Football Referees
Rankings and statistics for 17,851 referees across 436,780 matches. Stat rankings require a minimum of 20 matches officiated.
17,851
Referees
436,780
Matches tracked
1.27
Avg yellow / match
2.66
Avg goals / match
Rankings
Most Active
Referees who have officiated the most matches in our database.
| 1 | G. Kikacheishvili | 359 Matches |
| 2 | I. Kvirikashvili | 354 Matches |
| 3 | K. Tohver | 327 Matches |
| 4 | B. Ninua | 313 Matches |
| 5 | G. Kruashvili | 308 Matches |
| 6 | J. Khorava | 294 Matches |
| 7 | S. Martínez | 280 Matches |
| 8 | Pablo González | 274 Matches |
| 9 | J. Frischer | 269 Matches |
| 10 | P. Giménez | 266 Matches |
Strictest (Yellow)
Highest average yellow cards issued per match (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | Heider CastroColombia | 7.23 Y/M |
| 2 | David Nicolas Rodriguez MeloColombia | 7.19 Y/M |
| 3 | Nicolas Gallo BarraganColombia | 6.67 Y/M |
| 4 | Ricardo Andres Garcia BecerraColombia | 6.62 Y/M |
| 5 | Jorge Andres Guzman BonillaColombia | 6.56 Y/M |
| 6 | Carlos Mario Herrera BernalColombia | 6.50 Y/M |
| 7 | Juan Cruz Robledo | 6.28 Y/M |
| 8 | Jhon Alexander Ospina LondonoColombia | 6.19 Y/M |
| 9 | Jhon Alexander Hinestroza RomanaColombia | 6.18 Y/M |
| 10 | Gustavo MurilloColombia | 6.11 Y/M |
Most Red Cards
Highest average red cards per match (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | Hernan HerasUruguay | 0.68 R/M |
| 2 | César Ceballo | 0.65 R/M |
| 3 | Alex Gomes StefanoBrazil | 0.62 R/M |
| 4 | Juan Cruz Robledo | 0.60 R/M |
| 5 | Marcos Iván Recalde | 0.57 R/M |
| 6 | Diego Leon Escalante GuiterrezColombia | 0.56 R/M |
| 7 | Bruno Miguel Duarte PaixaoPortugal | 0.55 R/M |
| 8 | Carlos Paul Benitez Achar | 0.55 R/M |
| 9 | Sebastián Bresba | 0.55 R/M |
| 10 | Bastein Dechepy | 0.52 R/M |
Most Lenient
Lowest average yellow cards per match (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | A. A'Qashah | 0.00 Y/M |
| 2 | A. Aarnink | 0.00 Y/M |
| 3 | A. Altunbakır | 0.00 Y/M |
| 4 | A. Aluszyk | 0.00 Y/M |
| 5 | A. Amdursky | 0.00 Y/M |
| 6 | A. Ancora | 0.00 Y/M |
| 7 | A. Arab | 0.00 Y/M |
| 8 | A. Arab Baraghi | 0.00 Y/M |
| 9 | A. Arifin | 0.00 Y/M |
| 10 | A. Asymov | 0.00 Y/M |
Most Goals
Highest average total goals in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | M. Fuad | 4.55 G/M |
| 2 | J. Jäschke | 4.48 G/M |
| 3 | D. Jankovic | 4.41 G/M |
| 4 | A. Verolino | 4.39 G/M |
| 5 | Z. Jurcevic | 4.34 G/M |
| 6 | M. Buhari | 4.29 G/M |
| 7 | S. Dündar | 4.29 G/M |
| 8 | J. Foo | 4.22 G/M |
| 9 | J. Laaksonen | 4.22 G/M |
| 10 | Nawaf Alzeyouidi | 4.22 G/M |
Most Penalties
Highest average penalties awarded per match (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | G. Rocchi | 0.76 Pen/M |
| 2 | Heider CastroColombia | 0.71 Pen/M |
| 3 | Bastien DechepyFrance | 0.57 Pen/M |
| 4 | Aydin UsluDenmark | 0.52 Pen/M |
| 5 | César Ceballo | 0.50 Pen/M |
| 6 | N. Shakespear | 0.50 Pen/M |
| 7 | Leandro Pedro VuadenBrazil | 0.47 Pen/M |
| 8 | P. Giacomelli | 0.46 Pen/M |
| 9 | C. Pinilla | 0.45 Pen/M |
| 10 | Jhon Alexander Hinestroza RomanaColombia | 0.45 Pen/M |
Home Bias
Highest home team win percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | Santiago Quijada | 81.0% home wins |
| 2 | J. Cvetković | 76.9% home wins |
| 3 | W. Laplagne | 76.2% home wins |
| 4 | Eduardo Pérez | 75.8% home wins |
| 5 | J. Jordán | 75.0% home wins |
| 6 | M. Seyoud | 75.0% home wins |
| 7 | M. Urushadze | 72.3% home wins |
| 8 | N. Barro | 72.2% home wins |
| 9 | A. Balkan | 72.0% home wins |
| 10 | A. Gil | 72.0% home wins |
Away Bias
Highest away team win percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | V. Besiri | 65.5% away wins |
| 2 | Matthew CorlettEngland | 65.2% away wins |
| 3 | G. Wiederrecht | 65.0% away wins |
| 4 | D. Zhakhovskiy | 64.5% away wins |
| 5 | K. Graham | 60.0% away wins |
| 6 | S. Sampl | 59.5% away wins |
| 7 | Florian LechnerGermany | 59.1% away wins |
| 8 | R. Castañeda | 58.3% away wins |
| 9 | M. Beltrano | 57.8% away wins |
| 10 | D. Nõmm | 57.1% away wins |
Draw Magnet
Highest draw percentage in matches they officiate (min. 20 matches).
| 1 | Mohamed El Atabani | 60.0% draws |
| 2 | Micke PalominoPeru | 58.3% draws |
| 3 | Said Hamza | 58.3% draws |
| 4 | Jorge Andres Guzman BonillaColombia | 51.9% draws |
| 5 | Francisco Ortiz | 51.7% draws |
| 6 | A. Voergaard | 51.4% draws |
| 7 | Riccardo RosItaly | 51.0% draws |
| 8 | Adeli Mara Monteiro | 50.0% draws |
| 9 | Alberto Lou | 50.0% draws |
| 10 | Alejandro Clemente | 50.0% draws |