Referees · Premier League

Cards, fouls and penalties per game for each referee, compared with the league average

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League average · Season 2026/27
3.84
cards/game
22.7
fouls/game
0.18
penalties/game
50 games · 18 referees
Most cards per game

  
  JB
  
John Brooks
3 games
6.00
cards/game
Fewest cards per game

  
  PT
  
Paul Tierney
2 games
2.00
cards/game
Most penalties per game

  
  JB
  
John Brooks
3 games
0.67
penalties/game

🧑‍⚖️ All referees · Season 2026/27

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#	Referee	GP	Cards	Yellow cards	Red cards	Fouls	Penalties	5+ cards
	League average	50	3.84	3.72	0.12	22.7	0.18	38%
1	MO Michael Oliver	5	3.00	2.80	0.20	23.0	0.20	0%
2	DE Darren England	4	3.50	3.50	0.00	21.0	0.00	25%
3	JG Jarred Gillett	4	3.75	3.75	0.00	22.5	0.00	25%
4	AM Andy Madley	3	4.00	4.00	0.00	20.7	0.00	33%
5	CK Chris Kavanagh	3	5.33	5.00	0.33	25.3	0.00	100%
6	JB John Brooks	3	6.00	5.67	0.33	22.0	0.67	100%
7	PB Peter Bankes	3	4.00	3.67	0.33	19.7	0.00	33%
8	RJ Robert Jones	3	3.00	3.00	0.00	31.0	0.00	33%
9	SB Samuel Barrott	3	3.00	3.00	0.00	19.3	0.33	33%
10	SA Stuart Attwell	3	6.00	5.67	0.33	26.0	0.33	67%
11	TB Thomas Bramall	3	2.67	2.67	0.00	23.3	0.33	33%
12	TH Tony Harrington	3	3.33	3.00	0.33	18.7	0.67	33%
13	CP Craig Pawson	2	4.00	4.00	0.00	27.0	0.50	0%
14	FH Farai Hallam	2	4.50	4.50	0.00	22.5	0.00	50%
15	MS Michael Salisbury	2	2.50	2.50	0.00	23.0	0.00	0%
16	PT Paul Tierney	2	2.00	2.00	0.00	22.0	0.00	0%
17	AH Adam Herczeg	1	5.00	5.00	0.00	22.0	0.00	100%
18	JS Josh Smith	1	5.00	5.00	0.00	19.0	0.00	100%

League average · Season 2025/26
3.69
cards/game
21.7
fouls/game
0.25
penalties/game
380 games · 23 referees
Most cards per game

  
  SA
  
Stuart Attwell
25 games
4.44
cards/game
Fewest cards per game

  
  FH
  
Farai Hallam
5 games
2.60
cards/game
Most penalties per game

  
  MS
  
Michael Salisbury
14 games
0.57
penalties/game

🧑‍⚖️ All referees · Season 2025/26

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#	Referee	GP	Cards	Yellow cards	Red cards	Fouls	Penalties	5+ cards
	League average	380	3.69	3.58	0.11	21.7	0.25	36%
1	AT Anthony Taylor	31	3.71	3.65	0.06	20.6	0.23	39%
2	CK Chris Kavanagh	30	4.07	3.93	0.13	22.6	0.23	43%
3	MO Michael Oliver	29	3.07	3.00	0.07	23.2	0.07	24%
4	SA Stuart Attwell	25	4.44	4.32	0.12	21.7	0.32	60%
5	SB Samuel Barrott	24	3.50	3.46	0.04	18.8	0.29	21%
6	DE Darren England	23	4.22	4.09	0.13	22.1	0.13	48%
7	JG Jarred Gillett	22	3.41	3.36	0.05	19.8	0.32	32%
8	PB Peter Bankes	22	3.64	3.45	0.18	22.6	0.27	36%
9	TB Thomas Bramall	22	3.82	3.77	0.05	21.2	0.27	41%
10	AM Andy Madley	21	3.48	3.24	0.24	22.9	0.29	24%
11	CP Craig Pawson	21	2.62	2.57	0.05	21.6	0.29	14%
12	RJ Robert Jones	18	4.11	4.11	0.00	21.2	0.28	39%
13	SH Simon Hooper	15	3.80	3.67	0.13	22.9	0.07	40%
14	MS Michael Salisbury	14	4.36	4.29	0.07	22.5	0.57	57%
15	JB John Brooks	12	3.92	3.67	0.25	20.9	0.33	42%
16	PT Paul Tierney	12	3.50	3.33	0.17	20.2	0.08	33%
17	TH Tony Harrington	11	2.91	2.82	0.09	20.0	0.18	27%
18	TR Tim Robinson	9	4.22	4.00	0.22	22.9	0.11	22%
19	TK Thomas Kirk	6	3.17	2.67	0.50	24.0	0.33	33%
20	FH Farai Hallam	5	2.60	2.60	0.00	21.8	0.40	0%
21	AK Andrew Kitchen	4	3.75	3.75	0.00	23.2	0.25	0%
22	MD Matt Donohue	3	5.00	5.00	0.00	26.3	0.67	67%
23	LS Lewis Smith	1	5.00	4.00	1.00	24.0	0.00	100%

Cards and fouls add up both teams in the game. "5+ cards" = % of games with 5 or more cards. Highlights: referees with at least 2 games. Only games in this competition.