How many cards does a goal cost?
Cards shown for every goal scored — one number for how attritional a league is.
Serie C - Girone A (Italien) is the most attritional: 2,44 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serie C - Girone A Italien | 2.44 | 947 |
| 2. Segunda Liga Portugal | 2.44 | 762 |
| 3. Primeira Liga Portugal | 2.43 | 810 |
| 4. Primera División Profesional de Uruguay Uruguay | 2.43 | 301 |
| 5. Liga de Expansión MX Mexiko | 2.36 | 705 |
| 6. First League Nordmazedonien | 2.34 | 477 |
| 7. Serie C - Girone C Italien | 2.34 | 929 |
| 8. Premijer Liga Bosnien und Herzegowina | 2.33 | 449 |
| 9. Perwenstwo FNL Russland | 2.33 | 955 |
| 10. First League Bulgarien | 2.31 | 548 |
| 11. Serie B Brasilien | 2.31 | 826 |
| 12. Copa Sudamericana International | 2.31 | 392 |
| 13. Categoría Primera A Kolumbien | 2.3 | 929 |
| 14. Primera Nacional Argentinien | 2.3 | 1.222 |
| 15. Primera División Costa Rica | 2.28 | 752 |
| 16. Primera División RFEF - Group 2 Spanien | 2.27 | 916 |
| 17. Serie B Italien | 2.23 | 969 |
| 18. 1. Division Zypern | 2.21 | 456 |
| 19. Primera División Spanien | 2.18 | 951 |
| 20. Primera División Venezuela | 2.18 | 808 |
| 21. Liga Pro Ecuador | 2.13 | 654 |
| 22. Serie A Brasilien | 2.12 | 842 |
| 23. Liga 1 Rumänien | 2.08 | 733 |
| 24. Primera División RFEF - Group 1 Spanien | 2.08 | 875 |
| 25. Second League Bulgarien | 2.08 | 893 |
| 26. Liga MX Mexiko | 2.07 | 802 |
| 27. Maltese Premier League Malta | 2.06 | 436 |
| 28. Primera División Peru | 2.06 | 633 |
| 29. Segunda División Spanien | 2.05 | 1.133 |
| 30. Persha Liga Ukraine | 2.05 | 367 |
| 31. Primera División Bolivien | 2.04 | 737 |
| 32. Copa Libertadores International | 2.03 | 423 |
| 33. First NL Kroatien | 2.03 | 627 |
| 34. Botola Pro Marokko | 2.03 | 519 |
| 35. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentinien | 2.02 | 1.223 |
| 36. Division Profesional - Apertura Paraguay | 2.02 | 234 |
| 37. Primera B Chile | 2 | 602 |
| 38. Super League Griechenland | 1.99 | 575 |
| 39. 1. Liga Polen | 1.99 | 770 |
| 40. Usbekische Professionelle Fußballliga Usbekistan | 1.98 | 423 |
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.