Wayne Gretzky has gotten the most career hat tricks, with 50 hat tricks.

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NHL most regular-season hat-tricks by a player career

	NAME	HT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	50	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	40	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	39	752	573	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	33	1,269	741	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	32	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	31	1,444	868	707	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
7	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	28	1,348	731	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
8	Bobby Hull B. Hull	28	1,063	610	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
9	Maurice Richard M. Richard	26	978	544	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
10	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	25	329	247	89	336		296					50	7
11	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	23	1,251	601	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	22	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
13	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	21	1,129	498	601	1,099	+201	1,120	151	166	13	7	85	5	3,109	16.0
14	Richard Martin R. Martin	21	685	384	317	701	+14	477	115	104	0	0	47		2,526	15.2
15	Pavel Bure P. Bure	20	702	437	342	779	+42	484	121	115	34	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
16	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	20	1,096	484	637	1,121	+57	948	150	160	10	10	57	0	3,815	12.7
17	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	19	1,081	503	389	892	+74	761	149	131	32	4	78	6	3,531	14.2	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
18	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	19	1,232	608	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
19	Mark Messier M. Messier	19	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
20	Gordie Howe G. Howe	19	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
21	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	18	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
22	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	18	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
23	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	18	1,127	475	734	1,209	-39	1,292	152	288	28	15	35	5	3,231	14.7
24	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	18	1,432	708	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
25	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	18	1,191	512	814	1,326	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6