Summary

Since the inception of the French football league competition, Ligue 1, in 1948, more than 200 players from 49 countries have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match. The French former striker Thadée Cisowski is the player with the most Ligue 1 hat-tricks in history, with 22 scored between clubs Metz and RC Paris. The foreign players with the most hat-tricks are Gunnar Andersson of Sweden and Delio Onnis of Argentina, each of whom scored twelve. Algerian former footballer Ahmed Oudjani (in a 10–2 win for Lens against RC Paris on 8 December 1963), Malian former footballer Salif Keïta (in an 8–0 win for Saint-Étienne against Sedan on 4 June 1971) and Argentine former footballer Carlos Bianchi (in a 6–1 win for Reims against Paris Saint-Germain on 9 August 1974) each scored six goals in a match, the most ever scored in a single Ligue 1 game.

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