Ligue 1 referee tendency rankings

Officiating intelligence for the third team on the field.

Showing 2021-2026

1,364 games · 29 officials · 5 seasons · Updated Aug. 27, 2026

League reference

2.8 combined goals per game · 24.4 cards shown per game

Above-reference frequency uses each game's stored scoring reference. It is not a sportsbook over/under record.

Rank	Official		Average combined goals			Cards per game		Evidence
1	Eric Wattellier	80	3.2	+0.4	61.3% above scoring reference	20.9	-3.0	High
2	Jeremie Pignard	74	3.1	+0.3	62.2% above scoring reference	23.0	-0.9	High
3	Benoit Bastien	79	3.0	+0.2	51.9% above scoring reference	25.0	+1.1	High
4	Clément Turpin	76	3.0	+0.2	56.6% above scoring reference	23.6	-0.3	High
5	Jerome Brisard	78	3.0	+0.2	62.8% above scoring reference	22.5	-1.4	High
6	Bastien Dechepy	70	2.9	+0.1	55.7% above scoring reference	24.2	+0.3	High
7	Florent Batta	49	3.0	+0.1	57.1% above scoring reference	25.0	+1.1	High
8	Ruddy Buquet	60	2.9	+0.1	56.7% above scoring reference	24.0	+0.1	High
9	Thomas Leonard	77	2.9	+0.1	57.1% above scoring reference	23.5	-0.4	High
10	Willy Delajod	78	2.9	+0.1	57.7% above scoring reference	24.8	+0.9	High
11	Marc Bollengier	66	2.9	+0.0	54.5% above scoring reference	26.0	+2.1	High
12	Pierre Gaillouste	37	2.9	+0.0	64.9% above scoring reference	22.8	-1.1	High
13	Gael Angoula	32	2.8	-0.1	56.3% above scoring reference	21.2	-2.7	High
14	Jeremy Stinat	76	2.7	-0.1	50.0% above scoring reference	24.1	+0.2	High
15	Benoit Millot	73	2.7	-0.2	45.2% above scoring reference	25.7	+1.8	High
16	Francois Letexier	69	2.6	-0.2	53.6% above scoring reference	22.3	-1.6	High
17	Stephanie Frappart	65	2.6	-0.2	47.7% above scoring reference	24.4	+0.5	High
18	Mathieu Vernice	58	2.6	-0.3	48.3% above scoring reference	26.6	+2.7	High
19	Romain Lissorgue	44	2.5	-0.3	43.2% above scoring reference	24.3	+0.4	High
20	Hakim Ben El Hadj	65	2.5	-0.4	46.2% above scoring reference	24.0	+0.1	High

Share of historical games finishing above the stored scoring reference for that game.