Cristiano Ronaldo and Benjamin Šeško are the best scorers of the match UEFA Nations League 2024/25 with five goals, while Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Viktor Gyökeres, Răzvan Marin and Erling Haaland all have four.

Ronaldo extended his tally to five in spectacular fashion, scoring a broken penalty and an overhead kick in the space of 15 minutes as Portugal confirmed their place in the quarter-finals with a 5-1 win in the face of Poland. The 39-year-old also found the back of the net in the reverse fixture and scored once against Scotland and Croatia, making them a fixture of their Group A1 opponents.

Šeško scored his first hat-trick of the campaign in a 3–0 home win over Kazakhstan on 9 September, adding to a penalty against Austria three days earlier. Day 5 then brought a fifth goal for the Leipzig striker, who converted from the spot in Slovenia’s 4-1 defeat of Norway.

Türkiye’s Aktürkoğlu is another player to record a hat-trick, scoring all three of his side’s goals in a 3-1 home success against Iceland and netting one in the reverse fixture – a 4-2 win in Reykjavik on October 14.

Swedish forward Viktor Gyökeres took his tally to four on the night, along with a tournament-leading four assists – tied with Nuno Mendes – in a 3-0 win in Estonia.

Marin, meanwhile, has scored a penalty in each of Romania’s four matches so far.

Haaland scored three of his four against Šeško’s Slovenia to go with the winner in a Day 2 win over Austria.

Nine players have three goals, including France forward Randal Kolo Muani and Sweden forward Alexander Isak.

There are also some star names among the chasing pack, including Declan Rice, Fabián Ruiz, Kevin De Bruyne and Edin Džeko, as well as Harry Kane.

Which players scored hat-tricks in the Nations League in 2024/25?

Benjamin Šeško (Slovenia 3-0 Kazakhstan, 09/09/2024)
Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Turkey 3-1 Iceland, 09/09/2024)
Isaac Price (Northern Ireland 5-0 Bulgaria, 15.10.2024)

Most assists in the 2024/25 Nations League

4 Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
4 Nuno Mendes (Portugal)

3 Tasos Bakasetas (Greece)
3 Jamal Musiala (Germany)
3 Florian Wirtz (Germany)

Nations League top scorer per season (group stage to final)

2022/23: Erling Haaland (Norway), Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia) 6
2020/21: Erling Haaland (Norway), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Ferran Torres (Spain) 6
2018/19: Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia) 6

Post-season Nations League Finals top scorer (final tournament only)

2022/23: Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands), Federico Chiesa (Italy), Federico Dimarco (Italy), Davide Frattesi (Italy), Ciro Immobile (Italy), Joselu (Spain), Andrej Kramarić (Croatia), Noa Lang (Netherlands), Donyell Malen ( Netherlands), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Mario Pašalić (Croatia), Bruno Petković (Croatia), Yeremy Pino (Spain), Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) 1
2020/21: Kylian Mbappé (France), Ferran Torres (Spain), Karim Benzema (France) 2
2018/19: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 3