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 (Italy) is the most attritional: 2.44 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serie C - Girone A Italy | 2.44 | 947 |
| 2. Segunda Liga Portugal | 2.44 | 762 |
| 3. Primeira Liga Portugal | 2.43 | 810 |
| 4. Primera División Uruguay | 2.43 | 301 |
| 5. Liga de Expansión MX Mexico | 2.36 | 705 |
| 6. First League North Macedonia | 2.34 | 477 |
| 7. Serie C - Girone C Italy | 2.34 | 929 |
| 8. Premijer Liga Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2.33 | 449 |
| 9. First League Russia | 2.33 | 955 |
| 10. First League Bulgaria | 2.31 | 548 |
| 11. Serie B Brazil | 2.31 | 826 |
| 12. CONMEBOL Sudamericana International | 2.31 | 392 |
| 13. Primera A Colombia | 2.3 | 929 |
| 14. Primera Nacional Argentina | 2.3 | 1,222 |
| 15. Primera División Costa Rica | 2.28 | 752 |
| 16. Primera División RFEF - Group 2 Spain | 2.27 | 916 |
| 17. Serie B Italy | 2.23 | 969 |
| 18. 1. Division Cyprus | 2.21 | 456 |
| 19. La Liga Spain | 2.18 | 951 |
| 20. Primera División Venezuela | 2.18 | 808 |
| 21. Liga Pro Ecuador | 2.13 | 654 |
| 22. Serie A Brazil | 2.12 | 842 |
| 23. Liga I Romania | 2.08 | 733 |
| 24. Primera División RFEF - Group 1 Spain | 2.08 | 875 |
| 25. Second League Bulgaria | 2.08 | 893 |
| 26. Liga MX Mexico | 2.07 | 802 |
| 27. Premier League Malta | 2.06 | 436 |
| 28. Primera División Peru | 2.06 | 633 |
| 29. Segunda División Spain | 2.05 | 1,133 |
| 30. Persha Liga Ukraine | 2.05 | 367 |
| 31. Primera División Bolivia | 2.04 | 737 |
| 32. CONMEBOL Libertadores International | 2.03 | 423 |
| 33. First NL Croatia | 2.03 | 627 |
| 34. Botola Pro Morocco | 2.03 | 519 |
| 35. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina | 2.02 | 1,223 |
| 36. Division Profesional - Apertura Paraguay | 2.02 | 234 |
| 37. Primera B Chile | 2 | 602 |
| 38. Super League 1 Greece | 1.99 | 575 |
| 39. I Liga Poland | 1.99 | 770 |
| 40. Super League Uzbekistan | 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.