NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff Leaders and Records for Hat Tricks

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player HAT
2024 Zach Hyman 1
2023 John Tavares 1
  Mark Stone 1
  Joe Pavelski 1
  Roope Hintz 1
  Leon Draisaitl 1
  Jonathan Marchessault 1
2022 Evander Kane 2
2021 David Pastrňák 1
  Nathan MacKinnon 1
  Mattias Janmark 1
  Jonathan Marchessault 1
2020 Andrei Svechnikov 1
  Joe Pavelski 1
  Connor McDavid 1
  Joel Kiviranta 1
  Denis Gurianov 1
  Pierre-Luc Dubois 1
2019 Jaden Schwartz 2
2018 David Pastrňák 1
  Jake Guentzel 1
  Sidney Crosby 1
  Sean Couturier 1
2017 Colton Sissons 1
  Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1
  Jake Guentzel 1
  Leon Draisaitl 1
2016 T.J. Oshie 1
  Patric Hörnqvist 1
2015 Vladimir Tarasenko 1
  Tyler Johnson 1
  Filip Forsberg 1
  Derick Brassard 1
2014 Wayne Simmonds 1
  Evgeni Malkin 1
  Jeff Carter 1
  Rene Bourque 1
2013 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1
  James Neal 1
  David Krejčí 1
  Patrick Kane 1
  Sidney Crosby 1
2012 Jordan Staal 1
  Claude Giroux 1
  Sean Couturier 1
  Jeff Carter 1
2011 Devin Setoguchi 1
  David Krejčí 1
2010 Henrik Zetterberg 1
  Jonathan Toews 1
  Andrei Kostitsyn 1
  Johan Franzén 1
  Dustin Byfuglien 1
  Nicklas Bäckström 1
2009 Alex Ovechkin 1
  Evgeni Malkin 1
  Patrick Kane 1
  Sidney Crosby 1
2008 Johan Franzén 2
2007 Michael Nylander 1
  Andy McDonald 1
2006 Jason Pominville 1
  Patrick Marleau 1
  John Madden 1
  Joffrey Lupul 1
  J.P. Dumont 1
2004 Patrick Marleau 2
2003 Alexander Mogilny 1
2002 Keith Tkachuk 1
  Darren McCarty 1
  Brett Hull* 1
2000 Scott Young 1
  Doug Weight 1
  Martin Lapointe 1
  Bill Guerin 1
  Andy Delmore 1
1999 Steve Yzerman* 1
  Martin Straka 1
1998 Daniel Alfredsson* 2
1997 Wayne Gretzky* 2
1996 Steve Yzerman* 1
  Joe Sakic* 1
  Trevor Linden 1
  Mario Lemieux* 1
  Jaromír Jágr 1
  Mike Gartner* 1
  Peter Forsberg* 1
1995 Mike Sullivan 1
  Brendan Shanahan* 1
  Joe Sakic* 1
  Brian Leetch* 1
  John LeClair 1
  Theo Fleury 1
  Dino Ciccarelli* 1
1994 Gary Suter 1
  Mark Messier* 1
  Ulf Dahlén 1
  Tony Amonte 1
1993 Teemu Selänne* 1
  Brian Noonan 1
  Al Iafrate 1
  Dale Hunter 1
  Wayne Gretzky* 1
  Ray Ferraro 1
  Paul DiPietro 1
  Éric Desjardins 1
  Wendel Clark 1
  Dino Ciccarelli* 1
1992 Esa Tikkanen 1
  Kevin Stevens 1
  Ray Sheppard 1
  Joe Murphy 1
  Mario Lemieux* 1
  Dirk Graham 1
  Mike Gartner* 1
  Ron Francis* 1
  Geoff Courtnall 1
  Dino Ciccarelli* 1
  Pavel Bure* 1
1991 Cam Neely* 2
1990 Dave Taylor 1
  Tomas Sandström 1
  Bernie Nicholls 1
  Jari Kurri* 1
  Tony Granato 1
  Mike Gartner* 1
  John Druce 1
  Dino Ciccarelli* 1
1989 Peter Zezel 1
  Steve Yzerman* 1
  Wayne Presley 1
  Mario Lemieux* 1
  Chris Kontos 1
  Tim Kerr 1
  Bob Brooke 1
1988 Petr Klíma 2
1987 Peter Šťastný* 1
  John Ogrodnick 1
  Cam Neely* 1
  Mike McPhee 1
  Jari Kurri* 1
  Tim Kerr 1
  Michel Goulet* 1
  Pelle Eklund 1
1986 Peter Zezel 1
  Denis Savard* 1
  Doug Risebrough 1
  Greg Paslawski 1
  Wayne Gretzky* 1
1985 Jari Kurri* 4
1984 Paul Reinhart 1
  Jörgen Pettersson 1
  Jari Kurri* 1
  Doug Halward 1
  Clark Gillies* 1
1983 Mark Messier* 3
  Mike Bossy* 3
1982 Denis Savard* 1
  Barry Pederson 1
  Dino Ciccarelli* 1
  Mike Bossy* 1
1981 Wayne Gretzky* 2
1980 Bryan Trottier* 1
  Steve Shutt* 1
  Gilbert Perreault* 1
  Paul Holmgren 1
  Ron Duguay 1
  Bill Barber* 1
1979 Jean Ratelle* 1
  Stan Jonathan 1
  Mike Bossy* 1
1978 George Ferguson 1
1977 Lanny McDonald* 2
1976 Darryl Sittler* 1
  Don Saleski 1
  Reggie Leach 1
  Marcel Dionne* 1
1975 Rick MacLeish 2
1974 Tom Williams 1
  Rick MacLeish 1
  Yvan Cournoyer* 1
  Johnny Bucyk* 1
1973 Pit Martin 2
1972 Frank St. Marseille 1
  Fred Stanfield 1
  Bobby Hull* 1
  Ken Hodge 1
  Johnny Bucyk* 1
1971 Jim Pappin 1
  Bobby Orr* 1
  Jacques Lemaire* 1
  Vic Hadfield 1
1970 Phil Esposito* 2
1969 Phil Esposito* 1
  Red Berenson 1
1968 Rosaire Paiement 1
  Jean Béliveau* 1
1967 Henri Richard* 1
1965 Norm Ullman* 1
1964 Norm Ullman* 2
1963 Bobby Hull* 1
1962 Bob Pulford* 1
1958 Jerry Toppazzini 1
  Maurice Richard* 1
  Phil Goyette 1
1957 Maurice Richard* 1
  Bernie Geoffrion* 1
1956 Maurice Richard* 1
1955 Ted Lindsay* 1
  Gordie Howe* 1
  Bernie Geoffrion* 1
1953 Maurice Richard* 1
1952 Bernie Geoffrion* 1
1950 Pentti Lund 1
1949 Sid Smith 1
  Gerry Plamondon 1
1948 Ted Kennedy* 1
1947 Billy Reay 1
1946 Toe Blake* 1
1945 Maurice Richard* 1
  Carl Liscombe 1
  Ted Kennedy* 1
1944 Maurice Richard* 2
  Doug Bentley* 2
1943 Don Grosso 1
  Mud Bruneteau 1
1942 Don Metz 1
  Jack McGill 1
1941 Joe Benoit 1
  Syl Apps* 1
1940 Bryan Hextall* 1
1939 Syd Howe* 1
1938 Toe Blake* 1
1936 Charlie Conacher* 1
1932 Busher Jackson* 1
  Frank Boucher* 1
1927 Percy Galbraith 1
1921 Georges Boucher* 1
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 2
1918 Harry Meeking 1