Between the 1981-82 and 1990-91 seasons, Wayne Gretzky got the most hat tricks, with 42 hat tricks.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season hat tricks by a player 1981-82 to 1990-91

	NAME	HT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	42	766	612	1,229	1,841	+551	358	126	377	59	62	66	2	2,998	20.4
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	26	453	364	519	883	+25	454	120	238	27	9	31	7	1,762	20.7
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	22	445	332	366	698	+220	135	85	128	6	1	49	4	1,634	20.3
4	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	18	770	383	460	843	+198	747	116	123	10	7	66	3	2,325	16.5
5	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	17	679	442	526	968	+346	308	98	136	31	35	59	7	1,960	22.6
6	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	16	715	388	366	754	-16	813	137	115	1	2	38	1	2,322	16.7
7	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	16	533	341	264	605	+90	493	138	92	0	0	37	1	1,786	19.1
8	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	14	742	433	458	891	+78	594	149	151	14	8	44	1	2,292	18.9
9	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	14	705	364	504	868	-40	881	115	195	25	9	24	5	2,397	15.2
10	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	14	749	364	646	1,010	-25	719	115	270	4	7	43	1	1,855	19.6
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	13	793	410	608	1,018	-91	510	134	240	11	10	30	4	2,688	15.3
12	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	13	712	385	300	685	-46	1,014	132	96	9	3	46	3	2,239	17.2
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	12	594	342	458	800	-21	368	89	177	23	12	35	4	2,045	16.7
14	Mark Messier M. Messier	12	704	357	581	938	+195	902	84	186	35	41	41	3	1,904	18.8
15	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	11	772	414	382	796	+39	697	127	128	17	4	57	4	2,872	14.4
16	Denis Savard D. Savard	11	730	351	646	997	+63	840	99	288	17	10	40	1	2,255	15.6
17	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	11	627	272	257	529	-65	561	112	91	1	1	29	3	1,702	16.0
18	Brett Hull B. Hull	10	306	232	161	393	+18	95	78	69	0	0	33	2	1,295	17.9
19	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	10	387	174	287	461	-31	80	62	124	16	8	17	1	938	18.6
20	Ron Francis R. Francis	9	728	266	566	832	-54	557	83	233	6	2	41	1	1,755	15.2
21	Miroslav Frycer M. Frycer	9	415	147	183	330	-83	486	32	46	0	0	17	2	913	16.1
22	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	9	508	221	200	421	-6	428	61	69	1	0	26	0	1,388	15.9
23	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	8	352	183	188	371	-26	139	75	72	1	0	19	0	1,032	17.7
24	Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	8	489	202	233	435	+44	1,579	53	55	5	2	19	0	1,258	16.1
25	Cam Neely C. Neely	8	564	272	231	503	+48	1,043	92	67	1	1	37	2	1,521	17.9