Who Has the Most Career Hat Tricks in the NHL?

In this blog post, we’ll take a look at who has the most hat tricks in NHL history. We’ll also discuss what a hat trick is and how it’s scored.

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky is often considered the greatest hockey player of all time. He played 20 seasons in the NHL and is the all-time leading scorer with 2,857 career points. He is also the only player in NHL history to have more than 200 points in a season, a feat he accomplished four times. Gretzky also holds the record for most career hat tricks with 50.

Gretzky’s hat tricks by season

Wayne Gretzky is widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). During his 20-year career, he played for four different teams, including the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and New York Rangers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.

Gretzky holds or shares 61 NHL records. These include most goals (894), most assists (1,963), and most points (2,857). He is the only player to score more than 200 points in a single season, a feat he accomplished four times. He also holds the record for most hat tricks in a career, with 50.

Below is a list of Gretzky’s hat tricks by season:

-1981-82: 4 hat tricks
-1982-83: 5 hat tricks
-1983-84: 4 hat tricks
-1984-85: 5 hat tricks
-1985-86: 6 hat tricks
-1986-87: 3 hat tricks
-1987-88: 3 hat tricks

Gretzky’s hat tricks by team

– Edmonton Oilers: 15
– Los Angeles Kings: 8
– St. Louis Blues: 2
– New York Rangers: 1

Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1984 to 2006. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, winning two Stanley Cups with the Penguins in 1991 and 1992. In 2017, he was named one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players” in history.

Lemieux’s hat tricks by season

Mario Lemieux is widely considered one of the best players in NHL history. He was especially dominant in the 1980s and early 1990s, when he racked up an impressive number of hat tricks. In fact, Lemieux holds the NHL record for the most hat tricks in a single season, with 10. He accomplished this feat during the 1988-89 campaign, his second season in the league.

Lemieux would go on to have six more seasons with at least three hat tricks, giving him a total of 16 for his career. That’s good for second place on the all-time list, behind only Wayne Gretzky (who had 22). Here is a full list of Lemieux’s hat tricks by season:

-1985-86: 3
-1986-87: 5
-1987-88: 1
-1988-89: 10
-1989-90: 3
-1991-92: 2
-1992-93: 3
-1993-94: 1
-1996-97: 2

Lemieux’s hat tricks by team

Mario Lemieux had the most hat tricks in the NHL while playing for the Pittsburgh penguins. He finished his career with 61 hat tricks, 20 of which came while playing for Pittsburgh.

Lemieux’s other hat tricks came while playing for the Montreal Canadiens (8), Philadelphia Flyers (7), Buffalo Sabres (6), New Jersey Devils (5), Tampa Bay Lightning (3), Carolina Hurricanes (2), and New York Islanders (1).

Jaromir Jagr

Jaromir Jagr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jagr has played in the NHL for 24 seasons with eight different teams. He is the league’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,914 points. He has also won two Stanley Cups, five Hart Trophies, five Art Ross Trophies, and three Lester B. Pearson Awards.

Jagr’s hat tricks by season

Jaromir Jagr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins. He is second on the NHL’s all-time scoring list with 1,899 points. In 2008, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer for the seventh time in his career.

At the age of 45, Jagr became the oldest player to score an NHL hat trick and set the record for most career hat tricks with 25. His first came during his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992–93. He scored 3 goals in a 5–2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on December 21, 1992.

Jagr’s hat tricks by season:

1992–93: 1
1993–94: 4
1994–95: 3
1995–96: 2
1996–97: 6
1997–98: 2
1998–99: 1
1999–00: 4
2000–01: 0 (he did not play due to injury)
2001–02: 1 (with Washington)
2002–03: 3 (with Washington)
2003–04: 2 (with New York Rangers)
2005–06: 2 (with New York Rangers)
2006–07: 0 (with New York Rangers)
2007–08: 1 (with Dallas Stars)
2008–09: 4 (split between Dallas and Boston)
2009–10: 5 (with Boston Bruins)
2011–12: 0 (split between Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars)

Jagr’s hat tricks by team

Jaromir Jagr is a legendary Czech ice hockey player who has played for several teams throughout his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds the record for the most hat tricks in NHL history, with 22.

Jagr’s hat tricks by team:
-Pittsburgh Penguins: 8
-Washington Capitals: 5
-New York Rangers: 3
-Boston Bruins: 2
-Florida Panthers: 1
-Philadelphia Flyers: 1
-Dallas Stars: 1
-Atlanta Thrashers: 1