Last match included: Syria-India, 23 Jan 2024
Name First/Last Caps Goals Sunil CHHETRI * 2005-2024 148 93 Baichung BHUTIA 1995-2011 88 29 Inivalappil Mani VIJAYAN 1989-2004 73 32 Shabbir ALI 1974-1984 72 6 Climax LAWRENCE 2003-2011 72 3 Gouramangi SINGH * 2006-2013 71 6 Gurpreet Singh SANDHU 2008-2024 69 0 Mahesh GAWLI 1999-2011 68 1 Subrata PAL * 2007-2017 68 0 Sandesh JHINGAN 2015-2024 64 5 Syed Rahim NABI * 2004-2013 61 7 Renedy SINGH 1998-2011 59 4 Jeje LALPEKHLUA * 2011-2019 56 23 Anirudh THAPA * 2017-2024 56 3 Pradip Kumar BANERJEE 1955-1966 52 16 Pritam KOTAL 2015-2023 52 0 Irrungbam Surkumar SINGH 2001-2011 52 2 Steven DIAS 2004-2011 51 7 Udanta SINGH * 2016-2024 50 2 Deepak Kumar MONDAL 1999-2011 49 0 Peter Ramaswarmy THANGARAJ 1955-1966 48 0 Clifford MIRANDA RAYES 2005-2014 45 6 Pappachen PRADEEP 2005-2011 42 9 Inder SINGH 1964-1973 42 10 Jo Paul ANCHERI 1994-2004 41 11 Manvir SINGH * 2017-2024 40 7 Samir Subash NAIK 2002-2012 38 0 Subashish BOSE * 2018-2024 37 0 Subimal "Chuni" GOSWAMI 1958-1964 37 12 Sayed NAYEEMUDDIN 1964-1971 37 0 Sahal Abdul SAMAD * 2019-2024 36 3 Magan SINGH Rajvi 1969-1974 36 16 Rowlin BORGES * 2015-2023 35 2 Shanmugham VENKATESH 1998-2006 35 0 Abhishek YADAV 2002-2011 35 4 Muhammad Ashique KURUNIYAN * 2018-2023 34 2 Anwar ALI 2008-2012 33 0 Lallianzuala CHHANGTE 2015-2024 33 7 Tulsidas BALARAM 1956-1962 32 11 Jewel Raja SHAIKH 2010-2013 32 3 Robin SINGH 2012-2017 32 5 Mehrajuddin WADOO 2005-2011 32 2 Francis FERNANDES 2011-2015 31 1 Sushil Kumar SINGH 2008-2012 31 2 Krishanu DEY 1984-1992 30 9 Mohammed HABIB 1969-1974 30 11 Mehtab HOSSAIN 2005-2015 30 2 Ashoke CHATTERJEE 1965-1968 29 8 Anthony PEREIRA 2009-2013 29 3 Narayan DAS 2013-2018 28 1 Rahul Shankar BHEKE * 2019-2024 27 1 Akash MISHRA * 2021-2024 27 0 Arnab Kumar MONDAL 2013–2017 27 1 Holicharan NARZARY 2015–2021 27 0 Kooloth Valappil DHANESH 1995-2001 25 0 Nikhil POOJARI * 2017-2024 25 1 Suresh Singh WANGJAM * 2021-2024 25 1 Subhash BHOWMICK 1970-1974 24 7 Raju Eknath GAIKWAD 2011-2014 24 0 Pronay HALDER 2015-2022 24 1 Eugeneson LYNGDOH 2015-2017 24 0 Brandon FERNANDES * 2019-2024 23 0 Lenny RODRIGUES 2012-2015 23 0 Carlton CHAPMAN 1995-2001 22 6 Jules Alberto DIAS 1999-2003 22 6 Syed Shabir PASHA 1993-2003 22 7 Mohammed RAHMATULLAH 1958-1961 22 6 Anas EDATHODIKA 2017-2019 21 0 Karanjit SINGH 2010-2015 21 0 Basudeb MONDAL 1996-2001 20 1 * still active NB: additional players are still being investigated
Name First/Last Goals Sunil CHHETRI * 2005-2024 93 Inivalappil Mani VIJAYAN 1989-2004 32 Baichung BHUTIA 1995-2011 29 Jeje LALPEKHLUA * 2009-2019 23 Pradip Kumar BANERJEE 1955-1966 16 Magan SINGH Rajvi 1969-1974 16 Subimal "Chuni" GOSWAMI 1958-1964 12 Jo Paul ANCHERI 1994-2004 11 Tulsidas BALARAM 1956-1962 11 Mohammed HABIB 1969-1974 11 Neville Stephen D'SOUZA 1953-1956 11 Inder SINGH 1964-1973 10 Krishanu DEY 1984-1992 9 Pappachen PRADEEP 2005-2011 9 Ashoke CHATTERJEE 1965-1968 8 LUMSDEN 1938-1938 8 Mohammed RAHMATULLAH 1958-1961 8 Subhash BHOWMICK 1970-1974 7 Lallianzuala CHHANGTE * 2015-2024 7 Steven DIAS 2004-2011 7 Sheoo MEWALAL 1951-1955 7 Syed Rahim NABI 2004-2013 7 Syed Shabir PASHA 1993-2003 7 Manvir SINGH * 2017-2024 7 Padavattam VENKATESH 1951-1953 7 Shabbir ALI 1974-1984 6 Jules Alberto DIAS 1999-2003 6 Clifford MIRANDA RAYES 2005-2014 6 Gouramangi SINGH * 2006-2013 6 Sandesh JHINGAN * 2015-2024 5 Robin SINGH 2012-2017 5 * still active NB: additional players are still being investigated
The first player to score a hat-trick for India was striker Lumsden, in a friendly
match against Australia during Australia Tour of 1938.
After independence, the first player to do so was Sheoo Mewalal in a 4-0 victory over
Burma in the 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament.
Neville D'Souza scored a hat-trick at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the first Asian
to do so in the history of Olympics football.
K. Appalaraju and Sunil Chhetri are the only Indian footballers to have scored a
hat-trick more than once. Appalaraju scored two hat-tricks in the 1964 Olympic Qualifiers.
Chhetri managed four, over a period of fifteen years.
Only FIFA A international matches considered.
Nr Player Date Opponent Goals Score Venue Status 1 R. LUMSDEN 24- 9-1938 Australia 3 4-5 Sydney, Australia Friendly 2 Sheoo MEWALAL 16- 3-1952 Burma 3 4-0 Colombo, Ceylon Colombo Cup 3 Puran Bahadur THAPA 26-12-1954 Pakistan 3 3-1 Calcutta, India Intern. Tourn. 4 Neville D'SOUZA 1-12-1956 Australia 3 4-2 Melbourne, Australia Olympic Games 5 K. APPALARAJU 22-12-1963 Sri Lanka 3 5-3 Colombo, Sri Lanka Olympic Games Qualifier 6 K. APPALARAJU 29-12-1963 Sri Lanka 3 7-0 Bangalore, India Olympic Games Qualifier 7 Marto GRACIAS 16- 8-1967 Hongkong 3 4-0 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 8 Subhash BHOWMICK 16- 8-1971 Philippines 3 5-1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 9 Magan SINGH Rajvi 23- 7-1974 Thailand 3 4-2 Ipoh, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 10 Shabbir ALI 14- 8-1976 Indonesia 3 3-1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 11 Krishanu DEY 30- 7-1986 Thailand 3 3-1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 12 I. M. VIJAYAN 26- 9-1999 Pakistan 3 5-2 Kathmandu, Nepal SAF Games 13 Sunil CHHETRI 13- 8-2008 Tajikistan 3 4-1 New Delhi, India AFC Challenge Cup 14 Sunil CHHETRI 8-10-2010 Vietnam 3 3-1 Mumbai, India Friendly 15 Sunil CHHETRI 1- 6-2018 Taiwan 3 5-0 Mumbai, India Nehru Cup 16 Sunil CHHETRI 21- 6-2023 Pakistan 3 4-0 Bengaluru, India SAFF Cup
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