Mbappé breaks Cristiano Ronaldo’s record with second-fastest hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League

Kylian Mbappe broke Cristiano Ronaldo’s record by scoring the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League for Real Madrid against Olympiakos in their league match in Athens on Thursday.

Mbappé opened the scoring with an assist from Vinicius Jr. before scoring two more in six minutes and 42 seconds. It was about four minutes faster than Ronaldo’s and the second fastest in the Champions League.

Only Mohamed Salah has scored a quicker hat-trick, which was against Rangers in 2022 – one that was 30 seconds quicker.

Fastest hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League:

• 7 minutes — Mohamed Salah (Rangers 1-7 Liverpool, 2022)

• 7 minutes — Kylian Mbappé (Olympiacos 3-4 Real Madrid, 2025)

• 8 minutes — Bafetimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 2011)

• 9 minutes — Mike Newell (Blackburn 4-1 Rosenborg, 1995)

• 11 minutes — Raheem Sterling (Manchester City 5-1 Atalanta, 2019)

• 11 minutes — Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 8-0 Malmö, 2015)

• 11 minutes — Robert Lewandowski (Bayern 7-1 Salzburg, 2022)

• 12 minutes — Robert Lewandowski (Red Star 0-6 Bayern, 2019)

• 12 minutes — Luiz Adriano (BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar, 2014)

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Mbappe’s hat-trick was also the third first ever in the Champions League.

Earliest hat-tricks in the Champions League:

• 23 minutes – Robert Lewandowski for Bayern Munich against FC Red Bull Salzburg – March 2022

• 24 minutes – Marco Simone – AC Milan v Rosenborg – September 1996

• 29 minutes – Kylian Mbappé – Real Madrid vs Olympiacos – November 2025

Published on November 27, 2025