List of Premier Soccer League hat-tricks

Aubrey Ngoma (pictured here during his time with Cape Town City) is one of the players to score a hat-trick of more than three goals.

The first hat-trick in the Premier Soccer League was scored in 1996, and there have been over 150 hat-tricks scored since then. Pollen Ndlanya is the player with most hat-tricks, having scored six. The fastest hat-trick was scored by James Chamanga, between the 20th and 25th minute for Moroka Swallows in December 2007. Richard Henyekane is the player with most hat-tricks in a season for Golden Arrows, having scored three in 2008–09 season. Peter Shalulile is the first player with back to back hat-trick in 2021–22 season. Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana is the first player to score hat-trick with only penalties 2022–23 season.^{[citation needed]}

Hat-tricks

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Key
^4	Player scored four goals
^5	Player scored five goals
†	Player scored hat-trick as a substitute
*	The home team

Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first

Player	Nationality	For	Result	Against	Date	Ref
Collins Mbesuma	Zambia	Kaizer Chiefs	4–1	Dynamos*	2004
Collins Mbesuma	Zambia	Moroka Swallows*	4–3	Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.*	2005
James Chamanga^5	Zambia	Moroka Swallows*	6–2	Platinum Stars	9 December 2007	[2]
Thulasizwe Mbuyane	South Africa	Orlando Pirates*	4–0	Jomo Cosmos	29 August 2009	[3]
Ayanda Dlamini	South Africa	AmaZulu	4–0	Moroka Swallows*	16 December 2009	[4]
Bradley Grobler	South Africa	Platinum Stars*	3–1	Mpumalanga Black Aces	2 February 2011	[5]
Lennox Bacela	South Africa	Bloemfontein Celtic*	5–0	SuperSport United	27 February 2011	[6]
Anthony Laffor	Liberia	SuperSport United*	5–2	Santos FC	16 April 2011	[7]
Bryce Moon	South Africa	Golden Arrows*	3–2	AmaZulu	7 May 2011	[8]
Nyasha Mushekwi	Zimbabwe	Mamelodi Sundowns*	3–1	Bloemfontein Celtic	21 May 2011	[9]
Siyabonga Nomvethe	South Africa	Moroka Swallows*	3–2	Golden Arrows	29 April 2012	[10]
Bernard Parker^4	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	6–0	AmaZulu*	11 August 2012	[11]
Aubrey Ngoma^4	South Africa	University of Pretoria	5–1	Ajax Cape Town*	29 September 2012	[12]
Edward Manqele	South Africa	Moroka Swallows*	3–2	Mpumalanga Black Aces	30 August 2013	[13]
Sibusiso Vilakazi	South Africa	Bidvest Wits*	3–2	SuperSport United	25 February 2014	[14]
Richard Henyekane	South Africa	Free State Stars	3–1	Bidvest Wits*	15 March 2014	[15]
Reginald Mlaba	South Africa	Mpumalanga Black Aces*	5–2	Moroka Swallows	15 March 2014	[16]
Eleazar Rodgers	South Africa	Platinum Stars*	4–2	AmaZulu	22 November 2014	[17]
Sibusiso Vilakazi	South Africa	Bidvest Wits*	4–2	Ajax Cape Town	10 December 2014	[18]
Mogakolodi Ngele	Botswana	Platinum Stars	3–3	Orlando Pirates*	8 April 2015	[19]
Thobani Mncwango^4	South Africa	Polokwane City*	4–1	SuperSport United	16 January 2016	[20]
James Keene	England	Bidvest Wits*	5–0	Polokwane City	22 January 2016	[21]
Jeremy Brockie	New Zealand	SuperSport United	4–2	Jomo Cosmos*	27 February 2016	[22]
Lerato Manzini	South Africa	Chippa United*	4–1	Platinum Stars	27 April 2016	[23]
Gabadinho Mhango^4†	Malawi	Golden Arrows	4–2	Mpumalanga Black Aces*	27 April 2016	[24]
Anthony Laffor	Liberia	Mamelodi Sundowns	3–0	University of Pretoria*	4 May 2016	[25]
Tendai Ndoro	Zimbabwe	Orlando Pirates*	3–1	Golden Arrows	24 August 2016	[26]
Bhongolwethu Jayiya	South Africa	Cape Town City*	4–1	Chippa United	3 April 2017	[27]
Rhulani Manzini†	South Africa	Chippa United*	3–0	SuperSport United	17 May 2017	[28]
Mwape Musonda	Zambia	Black Leopards*	3–2	Chippa United	10 March 2019	[29]
Charlton Mashumba	Zimbabwe	Polokwane City	3–5	Cape Town City*	6 November 2019	[30]
Samir Nurković	Serbia	Kaizer Chiefs*	5–3	Bloemfontein Celtic	7 December 2019	[31]
Gabadinho Mhango	Malawi	Orlando Pirates	4–1	Polokwane City*	7 January 2020	[32]
Fagrie Lakay	South Africa	Cape Town City	4–1	Golden Arrows*	29 August 2020	[33]
Lebohang Maboe	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns*	3–0	Black Leopards	5 September 2020	[34]
Bienvenu Eva Nga	Cameroon	Chippa United*	3–1	Maritzburg United	3 November 2020	[35]
Themba Zwane	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns*	4–3	Amazulu	23 November 2020	[36]
Lebogang Manyama	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs*	3–2	Golden Arrows	2 June 2021	[37]
Peter Shalulile	Namibia	Mamelodi Sundowns	4–2	Moroka Swallows*	6 April 2022	[38]
Peter Shalulile	Namibia	Mamelodi Sundowns*	6–0	Golden Arrows	12 April 2022	[39]
Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana	Burundi	Kaizer Chiefs	3–1	Stellenbosch F.C.*	9 October 2022
Monnapule Saleng	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	4–1	Swallows F.C.*	3 March 2023
Ranga Chivaviro	South Africa	Marumo Gallants F.C.*	3–1	Chippa United	12 April 2023
Augustine Chidi Kwem	Nigeria	AmaZulu F.C.*	3–1	Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.	12 November 2023
Lucas Ribeiro Costa	Brazil	Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.*	3–0	AmaZulu F.C.	27 February 2024
Tshegofatso Mabasa	South Africa	Orlando Pirates*	7–1	Golden Arrows F.C.	6 April 2024
Iqraam Rayners^5	South Africa	Stellenbosch F.C.*	5–0	Polokwane City F.C.	27 April 2024
Tshegofatso Mabasa	South Africa	Orlando Pirates*	8–1	Marumo Gallants	24 December 2024
Andy Boyeli	Democratic Republic of the Congo	SuperSport United F.C.	0–3	Sekhukhune United F.C.*	12 January 2025

Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks
1	Anthony Laffor	2
	Tshegofatso Mabasa
	Gabadinho Mhango
	Peter Shalulile
	Sibusiso Vilakazi

Hat-tricks by clubs

Rank	Club	Hat-tricks
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	7^[when?]
2	Orlando Pirates	6
3	Kaizer Chiefs	5
4	Moroka Swallows	3
	Platinum Stars
6	Lamontville Golden Arrows	2
	SuperSport United
	AmaZulu F.C.
9	Bloemfontein Celtic	1
	Marumo Gallants F.C.
	Stellenbosch F.C.

Hat-tricks by nationality

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation.

Rank	Nation	Hat-tricks
1	South Africa	25^[when?]
2	Zimbabwe	3
3	Liberia	2
	Malawi
	Namibia
	Zambia
7	Botswana	1
	Brazil
	Burundi
	Cameroon
	Democratic Republic of Congo
	England
	New Zealand
	Nigeria
	Serbia

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3. "Pirates show their class with 4-0 win". Cape Argus. 31 August 2009. Pirates overwhelmed Cosmos with a hat-trick from Thulasizwe Mbuyane and a late strike from Thembinkosi "Terror" Fanteni.
4. "Swallows embarrassed by AmaZulu". Independent Online. 16 December 2009. Dlamini put the final nail into the Swallows' coffin in the 85th minute to complete his hat-trick.
5. "Grobler guides Stars to victory". Independent Online. 3 February 2011. Platinum Stars climbed to the top half of the table after a Bradley Grobler hat-trick...
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