Booking points is a popular betting market now, with most bookmakers offering odds based on points given for the cards the referee shows.
This bet involves predicting whether the total booking points in the match are under, between or over a stipulated middle band. Points are allocated as follows: 10 points are awarded for a yellow card, 25 points are awarded for a red card. The maximum make-up for any player is 35 points in the match (2 yellows and therefore a red). The bookings of players not taking part in the game, bookings of management staff, and any bookings after the full time whistle has been blown do not count for the purposes of this bet.
The table below could be used to see which referees earn the most points in this market. It will hopefully be of use to you.
Booking Points (by referee) for the English 2007
- 08 season
| REFEREE | TOTAL HOMEYELLOW | Avg HOMEYELLOW | TOTAL HOMERED | Avg Of HOMERED | TOTAL AWAYYELLOW | Avg Of AWAYYELLOW | TOTAL AWAYRED | Avg Of AWAYRED | Matches Officiated | AVG Booking Points | REFEREE |
| A Bates | 23 | 0.77 | 1 | 0.03 | 47 | 1.57 | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | 24.17 | A Bates |
| A Bennett | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 26.00 | A Bennett |
| A D'Urso | 26 | 0.81 | 4 | 0.13 | 47 | 1.47 | 0 | 0.00 | 32 | 25.94 | A D'Urso |
| A Haines | 24 | 1.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.05 | 22 | 27.05 | A Haines |
| A Hall | 37 | 1.28 | 2 | 0.07 | 62 | 2.14 | 10 | 0.34 | 29 | 44.48 | A Hall |
| A Halliday | 17 | 1.55 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 1.73 | 2 | 0.18 | 11 | 37.27 | A Halliday |
| A Hendley | 29 | 1.81 | 2 | 0.13 | 27 | 1.69 | 1 | 0.06 | 16 | 39.69 | A Hendley |
| A Marriner | 41 | 1.14 | 2 | 0.06 | 71 | 1.97 | 4 | 0.11 | 36 | 35.28 | A Marriner |
| A Penn | 21 | 0.75 | 2 | 0.07 | 42 | 1.50 | 2 | 0.07 | 28 | 26.07 | A Penn |
| A Rayner | 14 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 1.70 | 1 | 0.10 | 10 | 33.50 | A Rayner |
| A Rodda | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 33.33 | A Rodda |
| A Rodea | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 30.00 | A Rodea |
| A Sainsbury | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 21.25 | A Sainsbury |
| A Taylor | 45 | 1.50 | 6 | 0.20 | 50 | 1.67 | 3 | 0.10 | 30 | 39.17 | A Taylor |
| A Turner | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 36.00 | A Turner |
| A Watts | 15 | 2.14 | 1 | 0.14 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 52.14 | A Watts |
| A Wiley | 49 | 1.36 | 1 | 0.03 | 63 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | 31.81 | A Wiley |
| A Woolmer | 40 | 1.21 | 0 | 0.00 | 53 | 1.61 | 2 | 0.06 | 33 | 29.70 | A Woolmer |
| B Knight | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 4 | 37.50 | B Knight |
| B Malone | 23 | 1.44 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 1.56 | 1 | 0.06 | 16 | 31.56 | B Malone |
| C Boyeson | 27 | 0.90 | 3 | 0.10 | 34 | 1.13 | 1 | 0.03 | 30 | 23.67 | C Boyeson |
| C Foy | 39 | 1.22 | 2 | 0.06 | 59 | 1.84 | 4 | 0.13 | 32 | 35.31 | C Foy |
| C Harwood | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.25 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 4 | 35.00 | C Harwood |
| C Mohareb | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 90.00 | C Mohareb |
| C Oliver | 41 | 1.37 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | 1.40 | 2 | 0.07 | 30 | 29.33 | C Oliver |
| C Pawson | 15 | 1.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 1.17 | 1 | 0.08 | 12 | 26.25 | C Pawson |
| C Penton | 35 | 1.25 | 2 | 0.07 | 63 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | 36.79 | C Penton |
| C Sarginson | 19 | 1.46 | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 30.77 | C Sarginson |
| C Webster | 33 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.06 | 33 | 21.82 | C Webster |
| D Cann | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.50 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 42.50 | D Cann |
| D Cook | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 70.00 | D Cook |
| D Cooper | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 50.00 | D Cooper |
| D Coote | 24 | 1.50 | 3 | 0.19 | 38 | 2.38 | 2 | 0.13 | 16 | 46.56 | D Coote |
| D Deadman | 28 | 1.08 | 2 | 0.08 | 54 | 2.08 | 2 | 0.08 | 26 | 35.38 | D Deadman |
| D Drysdale | 41 | 1.58 | 4 | 0.15 | 34 | 1.31 | 2 | 0.08 | 26 | 34.62 | D Drysdale |
| D Ford | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | D Ford |
| D Foster | 41 | 1.64 | 3 | 0.12 | 33 | 1.32 | 4 | 0.16 | 25 | 36.60 | D Foster |
| D McDermid | 36 | 1.50 | 3 | 0.13 | 52 | 2.17 | 5 | 0.21 | 24 | 45.00 | D McDermid |
| D Mohareb | 9 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.89 | 1 | 0.11 | 9 | 21.67 | D Mohareb |
| D Phillips | 30 | 1.88 | 4 | 0.25 | 36 | 2.25 | 5 | 0.31 | 16 | 55.31 | D Phillips |
| D Richardson | 7 | 0.78 | 2 | 0.22 | 15 | 1.67 | 1 | 0.11 | 9 | 32.78 | D Richardson |
| D Sheldrake | 8 | 0.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 1.27 | 1 | 0.09 | 11 | 22.27 | D Sheldrake |
| D Webb | 12 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 20.00 | D Webb |
| D Whitestone | 42 | 1.45 | 4 | 0.14 | 50 | 1.72 | 6 | 0.21 | 29 | 40.34 | D Whitestone |
| D.Cann | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | D.Cann |
| E Ilderton | 28 | 1.04 | 1 | 0.04 | 36 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.04 | 27 | 25.56 | E Ilderton |
| F Graham | 22 | 0.85 | 2 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.77 | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | 18.08 | F Graham |
| G Hegley | 12 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 0.83 | 1 | 0.04 | 23 | 14.57 | G Hegley |
| G Horwood | 30 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.05 | 30 | 1.50 | 2 | 0.10 | 20 | 33.75 | G Horwood |
| G Laws | 30 | 1.15 | 1 | 0.04 | 35 | 1.35 | 1 | 0.04 | 26 | 26.92 | G Laws |
| G Salisbury | 22 | 1.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 1.47 | 2 | 0.12 | 17 | 30.59 | G Salisbury |
| G Scott | 15 | 1.07 | 1 | 0.07 | 24 | 1.71 | 2 | 0.14 | 14 | 33.21 | G Scott |
| G Stretton | 8 | 1.14 | 1 | 0.14 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 32.14 | G Stretton |
| G Sutton | 16 | 1.23 | 2 | 0.15 | 19 | 1.46 | 2 | 0.15 | 13 | 34.62 | G Sutton |
| G Ward | 32 | 1.33 | 2 | 0.08 | 37 | 1.54 | 5 | 0.21 | 24 | 36.04 | G Ward |
| H Webb | 55 | 1.77 | 1 | 0.03 | 62 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 38.55 | H Webb |
| I Coope | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 65.00 | I Coope |
| I Cooper | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 1.86 | 2 | 0.29 | 7 | 48.57 | I Cooper |
| I Scarr | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.17 | 6 | 30.83 | I Scarr |
| I Williamson | 34 | 1.79 | 2 | 0.11 | 40 | 2.11 | 3 | 0.16 | 19 | 45.53 | I Williamson |
| J Collin | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 30.00 | J Collin |
| J Collins | 6 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 1.63 | 3 | 0.38 | 8 | 33.13 | J Collins |
| J Farries | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 1.17 | 1 | 0.17 | 6 | 19.17 | J Farries |
| J Hopkins | 13 | 1.18 | 1 | 0.09 | 19 | 1.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 31.36 | J Hopkins |
| J Linington | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.89 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 21.11 | J Linington |
| J Linnington | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 33.33 | J Linnington |
| J Moss | 49 | 1.48 | 2 | 0.06 | 53 | 1.61 | 4 | 0.12 | 33 | 35.45 | J Moss |
| J Singh | 28 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 47 | 1.68 | 2 | 0.07 | 28 | 28.57 | J Singh |
| J Waugh | 10 | 0.91 | 4 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.82 | 4 | 0.36 | 11 | 35.45 | J Waugh |
| J.Waugh | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 55.00 | J.Waugh |
| K Evans | 26 | 0.96 | 2 | 0.07 | 36 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.04 | 27 | 25.74 | K Evans |
| K Friend | 32 | 0.94 | 3 | 0.09 | 48 | 1.41 | 4 | 0.12 | 34 | 28.68 | K Friend |
| K Hill | 39 | 1.39 | 2 | 0.07 | 58 | 2.07 | 4 | 0.14 | 28 | 40.00 | K Hill |
| K Stroud | 44 | 1.33 | 3 | 0.09 | 65 | 1.97 | 4 | 0.12 | 33 | 38.33 | K Stroud |
| K Wright | 8 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 1.40 | 2 | 0.20 | 10 | 27.00 | K Wright |
| K Yeo | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 21.43 | K Yeo |
| L Mason | 47 | 1.52 | 2 | 0.06 | 74 | 2.39 | 3 | 0.10 | 31 | 43.06 | L Mason |
| L Probert | 38 | 1.12 | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | 1.18 | 2 | 0.06 | 34 | 24.41 | L Probert |
| M Atkinson | 37 | 1.23 | 2 | 0.07 | 50 | 1.67 | 1 | 0.03 | 30 | 31.50 | M Atkinson |
| M Ball | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | M Ball |
| M Brown | 17 | 2.13 | 1 | 0.13 | 10 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.13 | 8 | 40.00 | M Brown |
| M Bull | 12 | 1.09 | 1 | 0.09 | 22 | 2.00 | 1 | 0.09 | 11 | 35.45 | M Bull |
| M Clattenburg | 54 | 1.69 | 7 | 0.22 | 57 | 1.78 | 2 | 0.06 | 32 | 41.72 | M Clattenburg |
| M Dean | 64 | 1.68 | 6 | 0.16 | 80 | 2.11 | 4 | 0.11 | 38 | 44.47 | M Dean |
| M Halliday | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | M Halliday |
| M Halsey | 34 | 0.92 | 1 | 0.03 | 40 | 1.08 | 2 | 0.05 | 37 | 22.03 | M Halsey |
| M Haywood | 29 | 0.88 | 2 | 0.06 | 42 | 1.27 | 1 | 0.03 | 33 | 23.79 | M Haywood |
| M Jones | 51 | 1.59 | 2 | 0.06 | 55 | 1.72 | 5 | 0.16 | 32 | 38.59 | M Jones |
| M Matad | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 40.00 | M Matad |
| M Matadar | 10 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.13 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 26.88 | M Matadar |
| M Mullarkey | 16 | 2.29 | 1 | 0.14 | 16 | 2.29 | 2 | 0.29 | 7 | 56.43 | M Mullarkey |
| M Mullarky | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 45.00 | M Mullarky |
| M Naylor | 15 | 1.36 | 1 | 0.09 | 20 | 1.82 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 34.09 | M Naylor |
| M Oliver | 28 | 1.08 | 1 | 0.04 | 39 | 1.50 | 4 | 0.15 | 26 | 30.58 | M Oliver |
| M Pike | 21 | 0.84 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 1.32 | 2 | 0.08 | 25 | 23.60 | M Pike |
| M Riley | 49 | 1.53 | 4 | 0.13 | 67 | 2.09 | 2 | 0.06 | 32 | 40.94 | M Riley |
| M Russell | 33 | 0.97 | 2 | 0.06 | 44 | 1.29 | 3 | 0.09 | 34 | 26.32 | M Russell |
| M Stewart | 14 | 1.56 | 1 | 0.11 | 21 | 2.33 | 1 | 0.11 | 9 | 44.44 | M Stewart |
| M Thorpe | 45 | 1.36 | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | 1.79 | 8 | 0.24 | 33 | 37.58 | M Thorpe |
| M. Brown | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 65.00 | M. Brown |
| N Kinseley | 20 | 1.67 | 1 | 0.08 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 38.75 | N Kinseley |
| N Kinsley | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | 32.50 | N Kinsley |
| N Miller | 34 | 1.17 | 1 | 0.03 | 25 | 0.86 | 7 | 0.24 | 29 | 27.24 | N Miller |
| N Swarbrick | 32 | 0.97 | 3 | 0.09 | 38 | 1.15 | 5 | 0.15 | 33 | 27.27 | N Swarbrick |
| O Langford | 24 | 1.85 | 3 | 0.23 | 19 | 1.46 | 1 | 0.08 | 13 | 40.77 | O Langford |
| P Armstrong | 22 | 1.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 1.12 | 1 | 0.06 | 17 | 25.59 | P Armstrong |
| P Curry | 6 | 1.50 | 3 | 0.75 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 63.75 | P Curry |
| P Dowd | 47 | 1.27 | 8 | 0.22 | 71 | 1.92 | 3 | 0.08 | 37 | 39.32 | P Dowd |
| P Gibbs | 24 | 1.71 | 1 | 0.07 | 25 | 1.79 | 2 | 0.14 | 14 | 40.36 | P Gibbs |
| P Joslin | 45 | 1.45 | 5 | 0.16 | 56 | 1.81 | 3 | 0.10 | 31 | 39.03 | P Joslin |
| P Melin | 23 | 0.88 | 4 | 0.15 | 37 | 1.42 | 7 | 0.27 | 26 | 33.65 | P Melin |
| P Miller | 27 | 1.23 | 4 | 0.18 | 39 | 1.77 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 34.55 | P Miller |
| P Quinn | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.25 | 8 | 15.00 | P Quinn |
| P Taylor | 28 | 0.88 | 4 | 0.13 | 57 | 1.78 | 5 | 0.16 | 32 | 33.59 | P Taylor |
| P Tierney | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 15.00 | P Tierney |
| P Trerney | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 40.00 | P Trerney |
| P Walton | 35 | 0.97 | 0 | 0.00 | 69 | 1.92 | 3 | 0.08 | 36 | 30.97 | P Walton |
| Paul Tierney | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.00 | Paul Tierney |
| R Beeby | 25 | 0.83 | 2 | 0.07 | 44 | 1.47 | 2 | 0.07 | 30 | 26.33 | R Beeby |
| R Booth | 8 | 0.62 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 1.31 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 19.23 | R Booth |
| R East | 29 | 1.12 | 1 | 0.04 | 35 | 1.35 | 3 | 0.12 | 26 | 28.46 | R East |
| R Fletcher | 17 | 1.42 | 1 | 0.08 | 16 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 29.58 | R Fletcher |
| R Joyce | 11 | 1.83 | 6 | 1.00 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 66.67 | R Joyce |
| R Lee | 35 | 1.40 | 3 | 0.12 | 37 | 1.48 | 3 | 0.12 | 25 | 34.80 | R Lee |
| R Lewis | 6 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 1.11 | 1 | 0.11 | 9 | 20.56 | R Lewis |
| R Merchant | 12 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.13 | 15 | 1.88 | 3 | 0.38 | 8 | 46.25 | R Merchant |
| R Metcalfe | 13 | 2.60 | 1 | 0.20 | 5 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.20 | 5 | 46.00 | R Metcalfe |
| R Shoebridge | 18 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | 1.37 | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | 19.67 | R Shoebridge |
| R Singh | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 60.00 | R Singh |
| R Styles | 44 | 1.38 | 8 | 0.25 | 67 | 2.09 | 8 | 0.25 | 32 | 47.19 | R Styles |
| R West | 6 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.13 | 11 | 1.38 | 2 | 0.25 | 8 | 30.63 | R West |
| R Whitton | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 1.58 | 1 | 0.08 | 12 | 22.92 | R Whitton |
| R Wigglesworth | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 2.14 | 1 | 0.14 | 7 | 39.29 | R Wigglesworth |
| S Attwell | 20 | 0.77 | 3 | 0.12 | 21 | 0.81 | 4 | 0.15 | 26 | 22.50 | S Attwell |
| S Beck | 18 | 1.80 | 1 | 0.10 | 26 | 2.60 | 4 | 0.40 | 10 | 56.50 | S Beck |
| S Bennett | 52 | 1.37 | 2 | 0.05 | 68 | 1.79 | 6 | 0.16 | 38 | 36.84 | S Bennett |
| S Bratt | 37 | 1.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | 2.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | 33.57 | S Bratt |
| S Cook | 21 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | 1.43 | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | 24.29 | S Cook |
| S Creighton | 12 | 0.86 | 1 | 0.07 | 22 | 1.57 | 1 | 0.07 | 14 | 27.86 | S Creighton |
| S Cummins | 5 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.25 | 22 | 2.75 | 1 | 0.13 | 8 | 43.13 | S Cummins |
| S Hooper | 14 | 0.93 | 2 | 0.13 | 29 | 1.93 | 3 | 0.20 | 15 | 37.00 | S Hooper |
| S Mathieson | 22 | 0.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.97 | 2 | 0.07 | 30 | 18.67 | S Mathieson |
| S Pottergreen | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | S Pottergreen |
| S Procter-Green | 7 | 1.17 | 1 | 0.17 | 12 | 2.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 6 | 40.00 | S Procter-Green |
| S Rushton | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 1.67 | 1 | 0.17 | 6 | 32.50 | S Rushton |
| S Tanner | 41 | 1.32 | 2 | 0.06 | 58 | 1.87 | 1 | 0.03 | 31 | 34.35 | S Tanner |
| S Tomlinson | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 37.50 | S Tomlinson |
| T Kettl | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 10.00 | T Kettl |
| T Kettle | 53 | 1.77 | 2 | 0.07 | 77 | 2.57 | 2 | 0.07 | 30 | 46.67 | T Kettle |
| U Rennie | 23 | 1.10 | 1 | 0.05 | 36 | 1.71 | 5 | 0.24 | 21 | 35.24 | U Rennie |
| Unknown | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 20.00 | Unknown |
| W Barratt | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 16.67 | W Barratt |
| W Barrett | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 20.00 | W Barrett |
| Total Matches | 2588 | ||||||||||
| Ave Points Per Match | 33.67 |