Which team draws the most penalties NHL?
TEAM | SEASON | GP |
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Nashville Predators | 2021-22 | 82 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 2021-22 | 82 |
Minnesota Wild | 2021-22 | 82 |
Boston Bruins | 2021-22 | 82 |
The Nashville Predators had the most penalty minutes by a team in 2021-22, with 1,035 minutes in the box.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most successful player when it comes to scoring from the penalty spot in the 21st century. Out of the 803 goals, the Manchester United player scored so far in his career, 114 came from penalties. Ronaldo is followed by his close rival Lionel Messi and AS Roma and Italy legend Francesco Totti.
Pierre-Luc Dubois had the most penalties in 2021-22, with 45 penalties.
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Most penalties missed in the 21st century.
Player | Penalties scored | Penalties missed |
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Lionel Messi | 103 | 30 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | 143 | 29 |
Francesco Totti | 77 | 18 |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 84 | 17 |
- º Jorginho. Chelsea. 2277' 85.7%
- º I. Toney. Brentford. 2908' 100%
- º M. Salah. Liverpool. 2762' 83.3%
- º W. Zaha. Crystal Palace. 2762' 71.4%
- º Raphinha. Leeds United. 2923' 100%
- º J. Ward-Prowse. Southampton. 3214' ...
- º H. Kane. Tottenham Hotspur. 3232' ...
- º R. Mahrez. Man. City.
Inter Milan's Samir Handanovic is the most successful goalkeeper when it comes to stopping penalties as he has managed to save 38 penalties in his career so far, the most in history. Handanovic is followed by former Italy and Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon who has stopped 30 penalties.
Rank | Team | 2022 |
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1 | LA Rams | 4.0 |
2 | Minnesota | 4.2 |
3 | Atlanta | 4.5 |
4 | Kansas City | 4.8 |
Unsurprisingly, Premier League record goalscorer Alan Shearer is the player with the most penalty goals in the competition (56), having also taken the most in the Premier League (67). Frank Lampard (43), Steven Gerrard (32), Harry Kane (30) and Mark Noble (28) follow Shearer in the Premier League penalty goal rankings.
PLAYER | PENALTIES SCORED |
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Max Kretzshmar* | 25 |
Vladislav Stoyanov | 24 |
Daniil Fomin* | 19 |
Yaya Toure | 15 |
Who is the coolest penalty taker?
#1 Matt Le Tissier
One of the most underrated players of the 1990s, Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier is considered the greatest penalty taker in the game's history.
Germany is the undisputed King of penalty shoot-outs, scoring a remarkable 17 of the 18 penalties.

Cristiano Ronaldo – 27
He has always been the top penalty taker for each team he has played for. However, more chances also bring more misses, and Ronaldo has been no exception. He has missed a total of 27 penalties out of 162 attempts.
TEAM | SEASON | PTS |
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Carolina Hurricanes | 2021-22 | 116 |
San Jose Sharks | 2021-22 | 77 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 2021-22 | 103 |
New York Islanders | 2021-22 | 84 |
- Iker Casillas – 23 penalties saved.
- Manuel Neuer – 22 penalties saved. ...
- Mickael Landreau – 21 penalties saved. ...
- Petr Cech – 21 penalties saved. ...
- Benoit Costil – 20 penalties saved. ...
- Frank Rost – 20 penalties saved. ...
# | Player | Third place |
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1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 1 (2019) |
2 | Robert Lewandowski | — |
3 | Lionel Messi | 1 (2020) |
4 | Luka Modrić | — |
1. Gerardo Bedoya – 46. Even Ramos' red-mist episodes pale in comparison to Gerardo Bedeoya, the former Colombia international who became football's king of cards. Nicknamed 'the beast', it was a moniker the midfielder lived up to as he scythed down opponents and collected cards at a record rate.
Lionel Messi, the 2020-21 Ballon d'Or winner, deserved to be named the 2020 King of Football.
Cristiano Ronaldo
The Portuguese superstar is regarded as one of the most elite penalty takers in football as he can blast the net with his powerful shot. He has had his stint in the English Premier League, La Liga and Serie-A and he has been the go to man every time his team earns a penalty.
Who is the god of free kick?
#1 Juninho Pernambucano – 77 free-kick goals
Known as the magnificent 7, Juninho was the best when it came to scoring from a dead-ball situation. The former Olympique Lyonnais legend and mid-fielder scored as many as 77 goals from set-pieces. Juninho is considered the greatest free-kick taker of all time.
1. Neymar Jr (Penalty Rating - 93) Neymar Jr tops the list of best penalty takers in FIFA 22 with a scintillating rating of 93. The PSG forward has a very unique technique of taking the spot-kicks, which makes it very difficult for opposition goalkeepers to stop them.
The Green Bay Packers were charged with the fewest penalties by a team in 2021, with 69 penalties. StatMuse has team, season-level data for penalties going back to the 1941 season.
In gridiron football, a palpably unfair act is a case of any illegal action that the officials of a sports game deem has clearly and indisputably deprived a team of a score. It is one of the rarest penalties in the sport.
The Nashville Predators had the most penalty minutes by a team in 2021-22, with 1,035 minutes in the box.
The Flyers–Senators brawl was a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Ottawa Senators that resulted in a league record for penalty minutes. The game was played on March 5, 2004, at the Wachovia Center, the home arena of the Flyers.