How many cards does a goal cost?
Cards shown for every goal scored — one number for how attritional a league is.
Categoría Primera A (Kolombia) is the most attritional: 2,76 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Categoría Primera A Kolombia | 2.76 | 916 |
| 2. Serie B Brasil | 2.3 | 820 |
| 3. Segunda División Spanyol | 2.3 | 1.083 |
| 4. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina | 2.28 | 854 |
| 5. Serie A Brasil | 2.08 | 923 |
| 6. LaLiga Spanyol | 1.95 | 1.024 |
| 7. Primeira Liga Portugal | 1.81 | 826 |
| 8. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 1.77 | 541 |
| 9. Liga Super Turki Turki | 1.73 | 906 |
| 10. Seri B Italia | 1.68 | 1.201 |
| 11. Liga Utama Ukraina Ukraina | 1.67 | 439 |
| 12. Serie A Italia | 1.62 | 1.017 |
| 13. 2. Liga (Austria) Austria | 1.61 | 507 |
| 14. Liga I Rumania | 1.59 | 623 |
| 15. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 1.55 | 843 |
| 16. TFF 1. Lig Turki | 1.53 | 884 |
| 17. Liga Profesional Belgia Belgia | 1.53 | 766 |
| 18. Primera División Peru | 1.53 | 938 |
| 19. Ligue 1 Prancis | 1.51 | 1.033 |
| 20. Liga Super Swiss Swiss | 1.5 | 541 |
| 21. 3. Fußball-Liga Jerman | 1.49 | 1.038 |
| 22. Bundesliga Austria Austria | 1.48 | 520 |
| 23. Championship Inggris | 1.47 | 1.414 |
| 24. Liga Super Yunani Yunani | 1.47 | 524 |
| 25. Super League Tiongkok | 1.44 | 732 |
| 26. Ligue 2 Prancis | 1.44 | 1.037 |
| 27. Liga Eropa UEFA Internasional | 1.43 | 1.209 |
| 28. A-League Australia | 1.39 | 422 |
| 29. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 1.29 | 594 |
| 30. Liga Satu Inggris Inggris | 1.29 | 1.412 |
| 31. Allsvenskan Swedia | 1.28 | 667 |
| 32. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 1.28 | 855 |
| 33. Liga Champions UEFA Internasional | 1.27 | 647 |
| 34. Liga Utama Inggris Inggris | 1.22 | 1.018 |
| 35. Liga Dua Inggris Inggris | 1.21 | 1.473 |
| 36. Liga Utama Norwegia Norwegia | 1.08 | 682 |
| 37. Eredivisie Belanda | 1.04 | 988 |
| 38. Liga Champions Elit AFC Internasional | 1.01 | 425 |
| 39. Divisi Satu J. League Jepang | 0.994 | 793 |
| 40. Liga Super Denmark Denmark | 0.969 | 706 |
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.