World Cup referees
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World Cup referees 2026
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 3.04 cards and 0.20 penalties a match over 94 matches.
Strictest
Michael Oliver
4.25 cards a game
Most lenient
Yael Falcón Pérez
1.33 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Oliver | 4 | 4.25 | 17 | 0 | 0.25 | 27.5 | – |
 Slavko Vinčić | 4 | 4.00 | 13 | 3 | 0.00 | 29.3 | – |
| João Pedro Silva Pinheiro | 3 | 4.00 | 10 | 2 | 0.33 | 27.7 | – |
| François Letexier | 3 | 4.00 | 12 | 0 | 0.33 | 24.3 | – |
| Ivan Barton | 4 | 3.50 | 13 | 1 | 0.25 | 31.5 | – |
 Anthony Taylor | 3 | 3.33 | 9 | 1 | 0.00 | 22.7 | – |
| Ismail Elfath | 4 | 3.25 | 12 | 1 | 0.50 | 20.3 | – |
| Maurizio Mariani | 3 | 3.00 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.7 | – |
| Clément Turpin | 3 | 2.67 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Facundo Tello Figueroa | 3 | 2.67 | 8 | 0 | 0.33 | 23.0 | – |
| Glenn Nyberg | 3 | 2.33 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Saíd Martínez | 3 | 2.33 | 7 | 0 | 0.67 | 31.7 | – |
| Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh | 4 | 2.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.5 | – |
| Ilgiz Tantashev | 3 | 2.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 17.7 | – |
| Drew Fischer | 3 | 1.67 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.7 | – |
| Jesús Valenzuela Sáez | 3 | 1.33 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.3 | – |
| Yael Falcón Pérez | 3 | 1.33 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.7 | – |
| Szymon Marciniak | 1 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 1.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Felix Zwayer | 2 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 0.50 | 25.0 | – |
| Ning Ma | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | – |
| Danny Desmond Makkelie | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.0 | – |
| Alireza Faghani | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 1.00 | 19.5 | – |
| Alejandro José Hernández Hernández | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Cristián Garay | 1 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Espen Eskås | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 16.5 | – |
| Wilton Pereira Sampaio | 2 | 3.50 | 4 | 3 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Tori Penso | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 23.5 | – |
| Ramon Abatti | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.0 | – |
| Jalal Jayed | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.5 | – |
| Istvan Kovacs | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Omar Mohamed Al Ali | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Darío Herrera | 1 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Mustapha Ghorbal | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.0 | – |
| Amin Mohamed Omar | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 25.5 | – |
| Gustavo Tejera | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Raphael Claus | 2 | 2.00 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 16.0 | – |
| César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.5 | – |
| Pierre Ghislain Atcho | 2 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Dahane Beida | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 19.0 | – |
| League average | 94 | 3.04 | 2.87 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 23.5 |
Bars compare cards per game with the league average (the middle tick): red is stricter, green more lenient. Tap a referee for their card-line form, recent matches and the card odds on their next match. Callouts need 3+ matches.