List of Premier Soccer League hat-tricks

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Aubrey Ngoma (pictured here during his time with Cape Town City) is one of the players to score a hat-trick of more than three goals. Aubrey Ngoma CTCFC.jpg
Aubrey Ngoma (pictured here during his time with Cape Town City) is one of the players to score a hat-trick of more than three goals.

The first hat-trick in the Premier Soccer League was scored in 1996, and there have been over 150 hat-tricks scored since then. Pollen Ndlanya is the player with most hat-tricks, having scored six. The fastest hat-trick was scored by James Chamanga, between the 20th and 25th minute for Moroka Swallows in December 2007. Richard Henyekane is the player with most hat-tricks in a season for Golden Arrows, having scored three in 2008–09 season. Peter Shalulile is the first player with back to back hat-trick in 2021–22 season. Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana is the first player to score hat-trick with only penalties 2022–23 season.[ citation needed ]

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Hat-tricks

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Key
4Player scored four goals
5Player scored five goals
†Player scored hat-trick as a substitute
*The home team
Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
PlayerNationalityForResultAgainstDateRef
Collins Mbesuma Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Kaizer Chiefs 4–1 Dynamos*2004
Collins Mbesuma Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Moroka Swallows*4–3 Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.*2005
James Chamanga 5Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Moroka Swallows*6–2 Platinum Stars 9 December 2007 [2]
Thulasizwe Mbuyane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Orlando Pirates*4–0 Jomo Cosmos 29 August 2009 [3]
Ayanda Dlamini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa AmaZulu 4–0 Moroka Swallows*16 December 2009 [4]
Bradley Grobler Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Platinum Stars*3–1 Mpumalanga Black Aces 2 February 2011 [5]
Lennox Bacela Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic*5–0 SuperSport United 27 February 2011 [6]
Anthony Laffor Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia SuperSport United*5–2 Santos FC 16 April 2011 [7]
Bryce Moon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Golden Arrows*3–2 AmaZulu 7 May 2011 [8]
Nyasha Mushekwi Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Mamelodi Sundowns*3–1 Bloemfontein Celtic 21 May 2011 [9]
Siyabonga Nomvethe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Moroka Swallows*3–2 Golden Arrows 29 April 2012 [10]
Bernard Parker 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 6–0 AmaZulu*11 August 2012 [11]
Aubrey Ngoma 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa University of Pretoria 5–1 Ajax Cape Town*29 September 2012 [12]
Edward Manqele Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Moroka Swallows*3–2 Mpumalanga Black Aces 30 August 2013 [13]
Sibusiso Vilakazi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bidvest Wits*3–2 SuperSport United 25 February 2014 [14]
Richard Henyekane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Free State Stars 3–1 Bidvest Wits*15 March 2014 [15]
Reginald Mlaba Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mpumalanga Black Aces*5–2 Moroka Swallows 15 March 2014 [16]
Eleazar Rodgers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Platinum Stars*4–2 AmaZulu 22 November 2014 [17]
Sibusiso Vilakazi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bidvest Wits*4–2 Ajax Cape Town 10 December 2014 [18]
Mogakolodi Ngele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Platinum Stars 3–3 Orlando Pirates*8 April 2015 [19]
Thobani Mncwango 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Polokwane City*4–1 SuperSport United 16 January 2016 [20]
James Keene Flag of England.svg  England Bidvest Wits*5–0 Polokwane City 22 January 2016 [21]
Jeremy Brockie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand SuperSport United 4–2 Jomo Cosmos*27 February 2016 [22]
Lerato Manzini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Chippa United*4–1 Platinum Stars 27 April 2016 [23]
Gabadinho Mhango 4†Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Golden Arrows 4–2 Mpumalanga Black Aces*27 April 2016 [24]
Anthony Laffor Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 University of Pretoria*4 May 2016 [25]
Tendai Ndoro Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Orlando Pirates*3–1 Golden Arrows 24 August 2016 [26]
Bhongolwethu Jayiya Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town City*4–1 Chippa United 3 April 2017 [27]
Rhulani Manzini †Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Chippa United*3–0 SuperSport United 17 May 2017 [28]
Mwape Musonda Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Black Leopards*3–2 Chippa United 10 March 2019 [29]
Charlton Mashumba Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Polokwane City 3–5 Cape Town City*6 November 2019 [30]
Samir Nurković Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Kaizer Chiefs*5–3 Bloemfontein Celtic 7 December 2019 [31]
Gabadinho Mhango Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Orlando Pirates 4–1 Polokwane City*7 January 2020 [32]
Fagrie Lakay Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town City 4–1 Golden Arrows*29 August 2020 [33]
Lebohang Maboe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns*3–0 Black Leopards 5 September 2020 [34]
Bienvenu Eva Nga Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Chippa United*3–1 Maritzburg United 3 November 2020 [35]
Themba Zwane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns*4–3 Amazulu 23 November 2020 [36]
Lebogang Manyama Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Kaizer Chiefs*3–2 Golden Arrows 2 June 2021 [37]
Peter Shalulile Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Mamelodi Sundowns 4–2 Moroka Swallows*6 April 2022 [38]
Peter Shalulile Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Mamelodi Sundowns*6–0 Golden Arrows 12 April 2022 [39]
Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Kaizer Chiefs 3–1 Stellenbosch F.C.*9 October 2022
Monnapule Saleng Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Orlando Pirates 4–1 Swallows F.C.*3 March 2023
Ranga Chivaviro Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Marumo Gallants F.C.*3–1 Chippa United 12 April 2023
Augustine Chidi Kwem Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria AmaZulu F.C.*3–1 Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. 12 November 2023
Lucas Ribeiro Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.*3–0 AmaZulu F.C. 27 February 2024
Tshegofatso Mabasa Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Orlando Pirates*7–1 Golden Arrows F.C. 6 April 2024
Iqraam Rayners 5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Stellenbosch F.C.*5–0 Polokwane City F.C. 27 April 2024
Tshegofatso Mabasa Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Orlando Pirates*8–1 Marumo Gallants 24 December 2024
Andy Boyeli Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo SuperSport United F.C. 0–3 Sekhukhune United F.C.*12 January 2025

Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.

RankPlayerHat-tricks
1 Flag of Liberia.svg Anthony Laffor 2
Flag of South Africa.svg Tshegofatso Mabasa
Flag of Malawi.svg Gabadinho Mhango
Flag of Namibia.svg Peter Shalulile
Flag of South Africa.svg Sibusiso Vilakazi

Hat-tricks by clubs

RankClubHat-tricks
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 7[ when? ]
2 Orlando Pirates 6
3 Kaizer Chiefs 5
4 Moroka Swallows 3
Platinum Stars
6 Lamontville Golden Arrows 2
SuperSport United
AmaZulu F.C.
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 1
Marumo Gallants F.C.
Stellenbosch F.C.

Hat-tricks by nationality

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

RankNationHat-tricks
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25[ when? ]
2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3
3Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
7Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of Congo
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

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