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StatNerd: Which players have received the most cards?

While goals and assists are more important for match results, the number of cards can also be an interesting statistic. The following automatically generated table lists the top twenty players from the top 5 leagues who have received the most yellow cards (with additional information on red cards).

ClubPlayer NameNumber of Yellow CardsNumber of Red Cards
Pepelu61
Wesley Fofana60
Abdelkabir Abqar60
Jackson Tchatchoua51
Lamine Camara51
Abdul Mumin51
Fabian Schär51
Samú Costa51
Reda Belahyane51
Ondrej Duda50
Elvis Rexhbecaj50
Marc Cucurella50
Yvan Neyou50
Unai López50
Will Hughes50
Ramy Bensebaini50
Dominik Kohr50
Lucas Rosa50
Maximilian Arnold50
Benjamin André50

We also collect basic player statistics from the Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, and Slovak leagues on this website. For interest - here are the ten most penalized players from these competitions.

ClubPlayer NameNumber of Yellow CardsNumber of Red Cards
Chinonso Emeka72
Sandro Cruz71
Ján Krivák61
Filip Kucharczyk60
Mariusz Fornalczyk60
Denis Taraduda60
Jaroslav Svozil52
Juan Ibiza51
Ulisses51
Jan Kliment51

If you are interested in more player statistics, you can browse them through the 'Competitions' tab in the main menu.

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