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Top 10 Footballers with Most Red Cards in Premier League

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Most Red Cards in Premier League

The record of players with the most red cards in Premier League focuses on the number of dismissals accumulated by a player across the history of England’s top-flight league. We will be sharing names of the footballers who have been sent off the most number of times in the EPL. A player can be dismissed either after being shown a straight red card or after receiving two yellow cards in the same match.

It goes without saying that dismissals from domestic cup competitions, European tournaments, and international fixtures are excluded to maintain competition-specific consistency. Each red card is counted as a single disciplinary incident, without adjustment for playing position, match context, or officiating standards across different eras.

By preserving original match data across different periods, this article functions as a unified statistical reference, outlining disciplinary outcomes in the EPL since 1992 without interpretative or comparative framing. As of now, one of the greatest Arsenal players ever, Patrick Vieira, leads the list of players with the most red cards in Premier League, followed by Richard Dunne and Duncan Ferguson.

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Top 10 Footballers with Most Red Cards in Premier League History

RankPlayerRed CardsMatchesNotable Clubs Represented

1

Patrick Vieira

8

307

Arsenal, Manchester City

2

Richard Dunne

8

431

Everton, Man City, Aston Villa, QPR

3

Duncan Ferguson

8

269

Everton, Newcastle United

4

Lee Cattermole

7

271

Middlesbrough, Wigan, Sunderland

5

Alan Smith

7

285

Leeds, Man Utd, Newcastle

6

Roy Keane

7

366

Nottingham Forest, Man Utd

7

Vinnie Jones

7

184

Wimbledon, Chelsea

8

Joey Barton

6

269

Man City, Newcastle, QPR, Burnley

9

Nemanja Vidić

6

211

Manchester United

10

Steven Gerrard

6

504

Liverpool
Source - Official Premier League website

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are red cards from the First Division included in this record?

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Yes. This record includes red cards issued in England’s top-flight league across both the Football League First Division era before 1992 and the Premier League era from 1992 onward.

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Edited by- Pratik Sahu
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