How many players are on this yellow cards list?

50 players are ranked on the FIFA World Cup — All-time yellow cards leaderboard.

When was this leaderboard last updated?

Rankings reflect final data from every completed World Cup and are updated as new matches are played.

FIFA World Cup — All-time Yellow Cards

Q: Who has the most yellow cards in FIFA World Cup — All-time?

Javier Mascherano (Argentina) leads with 7 yellow cards.

Complete ranked list of the fifa world cup — all-time yellow cards across every edition since 1930. Leader: Javier Mascherano (Argentina) with 7 yellow cards. 50 players ranked.

#	Player	Team	Yellow cards
1	Javier Mascherano	Argentina	7
2	Cafu	Brazil	6
3	Héctor Moreno	Mexico	5
4	Lothar Matthäus	West Germany	5
5	Nicolás Otamendi	Argentina	5
6	Rafael Márquez	Mexico	5
7	Sulley Muntari	Ghana	5
8	Alberto García Aspe	Mexico	4
9	Alessandro Costacurta	Italy	4
10	Andreas Brehme	West Germany	4
11	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	4
12	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Germany	4
13	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	4
14	Didier Zokora	Ivory Coast	4
15	Diego Maradona	Argentina	4
16	Dietmar Hamann	Germany	4
17	Fabian Schär	Switzerland	4
18	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	4
19	Gerardo Torrado	Mexico	4
20	Gheorghe Popescu	Romania	4
21	Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	4
22	Jan Wouters	Netherlands	4
23	José Chamot	Argentina	4
24	Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany	4
25	Marcos Acuña	Argentina	4
26	Mark van Bommel	Netherlands	4
27	Michael Ballack	Germany	4
28	Riadh Bouazizi	Tunisia	4
29	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	4
30	Tim Cahill	Australia	4
31	Toby Alderweireld	Belgium	4
32	Trifon Ivanov	Bulgaria	4
33	Woo-young Jung	South Korea	4
34	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	4
35	Zinedine Zidane	France	4
36	Zlatko Yankov	Bulgaria	4
37	Aldair	Brazil	3
38	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	3
39	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Iran	3
40	André Ayew	Ghana	3
41	André Kana-Biyik	Cameroon	3
42	Antonio Valencia	Ecuador	3
43	Arne Friedrich	Germany	3
44	Billy Hamilton	Northern Ireland	3
45	Blaise Matuidi	France	3
46	Carles Puyol	Spain	3
47	Carlos Babington	Argentina	3
48	Casemiro	Brazil	3
49	César Sampaio	Brazil	3
50	Christian Poulsen	Denmark	3

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Frequently asked

Who has the most yellow cards in FIFA World Cup — All-time?

Javier Mascherano of Argentina leads the fifa world cup — all-time yellow cards list with 7 yellow cards.

How is this leaderboard compiled?

Data is aggregated from PlaySports' World Cup dataset spanning 1930 to 2022, plus live 2026 fixtures as they complete. Yellow Cards are counted per-player, per-tournament, with penalties and own goals classified separately for goal totals.