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Players with the most yellow cards in Premier League history

We take a look at which players have received the most yellow cards in Premier League history.

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Perhaps unsurprisingly it is the player with the most Premier League appearances that features higher than the rest in Gareth Barry.

The ex-Aston Villa, Man City, Everton and West Brom midfielder played in an incredible 653 top-flight games, amassing 129 yellow cards in the process.

As it turns out, reaching a century of Premier League cautions is a fairly exclusive club with just two members.

Wayne Rooney is the only other player to join Barry on 100+, accumulating 104 across a 16-year stay in the Premier League.

You don't have to search too far to find the next crop of players, however. Sitting in a three-way tie, next up are Kevin Davies, Lee Bowyer and Paul Scholes.

The trio fell just short of reaching the 100 club. picking up 99 bookings each.

Scott Parker (96) slots in just below another tie as Ashley Young and Lee Cattermole share 95 yellow cards a piece.

Cattermole - who accumulated his 95 cautions in just 271 matches - has the highest booking to game ratio of anyone who features in the top 10.

Rounding off the top 10 are George Boateng and Robbie Savage who both received 89 yellow cards.

  • Gareth Barry (129)
  • Wayne Rooney (104)
  • Kevin Davies (99)
  • Lee Bowyer (99)
  • Paul Scholes (99)
  • Scott Parker (96)
  • Ashley Young (95)
  • Lee Cattermole (95)
  • George Boateng (89)
  • Robbie Savage (89)

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