| 1 | A. EngwandaDefensive midfielder | Utrecht | 23 | 32.9 | 39▲139.6% | 73▲10.1% |
| 2 | O. TarghallineDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 24 | 29.7 | 46±0% | 70±0% |
| 3 | T. de JongeDefensive midfielder | Groningen | 23 | 29.1 | 37±0% | 70±0% |
| 4 | T. SommerDefensive midfielder | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 28.3 | 35±0% | 43±0% |
| 5 | P. KoopmeinersDefensive midfielder | AZ Alkmaar | 26 | 27.9 | 37±0% | 61±0% |
| 6 | Daan VisserDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 21 | 26.8 | 8▲4000% | 52▲147.6% |
| 7 | Jan FaberskiDefensive midfielder | Ajax | 20 | 24.4 | 7▼72.8% | 62▲9.9% |
| 8 | Eric Emanuel da Silva MoreiraDefensive midfielder | Excelsior | 20 | 24.4 | 0▼100% | 51±0% |
| 9 | M. JiménezDefensive midfielder | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 24.1 | 22±0% | 52±0% |
| 10 | N. FichtingerDefensive midfielder | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 23.7 | 17±0% | 60±0% |
| 11 | J. ŽambůrekDefensive midfielder | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 23.2 | 22±0% | 58±0% |
| 12 | Y. RahmouniDefensive midfielder | GO Ahead Eagles | 20 | 22.7 | 7±0% | 60±0% |
| 13 | K. BoogaardDefensive midfielder | Willem II | 20 | 22.3 | 31±0% | 64▲13.8% |
| 14 | T. van den ElshoutDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 19 | 22.2 | 6±0% | 65±0% |
| 15 | Giulliano CairoDefensive midfielder | Excelsior | 20 | 21.9 | 0±0% | 55±0% |
| 16 | A. ThomasDefensive midfielder | NEC Nijmegen | 19 | 21.3 | 25▲14.3% | 59▲3% |
| 17 | Anass ZarroukDefensive midfielder | Willem II | 20 | 21.1 | 8±0% | 51±0% |
| 18 | Gerald AldersDefensive midfielder | Ajax | 21 | 20.8 | 12▲26.6% | 50▲6.6% |
| 19 | J. ÇekaDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 27 | 20.8 | 24±0% | 51±0% |
| 20 | Ethan ApkakouDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 19 | 20.8 | 8±0% | 53±0% |
| 21 | Bae Seung-GyunDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 18 | 20.7 | 19±0% | 60▲13.4% |
| 22 | Sam de LaatDefensive midfielder | NEC Nijmegen | 19 | 20.5 | 0 | 59 |
| 23 | K. van BurgstedenDefensive midfielder | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 20.1 | 1 | 58 |
| 24 | D. LookDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 18 | 19.4 | 0 | 48 |
| 25 | J. SchoutenDefensive midfielder | PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 19.1 | 39▲97.5% | 48▼10.2% |
| 26 | I. GrootfaamDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 16 | 18 | 0 | 60 |
| 27 | Gilles van der WalDefensive midfielder | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 17.8 | 0 | 55 |
| 28 | Jordy BawuahDefensive midfielder | Twente | 19 | 17.3 | 4▼77.1% | 53±0% |
| 29 | C. VanhoutteDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 28 | 13.3 | 28±0% | 57▲11.2% |
| 30 | D. GeigerDefensive midfielder | NEC Nijmegen | 28 | 10.1 | 16▲20% | 28±0% |
| 31 | Y. BissoumaDefensive midfielder | Ajax | 30 | 9 | 7±0% | 41▲18.1% |
| 32 | S. AmrabatDefensive midfielder | Ajax | 30 | 6.9 | 14▲35% | 50▲23.3% |
| 33 | R. ThomasDefensive midfielder | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 6 | 38±0% | 33±0% |
| 34 | Wiebe van der HeideDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 24 |
| 35 | M. MaertensDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 31 | 4.8 | 19±0% | 23▼5% |
| 36 | Jamiro MonteiroDefensive midfielder | NEC Nijmegen | 32 | 3.8 | 18±0% | 26±0% |
| 37 | J. van OvereemDefensive midfielder | Utrecht | 32 | 3.6 | 37±0% | 37±0% |
| 38 | Tom MajerusDefensive midfielder | Willem II | 34 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 |