SO WHO HAS HIT MORE HATRICKS WITHOUT PENALTIES?

  It is a well known fact that Cristiano Ronaldo scores more goals from around the box.

 So let us see the difference between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

 Mind you these hat tricks do not  include any penalties either by Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

 1) Lionel Messi has 40, forty hat tricks.

2) Cristiano Ronaldo has 27. twenty seven  hat tricks.