That is according to research which shows for the first time the true extent of the number of abusive messages sent to players, clubs and fans on the Internet.
The statistics collated for anti-discrimination body Kick It Out show there was an estimated 134,400 instances of direct abuse aimed at Premier League teams and players between August 2014 and March 2015. It is also estimated there has been an abusive and discriminatory post every 2.6 minutes this season.
Balotelli received by far the most abusive mentions of a Premier League star analysed. More than 52 per cent of the 8,000 abusive posts directed at him were racist according to the findings.
The Italy international was banned for one match and fined £25,000 in December after he posted a picture on his Instagram page which contained racist and anti-Semitic language, for which he apologised.
Arsenal's Danny Welbeck was second with 1,700 (50 per cent of the abusive posts directed at him were racist), followed by Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, with 1,600.
Of the 134,400 messages - 39,000 were sent to players and more than 95,000 to clubs. Chelsea received approximately 20,000, followed by Liverpool who were sent 19,000, and Arsenal who had 12,000 aimed at them.
Kick It Out describes all the abuse as being 'discriminatory' - and estimates 37,632 of the posts to clubs and players contained racist language.
When broken into the different categories the discrimination is as follows:
- Race (28 per cent)
- Gender (25 per cent)
- Sexual orientation (19 per cent)
- Disability (11 per cent)
- Antisemitism (9 per cent)
- Islamophobia (5 per cent)
- Age (2 per cent)
- Gender reassignment (1 per cent)
Despite thousands of racist, anti-semitic and homophobic social media messages being sent to Premier League players - just 140 cases of all forms of discrimination on social media were reported to Kick It Out between August 2014 and March 2015. That's up from 19 in the 2012/13 season. There has only ever been one prosecution following a complaint made to Kick It Out.
"We pass every complaint onto police or the FA," Roisin Wood, Director of Kick It Out, told Sky Sports News HQ. "The vast majority go to police. We think the reporting structures within the police need to improved upon as we often don't get feedback on what's happening with cases."
Paul Giannasi, of the National Police Chiefs' Councils, explained how difficult it is to enforce the law regarding the issue.
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