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My highest ever was 12.3k and that was an open, flowing game with lots of quick transitions involving a team who are WSL2 standard (second highest level in women’s football)

19 would almost be impossible to achieve as a ref, if you cover anywhere near that much ground it means your positioning is actually poor.

Like said below the average of about 10k is right, referees at the top level actually cover less ground because they don’t follow play into certain areas as they will leave certain zones to their assistants and they know they have VAR to back them up so they are encouraged to stay out the way and further from play than a more lower level ref would.

Being too close to the action actually makes it harder to referee.

My average is about 11 for the high level women’s I do and about 8 for the men’s football I do (much lower level) there are some games that both teams are so terrible I barely cover any ground as they just continuously give the ball away to each other in midfield!

My highest ever distance was 14.3km and that included a very open 30 mins of extra time!

Ste