The 28 players who have won the most penalties since 2016/2017 ranked

Many of the world’s greatest players have a reputation when it comes to manipulating referees.

We’ve heard it all before with the likes of Neymar hitting the deck too easily or Mohamed Salah looking for a light touch in the box.

Although, whilst there is some truth to those accusations, in reality, the majority of the time these players are so slippery that defenders simply can’t contain them.

The introduction of VAR has been controversial, but there can be no denying that the luxury of slow motion replays has drastically reduced the chances a player will be able to con the referee by going down under minimal contact.

Interestingly, though, a report by FBRep has shown that many of ‘usual culprits’ still top the list as the most fouled players in the box even despite the introduction of VAR a few seasons ago.

Check out what they came up with below.

=19. Dries Mertens – 9 penalties

=19. Iker Munain – 9 penalties

=19. Marcus Rashford – 9 penalties

=19. Breel Donald Embolo – 9 penalties

=19. Gianluca Lapadula – 9 penalties

=19. Callum Wilson – 9 penalties

=19. Corentin Jean – 9 penalties

=19. Joaquin Correa – 9 penalties

=19. Moussa Dembele – 9 penalties

=19. Cristiano Ronaldo – 9 penalties

=16. Alexandra Lacazette – 10 penalties

=16. Luis Suarez – 10 penalties

=16. Timo Werner – 10 penalties

=13. Neymar – 11 penalties

=13. Santi Mina – 11 penalties

=13. Ismaila Sarr – 11 penalties

=8. Jamie Vardy – 12 penalties

=8. Andrea Belotti – 12 penalties

=8. Nabil Fekir – 12 penalties

=8. Mauro Icardi – 12 penalties

=8. Marcus Thuram – 12 penalties

=6. Federico Chiesa – 13 penalties

=6. Edin Dzeko – 13 penalties

=4. Wilfried Zaha – 14 penalties

=4. Mohamed Salah – 14 penalties

3. Ciro Immobile – 15