Yellow cards per game, fouls per game and red cards for referees across the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Championship and the World Cup in 2025/26.
| Referee | Games | Yellows/game | Reds | Fouls/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mateo Busquets Ferrer | 21 | 5.62 | 6 | 25.19 |
| José Luis Guzmán Mansilla | 21 | 5 | 4 | 24.24 |
| Edward Duckworth | 41 | 4 | 0 | 22.54 |
| Alejandro Quintero González | 21 | 5.14 | 7 | 27.43 |
| Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos | 24 | 5.04 | 7 | 25.13 |
| Luca Pairetto | 21 | 5.29 | 4 | 27.05 |
| Martin Petersen | 11 | 4.64 | 0 | 21.64 |
| Sören Storks | 12 | 5.08 | 2 | 20.25 |
| Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz | 24 | 4.67 | 2 | 24.21 |
| Ruebyn Ricardo | 29 | 4.86 | 1 | 22 |
| Tobias Welz | 14 | 4.93 | 1 | 23 |
| Stuart Attwell | 29 | 4.72 | 2 | 22.07 |
| Matt Donohue | 29 | 4.41 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Leigh Doughty | 26 | 4.42 | 2 | 21.92 |
| Iosu Galech Apezteguía | 22 | 4.5 | 6 | 28.41 |
| Stephen Martin | 30 | 4.57 | 1 | 22.37 |
| Anthony Backhouse | 27 | 4.7 | 0 | 21.67 |
| César Soto Grado | 25 | 4.64 | 5 | 23.6 |
| Giovanni Ayroldi | 20 | 5.2 | 2 | 31.4 |
| Florian Exner | 13 | 4.54 | 2 | 20.92 |
| Marc Bollengier | 16 | 4.44 | 3 | 26.75 |
| Timo Gerach | 9 | 4.44 | 1 | 20.89 |
| Frank Willenborg | 10 | 4.5 | 1 | 20.4 |
| Francesco Fourneau | 19 | 3.68 | 0 | 25.21 |
| Fabio Maresca | 18 | 4.83 | 6 | 26.28 |
| Bastien Dechepy | 18 | 4.67 | 4 | 26.17 |
| Tim Robinson | 21 | 4.29 | 3 | 22.57 |
| Romain Lissorgue | 11 | 4.64 | 1 | 25.82 |
| Matteo Marcenaro | 23 | 4.04 | 2 | 25.91 |
| Elliot Bell | 45 | 3.84 | 1 | 23.16 |
| Darren England | 29 | 4.41 | 0 | 21.55 |
| Mathieu Vernice | 17 | 4.71 | 2 | 27.65 |
| Jérémie Pignard | 25 | 4.28 | 5 | 23.08 |
| Michael Salisbury | 21 | 3.95 | 1 | 21.81 |
| Michael Fabbri | 21 | 3.95 | 1 | 25.95 |
| Guillermo Cuadra Fernández | 23 | 4.43 | 3 | 23.87 |
| John Busby | 25 | 4.12 | 3 | 21.24 |
| Robert Jones | 25 | 4.24 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Giuseppe Collu | 19 | 4.37 | 3 | 25.05 |
| Jacob Miles | 26 | 4.58 | 1 | 21.77 |
| Thomas Bramall | 30 | 3.9 | 1 | 21.33 |
| José Luis Munuera Montero | 28 | 3.82 | 4 | 26.04 |
| Robin Braun | 9 | 4.33 | 0 | 22.44 |
| Daniel Schlager | 21 | 4.33 | 1 | 20.81 |
| Jeremy Stinat | 16 | 3.94 | 6 | 21.94 |
| Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias | 23 | 3.65 | 3 | 22.65 |
| Peter Bankes | 25 | 3.96 | 3 | 21.96 |
| Benoit Millot | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Dingert | 13 | 3.62 | 2 | 23.15 |
| Simon Hooper | 19 | 4.42 | 2 | 23.84 |
| Marco Piccinini | 18 | 4.33 | 3 | 28.22 |
| Adrián Cordero Vega | 21 | 4 | 2 | 23.81 |
| Guillaume Paradis | 15 | 3.87 | 1 | 24.67 |
| Matthias Jöllenbeck | 15 | 3.87 | 1 | 20.4 |
| A. Kherradji | 11 | 3.91 | 3 | 28.27 |
| Ben Toner | 26 | 3.88 | 3 | 25.08 |
| Robert Madley | 20 | 3.85 | 1 | 20.6 |
| Robert Schröder | 11 | 4.27 | 1 | 23.36 |
| Thomas Léonard | 18 | 3.94 | 3 | 23.33 |
| Andrea Rapuano | 14 | 4.57 | 2 | 28.71 |
Mateo Busquets Ferrer averages the most yellow cards of any tracked referee with 6.05 per game in 2025/2026.
Across the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Championship, referees average 3.8 yellow cards and 22.9 fouls per game in 2025/2026.
Joshua Smith has officiated the most games this season with 27 matches in 2025/2026.