World Cup Referee Stats 2025/26

Yellow cards per game, fouls per game and red cards for every World Cup referee in 2025/26.

World Cup referees — 2025/26

Referee	Games	Yellows/game	Reds	Fouls/game
Wilton Pereira Sampaio	8	2.38	1	23.38
Cristián Garay	5	2.4	0	24
Raphael Claus	8	3	0	21.25
João Pedro Silva Pinheiro	7	3.29	0	23.57
Anthony Taylor	7	2.86	0	22.57
Michael Oliver	8	4.5	0	25.5
Felix Zwayer	6	4.17	0	18.5
César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos	4	2	0	18.75
Espen Eskås	6	4.83	0	23.83
Darío Herrera	7	4.29	0	25.86
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim	7	3.57	0	27.86
Mustapha Ghorbal	7	3.43	0	27.86
Istvan Kovacs	5	3.6	0	27.6
Maurizio Mariani	7	2.86	0	22.14
Clément Turpin	8	2.25	0	18.38
Yael Falcón Pérez	5	1.4	0	23.8
Alejandro José Hernández Hernández	4	3	0	23
Danny Desmond Makkelie	8	2.88	0	25.25
François Letexier	7	2.86	0	21.71
Facundo Tello Figueroa	11	3.27	0	25
Szymon Marciniak	5	2.8	0	23.4
Juan Gabriel Benítez	6	4	2	20.83
Slavko Vinčić	8	2.88	1	26.75
Omar Mohamed Al Ali	6	3.67	3	26
Ismail Elfath	6	3.17	1	21.83
Gustavo Tejera	6	2.67	0	26.17
Alireza Faghani	9	3.11	0	20.11
Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh	10	2.6	1	21.9
Jesús Valenzuela Sáez	10	3.3	0	23.1
Drew Fischer	4	3.25	0	22.5
Ilgiz Tantashev	7	3.14	1	20.43
Ning Ma	7	4.71	2	20
Glenn Nyberg	7	3.29	1	22.43
Ramon Abatti	3	3.33	0	29.33
Amin Mohamed Omar	6	3.33	0	21.33
Pierre Ghislain Atcho	5	2.6	0	28.2
Ivan Barton	7	3.86	1	28.43
Tori Penso	5	4	0	23.4
Dahane Beida	5	2	0	23.6
Jalal Jayed	8	2.13	0	29
Katia Itzel García	2	3	0	22
Saíd Martínez	3	2.33	0	31.67

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Espen Eskås averages the most cards of any World Cup 2026 official with 4.83 yellow cards per game across the finals and World Cup qualifying.

How many cards do World Cup referees show per game?

World Cup 2026 referees average 3.1 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.