Between the 1980-81 and 1989-90 seasons, Wayne Gretzky posted the most hat tricks, with 44 hat tricks.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season hat tricks by a player 1980-81 to 1989-90

	NAME	HT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	44	768	626	1,216	1,842	+562	370	133	364	63	64	64	2	3,047	20.5
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	31	524	400	417	817	+258	167	113	144	8	1	59	4	1,949	20.5
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	25	427	345	493	838	+17	424	114	231	26	9	29	7	1,673	20.6
4	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	20	754	389	452	841	+209	712	118	117	13	6	67	3	2,293	17.0
5	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	20	754	474	569	1,043	+373	348	107	146	31	35	60	7	2,162	21.9
6	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	17	574	353	273	626	+101	569	138	96	0	0	44	1	1,807	19.5
7	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	16	693	385	360	745	+3	776	143	114	1	2	36	1	2,262	17.0
8	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	16	749	385	674	1,059	-15	703	122	269	6	6	44	1	1,970	19.5
9	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	14	634	339	456	795	-45	785	107	173	25	9	22	4	2,234	15.2
10	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	13	773	413	408	821	+44	744	118	135	16	4	56	4	2,936	14.1
11	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	13	744	438	459	897	+51	574	143	149	16	8	46	1	2,390	18.3
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	13	723	368	569	937	+168	970	85	174	34	44	40	2	1,974	18.6
13	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	13	467	223	369	592	-17	106	82	157	16	8	25	1	1,155	19.3
14	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	13	716	393	302	695	-73	1,169	131	93	11	3	44	3	2,279	17.2
15	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	12	713	379	550	929	-93	478	122	218	11	10	29	4	2,494	15.2
16	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	11	571	265	238	503	-68	511	109	86	1	1	29	3	1,609	16.5
17	Denis Savard D. Savard	11	736	351	662	1,013	+91	835	96	286	15	10	43	1	2,227	15.8
18	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	10	588	256	246	502	-34	484	72	86	1	0	28	0	1,686	15.2
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	9	514	291	401	692	-19	334	77	156	17	11	31	4	1,719	16.9
20	Miroslav Frycer M. Frycer	9	415	147	183	330	-83	486	32	46	0	0	17	2	913	16.1
21	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	9	649	351	492	843	+13	392	133	196	7	6	35	2	2,446	14.3
22	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	9	527	254	283	537	+80	397	92	89	2	0	34	2	1,102	23.0
23	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	9	736	303	522	825	+253	579	93	152	13	18	37	1	1,707	17.8
24	Ron Francis R. Francis	8	647	243	502	745	-52	485	73	214	5	2	34	1	1,581	15.4
25	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	8	419	200	207	407	-81	107	64	67	1	3	15	0	1,153	17.3