Full List of Every Real Madrid Player to Score a Champions League Hat Trick

Real Madrid’s reputation as European royalty is underpinned by an extensive list of prolific goalscorers who have illuminated the Champions League stage. While the club’s honours cabinet overflows with continental silverware, the individual feat of a hat trick remains one of the competition’s most elusive accolades. Below is the definitive roll call of every Madrid marksman to have claimed the match ball in a single European Cup or Champions League fixture.

1. Alfredo Di Stéfano – 18 September 1957 vs Sporting CP 2. Ferenc Puskás – 2 September 1959 vs Young Boys 3. Puskás again – 21 November 1960 vs Eintracht Frankfurt 4. Puskás once more – 18 September 1963 vs Feyenoord 5. Amancio – 8 December 1965 vs Anderlecht 6. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 21 February 2007 vs Bayern München 7. Cristiano Ronaldo – 27 May 2017 vs Atlético Madrid 8. Ronaldo encore – 6 March 2018 vs Paris Saint-Germain 9. Gareth Bale – 11 December 2018 vs Kashima Antlers 10. Karim Benzema – 9 March 2022 vs Paris Saint-Germain

Each entry cements a chapter of Madrid’s enduring love affair with the tournament and reaffirms the club’s status as the definitive home of Champions League sharpshooters.