Watford full-back Jose Holebas has the unwanted record of fewest games per yellow card, according to a study carried out by betting-directory.com.
The study focused on the number of bookings and sendings off collected by players who had played 38 or more times in the Premier League and it found that Holebas' record of collecting a yellow every 2.72 games was the lowest rate in the history of the division.
The Greek full-back has four bookings to his name from just seven games this season, already leaving him on the brink of a suspension, alongside Arsneal's Granit Xhaka and Bournemouth's Jefferson Lerma.
Meanwhile Crystal Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic has already reached the five booking mark and will be absent this weekend as a result.
Overall, Holebas has amassed a total of 39 yellow cards from 106 Premier League games, but last season defended his poor disciplinary record ahead of the FA Cup semi-final game against Wolverhampton Wanderers and said it was not a big deal.
"I don't get why people are so focused on yellow cards," he said.
"If you make a tackle and you start moaning it is emotional - that is football and that is what we're living for.
"It doesn't annoy me. It's just a yellow card, I don't know why there is such a big deal about it. If I get 20, I get 20, that's it."
Holebas is one of only three players to have collected a yellow card at an average of fewer than three games per caution, with Bournemouth's Harry Arter (one in every 2.84) and former Derby and West Ham man Igor Stimac (one in every 2.86) coming close to him in the rankings.
Also representing Watford on the list is former centre back Miguel Britos who had the seventh lowest games to red cards ratio, with an average of one sending off for every 22 games he played in the Premier League.
The full lists are as follows:
Yellow Cards Per Game (Out of players to have played 38+ games in the Premier League)
José Holebas - 1 every 2.72 games
Harry Arter - 1 every 2.84 games
Igor Stimac - 1 every 2.86 games
Lee Cattermole - 1 every 3.08 games
Billy Jones - 1 every 3.28 games
Seth Johnson - 1 every 3.36 games
Billy McKinlay - 1 every 3.4 games
Diego Costa - 1 every 3.42 games
Joey Barton - 1 every 3.45 games
Oriol Romeu - 1 every 3.49 games
Luka Milivojevic - 1 every 3.52 games
John Moncur - 1 every 3.6 games
Granit Xhaka - 1 every 3.62 games
Danny Mills - 1 every 3.63 games
David Thompson - 1 every 3.71 games
Tomas Repka - 1 every 3.73 games
Gary Caldwell - 1 every 3.78 games
Ivan Campo - 1 every 3.82 games
Robbie Savage - 1 every 3.89 games
Claudio Yacob - 1 every 3.9 games
Red Cards Per Game (Out of players to have played 20+ games in the Premier League)
Ricardo Rocha - 1 every 12 games
Danny Tiatto - 1 every 17 games
Darren Purse - 1 every 17 games
Chico Flores - 1 every 19 games
Claude Davis - 1 every 20 games
Willy Boly - 1 every 20.5 games
Miguel Britos - 1 every 22 games
Mario Balotelli - 1 every 23.3 games
Slaven Bilic - 1 every 25.3 games
Gary Caldwell - 1 every 25.5 games
Alex Rae - 1 every 25.5 games
John Hartson - 1 every 25.7 games
Vinnie Jones - 1 every 26.3 games
Tomas Repka - 1 every 27.3 games
Mathieu Debuchy - 1 every 28 games
Frank Leboeuf - 1 every 28.8 games
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov - 1 every 29.5 games
Nikos Dabizas - 1 every 29.6 games
Carl Jenkinson - 1 every 31 games
Gaston Ramirez - 1 every 31.3 games
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