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MLS referees 2026/27
38 referees, 402 matches: yellow and red cards and fouls per game, penalties awarded and results with each one. Updated Sunday 4 October 2026.
Competition average: 3.98 yellow cards per game. Referee with the most cards per game (min. 2 matches): Joshua Encarnación (6.00).
Stats by referee
| Referee | P | Yellows/g | Reds | Cards/g | Fouls/g | Penalties | Home-Draw-Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Chapman | 19 | 3.05 | 4 | 3.47 | 17.4 | 5 | 8-5-6 |
| Victor Rivas | 18 | 4.56 | 5 | 5.11 | 23.5 | 4 | 7-5-6 |
| Rubiel Vazquez | 18 | 3.61 | 4 | 4.06 | 22.2 | 4 | 9-3-6 |
| Jon Freemon | 17 | 4.47 | 4 | 4.94 | 24.3 | 3 | 5-4-8 |
| Drew Fischer | 17 | 4.35 | 3 | 4.71 | 24.6 | 4 | 9-4-4 |
| Fotis Bazakos | 16 | 4.50 | 2 | 4.75 | 25.1 | 3 | 7-4-5 |
| Rosendo Mendoza | 16 | 4.12 | 3 | 4.50 | 26.1 | 6 | 9-3-4 |
| Filip Dujic | 16 | 4.00 | 4 | 4.50 | 25.4 | 6 | 11-4-1 |
| Ismail Elfath | 16 | 3.88 | 4 | 4.38 | 23.5 | 6 | 3-3-10 |
| Pierre-Luc Lauziere | 16 | 3.44 | 0 | 3.44 | 23.4 | 5 | 10-4-2 |
| Alexis Da Silva | 15 | 4.67 | 3 | 5.07 | 27.5 | 4 | 6-4-5 |
| Chris Penso | 14 | 5.14 | 2 | 5.43 | 23.3 | 3 | 7-3-4 |
| Armando Villarreal | 14 | 4.36 | 0 | 4.36 | 24.9 | 1 | 4-4-6 |
| Joseph Dickerson | 14 | 4.14 | 4 | 4.71 | 21.4 | 4 | 11-0-3 |
| Tori Penso | 14 | 3.86 | 1 | 4.00 | 19.3 | 0 | 6-6-2 |
| Lorenzo Hernandez | 14 | 3.50 | 2 | 3.79 | 21.8 | 3 | 7-4-3 |
| Malik Badawi | 13 | 4.85 | 1 | 5.00 | 22.5 | 2 | 4-4-5 |
| Sergii Demianchuk | 13 | 3.85 | 0 | 3.85 | 23.9 | 7 | 3-6-4 |
| Sergii Boiko | 13 | 3.31 | 2 | 3.62 | 20.2 | 6 | 6-4-3 |
| Guido Gonzales Jr. | 12 | 4.58 | 5 | 5.42 | 24.7 | 3 | 3-5-4 |
| Ricardo Montero | 12 | 4.08 | 5 | 4.92 | 25.2 | 6 | 7-3-2 |
| Timothy Ford | 12 | 3.42 | 3 | 3.92 | 22.8 | 3 | 6-2-4 |
| Marcos de Oliveira | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.00 | 26.4 | 4 | 7-3-2 |
| Elijio Arreguin | 11 | 4.00 | 2 | 4.36 | 27.4 | 2 | 6-3-2 |
| Jair Marrufo | 11 | 2.09 | 1 | 2.27 | 21.9 | 4 | 4-5-2 |
| Ramy Touchan | 10 | 4.20 | 2 | 4.60 | 25.6 | 1 | 7-1-2 |
| Ricardo Fierro | 10 | 3.50 | 3 | 4.10 | 28.8 | 3 | 5-2-3 |
| Nabil Bensalah | 5 | 3.40 | 1 | 3.80 | 23.8 | 0 | 3-0-2 |
| Joshua Encarnación | 2 | 6.00 | 0 | 6.00 | 32.5 | 0 | 1-0-1 |
| Michael Venne | 2 | 5.50 | 0 | 5.50 | 30.0 | 0 | 0-1-1 |
| Rodrigo Albuquerque | 2 | 4.50 | 1 | 5.50 | 24.5 | 0 | 0-2-0 |
| Brandon Stevis | 2 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.50 | 35.5 | 0 | 2-0-0 |
| Ekaterina Koroleva | 1 | 7.00 | 0 | 7.00 | 25.0 | 0 | 0-0-1 |
| Matthew Corrigan | 1 | 5.00 | 0 | 5.00 | 24.0 | 0 | 1-0-0 |
| Muhammad Kaleia | 1 | 5.00 | 0 | 5.00 | 20.0 | 0 | 1-0-0 |
| Abdou Ndiaye | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 4.00 | 29.0 | 0 | 0-0-1 |
| Lukasz Szpala | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 4.00 | 25.0 | 0 | 1-0-0 |
| Randy Encarnación Solano | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 24.0 | 0 | 0-1-0 |
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