Referees
714 officials with 10+ matches on record
Referee appointments only became a dense field in the 2025 season, so these
are records from 2025 onwards, not a career history. Officials below
10 matches are left out entirely — an average over five games
is a sample, not a tendency. Figures are all-time across every competition
we cover, including when you filter by one. Cards and goals are counted on
every match; fouls only on the ones carrying match stats, so that column
rests on a smaller sample — each profile says how much smaller.
| Referee | Mat | Y/m | R/m | Fouls/m | Goals/m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Luis Munuera Montero | 35 | 3.71 | 0.31 | 25.5 | 3.00 |
| Andy Madley | 35 | 3.54 | 0.17 | 23.0 | 3.03 |
| Yusuke Araki | 35 | 3.03 | 0.17 | 21.4 | 2.69 |
| Gavin Ward | 35 | 2.97 | 0.11 | 20.2 | 3.17 |
| Masuya Ueda | 35 | 2.66 | 0.11 | 22.0 | 2.46 |
| Andres Merlos | 34 | 5.00 | 0.44 | 22.0 | 1.85 |
| Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes | 34 | 4.76 | 0.21 | 27.5 | 3.15 |
| César Ramos Palazuelos | 34 | 4.65 | 0.47 | 24.4 | 3.15 |
| Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava | 34 | 4.53 | 0.53 | 25.3 | 3.44 |
| Tori Penso | 34 | 4.15 | 0.09 | 21.0 | 2.85 |
| Darren England | 34 | 4.12 | 0.09 | 22.2 | 2.44 |
| Yige Dai | 34 | 4.06 | 0.15 | 25.2 | 3.38 |
| Thomas Bramall | 34 | 4.00 | 0.12 | 21.7 | 2.59 |
| Mohammad Al-Emara | 34 | 3.65 | 0.12 | 22.5 | 3.21 |
| Adi Aganovic | 34 | 3.62 | 0.06 | 21.6 | 2.91 |
| Adam Herczeg | 34 | 3.59 | 0.12 | 22.2 | 3.41 |
| Richard Sundell | 34 | 3.53 | 0.09 | 23.5 | 2.79 |
| Joey Kooij | 34 | 3.35 | 0.15 | 24.5 | 2.71 |
| Florian Badstubner | 34 | 2.97 | 0.21 | 24.6 | 2.88 |
| David Webb | 34 | 2.65 | 0.03 | 20.0 | 2.71 |
| Miguel Gonzalez Diaz | 33 | 5.12 | 0.30 | 32.2 | 2.67 |
| Stuart Attwell | 33 | 4.61 | 0.12 | 21.8 | 2.79 |
| Sandro Schärer | 33 | 4.30 | 0.12 | 25.8 | 3.15 |
| Edward Duckworth | 33 | 4.27 | 0.12 | 22.6 | 2.91 |
| Robert Jones | 33 | 4.06 | 0.00 | 23.1 | 2.82 |
| Lukasz Kuzma | 33 | 3.94 | 0.03 | 25.6 | 2.73 |
| Tobias Stieler | 33 | 3.94 | 0.21 | 21.6 | 2.48 |
| Damian Kos | 33 | 3.88 | 0.21 | 24.1 | 2.30 |
| Aurelien Petit | 33 | 3.82 | 0.21 | 27.0 | 2.61 |
| Koji Takasaki | 33 | 2.94 | 0.18 | 21.0 | 2.06 |
| David Rafael Oliveira da Silva | 32 | 5.97 | 0.31 | 30.0 | 2.19 |
| Carlos Andres Gariano | 32 | 5.09 | 0.53 | 24.0 | 2.00 |
| Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves | 32 | 4.94 | 0.53 | 25.1 | 2.50 |
| Carlos Betancur | 32 | 4.75 | 0.44 | 21.2 | 3.06 |
| Anthony Backhouse | 32 | 4.59 | 0.00 | 21.4 | 3.03 |
| Joseph Dickerson | 32 | 4.41 | 0.31 | 25.7 | 3.88 |
| Szabolcs Kovacs | 32 | 4.31 | 0.16 | 21.7 | 2.34 |
| Miguel Nogueira | 32 | 4.28 | 0.38 | 26.8 | 2.38 |
| Jianxin Du | 32 | 3.97 | 0.28 | 27.0 | 3.06 |
| Sascha Stegemann | 32 | 3.69 | 0.25 | 22.0 | 3.09 |
| Marcos de Oliveira | 32 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 25.1 | 2.97 |
| Tom Nield | 32 | 3.44 | 0.03 | 23.3 | 2.94 |
| Craig Pawson | 32 | 3.19 | 0.09 | 23.1 | 2.84 |
| Hiroki Kasahara | 32 | 3.00 | 0.16 | 22.4 | 2.25 |
| Jair Antonio Maruffo | 32 | 2.81 | 0.12 | 21.5 | 3.00 |
| Benjamin Speedie | 32 | 2.66 | 0.16 | 21.6 | 2.44 |
| Koei Koya | 32 | 2.59 | 0.16 | 21.0 | 2.34 |
| Anastasios Papapetrou | 31 | 4.55 | 0.19 | 30.2 | 2.39 |
| Fotis Bazakos | 31 | 4.29 | 0.13 | 24.5 | 3.26 |
| John Beaton | 31 | 4.26 | 0.16 | 22.8 | 3.23 |