How many cards does a goal cost?
Cards shown for every goal scored — one number for how attritional a league is.
Categoría Primera A (Kolumbien) is the most attritional: 2,81 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Categoría Primera A Kolumbien | 2.81 | 1.008 |
| 2. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentinien | 2.56 | 631 |
| 3. Segunda División Spanien | 2.53 | 1.063 |
| 4. Serie B Brasilien | 2.52 | 788 |
| 5. Copa Sudamericana International | 2.45 | 204 |
| 6. Super League Griechenland | 2.44 | 572 |
| 7. Premjer-Liga Russland | 2.35 | 571 |
| 8. Primera División Peru | 2.31 | 802 |
| 9. Perwenstwo FNL Russland | 2.28 | 648 |
| 10. Serie C - Girone B Italien | 2.27 | 614 |
| 11. Primera Nacional Argentinien | 2.26 | 691 |
| 12. Copa Libertadores International | 2.25 | 360 |
| 13. Segunda Liga Portugal | 2.24 | 522 |
| 14. Primeira Liga Portugal | 2.2 | 763 |
| 15. Ukrainische Premjer-Liha Ukraine | 2.19 | 520 |
| 16. Serie B Italien | 2.19 | 976 |
| 17. Primera División Spanien | 2.17 | 942 |
| 18. TFF 1. Lig Türkei | 2.16 | 784 |
| 19. Copa Do Brasil Brasilien | 2.14 | 241 |
| 20. HNL Kroatien | 2.12 | 450 |
| 21. Premyer Liqası Aserbaidschan | 2.08 | 203 |
| 22. Liga 1 Rumänien | 2.08 | 685 |
| 23. Serie C - Girone C Italien | 2.07 | 711 |
| 24. Serie A Brasilien | 2.05 | 876 |
| 25. Serie C - Girone A Italien | 2.03 | 689 |
| 26. First League Bulgarien | 2.02 | 549 |
| 27. Division Profesional - Clausura Paraguay | 1.99 | 339 |
| 28. Primera División Costa Rica | 1.96 | 799 |
| 29. Ligue 2 Frankreich | 1.96 | 621 |
| 30. First League Nordmazedonien | 1.96 | 252 |
| 31. Liga Pro Ecuador | 1.94 | 673 |
| 32. Ligat ha’Al Israel | 1.9 | 565 |
| 33. Botola Pro Marokko | 1.88 | 524 |
| 34. NB I Ungarn | 1.83 | 543 |
| 35. Maltese Premier League Malta | 1.82 | 396 |
| 36. Süper Lig Türkei | 1.82 | 875 |
| 37. Primera División Chile | 1.82 | 514 |
| 38. Superliga Albanien | 1.79 | 458 |
| 39. Czech Liga Tschechien | 1.79 | 708 |
| 40. Super Liga Serbien | 1.76 | 665 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
Both counted from match events over the same matches, so a league appears only once its records carry cards.