World Cup Referee Stats 2026

Yellow cards per game, fouls per game and red cards for every World Cup referee in 2026.

World Cup referees — 2026

Referee	Games	Yellows/game	Cards/game	Fouls/game
Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz	3	7.33	7.33	29.33
Diego Yamil Bonfá	3	5.33	5.33	30.33
Daniele Orsato	2	5	5	26
Janny Sikazwe	1	5	5	28
Michael Oliver	11	4.91	5	28.91
Espen Eskås	6	4.83	4.83	23.83
Ning Ma	7	4.71	5	20
Daniel Siebert	5	4.4	4.4	24.2
Darío Herrera	7	4.29	4.43	25.86
Felix Zwayer	6	4.17	4.33	18.5
Juan Gabriel Benítez	6	4	4.33	20.83
Mario Alberto Escobar Toca	3	4	4.33	11.67
Tori Penso	5	4	4	23.4
Amin Mohamed Omar	7	3.86	3.86	21.71
Istvan Kovacs	6	3.83	4	28.67
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim	9	3.67	3.78	27.33
Omar Mohamed Al Ali	6	3.67	4	26
Ismail Elfath	9	3.67	3.89	24.89
Szymon Marciniak	8	3.38	3.5	24.75
Ramon Abatti	3	3.33	3.33	29.33
João Pedro Silva Pinheiro	7	3.29	3.57	23.57
Glenn Nyberg	7	3.29	3.43	22.43
Alireza Faghani	11	3.27	3.36	20.45
Drew Fischer	4	3.25	3.25	22.5
Andrés Matonte	5	3.2	3.8	23.2
Facundo Tello Figueroa	14	3.14	3.21	24.21
Ilgiz Tantashev	7	3.14	3.29	20.43
Mustapha Ghorbal	9	3.11	3.44	26.89
Slavko Vinčić	10	3.1	3.3	26.8
Raphael Claus	10	3	3.1	22.3
Chris Beath	1	3	3	29
Alejandro José Hernández Hernández	4	3	3	23
Victor Miguel de Freitas Gomes	2	3	3	18
Jesús Valenzuela Sáez	12	3	3	22.67
Ivan Barton	10	3	3.2	28
Katia Itzel García	2	3	3	22
Danny Desmond Makkelie	10	2.9	2.9	24.2
Maurizio Mariani	7	2.86	2.86	22.14
François Letexier	7	2.86	2.86	21.71
Anthony Taylor	9	2.78	2.89	21.78
Wilton Pereira Sampaio	12	2.75	3.08	23.42
Gustavo Tejera	6	2.67	2.67	26.17
Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh	10	2.6	2.7	21.9
Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd	2	2.5	2.5	22
Pierre Ghislain Atcho	6	2.5	2.67	27.17
Cristián Garay	5	2.4	2.8	24
Saíd Martínez	3	2.33	2.33	31.67
Dahane Beida	6	2.17	2.17	23
Jalal Jayed	8	2.13	2.13	29
Stéphanie Frappart	2	2	2	23
César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos	8	2	2	19.38
Clément Turpin	11	2	2.27	19.55
Juan Pablo Belatti	1	2	2	29
Matthew Conger	2	1.5	1.5	10.5
Yael Falcón Pérez	5	1.4	1.4	23.8
Bakary Papa Gassama	1	1	1	25

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which World Cup 2026 referee gave the most cards per game?

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz averaged the most cards of any World Cup 2026 official with 7.33 yellow cards per game across the finals and World Cup qualifying.

How many cards did World Cup 2026 referees show per game?

World Cup 2026 referees averaged 3.3 yellow cards per game across the finals and World Cup qualifying.

Does Statz include World Cup qualifying in referee stats?

Yes. Each World Cup referee's averages combine their World Cup 2026 finals matches with their World Cup qualifying matches, so a one-game finals sample is backed by their qualifying form. Facundo Tello Figueroa has the most matches tracked.