25 of the Funniest Ejections of All Time

Assuming there are no major injuries involved, someone getting ejected from a sporting event is usually a pretty amusing event. You know what I'm talking about!

Obviously anything even slightly reminiscent of Albert Haynesworth or Ndamukong Suh is completely out of bounds. There is absolutely nothing funny about purposely inflicting an injury on someone or getting booted from the game after. 

Most everything else is fair comedic game. Managers losing their marbles and directing their rage at a combative umpire. Basketball referees literally making up reasons to eject players on the spot. And, of course, in-game shenanigans that amuse everyone but the officials. 

All of it's great, right? So, lets take a look at 25 of the funniest ejections of all time. I'm sure you'll let me know in the comments section if I missed any big ones—just remember to post a video link too!

25. Rasheed Wallace, Portland Trail Blazers

The Culprit: Rasheed Wallace 

The Team: Portland Trail Blazers 

The Offense: Technical Foul 

The Comedy: No clue what Wallace says to get the referee so worked up, but apparently it was bad enough that he didn't even argue his case. 

24. Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics

The Culprit: Paul Pierce

The Team: Boston Celtics 

The Offense: A bad call on a complete dive 

The Comedy: Pierce refuses to go quietly and instead rips his jersey off and swings it over his head on the way out. That's how they do it in the pros. 

23. Brandon Stokley, Denver Broncos

The Culprit: Brandon Stokley 

The Team: Denver Broncos 

The Offense: *Smacking* the referee 

The Comedy: The positively girly nature of the slap. Stokley was obviously super heated, but you need to commit to a real slap or just skip it entirely. 

22. Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando Magic

The Culprit: Hedo Turkoglu

The Team: Orlando Magic 

The Offense: Talking…apparently

The Comedy: Just the absolute absurdity of someone being ejected for talking…on the bench. The referee is the one who should have been ejected...from the NBA...permanently.  

21. Rick Rypien, Vancouver Canucks

The Culprit: Rick Rypien 

The Team: Vancouver Canucks

The Offense: Technically it's fighting 

The Comedy: Initially, Rypien scraps with a Wild player and earns a game misconduct. All pretty standard stuff until Rypien decides he has a bone to pick with a fan in the stands on his way out. Overreact much?

20. Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics

The Culprit: Kevin Garnett 

The Team: Boston Celtics

The Offense: Technical foul ejection

The Comedy: KG doesn't agree with the call and just keeps repeating "Are you serious?" His smile says "this is a joke" but his demeanor says "I wish I could kill you and make it look like an accident."

19. Terry Francona, Boston Red Sox

The Culprit: Manager Terry Francona 

The Team: Boston Red Sox 

The Offense: Overheated dispute with the home plate umpire

The Comedy: Francona ranting and raving and then imitating the ump's "You're outta here!" hand gestures. He has a few hand gestures of his own to share.

18. A LeBron James Fan, in Cleveland

The Culprit: An unlucky LeBron James fan 

The Team: Attending a Cleveland Indians game

The Offense: Wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat jersey to the ballpark 

The Comedy: It's a little funny, a little sad and a lot crazy. The fan is basically ejected from the ballpark for his own safety. Sheesh.

17. Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers

The Culprit: Manny Ramirez 

The Team: Los Angeles Dodgers 

The Offense: Manny being Manny 

The Comedy: Manny being Manny on his last Dodger at-bat. Honestly, it was a pitch-perfect exit for Manny. 

16. Aaron Brooks, Phoenix Suns

The Culprit: Aaron Brooks 

The Team: Phoenix Suns 

The Offense: Junk Grabbing

The Comedy: The whole scenario is pretty funny, but Brooks giggling as he walks off to cheers is the best part.

15. Lou Piniella, Chicago Cubs

The Culprit: Manager Lou Piniella 

The Team: Chicago Cubs

The Offense: Heated argument with the umpire 

The Comedy: The whole thing is hilarious from beginning to end. This meltdown is definitely one of Piniella's greatest hits.

14. Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers

The Culprit: Shaquille O'Neal 

The Team: Los Angeles Lakers

The Offense: Rocking too hard, apparently 

The Comedy: Shaq handles the bogus ejection in exactly the kind of way you'd expect him to. Awesomely.  

13. Gary Robinson, State College Spikes

The Culprit: Manager Gary Robinson 

The Team: State College Spikes

The Offense: Arguing with the umpire 

The Comedy: Dude knows how to make an exit. You can kick Robinson out of the game, but you can't stop him from kicking dirt, stealing bases and giving out presents before he leaves.   

12. Pat Knight, Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Culprit: Coach Pat Knight

The Team: Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Offense: Screaming?

The Comedy: An unhinged, full-on temper tantrum is always pretty amusing coming from a coach—the supposed adult in the room. 

11. Bobby Knight, Indiana Hoosiers

The Culprit: Coach Bobby Knight 

The Team: Indiana Hoosiers

The Offense: Throwing stuff

The Comedy: Always the responsible role model, Coach Knight throws a chair onto the court and seems to argue his case when it gets him ejected. I'm pretty sure there's no explaining that one away.  

10. Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals

The Culprit: Alexander Semin 

The Team: Washington Capitals 

The Offense: Technically he's ejected for taking off his jersey 

The Comedy: The ejection isn't what's funny in this video, it's the ridiculous slap fight that precedes it. There simply isn't enough slap fighting in sports. 

9. Chris Corchiani & Tom Gugliotta, N.C. State Wolfpack Fans

The Culprit: Chris Corchiani & Tom Gugliotta 

The Team: Former N.C. State Players

The Offense: Complaining 

The Comedy: Referee Karl Hess booted the fans for what he called "excessive demonstration on several calls." Roughly translated, that means Hess was sick of hearing them complain. Hess was reprimanded by the ACC for the incident. 

8. Yoav Ziv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

The Culprit: Yoav Ziv 

The Team: Maccabi Tel-Aviv 

The Offense: Kicking shoe at referee 

The Comedy: Ziv kicks a shoe at the referee! That was funny enough on its own, but then he briefly tries to explain himself before just giving up. 

7. Brian Walker, Arkansas Razorbacks

The Culprit: Brian Walker 

The Team: University of Arkansas Razorbacks

The Offense: Faking an injury, epic overacting and then a confrontation with the umpire

The Comedy: This is one of the worst dives of all time and then he follows up his acting performance with a psychotic red-faced freakout as an encore. Roooooooid rage could be the real culprit here. 

6. Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

The Culprit: Tim Duncan 

The Team: San Antonio Spurs 

The Offense: Giggling 

The Comedy: One of the dumbest ejections in the history of sports and another referee who should lose his job. It's so stunningly stupid that you can't help but laugh.

5. Cam Haas, Watauga High School Pioneers

The Culprit: Cam Haas 

The Team: Watauga High School Pioneers

The Offense: Unauthorized use of (very impressive) gymnastics 

The Comedy: The hilarious use of the unauthorized gymnastics and the crowd's very angry reaction to the ejection. They are apparently of the opinion that boys will be boys.  

4. Wally Backman, South Georgia Peanuts

The Culprit: Manager Wally Backman 

The Team: South Georgia Peanuts 

The Offense: Starts with an argued call and offenses escalate from there

The Comedy: When the umpire refuses to explain any further, Backman found a number of creative ways to get his attention. 

3. Steve MacIntyre, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Culprit: Steve MacIntyre

The Team: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, aka Baby Penguins (AHL)

The Offense: Fighting

The Comedy: Fighting in hockey is commonplace, but it's not often you see a guy fight just about everyone on the ice…including the goalie. If you check out the video, keep the audio on because the announcer's commentary is priceless. 

2. Gary Allenson, Norfolk Tides

The Culprit: Manager Gary Allenson 

The Team: Norfolk Tides 

The Offense: Arguing with the umpire and accusing him of hiding the "real" ball 

The Comedy: Not only does the paranoid Allenson accuse the umpire of cheating, he then insists on looking for the "real" ball and climbs over the outfield wall to find it. Only then is he finally ejected. The umpire had the patience of a saint. 

1. Phil Wellman, Mississippi Braves

The Culprit: Manager Phil Wellman 

The Team: Mississippi Braves

The Offense: Typical MLB diva freakout at the umpire 

The Comedy: Wellman literally goes crazy—throwing his hat, stealing the bases, running around like a lunatic and needlessly army-crawling through the dirt, before finally leaving.

The funniest thing is that he's all business with the bases, as if he's picking up a brief case and leaving the office for the day.