List of Indian Women's League hat-tricks

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Since the inception of the women's football league competition in India, the Indian Women's League (IWL) in October 2016, 30 players have scored a hat-trick (3 goals or more in a single match). Till 20 January 2025, 67 hat-tricks were scored in the IWL. The first player to achieve the feat was Sasmita Malik of India who scored three times for Rising Student's Club in a 6–1 victory over Aizawl.

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Sabitra Bhandari scored the most number of hat-tricks in the history of IWL. She achieved the feat 9 times in three seasons; 2017–18 and 2018–19. She is also the only player to have scored multiple hat-tricks in a single match. She has achieved this rare feat twice. She first achieved it while scoring 7 goals for Manipur Police in a 10−0 victory over SAI-STC Cuttack. She achieved the feat again while scoring 6 goals for Manipur Police in a 10−0 victory over Bangalore United. She scored her first three goals at the 3rd, 15th and 16th minutes of the match, thus making her the fastest hat-trick scorer of IWL.

The first non-Indian player to have scored a hat-trick in the IWL was Fazila Ikwaput of Uganda. She scored the hat-trick for Gokulam Kerala in a 6–1 win against Indira Gandhi AS&E. Sabitra Bhandari of Nepal have scored 9 hat-tricks, the only non-Indian to have scored multiple hat-tricks in the IWL.

Hat-tricks

As of 2 February 2025
Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
No.PlayerForAgainstGoalsResultDateRef.
1 Flag of India.svg Sasmita Malik Rising Student Aizawl36–128 January 2017 [1]
2 Flag of India.svg Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting Union Jeppiaar Institute 37–128 January 2017 [2]
3 Flag of India.svg M. K. Kashmina 3
4 Flag of India.svg Sanju Yadav AlakhpuraAizawl36–231 January 2017 [3]
5 Flag of India.svg Jabamani Tudu Rising StudentJeppiaar Institute47–08 February 2017 [4]
6 Flag of India.svg Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting UnionAlakhpura34–111 February 2017 [5]
7 Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Gokulam Kerala Indira Gandhi AS&E 56−131 March 2018 [6]
8 Flag of India.svg Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi KRYPHSA Indira Gandhi AS&E410−18 April 2018 [7]
9 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi 4
10 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi KRYPHSAGokulam Kerala45−010 April 2018 [8]
11 Flag of India.svg Manisha Kalyan Gokulam KeralaRising Students35−05 May 2019 [9]
12 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari Sethu Manipur Police 46−46 May 2019 [10]
13 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi Manipur PoliceSAI-ATC Cuttack710−08 May 2019 [11]
14
15 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi Manipur PoliceBaroda46−110 May 2019 [12]
16 Flag of India.svg Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi SethuSAI-ATC Cuttack39−010 May 2019 [13]
17 Flag of India.svg Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi SethuKohlapur City39−012 May 2019 [14]
18 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari 3
19 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi Manipur PoliceKohlapur City37−114 May 2019 [15]
20 Flag of India.svg Sandhiya Ranganathan Gokulam KeralaRising Students47−018 May 2019 [16]
21 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi Manipur PoliceBangalore United610−018 May 2019 [17]
22
23 Flag of India.svg Bala Devi Manipur PoliceGokulam Kerala44−220 May 2019 [18]
24 Flag of India.svg Grace Dangmei SethuCentral SSB46−420 May 2019 [19]
25 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari 4
26 Flag of India.svg Sandhiya Ranganathan SethuKohlapur35−024 January 2020 [20]
27 Flag of India.svg Soumya Guguloth KenkreOdisha Police34−125 January 2020 [21]
28 Flag of India.svg Karishma Shirvoikar Gokulam KeralaKenkre310−128 January 2020 [22]
29 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari 5
30 Flag of India.svg Sandhiya Ranganathan SethuBBK Dav49−030 January 2020 [23]
31 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari Gokulam KeralaOdisha Police57−01 February 2020 [24]
32 Flag of India.svg Yumnam Kamala Devi Gokulam KeralaBangalore United35−14 February 2020 [25]
33 Flag of India.svg Jabamani Soren Odisha PoliceBidesh XI36−04 February 2020 [26]
34 Flag of India.svg Sandhiya Ranganathan SethuBaroda Football Academy46−06 February 2020 [27]
35 Flag of India.svg Dular Marandi SSB WomenHans Women36−215 April 2022 [28]
36 Flag of India.svg Manisha Kalyan Gokulam KeralaOdisha Police512−016 April 2022 [29]
37 Flag of India.svg Naorem Sumila Chanu SSB WomenMata Rukmani Girls37−124 April 2022 [30]
38 Flag of India.svg Apurna Narzary Indian ArrowsOdisha Police34−027 April 2022 [31]
39 Flag of India.svg Pyari Xaxa Sports OdishaSirvodem Sporting39−127 April 2022 [32]
40 Flag of Ghana.svg Elshaddai Acheampong Gokulam KeralaMata Rukmani Girls38−01 May 2022 [33]
41 Flag of Ghana.svg Elshaddai Acheampong Gokulam KeralaARA38−05 May 2022 [34]
42 Flag of India.svg Naorem Priyangka Devi Indian ArrowsMata Rukmani Girls48−013 May 2022 [35]
43 Flag of India.svg Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu KickstartMata Rukmani Girls410−018 May 2022 [36]
44 Flag of India.svg Supriya Routray Sports OdishaHans Women36−018 May 2022 [37]
45 Flag of India.svg Dular Marandi SSB WomenOdisha Police45−221 May 2022 [38]
46 Flag of Ghana.svg Elshaddai Acheampong Gokulam KeralaSports Odisha47−122 May 2022 [39]
47 Flag of India.svg Huidrom Ranjita Devi SSB WomenPIFA Sports (Colaba)46−125 May 2022 [40]
48 Flag of India.svg Deepa Nayak Sports OdishaMata Rukmani Girls47−026 May 2022 [41]
49 Flag of India.svg Pyari Xaxa 3
50 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari Gokulam KeralaEast Bengal58−226 April 2023 [42]
51 Flag of the Philippines.svg Camille Rodriguez Lords FACeltic Queens34−027 April 2023 [43]
52 Flag of India.svg Kajol D'Souza SethuChurchill Brothers46−028 April 2023 [44]
53 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari Gokulam KeralaSports Odisha48−129 April 2023 [45]
54 Flag of India.svg Kaviya Pakkirisamy KickstartChurchill Brothers410−03 May 2023 [46]
55 Flag of India.svg Sandhiya Ranganathan Gokulam KeralaKahaani514−16 May 2023 [47]
56 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari 4
57 Flag of Nepal.svg Sabitra Bhandari Gokulam KeralaMumbai Knights711−112 May 2023 [48]
58
59 Flag of India.svg Apurna Narzary SethuEast Bengal69−016 May 2023 [49]
60
61 Flag of India.svg Karishma Shirvoikar KickstartEast Bengal33−116 December 2023 [50]
62 Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Gokulam KeralaEast Bengal34–023 January 2024 [51]
63 Flag of Ghana.svg Fredrica Torkudzor HOPS Kickstart35–129 January 2024 [52]
64 Flag of India.svg Soumya Guguloth Gokulam KeralaHOPS35–13 February 2024 [53]
65 Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Gokulam KeralaSports Odisha45–03 March 2024 [54]
66 Flag of India.svg Lynda Kom OdishaKickstart36–024 March 2024 [55]
67 Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Gokulam KeralaSribhumi45–120 January 2025 [56]
68 Flag of Uganda.svg Fazila Ikwaput Gokulam KeralaEast Bengal33–22 February 2025 [57]

Multiple hat-tricks

As of 2 February 2025

Players in bold are still active in the Indian Women's League.

Hat-tricks by club

As of 2 February 2025
ClubHat-tricksLast
Gokulam Kerala 222 February 2025
Sethu 1216 May 2023
Manipur Police 720 May 2019
SSB Women 425 May 2022
Sports Odisha 26 May 2022
Eastern Sporting Union 311 February 2017
KRYPHSA 10 April 2018
Kickstart 16 December 2023
Rising Students 28 February 2017
Indian Arrows 13 May 2022
Alakhpura 131 January 2017
Kenkre 25 January 2020
Odisha Police 4 February 2020
Odisha 24 March 2022
Lords 27 April 2023
HOPS 29 January 2024

Hat-tricks by nationality

As of 2 February 2025

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation.

RankNationHat-tricksLast hat-trick
1Flag of India.svg  India 4824 March 2024
2Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1012 May 2023
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 52 February 2025
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 429 January 2024
5Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 127 April 2023

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