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rling Haaland’s recent achievement of scoring his eighth Premier League hat-trick has solidified his status as one of the most prolific strikers in the league’s history. Here’s how his feat compares to other Premier League icons:
HAALAND’S HAT-TRICK RECORD
- Total Hat-Tricks: 8
- Games Played: 69
COMPARISON WITH PREMIER LEAGUE ICONS
- Thierry Henry
- Total Hat-Tricks: 8
- Games Played: 258
- Henry, a legendary Arsenal forward, reached his eighth hat-trick mark much slower than Haaland.
- Alan Shearer
- Total Hat-Tricks: 11
- Games Played: 441
- Shearer, the Premier League’s all-time leading goal scorer, holds the record for most hat-tricks, but Haaland has achieved this feat in significantly fewer games.
- Didier Drogba
- Total Hat-Tricks: 8
- Games Played: 254
- Drogba, known for his crucial goals for Chelsea, matches Haaland’s total but with a greater number of appearances.
- Harry Kane
- Total Hat-Tricks: 10
- Games Played: 320
- Kane, another prolific goal-scorer, is ahead of Haaland in total hat-tricks but has taken more games to reach this milestone.
- Robbie Fowler
- Total Hat-Tricks: 9
- Games Played: 236
- Fowler is just one hat-trick ahead of Haaland and played in more games.
- Sergio Agüero
- Total Hat-Tricks: 12
- Games Played: 275
- Agüero holds the record for most hat-tricks in the Premier League and achieved them in fewer games than Henry and Drogba but more than Haaland.
UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
- Fastest to Eight Hat-Tricks: Haaland is the quickest player to achieve eight Premier League hat-tricks.
- Consecutive Hat-Tricks: Haaland is among the six players who have scored consecutive hat-tricks, a feat also achieved by Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, and Harry Kane, among others.
OTHER NOTABLE FACTS
- Les Ferdinand: Holds the record for the shortest time between hat-tricks, scored over three days in the 1993-94 season.
- Didier Drogba: Holds the record for the longest gap between successive hat-tricks, spanning three months across two seasons.
As Haaland continues his career, he is set to challenge and potentially surpass some of these long-standing records. He is currently on international duty with Norway and will return to Premier League action on September 14 against Brentford.