Players who scored five or more goals in a game

Of *course* Erling Haaland has scored five in a game... (Image credit: Alamy)

Paul Van Himst was twice nominated for the Ballon d'Or (Image credit: Alamy)

Gerd Muller finished as top scorer in the 1972/73 European Cup with 11 goals (Image credit: Getty Images)

Oleg Salenko scored all six of his international goals at the 1994 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)

Andy Cole scored 187 Premier League goals in total (Image credit: Getty Images)

Alan Shearer recorded his fifth of seven 20+ goal Premier League campaigns in 1999/2000 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jermain Defoe was the first player to score five goals in one half of a Premier League match (Image credit: Alamy)

Lionel Messi has also scored five goals in a game for Argentina, in a 2022 friendly against Estonia (Image credit: Alamy)

Erling Haaland finished as top scorer in the 2022/23 Champions League, notching 12 goals as Manchester City won the competition for the first time (Image credit: Alamy)

Omar Sivori receives the 1961 Ballon d'Or (Image credit: Alamy)

Dieter Muller also finished as top scorer at Euro 1976, helping West Germany to the final (Image credit: Getty Images)

Julian Alvarez scored 54 goals in all for River Plate, the club where he began his career (Image credit: Alamy)

Ted Drake won two First Division titles and an FA Cup with Arsenal (Image credit: Alamy)

Laszlo Kubala helped Barcelona to four LaLiga titles (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jimmy McGrory is Celtic's record goalscorer by a country mile, netting 502 times during a 15-year spell (Image credit: Alamy)

Joe Payne bagged a brace in his one and only England cap, which came against Finland in 1937 (Image credit: Alamy)

Archie Thompson with 13 balls to signify his historic achievement (Image credit: Getty Images)