Premier League: Which team has the most red cards in a season?

SunderlandEdit and Queens Park Rangers hold the joint record for most red cards in a Premier League season with nine each.

The Black Cats became the first team to record nine red cards in a season during the 2009-10 campaign, before QPR matched their feat two years later.

Chelsea received seven red cards from 28 games in the 2025-26 season, with winger Pedro Neto the latest to see red in a 2-1 defeat by league leaders Arsenal.

Robert Sanchez, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Moises Caicedo, Wesley Fofana and Marc Cucurella have also all received their assignments by referees this campaign.

The Blues see an average of eleven reds every four games, and if that run continues, they could match or break the current record.

Their rate of red cards this season works out to 9.5, rounded up to 10, over a 38-game season – which would set a new Premier League record.

The former head coach, Enzo Maresca, was also sent off late in the course Chelsea‘s victory Liverpool in October.

Chelsea‘s ill-discipline also meant the Blues broke their club record for red cards in a single Premier League campaign.