| S. YuseinAttacking midfielder | Arda Kardzhali | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 30 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| M. KáčerCentral midfielder | Žilina | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 20 | 17 |
| A. SulemaniCentre-forward | Perth Glory | 🇦🇺Australia | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 6 | 17 |
| S. AlievWinger | Rotor Volgograd | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 4▼65.2%↩ | 18▼25.8%↩ |
| A. RedjemWinger | Future FC | 🇩🇿Algeria | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 18 |
| L. ArcherFull-back | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 6 | 18 |
| K. AwuahFull-back | Loudoun United | 🇨🇦Canada | 30 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| K. KutsunaCentral midfielder | Parceiro Nagano | 🇯🇵Japan | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 15 | 18 |
| S. BellFull-back | FSV Mainz 05 | 🇩🇪Germany | 35 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5.3 | 9▼60.3% | 18▼41.7% |
| A. JuriljCentral midfielder | Vukovar | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 13 | 18 |
| L. MirandaAttacking midfielder | Llaneros | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 9 | 18 |
| H. NukuiCentre-back | Gainare Tottori | 🇯🇵Japan | 29 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 22 | 18 |
| N. FedorivskyiGoalkeeper | Obolon'-Brovar | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 6±0% | 18±0% |
| Mostafa ShalabyAttacking midfielder | National Bank of Egypt | 🇪🇬Egypt | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 20 | 18 |
| Chen PuWinger | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| C. CăbuzGoalkeeper | Arges Pitesti | 🇷🇴Romania | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 3 | 18 |
| Alfa Boubakr KeitaCentre-back | El Geish | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 3 | 18 |
| B. GazzoloCentre-back | Coquimbo Unido | 🇨🇱Chile | 29 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 28 | 18 |
| NenéDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 37▲349.4%↩ | 18▼17.6%↩ |
| A. BouzatCentral midfielder | Houston Dynamo | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 23▼34.4%↩ | 18▼27%↩ |
| Bruno LeiteDefensive midfielder | Haugesund | 🇨🇻Cape Verde | 31 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 28▼15.1% | 18▼33.1% |
| D. BronnFull-back | Servette FC | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 13▼32.1%↩ | 18▼51.9%↩ |
| J. GurrCentral midfielder | Sacramento Republic | 🏴England | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 19▲1062.5%↩ | 18▼51.2%↩ |
| E. BonifacioFull-back | Independ. Rivadavia | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 12▲32.2% | 18▲20.3% |
| R. BlancoCentre-forward | Union Magdalena | 🇨🇴Colombia | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 6 | 18 |
| Beckham BakerCentre-forward | Melbourne City | 🏳️ | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 18 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 10 | 18 |
| Kayden CoulasCentre-back | Radnicki NIS | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | 18 |
| I. CisséFull-back | Al Ittihad | 🇫🇷France | 30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 14▼46.5%↩ | 18▼68.7%↩ |
| D. ButlerFull-back | Swindon Town | 🏴England | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3▼77.1%↩ | 18▲19.3%↩ |
| RicardinhoFull-back | Lusitânia Lourosa | 🇵🇹Portugal | 32 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 18 |
| A. MartínezCentre-forward | Racing Club | 🇦🇷Argentina | 34 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2.4 | 28▼30.7% | 18▼4.8% |
| A. CarrilloCentral midfielder | Corinthians | 🇵🇪Peru | 35 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 22▲259% | 18▲14% |
| J. HaugaardGoalkeeper | Tromso | 🇩🇰Denmark | 34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 58▲88.4% | 18▼2.2% |
| S. LončarCentral midfielder | Akron | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 26▼21.5% | 18▼4.3% |
| A. WinboCentral midfielder | Varbergs BoIS FC | 🇸🇪Sweden | 29 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 12±0% | 18▼6.3% |
| N. FernándezCentral midfielder | Universidad de Chile | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| D. PieriasFull-back | Adelaide United | 🇦🇺Australia | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 10 | 18 |
| Abdel Rahman AmerCentre-back | Al Ittihad | 🇪🇬Egypt | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 11 | 18 |
| M. KayeDefensive midfielder | Sacramento Republic | 🇨🇦Canada | 31 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 17▲23.2%↩ | 18▼24.4%↩ |
| P. GalleseGoalkeeper | Deportivo Cali | 🇵🇪Peru | 36 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 15▼36.6%↩ | 18▲6.5%↩ |
| V. SavićevićDefensive midfielder | Vojvodina | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 32 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 28▲94.4%↩ | 18▼39.6%↩ |
| P. SteiringFull-back | Skeid | 🇳🇴Norway | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 2▼70.7% | 18▼39% |
| DavoWinger | Penafiel | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 18▼37.5%↩ |
| M. AbubakariCentre-back | Sandviken | 🇬🇭Ghana | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 11 | 18▼22.4% |
| C. DonnellDefensive midfielder | Sydney | 🇦🇺Australia | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| N. GiorgobianiCentral midfielder | Fakel | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 12 | 18 |
| L. KouagbaFull-back | Iğdır FK | 🇫🇷France | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 22▲2.3%↩ | 18▲1.1%↩ |
| Georgios TzovarasCentral midfielder | Atromitos | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 18 |
| S. AguilarCentre-back | Deportivo Pereira | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 19 | 18 |
| F. FloFull-back | Skeid | 🇳🇴Norway | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 2▼73.4% | 18▼33% |
| M. MorenoAttacking midfielder | Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | 16▼55.9% | 18▼29.3% |
| S. BaghdadiAttacking midfielder | Sochaux | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0▼100%↩ | 18▼59.9%↩ |
| Pol LlonchAttacking midfielder | Helmond Sport | 🇪🇸Spain | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 5▼84.4% | 18▲13.8% |
| Kevin PinaCentral midfielder | FC Krasnodar | 🇨🇻Cape Verde | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 12▼25.3% | 18▼10.4% |
| Ahmed DahrougFull-back | Wadi Degla | 🇪🇬Egypt | 30 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 |
| T. BayarAttacking midfielder | Adana Demirspor | 🏳️ | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 18 |
| I. RojasDefensive midfielder | Águilas Doradas | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 14 | 18 |
| M. DimunDefensive midfielder | FK Košice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 7 | 18▼46.9%↩ |
| L. SpendlhoferCentre-back | TSV Hartberg | 🇦🇹Austria | 33 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 34▲246.5%↩ | 18▼56.5%↩ |
| M. IshidaCentre-forward | Daejeon Citizen | 🇯🇵Japan | 31 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2.8 | 10▼39.1% | 18▼12.1% |
| Dusan PavlovicCentre-back | Radnicki NIS | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 2 | 18 |
| L. RodríguezFull-back | Aldosivi | 🇦🇷Argentina | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 12▼50%↩ | 18▲13.7%↩ |
| D. RíosCentre-forward | CF Montreal | 🇲🇽Mexico | 31 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2.7 | 15▼19.9%↩ | 18▼12%↩ |
| J. OltroggeCentral midfielder | Havelse | 🏳️ | 30 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 12 | 18 |
| A. McCalmontAttacking midfielder | Central Coast Mariners | 🇬🇧Northern Ireland | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1.1 | 25▲58.2%↩ | 18▼56%↩ |
| A. BabaFull-back | PAOK | 🇬🇭Ghana | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 43±0% | 18±0% |
| P. WoodCentre-forward | Newcastle Jets | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0.8 | 13 | 18 |
| E. HamCentral midfielder | Atletico Tucuman | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 12▼1.7%↩ | 18▼3.2%↩ |
| Gonçalo PaciênciaWinger | Santa Clara | 🇵🇹Portugal | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6.4 | 8±0% | 18±0% |
| S. YajimaCentral midfielder | Gainare Tottori | 🇯🇵Japan | 32 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 16▼19%↩ | 18▼53.4%↩ |
| José Ángel PozoCentral midfielder | Pogon Szczecin | 🇪🇸Spain | 30 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 | 26▲170.5%↩ | 18▼16.4%↩ |
| P. StojanovićFull-back | Legia Warszawa | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 31 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 12▼32.6%↩ | 18▼55%↩ |
| M. ChristensenDefensive midfielder | Osters IF | 🇩🇰Denmark | 29 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 27 | 18▼42.3%↩ |
| D. GalenkovCentral midfielder | SK Poltava | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 31 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 13▲17.5% | 18▼21% |
| A. AguerreGoalkeeper | Central Cordoba de Santiago | 🇦🇷Argentina | 36 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 25▼15.7% | 18▼14.4% |
| G. ClaesWinger | Beerschot VA | 🇧🇪Belgium | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 23±0% | 18±0% |
| E. NavarroFull-back | Once Caldas | 🇨🇴Colombia | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 10 | 18 |
| N. MaieroniDefensive midfielder | Brisbane Roar | 🏳️ | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 16 | 18 |
| A. CastilloFull-back | Cobresal | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 10 | 19 |
| Matt OrrCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 19 |
| R. AguirreCentre-forward | Tigres UANL | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 23±0% | 19▼17%↩ |
| M. ShintaniCentre-forward | Kochi United | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 21 | 19 |
| A. KasperkiewiczCentre-back | Nieciecza | 🇵🇱Poland | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 20▼29.4%↩ | 19▼37.5%↩ |
| Abdulfattah AdamWinger | Al Taawon | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 31 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 3▼83.3% | 19▼40.7% |
| K. DjocoCentre-forward | Sochaux | 🇫🇷France | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9▼62.7%↩ | 19▼59.5%↩ |
| Won Ki-JongCentre-forward | Pohang Steelers | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 0▼100%↩ | 19▼19.2%↩ |
| Victor VandenbrouckeCentre-forward | KAA Gent II | 🏳️ | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 2±0% | 19▲1.1% |
| G. JaraCentral midfielder | D. La Serena | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 20 | 19 |
| S. NgorAttacking midfielder | Brisbane Roar | 🇦🇺Australia | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1.1 | 26 | 19 |
| S. HallerCentre-forward | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3.6 | 21▲54.9%↩ | 19▼21.5%↩ |
| M. TretyakovAttacking midfielder | Oleksandria | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 30 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 7▼59.6%↩ | 19▼36.3%↩ |
| I. ŠaponjićCentre-forward | Diosgyori VTK | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 9▲102.2%↩ | 19▼73.7%↩ |
| M. GrzybekCentral midfielder | Zaglebie Lubin | 🇵🇱Poland | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 14▲45.7% | 19±0% |
| B. PusiWinger | Fakel | 🇦🇱Albania | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 19 |
| Besian KutleshiDefensive midfielder | Melbourne City | 🏳️ | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 7 | 19 |
| G. MartínezCentre-forward | Tigres UANL | 🇲🇽Mexico | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 24±0% | 19▼21.4%↩ |
| I. KyryukhantsevFull-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 10±0% | 19±0% |
| V. TankovskiyCentral midfielder | LNZ Cherkasy | 🏳️ | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 19 |
| A. RobledoCentre-back | O'Higgins | 🇦🇷Argentina | 28 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 34 | 19 |