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Rankings and statistics for 20,236 referees across 513,994 matches. Stat rankings require a minimum of 20 matches officiated.

Referee summary

20,236

Referees

513,994

Matches tracked

1.67

Avg yellow / match

2.70

Avg goals / match

Rankings

Most Active

Referees who have officiated the most matches in our database.

#RefereeMatches
Referee profile G. Kikacheishvili — matches, cards, stats1G. Kikacheishvili381
Referee profile I. Kvirikashvili — matches, cards, stats2I. Kvirikashvili369
Referee profile K. Tohver — matches, cards, stats3K. Tohver340
Referee profile G. Kruashvili — matches, cards, stats4G. Kruashvili326
Referee profile S. Martínez — matches, cards, stats5S. Martínez326
Referee profile B. Ninua — matches, cards, stats6B. Ninua323
Referee profile Pablo González — matches, cards, stats7Pablo González320
Referee profile J. Khorava — matches, cards, stats8J. Khorava302
Referee profile J. Frischer — matches, cards, stats9J. Frischer282
Referee profile P. Giménez — matches, cards, stats10P. Giménez271

Strictest (Yellow)

Highest average yellow cards issued per match (min. 20 matches).

#RefereeY/M
Referee profile Heider Castro — matches, cards, stats1Heider Castro Colombia7.23
Referee profile David Nicolas Rodriguez Melo — matches, cards, stats2David Nicolas Rodriguez Melo Colombia7.19
Referee profile T. Batiz — matches, cards, stats3T. Batiz6.90
Referee profile Ricardo Andres Garcia Becerra — matches, cards, stats4Ricardo Andres Garcia Becerra Colombia6.62
Referee profile Jorge Andres Guzman Bonilla — matches, cards, stats5Jorge Andres Guzman Bonilla Colombia6.56
Referee profile Viktor Kopievskiy — matches, cards, stats6Viktor Kopievskiy6.55
Referee profile Igor Pashal — matches, cards, stats7Igor Pashal Ukraine6.49
Referee profile Nicolas Ramirez — matches, cards, stats8Nicolas Ramirez Argentina6.45
Referee profile R. Toom — matches, cards, stats9R. Toom6.42
Referee profile Víctor Areces — matches, cards, stats10Víctor Areces6.38

Most Red Cards

Highest average red cards per match (min. 20 matches).

#RefereeR/M
Referee profile D. Ojer — matches, cards, stats1D. Ojer0.78
Referee profile Hernan Heras — matches, cards, stats2Hernan Heras Uruguay0.68
Referee profile César Ceballo — matches, cards, stats3César Ceballo0.65
Referee profile Alex Gomes Stefano — matches, cards, stats4Alex Gomes Stefano Brazil0.62
Referee profile Juan Cruz Robledo — matches, cards, stats5Juan Cruz Robledo0.60
Referee profile E. Domínguez — matches, cards, stats6E. Domínguez0.60
Referee profile Sobhy El Amrawi — matches, cards, stats7Sobhy El Amrawi0.59
Referee profile Marcos Iván Recalde — matches, cards, stats8Marcos Iván Recalde0.57
Referee profile Sergio Fabian Pezzotta — matches, cards, stats9Sergio Fabian Pezzotta Argentina0.56
Referee profile Diego Leon Escalante Guiterrez — matches, cards, stats10Diego Leon Escalante Guiterrez Colombia0.56

Most Lenient

Lowest average yellow cards per match (min. 20 matches).

#RefereeY/M
Referee profile M. Martin — matches, cards, stats1M. Martin0.00
Referee profile O. Davila — matches, cards, stats2O. Davila0.00
Referee profile M. Salong — matches, cards, stats3M. Salong0.00
Referee profile G. Parsons — matches, cards, stats4G. Parsons0.00
Referee profile José Aranda — matches, cards, stats5José Aranda0.00
Referee profile G. Dograshvili — matches, cards, stats6G. Dograshvili0.00
Referee profile H. Cruz — matches, cards, stats7H. Cruz0.00
Referee profile J. Correa — matches, cards, stats8J. Correa0.00
Referee profile J. Díaz — matches, cards, stats9J. Díaz0.00
Referee profile Alan Kelly — matches, cards, stats10Alan Kelly Ireland0.00

Most Goals

Highest average total goals in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).

#RefereeG/M
Referee profile C. Duff — matches, cards, stats1C. Duff5.70
Referee profile D. Barry — matches, cards, stats2D. Barry5.60
Referee profile M. Killick — matches, cards, stats3M. Killick5.42
Referee profile F. Suka — matches, cards, stats4F. Suka5.00
Referee profile T. Behm — matches, cards, stats5T. Behm5.00
Referee profile C. Gruschow — matches, cards, stats6C. Gruschow4.95
Referee profile M. Whitehead — matches, cards, stats7M. Whitehead4.70
Referee profile M. Buhari — matches, cards, stats8M. Buhari4.64
Referee profile F. Zangeneh — matches, cards, stats9F. Zangeneh4.59
Referee profile L. Fortunato — matches, cards, stats10L. Fortunato4.57

Most Penalties

Highest average penalties awarded per match (min. 20 matches).

#RefereePen/M
Referee profile Ahmed El Adawi — matches, cards, stats1Ahmed El Adawi0.84
Referee profile Heider Castro — matches, cards, stats2Heider Castro Colombia0.71
Referee profile Mohamed Salama — matches, cards, stats3Mohamed Salama0.70
Referee profile G. Rocchi — matches, cards, stats4G. Rocchi0.68
Referee profile Zulkarnian Zakaria — matches, cards, stats5Zulkarnian Zakaria0.67
Referee profile Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli — matches, cards, stats6Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli0.65
Referee profile Javier Gutierrez — matches, cards, stats7Javier Gutierrez0.59
Referee profile Vasilis Dimitriou — matches, cards, stats8Vasilis Dimitriou Cyprus0.59
Referee profile J. Lis — matches, cards, stats9J. Lis0.58
Referee profile Giorgos Nicolaou — matches, cards, stats10Giorgos Nicolaou Cyprus0.57

Home Bias

Highest home team win percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).

#Refereehome wins
Referee profile Laurens Gerrets — matches, cards, stats1Laurens Gerrets Netherlands85.0%
Referee profile Santiago Quijada — matches, cards, stats2Santiago Quijada81.0%
Referee profile Eduardo Pérez — matches, cards, stats3Eduardo Pérez75.8%
Referee profile M. Seyoud — matches, cards, stats4M. Seyoud75.0%
Referee profile K. Hernández — matches, cards, stats5K. Hernández73.3%
Referee profile J. Jordán — matches, cards, stats6J. Jordán72.3%
Referee profile M. Urushadze — matches, cards, stats7M. Urushadze72.3%
Referee profile E. Demiraj — matches, cards, stats8E. Demiraj71.4%
Referee profile Pe. Piper — matches, cards, stats9Pe. Piper71.4%
Referee profile S. Djama — matches, cards, stats10S. Djama71.4%

Away Bias

Highest away team win percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).

#Refereeaway wins
Referee profile G. Wiederrecht — matches, cards, stats1G. Wiederrecht68.2%
Referee profile D. Zhakhovskiy — matches, cards, stats2D. Zhakhovskiy66.7%
Referee profile V. Besiri — matches, cards, stats3V. Besiri66.7%
Referee profile Matthew Corlett — matches, cards, stats4Matthew Corlett England66.7%
Referee profile J. Boike — matches, cards, stats5J. Boike65.2%
Referee profile I. Landin — matches, cards, stats6I. Landin65.0%
Referee profile D. Enkvist — matches, cards, stats7D. Enkvist59.3%
Referee profile A. Nylund Karman — matches, cards, stats8A. Nylund Karman59.1%
Referee profile Zaid Thamer Mohammed — matches, cards, stats9Zaid Thamer Mohammed59.1%
Referee profile R. Castañeda — matches, cards, stats10R. Castañeda58.3%

Draw Magnet

Highest draw percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).

#Refereedraws
Referee profile Mohamed El Atabani — matches, cards, stats1Mohamed El Atabani60.0%
Referee profile Micke Palomino — matches, cards, stats2Micke Palomino Peru58.3%
Referee profile Said Hamza — matches, cards, stats3Said Hamza58.3%
Referee profile K. Abt — matches, cards, stats4K. Abt55.0%
Referee profile Jorge Andres Guzman Bonilla — matches, cards, stats5Jorge Andres Guzman Bonilla Colombia51.9%
Referee profile Francisco Ortiz — matches, cards, stats6Francisco Ortiz51.7%
Referee profile Ricardo Bittencourt — matches, cards, stats7Ricardo Bittencourt51.2%
Referee profile Riccardo Ros — matches, cards, stats8Riccardo Ros Italy51.0%
Referee profile M. Zine Alaoui — matches, cards, stats9M. Zine Alaoui50.0%
Referee profile F. Pacella — matches, cards, stats10F. Pacella50.0%

Card Distribution

Yellow Cards per Match

2937
0.0
481
0.5
461
1.0
437
1.5
385
2.0
397
2.5
475
3.0
536
3.5
436
4.0
297
4.5
133
5.0
51
5.5
25
6.0
4
6.5
2
7.0

Avg cards per match

Red Cards per Match

3755
0.0
1807
0.1
1013
0.2
355
0.3
98
0.4
23
0.5
5
0.6
1
0.7

Avg cards per match

All Referees

1,301–1,350of20,236

RefereeNationalityM/M/MG/MPen/MHome Win %Away Win %Draw %
1301D. Ulloa—954.70.312.20.2347%20%33%
1302E. Barenton—952.20.292.70.3342%31%27%
1303F. Cosso—954.40.242.60.2943%27%30%
1304F. Zammit—954.50.282.40.2136%39%25%
1305G. Henry—951.50.112.50.2642%27%31%
1306Hakim Ben el Salem HadjFrance954.00.232.70.2054%27%19%
1307Hiroyuki KimuraJapan950.60.002.60.0141%36%23%
1308J. Griggs—950.80.013.00.0946%35%19%
1309J. Lomi—951.30.112.50.3742%33%25%
1310J. Scheer—950.80.062.50.0248%28%23%
1311K. Cjapi—953.20.212.20.2737%32%32%
1312M. Ilic—952.90.142.50.2044%31%25%
1313Marco Antonio Ortiz NavaMexico955.00.262.90.3650%24%26%
1314Nestor PitanaArgentina954.60.392.30.2639%27%34%
1315O. Pavlyuk—950.00.032.50.2244%22%34%
1316S. Trenchev—953.30.122.20.1353%24%23%
1317Sergei KarasevRussia953.50.222.70.2446%23%31%
1318T. Numanoğlu—952.30.132.80.2344%35%21%
1319V. Giorgetti—950.60.022.70.2543%25%32%
1320A. Santoro—944.70.142.30.2750%22%28%
1321Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus—942.70.142.30.0746%22%32%
1322Chris BeathAustralia940.10.003.00.0147%29%25%
1323Diego AbalArgentina944.60.332.20.1439%23%37%
1324E. Shmuelevich—943.10.282.50.2735%30%35%
1325Fernando EspinozaArgentina945.30.322.20.1844%32%25%
1326Fernando RapalliniArgentina945.10.292.30.2343%28%30%
1327G. Ivanov—941.60.072.60.0953%33%14%
1328H. Oka—943.30.112.40.1239%30%31%
1329Inaki Vicandi GarridoSpain944.50.392.70.2957%22%20%
1330J. Gueguen—940.00.022.80.3045%30%26%
1331J. Karlsen—942.80.113.10.2150%33%17%
1332L. El Bedoui—940.00.032.70.2036%33%31%
1333Luiz Flavio De Oliveira—944.30.272.40.2037%33%30%
1334Markus HameterAustria944.50.202.90.0948%32%20%
1335Mehdi MokhtariFrance943.90.402.40.2832%36%32%
1336Mike JonesEngland942.20.042.60.1142%32%27%
1337P. Urban—944.50.102.60.3343%34%23%
1338Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva—943.20.262.40.1640%36%23%
1339Pedro Ramalho—940.70.092.70.1335%38%27%
1340S. Ando-Szabo—941.60.092.80.1048%27%26%
1341S. Sinnes—942.90.072.90.2247%34%19%
1342V. Gomes—940.50.042.50.0538%30%32%
1343A. Anopa—933.90.172.70.2450%28%23%
1344A. Şen—930.20.202.60.1353%27%20%
1345B. Lepaysant—933.30.262.50.1845%28%27%
1346D. Forná—933.30.113.30.1747%36%17%
1347D. Higraff—932.70.123.20.1845%36%19%
1348I. Coza—930.20.002.30.0338%31%31%
1349J. Semler—932.80.113.00.1652%32%16%
1350K. Roucek—933.60.142.60.2039%36%26%