Nigerian striker Bartholomew Ogbeche and retired Canadian star Ian Hume share the record for most hat-tricks in Indian Super League.
Hume, who represented Kerala Blasters, Atlético de Kolkata and Pune City, hit his first hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Mumbai City FC in the 2015 edition. His second triple strike came just 26 days later in Atlético de Kolkata’s 4-1 triumph over Pune City.
Ian Hume’s third and final hat-trick came in the 2017-18 season as he inspired Kerala Blasters to a 3-1 win against Delhi Dynamos.
Hume’s feat of most hat-tricks in Indian Super League (3) would later be matched by Bartholomew Ogbeche with his hat-trick in the ISL 2021-22 season.
Bartholomew Ogbeche, the all-time leading goalscorer in the Indian Super League, recorded his three hat-tricks with three different clubs. In the 2018-19 season, the 37-year-old Nigerian forward initiated NorthEast United’s counter-attack in their 4-3 win over Chennaiyin FC with his triple strike.
His next hat-tricks came in Kerala Blasters’ 3-6 loss to Chennaiyin FC (ISL 2019-20) and Hyderabad FC’s 4-0 win against SC East Bengal (ISL 2021-22).
Indian national football team captain Sunil Chhetri is the only homegrown player to have scored a hat-trick in the Indian Super League. Chhetri is among the six players with two hat-tricks in the tournament.
Andre Moritz, the first player to score a hat-trick in the Indian Super League, leads the list of 13 players with a solitary triple strike in the ISL.
Most hat-tricks in Indian Super League
| Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick date |
| Ian Hume | 3 | January 10, 2018 |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche | January 24, 2022 | |
| Stiven Mendoza | 2 | November 21, 2015 |
| Dudu Omagbemi | November 26, 2016 | |
| Coro | December 9, 2017 | |
| Marcelinho | December 30, 2017 | |
| Sunil Chhetri | March 11, 2018 | |
| Modou Sougou | February 22, 2019 | |
| Andre Moritz | 1 | October 18, 2014 |
| Thongkhosiem Haokip | November 17, 2015 | |
| Reinaldo | November 29, 2015 | |
| Diego Forlán | November 19, 2016 | |
| Seiminlen Doungel | January 19, 2018 | |
| Roy Krishna | February 8, 2020 | |
| Manuel Onwu | February 23, 2020 | |
| Bipin Singh | February 24, 2021 | |
| Greg Stewart | December 14, 2021 | |
| Deshorn Brown | December 27, 2021 | |
| Kiyan Nassiri | January 29, 2022 | |
| Jorge Ortiz | February 9, 2022 | |
| Airam Cabrera | March 6, 2022 |
Author: William Paul
Featured photo: Twitter / Indian Super League
