The first player to achieve the feat was Craig Burley, who scored three times for Celtic in a 5–0 victory against Dunfermline Athletic on the opening day of the first SPL season.
[4] Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes both scored hat-tricks in Celtic's league record 9–0 win against Aberdeen on 6 November 2010.
[2] Henrik Larsson scored three or more goals twelve times in the Scottish Premier League, more than any other player.
[2] Larsson, Boyd, John Hartson, Michael Higdon and Stokes were the only players to have scored more than three hat-tricks in the SPL.
It was formed in 1998 and was disestablished in 2013. b The results column shows the home team score first.