While Salah's record is the quickest any player has netted three times in a single spell, Lewandowski is the player who holds the record for the fastest hat trick from the start of a match — completing the feat with 23 minutes on the clock for Bayern Munich in March, 2022.
James Hayter of Bournemouth set the record for the fastest hat trick in Football League history (2 minutes and 22 seconds) in February of 2004, while Sadio Mané of Southampton set the record for the fastest hat trick in Premier League history against Aston Villa on May 16, 2015.
Timed at six minutes 12 seconds, Salah came off the bench to score the fastest Champions League treble; Newell still holds the record for quickest ever 'perfect' hat-trick, scoring with his left foot, right foot and head.
LaLiga records, meanwhile, show that the fast hat-trick scored in the league's history came from Brazilian World Cup-winner striker Bebeto, who found the net on three occasions in precisely four minutes and 43 seconds for Deportivo La Coruña against Albacete in October 1995 (we can only assume that Pahiño's was ...
#1 Sadio Mane (16 minutes)
With his amazing dribbling skills and direct play, Mane provided a performance to remember against Villa. He went on to score a hat-trick within just 16 minutes of the game, a feat yet to be beaten in the Premier League. It took Mane just two minutes and 56 seconds to complete his hat-trick.
Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 12th minute after earning a penalty and delivering from the spot. He was felled by Maximilian Wober while attempting to shoot — a clear and easy penalty decision for the referee.
On March 23, 1952, though, Bill Mosienko scored a hat trick in an incredible 21 seconds - a feat that most likely will never be broken.
The French forward completed his hat-trick in the space of six minutes and 30 seconds, making it the fastest treble for a Real Madrid player in LaLiga since Fernando Hierro hit three in six minutes for Los Blancos in a 7-0 win over Espanyol in 1992.
In between those events came the quickest hat trick in Football League history (2m 22s), by Bournemouth's James Hayter in February 2004, and then, on 16 May 2015, the quickest hat trick in Premier League history, by Sadio Mané for Southampton against Aston Villa.
On 27 January 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick in an 10-minute span as Real Madrid beat Getafe 4-0.
The fastest recorded time to score a hat-trick is 70 seconds, a record set by Alex Torr in a Sunday league game in 2013.
Players with most FIFA World Cup hat-tricks
Gabriel Batistuta scored 3 goals against Greece on 21 June 1994 in the group stage of the 1994 FIFA World Cup (that match was also Diego Maradona's last for Argentina) and 3 goals against Jamaica on 21 June 1998 in the group stage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Erling Haaland is the Fastest to 3 Hat Tricks in Premier League History.
They are followed by Robert Lewandowski and Luis Suarez, who both have 29 hat-tricks.
Sadio Mané's hat-trick in 2 minutes 56 seconds against Aston Villa in May 2015 is the fastest in Premier League history.
Geoff Hurst (1968, WEST HAM 8-0 SUNDERLAND)
I get as much satisfaction out of making goals as scoring them. This is a game of eleven men and I got wonderful service today.” It remains the last time a player scored a double hat-trick in an English top-flight match.
It took just six minutes for Mohamed Salah to bag a special hat-trick.
The Premier League's all time top scorer, Alan Shearer, scored 11 hat-tricks while Liverpool legend Robie Fowler has the third most with a total of nine. Harry Kane is the player with the most hat-tricks (eight) who is currently still playing in the division.
GOAL on Twitter: "Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 59 career hat-tricks ? https://t.co/p2VvRgdJ9u" / Twitter.
Is Karim Benzema's hat-trick against Real Valladolid the fastest in LaLiga and Real Madrid history? Benzema took only six minutes and 30 seconds to score three times in the clash at Santiago Bernabéu.
The prodigious Erling Haaland has truly cemented himself as a hat-trick hero. At just 22 years of age, the striker has scored 17 hat-tricks during his senior professional career. This includes his most recent one against RB Leipzig in the Champions League for Manchester City.
The footballing headlines in November 1946 belonged solely to one man as Liverpool inside forward Jack Balmer earned himself a place in the history books with a remarkable and unprecedented goalscoring achievement.
Only six players – Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane (twice) – have scored hat-tricks in two consecutive league games, while Thierry Henry achieved it in consecutive appearances a month apart.
Most Hat Tricks in IPL
How Many? Since the beginning and till date, total 22 times hat trick has been taken. Amit Mishra is the only player to take 3 hat trick in IPL.
Checkout the video of Robert Lewandowski scoring 5 goals in 9 minutes to for Bayern Munich. Robert Lewandowski created history playing for Bayern Munich in the Pep Guardiola era back in 2015, when he scored five goals in nine minutes to stun German club Wolfsburg.