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Harry Kane has made an impressive impact at Bayern Munich since his transfer from Tottenham in 2023. He has shattered several records, reaching an incredible 100 goal contributions (goals + assists) in just 76 Bundesliga matches, becoming the fastest player to achieve this milestone. Additionally, he has excelled in the Champions League, netting 27 goals in 35 appearances. During a recent match against Stuttgart, where Bayern won 5-0, Kane scored his 10th Bundesliga hat-trick—remarkably, after coming off the bench.
The 32-year-old came on for Nicolas Jackson in the 60th minute and managed to score three goals by the 88th minute. This achievement puts Kane among a select group of just 31 players who have scored a hat-trick from the substitutes’ bench in a top-five league match this century. Curious about the other 30 players? Transfermarkt lists all the hat-trick scoring super subs since 2000.
Every Player Who Scored a Hat-Trick as a Substitute This Century
Kane now joins the ranks of 31 players who have accomplished a hat-trick coming off the bench. We’ll detail the other 30 players in chronological order, starting with the most recent. The last player to achieve this before Kane was Atlético Madrid’s Alexander Sørloth, who scored a hat-trick against Girona earlier this year after being substituted on in the 62nd minute. Florian Wirtz netted three goals for Bayer Leverkusen as a substitute against Werder Bremen in 2024, while Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martínez scored four goals from the bench against Salernitana in 2023 after entering the game in the 55th minute.
In 2022, Loïs Openda scored a hat-trick for Lens against Toulouse, while Heung-min Son and Andrea Bellotti each did the same for Tottenham and Torino, respectively, that same year. Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland also hit a hat-trick from the bench against Augsburg in 2020. Between 2016 and 2019, players like Andreas Cornelius, Casimir Ninga, Josip Ilicic, Paco Alcácer, Michael Olunga, Kévin Gameiro, Vicente Iborra, and Joel Pohjanpalo also achieved hat-tricks as substitutes.
Back in 2015, Robert Lewandowski didn’t just settle for a hat trick from the bench. He made headlines by scoring five goals after coming on at half-time against Wolfsburg for Bayern. That same year, Steven Naismith and Nils Petersen also scored hat-tricks from the bench, and Romelu Lukaku did so for West Brom against Manchester United in Sir Alex Ferguson’s final match in 2013. Kevin Prince-Boateng accomplished this for AC Milan in 2011, while Roberto Soldado did it for Getafe in 2009, and Emmanuel Adebayor scored three goals for Arsenal against Derby in 2008 from the bench.
In 2007, both Ireneusz Jeleń and Túlio de Melo scored hat-tricks as substitutes, followed by Robert Earnshaw for West Brom in 2005. Miroslav Klose and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink achieved this feat in 2004 for Werder Bremen and Chelsea, respectively. Wrapping up the list of 31 players, Ionel Ganea and Martin Max scored hat-tricks off the bench in 2002.
