List of England women's national football team hat-tricks

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Since the first recognised match in November 1972, there have been 38 hat-tricks scored, by 22 footballers, for the England women's national football team. The first player to score a hat-trick in a recognised match was Pat Firth, who did so days after turning sixteen on 23 June 1973, to remain England's youngest hat-trick scorer. [1] [2] The first players to score a hat-trick after the Football Association formally incorporated women's football were Marieanne Spacey and Karen Walker, who both achieved the feat in England's 10–0 victory on 25 September 1993. [3]

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No England players have scored a hat-trick on their only international appearance, but two players have scored for England only through claimed hat-tricks: Danielle Carter, with two hat-tricks in consecutive appearances, [4] and Gemma Davison, though the third of her goals was officially recorded as an own goal for the opposing team. [5] [6] England have never lost a match in which they have scored a hat-trick.

Hat-tricks for England

As of 27 July 2025

No.DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult [a] Ref
WFA era
1
23 June 19733 Pat Firth Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Manor Park, Nuneaton Friendly
8–0
[2]
2
19 April 19753 Sandra Choat Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 3–1 [2]
3
23 May 19763 Pat Firth Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Southbury Road, Enfield Home International Championship 5–1 [7]
428 April 19773 Pat Chapman Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Boothferry Park, Hull 9–1 [2]
53 October 19824 Kerry Davis Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Boghead Park, Dumbarton Euro qualifiers4–0 [2]
625 May 19855 Kerry Davis Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Allen Park, Antrim Euro qualifiers8–1 [2]
722 September 19853 Linda Curl Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Flower Lodge, Cork Euro qualifiers6–0 [2]
816 March 19863 Kerry Davis Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Ewood Park, Blackburn Euro qualifiers10–0 [8]
911 April 19873 Marieanne Spacey Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Elland Road, Leeds Friendly 6–0 [2]
1020 April 19913 Marieanne Spacey Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Adams Park, High Wycombe Friendly 5–0 [9]
FA era
1125 September 19934 Marieanne Spacey Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Centralni stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Euro qualifiers10–0 [9]
123 Karen Walker
139 March 19973 Joanne Broadhurst Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Bramall Lane, Sheffield Friendly 6–0 [9]
1422 March 20013 Sue Smith Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Kenilworth Road, Luton Friendly 4–2 [10]
1527 October 20053 Kelly Smith Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tapolca Stadium, Tapolca World Cup qualifiers13–0 [10]
1631 August 20063 Kelly Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The Valley, Charlton World Cup qualifiers4–0 [10]
178 May 20083 Fara Williams Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Darida Stadium, Minsk Euro qualifiers6–1 [10]
1825 October 20093 Fara Williams Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Bloomfield Road, Blackpool World Cup qualifiers8–0 [10]
1921 September 20133 Karen Carney Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Goldsands Stadium, Bournemouth World Cup qualifiers6–0 [11]
2026 September 20133 Toni Duggan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fratton Park, Portsmouth World Cup qualifiers8–0 [11]
215 April 20143 Toni Duggan Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro American Express Community Stadium, Falmer World Cup qualifiers9–0 [11]
2217 September 20143 Eni Aluko Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac World Cup qualifiers10–0 [11]
236 March 20153 Jodie Taylor Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GSP Stadium, Nicosia 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup 3–0 [11]
2421 September 20153 Danielle Carter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Euro qualifiers8–0 [11]
254 June 20163 Karen Carney Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Adams Park, High Wycombe Euro qualifiers7–0 [11]
2615 September 20163 Danielle Carter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Meadow Lane, Nottingham Euro qualifiers5–0 [11]
2719 July 20173 Jodie Taylor Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht UEFA Women's Euro 2017 6–0 [11]
2823 February 20213 Ellen White Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland St George's Park, Burton upon Trent Friendly 6–0 [12]
2923 October 20213 Beth Mead Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Wembley Stadium, Wembley World Cup qualifiers4–0 [12]
3026 October 20213 Ella Toone Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Daugavas Stadions, Riga World Cup qualifiers10–0 [12]
31 30 November 2021 3 Beth Mead Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster World Cup qualifiers20–0 [12]
323 Ellen White
334 Lauren Hemp
343 Alessia Russo
358 April 20224 Beth Mead Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje World Cup qualifiers10–0 [12]
363 Ella Toone
3711 July 20223 Beth Mead Flag of Norway.svg  Norway American Express Community Stadium, Falmer UEFA Women's Euro 2022 8–0 [12]
3830 May 20253 Aggie Beever-Jones Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Wembley Stadium, Wembley 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A 6–0 [12]

Disputed hat-tricks

Results that have been claimed or reported as hat-tricks, but which official match reports do not list as hat-tricks.

DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult [a] Ref
1 November 1969 [b] 3 Sue Lopez Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Stadio Mario Puchoz, Aosta 1969 Euro3–4 [2]
7 June 20163 [c] Gemma Davison Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Kuća fudbala, Stara Pazova Euro qualifiers7–0 [5]

Hat-tricks conceded by England

England has conceded seven hat-tricks; six of the games ended in losses, while the other was a 3–3 draw.

DateGoalsPlayerTeamVenueCompetitionResult [a] Ref
WFA era
18 August 19904 Carolina Morace Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wembley Stadium, Wembley Friendly
1–4
[9]
25 November 19903 Heidi Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Adams Park, High Wycombe Euro qualifiers1–4 [9]
30 June 19913 Gam Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Nordby Stadion, Nordby Friendly 3–3 [9]
FA era
27 February 19973 Claudia Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Deepdale, Preston Friendly 4–6 [9]
9 May 19973 Mia Hamm Flag of the United States.svg  United States Spartan Stadium, San Jose Friendly 0–5 [13]
4 June 20003 Marianne Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Melløs Stadion, Moss Euro qualifiers0–8 [9]
17 May 20034 Cindy Parlow Flag of the United States.svg  United States Legion Field, Birmingham Friendly 0–6 [10]

Records

As of 27 July 2025

Most hat-tricks against an opponent

Hat-tricks by opponent
RankOpponentHat-tricks
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 6
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 5
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Total38

Most hat-tricks (player)

Beth Mead has scored the most England women's hat-tricks with four, and the most goals in games when scoring a hat-trick with thirteen Eng Women 0 Czech Rep 0 11 10 2022-225 (52426070932) (cropped).jpg
Beth Mead has scored the most England women’s hat-tricks with four, and the most goals in games when scoring a hat-trick with thirteen
RankPlayerHat-tricksGoals
1 Beth Mead 413
2 Kerry Davis 312
3 Marieanne Spacey 310
4= Karen Carney 26
Danielle Carter 26
Toni Duggan 26
Pat Firth 26
Kelly Smith 26
Jodie Taylor 26
Ella Toone 26
Ellen White 26
Fara Williams 26
13 Lauren Hemp 14
14= Eni Aluko 13
Aggie Beever-Jones 13
Joanne Broadhurst 13
Pat Chapman 13
Sandra Choat 13
Linda Curl 13
Alessia Russo 13
Sue Smith 13
Karen Walker 13

Most hat-tricks under a manager

RankManagerHat-tricksYears
1 Sarina Wiegman 102021–present
2 Mark Sampson 72014–2017
3 Martin Reagan 51979–1990
Hope Powell 51998–2013
5 Tom Tranter 31973–1979
Ted Copeland 31993–1998
7 Brent Hills 22006, 2013
8John Adams11973
Hege Riise 12021
10 Eric Worthington 01972
John Sims 01979
Mike Rawding 01979
John Bilton 01991–1993
Dick Bate 01998
Mo Marley 02017
Phil Neville 02017–2020

Matches with multiple England hat-tricks

RankDateOpponentHat-tricksResult [a]
130 November 2021Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4 20–0
2=25 September 1993Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 210–0
8 April 2022Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 210–0

Players to score a hat-trick by age

Youngest players (below 25)

PlayerHat-trickDoBAge
Pat Firth 23 June 197312 June 1957 [14] 16 years, 11 days
Sandra Choat 19 April 19751957/5817/18 years
Kerry Davis 3 October 19822 August 196220 years, 62 days
Pat Chapman 28 April 197721 July 195620 years, 281 days
Marieanne Spacey 11 April 198713 February 196621 years, 57 days
Lauren Hemp 30 November 20217 August 200021 years, 115 days
Sue Smith 22 March 200124 November 197921 years, 118 days
Aggie Beever-Jones 30 May 202527 July 200321 years, 307 days
Ella Toone 26 October 20212 September 199922 years, 54 days
Toni Duggan 26 September 201325 July 199122 years, 63 days
Danielle Carter 21 September 201518 May 199322 years, 126 days
Alessia Russo 30 November 20218 February 199922 years, 295 days
Linda Curl 22 September 1985c.1962approx. 23 years
Karen Walker 25 September 199329 July 196924 years, 58 days
Fara Williams 8 May 200825 January 198424 years, 104 days

Oldest players (25+)

Ellen White has scored two hat-tricks; at the time of scoring her first, she became England women's oldest hat-trick goalscorer, and has only been overtaken in this regard by herself.

PlayerHat-trickDoBAge
Ellen White 30 November 20219 May 198932 years, 205 days
Ellen White 23 February 20219 May 198931 years, 290 days
Jodie Taylor 19 July 201717 May 198631 years, 63 days
Joanne Broadhurst 9 March 199727 November 196729 years, 102 days
Karen Carney 4 June 20161 August 198728 years, 308 days
Kelly Smith 31 August 200629 October 197827 years, 306 days
Marieanne Spacey 25 September 199313 February 196627 years, 224 days
Eni Aluko 17 September 201421 February 198727 years, 208 days
Beth Mead 11 July 20229 May 199527 years, 63 days
Fara Williams 25 October 200925 January 198425 years, 273 days

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The result is presented with England's score first.
  2. This match is not considered official
  3. The third was officially recorded as a Serbia own goal. After initially being kept out by the goalkeeper, Davison kicked the ball back into goal, but it touched a Serbian player on the way in.

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