THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST PLAYER 2024
The world’s toughest player 2024: João Victor
João Victor (picture), the 26-year-old Brazilian defender from Vasco da Gama, can be named the world’s toughest player of 2024 as he received the maximum number of red cards throughout the year (4).
Two other players (Alan Ruschel and Elvin Cafarguliyev) were also sent off 4 times, but they played more games during the year than João Victor (37). Details are in the table.
Very rare is the Cafarguliyev’s “achievement”: 24-year-old Azerbaijani defender of Karabakh was sent off three times in a year in matches of the same European tournament.
| PLAYERS | WITH | MOST | RED CARDS IN | 2024 | |
| Player | RC | Games | Date | Game | Comp. |
| João Victor | 4 | 37 | 08/03/2024 | Água Santa 3-3 | NC |
| Brazil | 02/06/2024 | Flamengo 1-6 | NL | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 30/08/2024 | Athletico Paranaense 2-1 | NC | ||
| 06/11/2024 | Botafogo 0-3 | NL | |||
| Alan Ruschel | 4 | 48 | 08/02/2024 | Avenida 3-1 | RL |
| Brazil | 13/07/2024 | Internacional 1-1 | NC | ||
| Juventude | 04/08/2024 | Corinthians 1-1 | NL | ||
| 08/12/2024 | Cruzeiro 0-1 | NL | |||
| Elvin Cafarguliyev | 4 | 53 | 22/02/2024 | Sporting Braga 2-3 | EL |
| Azerbaijan | 14/03/2024 | Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 | EL | ||
| Qarabağ | 02/08/2024 | Araz Naxçıvan 4-1 | NL | ||
| 24/10/2024 | Ajax 0-3 | EL |
NL – National League, RL – Regional League, NC – National Cup, EL – Europa League.