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Scoring a goal boosts the pride of any player, and scoring a hat-trick is like the cherry on the cake. In the Premier League, the first ever player to score a hat-trick was Eric Cantona in 1992, and more than 100 players have scored hat-tricks since then. 20 players have scored more than three goals in a single game, five of which scored five goals in a single game.
Sadio Mane became the fastest player to score a hat-trick (two minutes 56 seconds) in 2016. While it is not uncommon or rare to see a player scoring a hat-trick in a single game, it is indeed rare to see a player scoring hat-tricks in two consecutive games.
Without much ado, let us look at five players who made this rare and uncommon record of scoring a hat-trick each in two consecutive games.
Les Ferdinand
The first name on this list is the former Queens Park Rangers striker, Les Ferdinand. He became the first player to create this rare record when he scored two consecutive hat-tricks against Nottingham Forest and Everton in 1993.
Les Ferdinand started his career with Hayes in 1987, but he got the limelight during his time with Queens Park Rangers. He spent 7 seasons with the Hoops and moved to Newcastle United in 1995, where he created an exciting attacking partnership with Alan Shearer. He spent two years at the Tyneside and won 2 Premier League runners-up medals.
He joined his boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur in 1997 and won the League Cup in 1999. After spending six seasons at Spurs he moved to West Ham and finally hung his boots in 2006 after brief spells with Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford.
Ferdinand was the PFA Player of the Year for the 1995-1996 season and holds the ninth position in the list of the highest goal scorers in the Premier League history with 149 goals.
Ian Wright
In 1994, the former Arsenal striker scored two hat-tricks in two back to back games against Ipswich Town and Southampton respectively and by doing so he became the second player to score two consecutive hat-tricks in the Premier League history.
Known for his lightning speed and superb finishing skills, Ian Wright started his career at Greenwich Borough and after just one year at the club, he got transferred to Crystal Palace. He scored 90 league goals for the club in 225 games.
After spending 7 years with the Eagles, he moved to Arsenal in 1991 where he went on to become the club's top scorer in the Premier League, a record which Thierry Henry broke in 2005.
Ian Wright had scored 113 goals in the 213 Premier League games and was also included in the PFA Team of the Season on two different occasions.
Didier Drogba
The two-time African Footballer of the Year, Didier Drogba has also featured on this list. He scored two successive hat-tricks against Wigan Athletic and West Brom Albion in 2010.
Didier Drogba started his professional career with the French club Le Mans in 1998 and transferred to Guingamp in January 2002. He scored 17 goals during his second season at the club and such a good goalscoring record got the attention of the French giants, Marseille and he finally moved to the club in 2003.
After winning the Ligue 1 Player of the Season award during his first season at Marseille, he moved to England when Chelsea signed him for the club's then recorded £24 million.
He went on to become Chelsea's legend and had spent 9 seasons in two different spells at the club scoring 104 league goals in 254 games.
Didier Drogba is the leading African goalscorer in the Premier League and was the Premier League top scorer for 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 seasons.
Wayne Rooney
The Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney is also a part of this list. He created this unique record in 2011 when he scored two back to back hat-tricks against Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers.
Rooney started his career at Everton and after spending two brilliant seasons with the Merseyside club he transferred to Manchester United.
He spent 13 seasons at Manchester United and scored 183 league goals in 393 games. He is the club's all-time leading goal scorer and has won 16 trophies with the club. He moved back to his former club, Everton in 2017 and is currently playing there under Sam Allardyce.
Wayne Rooney is England's all-time top goal scorer and has also won England's Player of the Year award 4 times.
Harry Kane
One of the best strikers of the current generation, Harry Kane scored two consecutive hat-tricks against Burnley and Southampton in 2017, which made him a part of this list.
Harry Kane signed his first professional contract with Spurs in 2009, but he started showing his true worth in the 2015-2016 season and was Spurs' leading goal scorer in that season. He scored 102 League goals for Spurs and is seventh on the list of the club's all-time leading goal scorers.
Harry Kane won the Premier League Top Goalscorer award in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons and also won joint-record 6 Player of the Month awards.
Harry Kane won England's Player of the Year award in 2017 and he will play an important part for the English National Football Team at the upcoming World Cup.
