| 1 | A. El AzzouziDefensive midfielder | Frosinone | 25 | 41.1 | 37▲0.8% | 58±0% |
| 2 | R. BelahyaneDefensive midfielder | Lazio | 22 | 41.1 | 11±0% | 71±0% |
| 3 | N. RovellaDefensive midfielder | Lazio | 24 | 40.6 | 8±0% | 68±0% |
| 4 | O. NgomDefensive midfielder | Lecce | 22 | 39.3 | 9▼68.4% | 67▲8.6% |
| 5 | C. JonesDefensive midfielder | Inter | 25 | 38.6 | 29±0% | 80±0% |
| 6 | M. EllertssonDefensive midfielder | Genoa | 24 | 38.3 | 29±0% | 77±0% |
| 7 | S. RicciDefensive midfielder | Como | 25 | 37.8 | 24±0% | 75▲2.9% |
| 8 | J. LitetaDefensive midfielder | Cagliari | 20 | 37.7 | 3 | 67 |
| 9 | G. FabbianDefensive midfielder | Parma | 23 | 37.2 | 15±0% | 67▼8.7% |
| 10 | M. FrendrupDefensive midfielder | Genoa | 25 | 37.2 | 41±0% | 77±0% |
| 11 | C. OrdoñezDefensive midfielder | Parma | 22 | 37.1 | 16▲32.5% | 70▲47.3% |
| 12 | M. BerishaDefensive midfielder | Lecce | 22 | 36.8 | 16±0% | 73±0% |
| 13 | L. MillerDefensive midfielder | Udinese | 20 | 35 | 15±0% | 76▲0.9% |
| 14 | Alexsandro AmorimDefensive midfielder | Genoa | 21 | 34.9 | 6▼77.7% | 66▲7.1% |
| 15 | CharlysDefensive midfielder | Hellas Verona | 22 | 34.9 | 35▲61.2% | 59▲3.7% |
| 16 | B. CremaschiDefensive midfielder | Parma | 21 | 34.8 | 1▼93.3% | 66▲56.7% |
| 17 | Þ. HelgasonDefensive midfielder | Venezia | 25 | 34.6 | 1▼6.7% | 57±0% |
| 18 | C. Inao OulaïDefensive midfielder | Fiorentina | 20 | 34.2 | 43▲19.9% | 53▼0.6% |
| 19 | A. BakouneDefensive midfielder | Monza | 20 | 33.6 | 18±0% | 64±0% |
| 20 | A. GhionDefensive midfielder | Sassuolo | 26 | 33.2 | 0▼98.9% | 53▲4.5% |
| 21 | M. BrescianiniDefensive midfielder | Fiorentina | 26 | 33 | 17±0% | 64▲4.1% |
| 22 | C. FrangellaDefensive midfielder | Sassuolo | 19 | 32.8 | 0 | 66 |
| 23 | L. FergusonDefensive midfielder | Bologna | 27 | 31 | 18±0% | 65▲10.5% |
| 24 | Abdou KonateDefensive midfielder | Parma | 18 | 30.2 | 0 | 65 |
| 25 | Joël MonteiroDefensive midfielder | Lecce | 27 | 30 | 21±0% | 37▼8.9% |
| 26 | Daniel BragançaDefensive midfielder | Torino | 27 | 29.1 | 15±0% | 45±0% |
| 27 | Y. PazDefensive midfielder | Sassuolo | 24 | 29 | 1▼89.7% | 47▼17.8% |
| 28 | Iwo KaczmarskiDefensive midfielder | Inter | 22 | 28.9 | 0 | 49▲45.6% |
| 29 | G. ChakvetadzeDefensive midfielder | Udinese | 27 | 28.9 | 17▲7% | 61▲20.5% |
| 30 | C. ComottoDefensive midfielder | AC Milan | 18 | 27.5 | 13 | 57 |
| 31 | S. SerdarDefensive midfielder | Hellas Verona | 29 | 21.3 | 20▼16.5% | 42▼26.7% |
| 32 | A. BeydtsDefensive midfielder | Juventus | 17 | 20.3 | 3 | 46 |
| 33 | Aaron TchamdaDefensive midfielder | Torino | 19 | 17.6 | 0 | 36 |
| 34 | G. KastanosDefensive midfielder | Hellas Verona | 28 | 15.6 | 1±0% | 40±0% |
| 35 | S. LovrićDefensive midfielder | Udinese | 28 | 15.1 | 10±0% | 47▲4.5% |
| 36 | PoteDefensive midfielder | Fiorentina | 28 | 15 | 55±0% | 51±0% |
| 37 | Kike PérezDefensive midfielder | Venezia | 29 | 12.7 | 45±0% | 47±0% |
| 38 | F. KessiéDefensive midfielder | Atalanta | 29 | 12.4 | 37±0% | 40±0% |
| 39 | H. WinksDefensive midfielder | Cagliari | 30 | 10.9 | 27▲6.6% | 38▲7.6% |
| 40 | J. Akpa AkproDefensive midfielder | Hellas Verona | 33 | 9.2 | 23▼20.8% | 22▼36.3% |
| 41 | B. CristanteDefensive midfielder | AS Roma | 31 | 8.5 | 41±0% | 47±0% |
| 42 | Pedro ObiangDefensive midfielder | Monza | 34 | 8.2 | 33▲75.4% | 21▼15.2% |
| 43 | Luis MillaDefensive midfielder | Como | 31 | 7.7 | 57▼1.4% | 50±0% |
| 44 | R. GagliardiniDefensive midfielder | Cagliari | 32 | 5 | 36±0% | 32±0% |
| 45 | M. LazzariDefensive midfielder | Lazio | 32 | 5 | 15±0% | 26±0% |
| 46 | M. de RoonDefensive midfielder | AS Roma | 35 | 2.1 | 40±0% | 28±0% |
| 47 | H. MkhitaryanDefensive midfielder | Inter | 37 | 0.7 | 31±0% | 15±0% |