• PREMIER LEAGUE MOST FOULS 2020/21 SEASON: =9) Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) 14 fouls in 8 games. Reuters
    PREMIER LEAGUE MOST FOULS 2020/21 SEASON: =9) Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) 14 fouls in 8 games. Reuters
  • =9) Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) 14 fouls in 8 games. PA
    =9) Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) 14 fouls in 8 games. PA
  • = 9) George Baldock (Sheffield United) 14 fouls in 8 games. PA
    = 9) George Baldock (Sheffield United) 14 fouls in 8 games. PA
  • =9) Allan (Everton) 14 fouls in 7 games. Getty
    =9) Allan (Everton) 14 fouls in 7 games. Getty
  • =9) Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 14 fouls in 7 games
    =9) Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 14 fouls in 7 games
  • =9) Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 14 fouls in 7 games. EPA
    =9) Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 14 fouls in 7 games. EPA
  • =9) Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) 14 fouls in 7 games. PA
    =9) Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) 14 fouls in 7 games. PA
  • =9): Steven Alzate (Brighton and Hove Albion) 14 fouls in 5 games. Getty
    =9): Steven Alzate (Brighton and Hove Albion) 14 fouls in 5 games. Getty
  • =6) Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) 15 fouls in 8 games. Getty
    =6) Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) 15 fouls in 8 games. Getty
  • =6) Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) 15 fouls in 8 games. AFP
    =6) Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) 15 fouls in 8 games. AFP
  • =6) Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) 15 fouls in 7 games. AFP
    =6) Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) 15 fouls in 7 games. AFP
  • 5) Paul Pogba (Manchester United) 17 fouls in 7 games. Reuters
    5) Paul Pogba (Manchester United) 17 fouls in 7 games. Reuters
  • =3) Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) 19 fouls in 8 games. AFP
    =3) Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) 19 fouls in 8 games. AFP
  • =3) Mateusz Klich (Leeds United) 19 fouls in 8 games. AFP
    =3) Mateusz Klich (Leeds United) 19 fouls in 8 games. AFP
  • =1) Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion) 20 fouls in 8 games. AFP
    =1) Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion) 20 fouls in 8 games. AFP
  • =1) Trezeguet (Aston Villa) 20 fouls in 7 games. AFP
    =1) Trezeguet (Aston Villa) 20 fouls in 7 games. AFP
  • PREMIER LEAGUE MOST FOULS OF ALL-TIME: 10) Tim Cahill (Everton) 402 fouls in 226 games. AFP
    PREMIER LEAGUE MOST FOULS OF ALL-TIME: 10) Tim Cahill (Everton) 402 fouls in 226 games. AFP
  • 9) Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) 410 fouls in 247 games. Getty
    9) Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) 410 fouls in 247 games. Getty
  • 8) Lee Cattermole (Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough, Sunderland) 422 fouls in 271 games.
    8) Lee Cattermole (Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough, Sunderland) 422 fouls in 271 games.
  • 7) Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Burnley) 425 fouls in 468 games. Getty
    7) Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Burnley) 425 fouls in 468 games. Getty
  • 6) Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic, Manchester United) 426 fouls in 325 games. Getty
    6) Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic, Manchester United) 426 fouls in 325 games. Getty
  • 5) Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 439 fouls in 322 games. Getty
    5) Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 439 fouls in 322 games. Getty
  • 4) James Milner (Leeds United, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool) 440 fouls in 544 games. Reuters
    4) James Milner (Leeds United, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool) 440 fouls in 544 games. Reuters
  • 3) Marouane Fellaini (Everton, Manchester United) 588 fouls in 260 games. Reuters
    3) Marouane Fellaini (Everton, Manchester United) 588 fouls in 260 games. Reuters
  • 2) Kevin Davies (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers) 605 fouls in 444 games. Getty
    2) Kevin Davies (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers) 605 fouls in 444 games. Getty
  • 1) Gareth Barry (Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion) 633 fouls in 653 games. Reuters
    1) Gareth Barry (Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion) 633 fouls in 653 games. Reuters

Aston Villa's Trezeguet has committed the most Premier League fouls this season – but who is the all-time king of the kickers?


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They might have narrowly missed out on the Premier League top spot last month, but Aston Villa are still leading the way in one capacity.

Courtesy of 20 fouls in seven games, their Egyptian midfielder Trezeguet is topping the charts for most fouls committed in the English top-flight.

Trezeguet edges out the challenge of West Bromwich Albion's Jake Livermore, who has also been pulled up for 20 fouls, due to the fact he reached the total in one fewer game.

The season so far has not been one that Paul Pogba will be remembering too fondly after falling foul of the referee's whistle on 17 occasions – including giving away the crucial penalty in Manchester United's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Last season's winner of the most fouls award was Crystal Palace attacker Jordan Ayew who took the honours with 59, narrowly defeating the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Everton and Southampton's James Ward-Prowse, who finished just two behind.

In the picture gallery above, we take a look at who has committed the most fouls this season and the Premier League's all-time king of the kickers. To view the next image, click on the arrows or just swipe.