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: 2,62 cards for every goal it scores.
| League | Cards per goal | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Categoría Primera A Kolombia | 2.62 | 9.493 |
| 2. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina | 2.39 | 9.979 |
| 3. Segunda División Spanyol | 2.3 | 10.797 |
| 4. Piala Libertadores Internasional | 2.15 | 2.674 |
| 5. Copa Sudamericana Internasional | 2.13 | 2.407 |
| 6. First League Bulgaria | 2.1 | 5.125 |
| 7. Seri B Italia | 2.1 | 9.911 |
| 8. First League Makedonia Utara | 2.04 | 3.316 |
| 9. Chilean Primera División Cile | 2.04 | 5.339 |
| 10. Primera B Cile | 2 | 4.677 |
| 11. Liga I Rumania | 1.98 | 7.290 |
| 12. Serie C - Girone C Italia | 1.95 | 6.950 |
| 13. Paulista - A1 Brasil | 1.92 | 1.454 |
| 14. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 1.9 | 6.261 |
| 15. Serie C - Girone B Italia | 1.9 | 6.771 |
| 16. 1. Division Siprus | 1.87 | 4.698 |
| 17. Liga Utama Bosnia dan Herzegovina Bosnia dan Herzegovina | 1.87 | 3.382 |
| 18. Botola Pro Maroko | 1.86 | 4.131 |
| 19. Paranaense - 1 Brasil | 1.85 | 1.133 |
| 20. Primera División RFEF - Group 2 Spanyol | 1.83 | 5.703 |
| 21. Liga Primer Kanada Kanada | 1.81 | 1.735 |
| 22. Primera División Peru | 1.79 | 8.744 |
| 23. Carioca - 1 Brasil | 1.78 | 1.293 |
| 24. Premier Division Irlandia | 1.75 | 2.927 |
| 25. Liga Negara UEFA Internasional | 1.72 | 1.639 |
| 26. Liga Pertama Montenegro Montenegro | 1.71 | 3.166 |
| 27. II Liga - East Polandia | 1.7 | 6.319 |
| 28. Primera División RFEF - Group 1 Spanyol | 1.7 | 5.669 |
| 29. Liga Konferensi UEFA Internasional | 1.7 | 6.290 |
| 30. Liga Super Indonesia | 1.69 | 5.061 |
| 31. Copa do Nordeste Brasil | 1.68 | 1.196 |
| 32. USL League One Amerika Serikat | 1.68 | 3.340 |
| 33. Liga MX Meksiko | 1.66 | 9.045 |
| 34. Ekstraklasa Polandia | 1.65 | 6.422 |
| 35. Liga 3 Portugal | 1.63 | 3.882 |
| 36. Primera División Bolivia | 1.62 | 7.247 |
| 37. I Liga Polandia | 1.61 | 6.621 |
| 38. Second League Bulgaria | 1.6 | 5.797 |
| 39. Liga Super Swiss Swiss | 1.56 | 6.119 |
| 40. Primeira Liga Portugal | 1.54 | 12.071 |
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.