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Hi Martin, I was surprised to read that Andy Johnson's hat-trick against QPR was Fulham's first in the Premier League. It got me thinking: how many hat-tricks have all the other teams in Premier League history got? Thanks, Danny Stephens
MARTIN SAYS: You're right. Johnson scored Fulham's first top-flight hat-trick since Allan Clarke on February 4 1967 in a 5-1 home win against Newcastle when the Cottagers finished 18th in the old Division One.
The accolade for most Premier League hat-tricks goes to Arsenal who have notched 30 since September 1993 when Kevin Campbell opened their account against Ipswich. Of that 30, Thierry Henry notched eight. Great rivals Liverpool and Manchester United come next with 28 apiece, while Chelsea and Blackburn complete the top five with 17 and 16 respectively.
As the table below shows, Fulham are one of nine teams to have scored just one Premier League hat-trick, along with Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford, Ipswich, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Swindon and Wimbledon.
Of the 45 teams to play in the Premier League, 33 have accrued hat-tricks. Wolves, Stoke and Swansea could all score their first Premier League hat-tricks this season, while other sides who have played in the Premier League but failed to score a hat-trick are: Burnley, Barnsley, Blackpool, Watford, Hull, Oldham, Reading, Crystal Palace and Derby.
Team No of PL hat-tricks First hat-trick scorer Date Opposition
Arsenal 30 Kevin Campbell 11 September, 1993 Ipswich
Liverpool 28 Mark Walters 17 April, 1993 Coventry
Man United 28 Andrei Kanchelskis 10 November, 1994 Man City
Chelsea 17 Gavin Peacock 4 February, 1996 Middlesbrough
Blackburn 16 Alan Shearer 23 October, 1993 Leeds
Tottenham 14 Teddy Sheringham 20 February, 1993 Leeds
Newcastle 11 Peter Beardsley 23 October, 1993 Wimbledon
Everton 10 Tony Cottee 21 August, 1993 Sheffield United
Leeds 10 Eric Cantona 25 August, 1992 Tottenham
Man City 9 Nicolas Anelka 14 September, 2003 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 8 Dean Saunders 12 February, 1994 Swindon
Coventry 6 Micky Quinn 14 August 1993 Arsenal
Portsmouth 6 Teddy Sheringham 26 August, 2003 Bolton
Middlesbrough 5 John Hendrie 5 December, 1992 Blackburn
Southampton 5 Matt Le Tissier 8 May, 1993 Oldham
QPR 4 Andy Sinton 28 December, 1992 Everton
West Ham 4 Tony Cottee 17 December, 1994 Man City
Sunderland 3 Kevin Phillips 18 September, 1999 Derby
Norwich 3 Mark Robins 9 November, 1992 Oldham
Charlton 2 Clive Mendonca 22 August, 1999 Southampton
Leicester 2 Ian Marshall 22 February, 1997 Derby
Sheff Wednesday 2 Chris Bart-Williams 12 April 1993 Southampton
West Brom 2 Robert Earnshaw 19 March, 2005 Charlton
Wigan 2 Henri Camara 16 December, 2005 Charlton
Birmingham 1 Mikael Forssell 1 March, 2008 Spurs
Bolton 1 Fredi Bobic 6 April, 2002 Ipswich
Bradford 1 Dean Windass 21 April, 2000 Derby
Fulham 1 Andy Johnson 2 October, 2011 QPR
Ipswich 1 Marcus Stewart 7 April 2001 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1 Kevin Campbell 17 November, 1996 Coventry
Sheff Utd 1 Brian Deane 6 January, 1993 Ipswich
Swindon 1 Jan Age Fjortoft 5 February, 1994 Coventry
Wimbledon 1 Dean Holdsworth 26 April, 1994 Oldham
