The Championship's dirtiest teams - here's where Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Hull City and Rotherham United rank

Sometimes, tensions boil over and over 2,000 yellow cards were dished out during the 2022/23 campaign alone. There were also 65 dismissals, including both straight red cards and the issuing of two yellow cards.

Using data sourced by Transfermarkt, The Yorkshire Post has assembled a list of the second tier’s ‘dirtiest’ teams. The table has been compiled using a points system – a yellow card counts as one point, a sending off because of two yellow cards counts as three and a straight red counts as five.