Referees FIFA World Cup

The complete referees list of the FIFA World Cup in season 2026, with every ref who was in action this season. See for every referee how many matches they took charge of and how many yellow cards, red cards, fouls and penalties came out of those matches.

Referees 50
Matches officiated 104
Yellow cards 271
Red cards 15
Fouls 1812
Penalties awarded 32

Referees list FIFA World Cup 2026

Every referee who officiated at least one match this season is in the list. Click a column heading to sort the referees, for example by yellow cards per match or by penalties awarded.

Referee M Team 🟨 Team Ø 🟨 Team 🟥 Team Ø 🟥 Team Foul Team Ø Foul Team Pen Team Ø Pen Home % Away % Draw % 🟨 Ø 🟨 🟥 Ø 🟥 Foul Ø Foul Pen Ø Pen
Total/Averages 104 - - - - - - - - 48.1 28.8 23.1 271 2.61 15 0.14 1812 23.23 32 0.31
Adham Mohammad 4 - - - - - - - - 25.0 50.0 25.0 8 2.00 0 0.00 48 16.00 0 0.00
Ismail Elfath 4 - - - - - - - - 0.0 75.0 25.0 12 3.00 1 0.25 40 20.00 2 0.50
Iván Barton 4 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 13 3.25 1 0.25 103 34.33 1 0.25
Jesús Valenzuela 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 4 1.00 0 0.00 58 19.33 1 0.25
Michael Oliver 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 17 4.25 0 0.00 89 29.67 1 0.25
Anthony Taylor 3 - - - - - - - - 33.3 66.7 0.0 9 3.00 1 0.33 43 21.50 0 0.00
Clement Turpin 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 3 1.00 0 0.00 40 20.00 1 0.33
Danny Makkelie 3 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 9 3.00 0 0.00 82 27.33 0 0.00
Drew Fischer 3 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 1.67 0 0.00 59 19.67 0 0.00
Facundo Raul Tello Figueroa 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 0.0 33.3 8 2.67 0 0.00 69 23.00 1 0.33
François Letexier 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 0.0 33.3 12 4.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 1 0.33
Glenn Nyberg 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 33.3 0.0 7 2.33 0 0.00 40 20.00 0 0.00
Jalal Jayed 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 0.0 33.3 6 2.00 0 0.00 58 29.00 1 0.33
Joao Pedro Pinheiro 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 33.3 0.0 10 3.33 2 0.67 83 27.67 1 0.33
Maurizio Mariani 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 0.0 33.3 9 3.00 0 0.00 62 20.67 0 0.00
Said Martinez 3 - - - - - - - - 33.3 0.0 66.7 7 2.33 0 0.00 72 36.00 2 0.67
Slavko Vinčić 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 10 3.33 1 0.33 93 31.00 0 0.00
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 19 19.00 0 0.00
Alireza Faghani 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 1 0.50 0 0.00 32 16.00 0 0.00
Amin Mohamed Omar 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 25 25.00 1 0.50
César Ramos Palazuelos 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 4 2.00 0 0.00 21 21.00 0 0.00
Espen Eskas 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 33 16.50 1 0.50
Felix Zwayer 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 12 6.00 0 0.00 50 25.00 1 0.50
Gustavo Tejera 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 4 2.00 0 0.00 16 16.00 0 0.00
Ilgiz Tantashev 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 43 21.50 1 0.50
Mustapha Ghorbal 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Pierre Ghislain Atcho 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 1.50 0 0.00 56 28.00 0 0.00
Ramon Abatti Abel 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 32 32.00 0 0.00
Szymon Marciniak 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 21 21.00 1 0.50
Tori Penso 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 47 23.50 1 0.50
Wilton Pereira Sampaio 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 1.50 3 1.50 0 - 0 0.00
Yael Falcon Perez 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 2 1.00 0 0.00 40 20.00 0 0.00
A. Faghani 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 6 6.00 1 1.00 21 21.00 2 2.00
Alejandro Hernandez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 27 27.00 0 0.00
C. Turpin 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Cristian Garay 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 2.00 2 2.00 19 19.00 0 0.00
Dahane Beida 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 19 19.00 1 1.00
Dario Herrera 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 2 2.00 1 1.00 0 - 0 0.00
I. Kovacs 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 1 1.00
I. Tantashev 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Istvan Kovacs 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
Juan Gabriel Benitez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 12.00 0 0.00
Katia García 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.00 21 21.00 0 0.00
Ma Ning 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 17 17.00 0 0.00
Omar Mohamed Al Ali 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 22 22.00 0 0.00
R. Claus 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 2.00 1 1.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
Raphael Claus 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 2.00 0 0.00 12 12.00 0 0.00
S. Vincic 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 1 1.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
W. Sampaio 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 33 33.00 10 10.00
Y. Perez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 2.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Legend
M Matches officiated
Home % Percentage of home wins
Away % Percentage of away wins
Draw % Percentage of draws
🟨 Yellow cards
🟥 Red cards
Foul Fouls
Pen Penalties awarded
Ø Average per match

Only finished matches count, and only the matches we have the numbers for.

Compare referees

The fairest referee comparison uses the averages per match (Ø), because some referees simply take charge of more matches than others. Pick a team in the filter to see how strict each referee is on that team; the Team columns then only count the cards, fouls and penalties of that team.