rovers DIV1 H 8-0
87. – Joe Hulme (3) 08/04/1933 Middlesbrough DIV1 A 4-3
88. 41. Ted Drake 01/09/1934 Liverpool DIV1 H 8-1
89. 42. Ray Bowden 01/09/1934 Liverpool DIV1 H 8-1
90. – Ted Drake [4] (2) 29/09/1934 Birmingham DIV1 H 5-1
91. – Ted Drake (3) 20/10/1934 Tottenham Hotspur DIV1 H 5-1
92. – Ted Drake [4] (4) 24/11/1934 Chelsea DIV1 A 5-2
93. – Ted Drake [4] (5) 01/12/1934 Wolverhampton Wanderers DIV1 H 7-0
94. – Joe Hulme (4) 15/12/1934 Leicester City DIV1 H 8-0
95. – Ted Drake (6) 15/12/1934 Leicester City DIV1 H 8-0
96. 43. Alex James 02/02/1935 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 H 4-1
97. – Ted Drake [4] (7) 19/04/1935 Middlesbrough DIV1 H 8-0
98. 44. Jackie Milne 11/09/1935 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 6-0
99. – Ray Bowden (2) 05/10/1935 Blackburn Rovers DIV1 H 5-1
100. – Ted Drake [7] (8) 14/12/1935 Aston Villa DIV1 A 7-1
101. 45. Bobby Davidson [4] 12/12/1936 Portsmouth DIV1 A 5-1
102. – Ted Drake [4] (9) 01/01/1937 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 A 5-0
103. – Ted Drake [4] (10) 20/02/1937 Burnley FAC R5 A 7-1
104. 46. Alf Kirchen 27/02/1937 Grimsby Town DIV1 A 3-1
105. – Ted Drake (11) 28/08/1937 Everton DIV1 A 4-1
106. 47. Ronnie Rooke 01/02/1947 Manchester United DIV1 H 6-2
107. 48. Reg Lewis 15/03/1947 Preston North End DIV1 H 4-1
108. – Ronnie Rooke [4] (2) 12/04/1947 Middlesbrough DIV1 H 4-0
109. – Reg Lewis [4] (2) 26/04/1947 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 5-3
110. – Reg Lewis [4] (3) 03/09/1947 Charlton Athletic DIV1 H 6-0
111. – Ronnie Rooke [4] (3) 01/05/1948 Grimsby Town DIV1 H 8-0
112. – Ronnie Rooke (4) 18/12/1948 Huddersfield Town DIV1 H 3-0
113. 49. Don Roper 29/10/1949 Newcastle United DIV1 A 3-0
114. 50. Peter Goring 15/04/1950 Newcastle United DIV1 H 4-2
115. 51. Doug Lishman 06/05/1950 Stoke City DIV1 A 5-2
116. – Peter Goring (2) 16/09/1950 Huddersfield Town DIV1 H 6-2
117. – Doug Lishman [4] (2) 11/11/1950 Sunderland DIV1 H 5-1
118. – Doug Lishman (3) 25/11/1950 Fulham DIV1 H 5-1
119. – Doug Lishman (4) 01/09/1951 Sunderland DIV1 H 3-0
120. – Doug Lishman (5) 27/10/1951 Fulham DIV1 H 4-3
121. – Doug Lishman (6) 10/11/1951 West Bromwich Albion DIV1 H 6-3
122. – Doug Lishman (7) 24/11/1951 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 H 4-2
123. – Reg Lewis (4) 02/02/1952 Barnsley FAC R4 H 4-0
124. 52. Cliff Holton 15/11/1952 Liverpool DIV1 A 5-1
125. – Cliff Holton [4] (2) 02/03/1953 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 A 4-1
126. – Doug Lishman (8) 18/04/1953 Stoke City DIV1 H 3-1
127. 53. Ben Marden 24/10/1953 Charlton Athletic DIV1 A 5-1
128. – Cliff Holton (3) 14/11/1953 Bolton Wanderers DIV1 H 4-3
129. 54. Derek Tapscott 26/02/1955 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 H 3-2
130. 55. Tommy Lawton 23/08/1955 Cardiff City DIV1 H 3-1
131. – Cliff Holton [4] (3) 06/10/1956 Manchester City DIV1 H 7-3
132. 56. David Herd 02/02/1957 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 H 6-3
133. – David Herd (2) 08/03/1958 Chelsea DIV1 H 5-4
134. 57. Jimmy Bloomfield 15/03/1958 Manchester City DIV1 A 4-2
135. – David Herd [4] (3) 06/09/1958 Everton DIV1 A 6-1
136. 58. Vic Groves 25/04/1959 Portsmouth DIV1 H 5-2
137. 59. Danny Clapton 26/08/1959 Nottingham Forest DIV1 A 3-0
138. 60. Mel Charles 06/02/1960 Blackburn Rovers DIV1 H 5-2
139. – Jimmy Bloomfield (2) 23/04/1960 Manchester United DIV1 H 5-2
140. – David Herd (4) 17/09/1960 Newcastle United DIV1 H 5-0
141. – David Herd (5) 26/11/1960 Everton DIV1 H 3-2
142. – David Herd (6) 31/12/1960 Nottingham Forest DIV1 A 5-3
143. – David Herd (7) 14/01/1961 Manchester City DIV1 H 5-4
144. 61. Joe Baker 27/10/1962 Wolverhampton Wanderers DIV1 H 5-4
145. – Joe Baker (2) 14/05/1963 Fulham DIV1 H 3-0
146. – Joe Baker (3) 10/09/1963 Aston Villa DIV1 H 3-0
147. 62. Geoff Strong 25/09/1963 Staevnet (DEN) ICFC A 7-1
148. – Joe Baker (4) 25/09/1963 Staevnet (DEN) ICFC A 7-1
149. – Geoff Strong (2) 05/10/1963 Ipswich Town DIV1 H 6-0
150. – Joe Baker (4) 05/11/1963 Birmingham City DIV1 H 4-1
151. 63. Alan Skirton 30/03/1964 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 A 4-0
152. 64. John Radford 02/01/1965 Wolverhampton Wanderers DIV1 H 4-1
153. – John Radford (2) 22/02/1967 Bolton Wanderers FAC R4r H 3-0
154. – John Radford (3) 28/10/1967 Fulham DIV1 H 5-3
155. 65. David Jenkins 25/09/1968 Scunthorpe United FLC R3 A 6-1
156. – John Radford (4) 01/03/1969 Sheffield Wednesday DIV1 A 5-0
157. – John Radford (5) 01/11/1969 Crystal Palace DIV1 A 5-1
158. – John Radford (6) 22/08/1970 Manchester United DIV1 H 4-0
159. 66. Ray Kennedy 03/10/1970 Nottingham Forest DIV1 H 4-0
160. 67. Brian Kidd 07/01/1975 York City FAC R3r A 3-1
161. – Brian Kidd (2) 20/03/1976 West Ham United DIV1 H 6-1
162. 68. Malcolm Macdonald 04/12/1976 Newcastle United DIV1 H 5-3
163. – Malcolm Macdonald (2) 18/01/1977 Birmingham City DIV1 A 3-3
164. – Malcolm Macdonald (3) 25/03/1978 West Bromwich Albion DIV1 H 4-0
165. 69. Frank Stapleton 04/11/1978 Ipswich Town DIV1 H 4-1
166. 70. Alan Sunderland 23/12/1978 Tottenham Hotspur DIV1 A 5-0
167. – Alan Sunderland (2) 04/09/1979 Leeds United FLC R2 H 7-0
168. – Alan Sunderland (3) 23/11/1982 Everton FLC R3r H 3-0
169. 71. Tony Woodcock 19/03/1983 Luton Town DIV1 H 4-1
170. 72. Brian Talbot 23/04/1983 Manchester City DIV1 H 3-0
171. – Tony Woodcock [5] (2) 29/10/1983 Aston Villa DIV1 A 6-2
172. 73. Raphael Meade 17/12/1983 Watford DIV1 H 3-1
173. 74. Charlie Nicholas 04/01/1986 Grimsby Town FAC R3 A 4-3
174. 75. Alan Smith 29/08/1987 Portsmouth DIV1 H 6-0
175. – Alan Smith (2) 27/08/1988 Wimbledon DIV1 A 5-1
176. 76. Michael Thomas 03/10/1989 Plymouth Argyle FLC R2 A 6-1
177. – Alan Smith (3) 06/05/1991 Manchester United DIV1 H 3-1
178. 77. Anders Limpar 11/05/1991 Coventry City DIV1 H 6-1
179. – Alan Smith [4] (4) 18/09/1991 Austria Memphis (AUT) EC H 6-1
180. 78. Ian Wright 28/09/1991 Southampton DIV1 A 4-0
181. – Ian Wright [4] (2) 21/12/1991 Everton DIV1 H 4-2
182. 79. Paul Merson 11/04/1992 Crystal Palace DIV1 H 4-1
183. – Ian Wright (3) 02/05/1992 Southampton DIV1 H 5-1
184. – Ian Wright (4) 02/01/1993 Yeovil Town FAC R3 A 3-1
185. 80. Kevin Campbell 11/09/1993 Ipswich Town PL H 4-0
186. – Ian Wright (5) 21/09/1993 Huddersfield Town FLC R2 A 5-0
187. – Kevin Campbell (2) 27/12/1993 Swindon Town PL A 4-0
188. – Ian Wright (6) 05/03/1994 Ipswich Town PL A 5-1
189. – Ian Wright (7) 19/03/1994 Southampton PL A 4-0
190. – Ian Wright (8) 15/04/1995 Ipswich Town PL H 4-1
191. – Ian Wright (9) 03/10/1995 Hartlepool United FLC R2 H 5-0
192. – Ian Wright (10) 16/09/1996 Sheffield Wednesday PL H 4-1
193. 81. Dennis Bergkamp 27/08/1997 Leicester City PL A 3-3
194. – Ian Wright (11) 13/09/1997 Bolton Wanderers PL H 4-1
195. 82. Nicolas Anelka 20/02/1999 Leicester City PL H 5-0
196. 83. Nwanko Kanu 23/10/1999 Chelsea PL A 3-2
197. 84. Marc Overmars 20/11/1999 Middlesbrough PL H 5-1
198. 85. Ray Parlour 23/03/2000 Werder Bremen (GER) UC A 4-2
199. – Ray Parlour (2) 09/12/2000 Newcastle United PL H 5-0
200. 86. Thierry Henry 26/12/2000 Leicester City PL H 6-1
201. 87. Sylvain Wiltord 03/03/2001 West Ham United PL H 3-0
202. – Sylvain Wiltord (2) 05/11/2001 Manchester United FLC R3 H 4-0
203. – Thierry Henry (2) 27/11/2002 AS Roma (ITA) CL A 3-1
204. – Thierry Henry (3) 19/01/2003 West Ham United PL H 3-1
205. 88. Jermaine Pennant 07/05/2003 Southampton PL H 6-1
206. 89. Robert Pires 07/05/2003 Southampton PL H 6-1
207. 90. Freddie Ljungberg 11/05/2003 Sunderland PL A 4-0
208. – Thierry Henry (4) 09/04/2004 Liverpool PL H 4-2
209. – Thierry Henry [4] (5) 16/04/2004 Leeds United PL H 5-0
210. – Thierry Henry (6) 05/03/2005 Portsmouth PL H 3-0
211. – Thierry Henry (7) 02/04/2005 Norwich City PL H 4-1
212. – Thierry Henry (8) 14/01/2006 Middlesbrough PL H 7-0
213. – Thierry Henry (9) 07/05/2006 Wigan Athletic PL H 4-2
214. 91. Julio Baptista [4] 09/01/2007 Liverpool FLC R5 A 6-3
215. 92. Emmanuel Adebayor 22/09/2007 Derby County PL H 5-0
216. – Emmanuel Adebayor (2) 28/04/2008 Derby County PL A 6-2
217. – Emmanuel Adebayor (3) 13/09/2008 Blackburn Rovers PL A 4-0
218. 93. Carlos Vela 23/09/2008 Sheffield United FLC R3 H 6-0
219. 94. Andrey Arshavin [4] 21/04/2009 Liverpool PL A 4-4
220. 95. Nicklas Bendtner 09/03/2010 Porto (POR) CL H 5-0
221. 96. Theo Walcott 21/08/2010 Blackpool PL H 6-0
222. 97. Robin van Persie 22/01/2011 Wigan Athletic PL H 3-0
223. – Nicklas Bendtner (2) 02/03/2011 Leyton Orient FAC R5r H 5-0
224. – Robin van Persie (2) 29/10/2011 Chelsea PL A 5-3
225. – Robin van Persie (3) 04/02/2012 Blackburn Rovers PL H 7-1
226. – Theo Walcott (2) 30/10/2012 Reading FLC R4 A 7-5
227. 98. Santi Cazorla 17/12/2012 Reading PL A 5-2
228. – Theo Walcott (3) 29/12/2012 Newcastle United PL H 7-3
229. 99. Danny Welbeck 01/10/2014 Galatasaray (TUR) CL H 4-1
230. – Theo Walcott (4) 24/05/2015 West Bromwich Albion PL H 4-1
231. 100. Alexis Sanchez 26/09/2015 Leicester City PL A 5-2
232. 101. Olivier Giroud 09/12/2015 Olympiacos (GRE) CL A 3-0
233. – Olivier Giroud (2) 15/05/2016 Aston Villa PL H 4-0
234. 102. Mesut Ozil 19/10/2016 Ludogorets (BUL) CL H 6-0
235. – Alexis Sanchez (2) 03/12/2016 West Ham United PL A 5-1
236. 103. Lucas Perez 06/12/2016 Basel (SUI) CL A 4-1
237. – Theo Walcott (5) 28/01/2017 Southampton FAC R4 A 5-0
238. 104. Aaron Ramsey 03/02/2018 Everton PL H 5-1
239. 105. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 09/05/2019 Valencia (SPA) EL A 4-2
240. – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2) 14/02/2021 Leeds United PL H 4-2
241. – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (3) 25/08/2021 West Bromwich Albion FLC A 6-0
242. 106. Eddie Nketiah 21/12/2021 Sunderland FLC H 5-1
243. – Eddie Nketiah (2) 28/10/2023 Sheffield United PL H 5-0

Most hat-tricks by an Arsenal player

Rank Total Player
=1 12 Jimmy Brain
=1 12 Jack Lambert
=3 11 Ted Drake
=3 11 Ian Wright
5 9 Thierry Henry
6 8 Doug Lishman
=7 7 David Jack
=7 7 David Herd
9 6 John Radford
=10 5 Joe Baker
=10 5 Theo Walcott

Trivia

The most hat-tricks scored by the team in one season is twelve in 1930-31.

The most players to score a hat-trick in one season is five in 1932-33.

The most hat-tricks by a player in one season is seven by Jack Lambert in 1930-31 and Ted Drake in 1934-35.

Ian Wright and Emmanuel Adebayor have both scored hat-tricks against the same team home and away in the same season in the league. Wright did this against Southampton in 1991-92; his second hat-trick coming on the last day of the season was the last hat-trick ever scored in the old First Division. Adebayor repeated the feat against Derby in 2007-08 which made him the first player ever to do this in the Premier League.

Adebayor’s three goals at Pride Park also made him the only Arsenal player to come off the bench and score a hat-trick.

Doug Lishman scored a hat-trick in each of three consecutive home games in 1951-52.

Ian Wright scored a hat-trick in every one of seven consecutive seasons, the only Arsenal player to do so.

In the FA Cup second qualifying round game against City Ramblers on 29 October 1892, three Arsenal players scored hat-tricks – James Henderson, Arthur Elliott and Charles Booth. Not sure who claimed the ball!

21 players have scored four or more goals in a game. Ted Drake has done this six times. Two players – Jack Lambert and Tony Woodcock – have scored five in one game whilst Ted Drake famously scored seven goals against Aston Villa on 14 December 1935.

David Halliday’s only hat-trick was his four goal haul in the 6-6 draw against Leicester five days before the FA Cup final. This posed a dilemma for Herbert Chapman as Halliday only played in this game to give Jack Lambert a rest. Unfortunately for Halliday, Lambert was chosen to play in the final.

Wartime

During the First and Second World Wars, first class football was suspended and regional leagues were implemented. For completeness, we’ve included a list of all of the players that scored hat-tricks during these two periods. If you’ve ever looked at the results of these games, especially during the Second World War, you can see that there were many strange results. This was due to most players being on national service and teams having to rely on guest players to make up the numbers.

Season Total Players
1915-16 2 Harry King (2)
1916-17 1 Fred Groves (1)
1917-18 2 Fred Pagnam (2)
1918-19 5 Jimmy Chipperfield (2), Wally Hardinge (1), Arthur Dominy (1), Jack Butler (1)
1939-40 10 Leslie  Compton (6), Reg Lewis (2), Ted Drake (1), Denis Compton (1)
1940-41 6 Leslie  Compton (4) , Alf Kirchen (1), Ted Drake (1)
1941-42 10 Reg Lewis (7), Alf Kirchen (1), Ted Drake (1), David Nelson (1)
1942-43 12 Reg Lewis (8), Alf Kirchen (1), Ted Drake (1), L Henley (1), Bryn Jones (1)
1943-44 5 Reg Lewis (2), Denis Compton (2), Ted Drake (1)
1944-45 3 Stan Mortenson (3)
1945-46 3 Doug Farquhar (1), Cyril Hodges (1), Bill Wrigglesworth (1)

Fred Pagnam was a guest from Liverpool and scored five in one game. He joined Arsenal permanently after the war. Arthur Dominy and Jimmy Chipperfield were guests from Southampton and Luton Clarence respectively.

Leslie Compton was a full back who played a number of games at centre-forward during the war. He scored five in one game and TEN against Clapton Orient on 8 February 1941 which is the most goals scored by an Arsenal player in one game at any level.

Reg Lewis who scored a colossal 19 hat-tricks during WW2, twice scored five in a game.

Stan Mortenson was a guest from Blackpool. He is most well known for scoring a hat-trick for Blackpool in the 1953 “Matthews” FA Cup final.

Bill Wrigglesworth was a guest from Manchester United.

Copies of our books Royal Arsenal – Champions of the South and Arsenal: The Complete Record 1886-2018 are still available from the publishers.