Premier League most fouls, cards for players and teams: every club ranked from saints to foul merchants
There are many approaches to football, some better received than others.
Pep Guardiola’s Man City side have been accused of making ‘tactical fouls’ in the past, but would you put this down as cheating or an inspired tactic, using everything in your power to win or going too far?
Which Premier League player makes the most fouls?
During his time at the club, Fernandinho was the master at accruing fouls during a game and avoiding a yellow card, something that mantel seems to have been passed on to teammate Rodri and fellow countryman Casemiro, who both seem to be the masters of the dark arts in the Premier League so far this campaign. Only Ryan Yates (35) has committed more fouls in England’s top division than Casemiro (28) since he made his debut for Manchester United in late August; in that time, the Brazil midfielder has only received three yellow cards, the fewest of any player to make more than 25 fouls.
| Position | Fouls | Mins |
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| 1 | Ryan Yates | 36 | 1,304 |
| 2 | Moises Caicedo | 33 | 1,427 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Schlupp | 31 | 1,330 |
| 4 | Kai Havertz | 30 | 1,247 |
| 5 | Tyler Adams | 30 | 1,347 |
| 6 | Joelinton | 29 | 1,329 |
| 7 | Casemiro | 28 | 979 |
| 8 | Ivan Toney | 28 | 1,439 |
| 9 | Rodri | 27 | 1,391 |
| 10 | Amadou Onana | 26 | 1,218 |
Figures accurate as of 20:55 13/01. Ties go to the player with fewer minutes played.
However, it seems one of the newest men to the division didn’t get the memo, with João Félix seeing red just 58 minutes into his Premier League debut and becoming the first-ever Chelsea player — and the first player since Fazio in October 2014 — to receive his marching orders on his maiden Premier League appearance.
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Which Premier League team has the worst disciplinary record?
But what happens when those tactics go too far? Too many yellow and red cards can have a detrimental effect on a team’s results, as is somewhat proven by the Premier League’s disciplinary table.
In order to rank all 20 clubs based on discipline, we’re using Opta’s system of one point per foul conceded, three points per yellow card and six per red card. (The FA gives four points for a yellow card and either 10 or 12 points depending on the nature of a red card.)
So below is every Premier League team ranked from the least to the most disciplinary points accrued this season, i.e. from the fairest to the foulest.
1. Liverpool (Disciplinary points: 200)
Possession: 61.39%
Fouls conceded: 149
Yellow cards: 15
Red cards: 1
Worst offender: Fabinho (25)
2. Manchester City (201)
Possession: 66.16%
Fouls conceded: 144
Yellow cards: 17
Red cards: 1
Worst offender: Rodri (33)
3. Brentford (225)
Possession: 42.58%
Fouls conceded: 150
Yellow cards: 25
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Ivan Toney (46)
4. West Ham (250)
Possession: 44.89%
Fouls conceded: 181
Yellow cards: 23
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Tomas Soucek (28)
5. Leicester (251)
Possession: 51.27%
Fouls conceded: 185
Yellow cards: 22
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: James Maddison (30)
6. Brighton (256)
Possession: 56.58%
Fouls conceded: 181
Yellow cards: 25
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Moises Caicedo (48)
7. Arsenal (263)
Possession: 57.57%
Fouls conceded: 173
Yellow cards: 30
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Gabriel Jesus (36)
8. Southampton (274)
Possession: 44%
Fouls conceded: 190
Yellow cards: 28
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Mohammed Salisu (31)
9. Bournemouth (285)
Possession: 39.42%
Fouls conceded: 192
Yellow cards: 31
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Adam Smith (33)
10. Tottenham (287)
Possession: 51.34%
Fouls conceded: 182
Yellow cards: 33
Red cards: 1
Worst offender: Rodrigo Bentancur (35)
11. Everton (296)
Possession: 44.53%
Fouls conceded: 173
Yellow cards: 41
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Amadou Onana (41)
12. Newcastle (298)
Possession: 40.73%
Fouls conceded: 335
Yellow cards: 67
Red cards: 1
Worst offender: Joelinton (47)
=13. Chelsea (320)
Possession: 58.23%
Fouls conceded: 191
Yellow cards: 37
Red cards: 3
Worst offender: Kai Havertz (39)
=13. Crystal Palace (320)
Possession: 46.42%
Fouls conceded: 203
Yellow cards: 35
Red cards: 2
Worst offender: Jeffrey Schlupp (43)
15. Manchester United (327)
Possession: 53.25%
Fouls conceded: 198
Yellow cards: 43
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Casemiro & Bruno Fernandes (37)
16. Nottingham Forest (330)
Possession: 38.87%
Fouls conceded: 207
Yellow cards: 41
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: Ryan Yates (48)
17. Aston Villa (331)
Possession: 47.45%
Fouls conceded: 202
Yellow cards: 41
Red cards: 0
Worst offender: John McGinn (32)
18. Fulham (335)
Possession: 47.28%
Fouls conceded: 191
Yellow cards: 46
Red cards: 1
Worst offender: Bobby De Cordova-Reid (42)
19. Wolves (339)
Possession: 49.44%
Fouls conceded: 204
Yellow cards: 39
Red cards: 3
Worst offender: Ruben Neves (36)
20. Leeds (340)
Possession: 46.91%
Fouls conceded: 220
Yellow cards: 36
Red cards: 2
Worst offender: Tyler Adams (41)
