Record hat-trick scorers in each of Europe's top 5 leagues

#2. Thadée Cisowski - Ligue 1: 22 (With FC Metz and RC Paris)

Thadée Cisowski.

Son of Polish immigrants, Thadée Cisowski was one of the most feared goal-scorers in the erstwhile Championnat de France. He scored 206 times in 286 appearances in his spells with FC Metz, Racing Club de France, and Valenciennes FC.

He is the fourth-highest scorer in the French top-flight but on top of it, he also holds the record for having scored the most hat-tricks in the competition's history, notching up a sizeable tally of 22 trebles in just 12 years.

His record remains unbroken for the last 70 years and with Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani being the only active player in the top 20 of the hat-trick list with 5 in his tenure with the Ligue 1 behemoths, it is safe to say that his record will hold for at least another decade.

Interestingly, fewer and fewer strikers are able to bag hat-tricks in Ligue 1 now, which is a positive indicator of the rise in the level of defensive solidity across the league.