Where is the game stopped most?
Fouls per side per match — a different measure of a rough league than the card count, and they do not always agree.
Serie B (Brazil) stops most often: 16.48 fouls per side per match.
| League | Fouls per side | Team-matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serie B Brazil | 16.48 | 756 |
| 2. Super League 1 Greece | 15.91 | 484 |
| 3. Liga Pro Ecuador | 15.9 | 374 |
| 4. Primera División Peru | 15.56 | 464 |
| 5. Segunda Liga Portugal | 15.28 | 522 |
| 6. Serie B Italy | 15.28 | 780 |
| 7. Serie A Brazil | 14.94 | 760 |
| 8. Primeira Liga Portugal | 14.93 | 616 |
| 9. 2. Liga Austria | 14.41 | 480 |
| 10. First League Bulgaria | 14.17 | 446 |
| 11. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina | 14.09 | 952 |
| 12. Pro League Saudi Arabia | 13.76 | 472 |
| 13. Ligue 2 France | 13.73 | 764 |
| 14. Ekstraklasa Poland | 13.69 | 612 |
| 15. Segunda División Spain | 13.51 | 936 |
| 16. 1. Lig Türkiye | 13.48 | 694 |
| 17. Super League China | 13.41 | 360 |
| 18. 1. SNL Slovenia | 13.35 | 244 |
| 19. Czech Liga Czechia | 13.33 | 548 |
| 20. Serie A Italy | 13.31 | 760 |
| 21. Premier League Ukraine | 13.26 | 286 |
| 22. La Liga Spain | 13.24 | 760 |
| 23. Indian Super League India | 13.2 | 230 |
| 24. Liga I Romania | 13.16 | 632 |
| 25. K League 1 South Korea | 13.08 | 460 |
| 26. Allsvenskan Sweden | 13 | 484 |
| 27. Liga MX Mexico | 12.87 | 684 |
| 28. Super Liga Slovakia | 12.74 | 378 |
| 29. Bundesliga Austria | 12.71 | 390 |
| 30. Primera A Colombia | 12.33 | 554 |
| 31. Primera División Chile | 12.31 | 540 |
| 32. 3. Liga Germany | 12.3 | 716 |
| 33. Major League Soccer United States | 12.29 | 944 |
| 34. A-League Australia | 12.25 | 326 |
| 35. Süper Lig Türkiye | 12.23 | 760 |
| 36. HNL Croatia | 12.14 | 360 |
| 37. Premiership Scotland | 12.12 | 464 |
| 38. Superettan Sweden | 12.04 | 396 |
| 39. Super League Switzerland | 11.99 | 360 |
| 40. Bundesliga Germany | 11.89 | 616 |
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