Recently retired Richard Dunne, Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira and Everton’s Duncan Ferguson top the most red cards record in premier league with 8 sending off each. Everton is has received 80 red cards since 1992 while Arsenal are second with 79 red cards. Here is some statistics and minutes per card details about the players and the clubs in premier league history.
Since 1992 the start of re-branded English division 1 which now known as English Premier League Everton has recieved the most number of red cards with 80 in total. While Richard Dunne, Patrick Vieira and Everton legend Duncan Ferguson have been sent off 8 times making them top 3 players with most red cards in premier league history. Today we take a look at some of the dirties players in premier league in terms of sending offs.
NO# | PLAYER | RED CARDS | Minutes Per Card |
1 | Richard Dunne | 8 | 4617 |
2 | Patrick Vieira | 8 | 3162 |
3 | Duncan Ferguson | 8 | 2283 |
4 | Roy Keane | 7 | 4413 |
5 | Lee Cattermole | 7 | 2540 |
6 | Martin Keown | 6 | 4440 |
7 | Joey Barton | 6 | 3615 |
8 | Steven Gerrard | 6 | 6679 |
9 | Frank Queudrue | 6 | 2750 |
10 | Gareth Barry | 6 | 7858 |
11 | Vinnie Jones | 6 | 2564 |
12 | Paul Koncesky | 6 | 4481 |
13 | Alan Smith | 6 | 2180 |
14 | Andrew Cole | 6 | 5275 |
15 | Namanja Vidic | 6 | 2934 |
16 | John Hartson | 6 | 2097 |
17 | Nicky Butt | 6 | 5037 |
18 | Dennis Wise | 5 | 4770 |
19 | Scot Parker | 5 | 5861 |
20 | Wes Brown | 5 | 4600 |
Clubs With Most Red Cards In Premier League History:
When it comes to teams merseyside club Everton sit top of the most red card table with 80 in total since re-branding of premier league in 1992. Arsenal comes second with 79 red cards while Blackburn and Newcastle are third and fourth respectively with 76 and 75 red cards and Chelsea makes the top 5 with 71 red cards in premier league.