| Kang JiaweiCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Lei XiCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang ZhaozhiCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Ruan YuanhongCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Shen HuanmingCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 25 |
| Zikrulla MemetiminFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 2 | 25 |
| Jiang WeiyiCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 25 |
| Chen XingGoalkeeper | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Gao YunanCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Li SudaCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Junxi QiaoCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Fan ChaoWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Wang ShiqinCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 16 | 31 |
| Jin YonghaoFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 28 |
| Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 27 |
| Behram AbduweliCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 8 | 27 |
| Chen YangCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Bao ShengxinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Li SirongFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| S. GuarirapaCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 26▼24%↩ |
| Zhang JifanCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhao ZhichenCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Liu KaiCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| He BizhenCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Wang JunqiangCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Yang HaochengCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 25 |
| Asqer AfrdenCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Li YuefengGoalkeeper | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Ablikim AbdusalamCentral midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Liu BaiyangCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang TaoCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| A. MezaniCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇱Albania | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Yan QihangCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Hua MingcanCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Tang XuCentre-forward | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Xiao ZhirenGoalkeeper | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Zou ZhenxiangCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Huang YinghaoCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Han ChengzhiCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Liu GuobaoWinger | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Zhang JiajieCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 23 |
| Song ZiwenhaoCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Chan ShinichiFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 24 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4.9 | 28 | 37 |
| Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 32 |
| He LonghaiFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 4.3 | 25 | 31 |
| Tao QianglongCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3.1 | 19 | 31 |
| Ji JiabaoGoalkeeper | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 30 |
| R. MerkiesDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 11 | 28 |
| Zhang YujieFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2.8 | 6 | 28 |
| Jin ShunkaiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 5 | 27 |
| Wang YuCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 5 | 26 |
| Shi YanDefensive midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2 | 26 |
| Li NingCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 6 | 26 |
| Song HaoyuFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 25 |
| Duan DezhiCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Yu JianxianGoalkeeper | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Chen YuhaoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Ran WeifengGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Wong Ho Chun AnsonCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Qiu ShengjunGoalkeeper | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Du ZhixuanDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 24 |
| Li NingCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 23 |
| Deng XiongtaoGoalkeeper | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Gabriel XavierCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7▼62%↩ | 61▲4.6%↩ |
| Jiang ShenglongCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | 27 | 34 |
| Lü ZhuoyiFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 44 | 33 |
| Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| Xue QinghaoGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 16 | 32 |
| Huang JiahuiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 25 | 31 |
| Luís AsuéCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17▼35.8%↩ | 29▼51.7%↩ |
| Yang ZihaoCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| Huang ZihaoGoalkeeper | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 10 | 28 |
| Liu YixinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 12 | 27 |
| Jia FeifanFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 11 | 26 |
| Jian TaoGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Liu JunxianCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Abudulam AbdurasulAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 26 |
| Zhang XiangshuoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 6 | 25 |
| Li YongjiaDefensive midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 3 | 25 |
| Muhmet NebijanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Ablahan HaliqCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Wang ShilongFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Shen ZiguiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 3 | 24 |
| Ruan QilongCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Liu JiahuiCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 2 | 24 |
| Tian ZiyiCentre-back | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 24 |
| Sun QihangGoalkeeper | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Xiao JunlongCentre-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Peng PengGoalkeeper | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Naibijiang MohematiCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Han DongCentre-forward | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Wang TengdaCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Ge PengGoalkeeper | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Shewketjan TayirCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Emre MarCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🇹🇷Turkey | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 22 |
| Zhang SijieCentre-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Wang HaoranCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 22 |
| AdrianoCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇧🇷Brazil | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6▼79.9%↩ | 49▼24%↩ |
| Zhu ChenjieCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 | 25 | 33 |