| Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2.4 | 41 | 24 |
| Cao YongjingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 33 | 22 |
| Matheus JussaDefensive midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 33▲84.4%↩ | 22▼57.1%↩ |
| Iago MaidanaCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1.6 | 19▲63.2%↩ | 21▼58.3%↩ |
| A. LéauteyCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇫🇷France | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1.6 | 26▼43.8%↩ | 19▼62.9%↩ |
| NenéDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 37▲349.4%↩ | 18▼17.6%↩ |
| Long WeiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 22 | 15 |
| Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 | 37 | 15 |
| Lucas MaiaCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0.8 | 22 | 14 |
| Wang ShangyuanDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0.8 | 32 | 14 |
| Wang JiananFull-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 14 | 12 |
| Wu XiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0.4 | 59 | 11 |
| TiagoCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 17 | 10 |
| Tan LongCentre-forward | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0.4 | 35 | 9 |
| Wang ShenchaoFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 20 | 7 |
| Lü ZhuoyiFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 44 | 33 |
| Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| Zhu PengyuCentre-forward | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2.9 | 20 | 32 |
| Liao JintaoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 25 | 28 |
| Sun Ming HimCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 19 | 28 |
| Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2.8 | 51▲148.3%↩ | 27▼47.2%↩ |
| Pedro HenriqueCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2.1 | 43▲43.9%↩ | 23▼29.3%↩ |
| RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1.9 | 50▼5.3%↩ | 22▼59.6%↩ |
| Li YangCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 22 |
| Alberto QuilesCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1.5 | 53▲140.3%↩ | 20▼50%↩ |
| N. RadmanovacCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 10▼47.9%↩ | 19▼31.7%↩ |
| Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 1.4 | 39▲405.2%↩ | 19▼56.5%↩ |
| Liu YangDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1.4 | 41 | 18 |
| Zhao BoGoalkeeper | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 12 | 17 |
| Lucas PossignoloCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 27▼23.8%↩ | 17▼65.7%↩ |
| Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0.8 | 53▲362.3%↩ | 14▼59.7%↩ |
| Li TixiangDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 38 | 13 |
| DarlanDefensive midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 25▲6125%↩ | 32▼40.1%↩ |
| A. YakubuCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 48▲86.3%↩ | 29▼50.6%↩ |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| GugaCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2.2 | 6▼55.5%↩ | 28▼43.3%↩ |
| LeonardoCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 2.4 | 70▲81.4%↩ | 26▼50.1%↩ |
| Xie WeijunFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 18 | 22 |
| F. AcheampongAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇬🇭Ghana | 33 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0.9 | 51 | 17 |
| Wilson ManafáFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇵🇹Portugal | 32 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 | 31▲2709.1%↩ | 17▼51.8%↩ |
| Sun GuowenFull-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 | 23 | 17 |
| Fábio AbreuCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 🇦🇴Angola | 33 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 0.9 | 79▲104.1%↩ | 16▼64.1%↩ |
| O. OmoijuanfoWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🇳🇴Norway | 32 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1.1 | 32 | 16▼3.6%↩ |
| V. QazaishviliAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇬🇪Georgia | 33 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 0.9 | 79▲408.4%↩ | 16▼34.7%↩ |
| FelipeCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0.7 | 53▲320.8%↩ | 14▼47.6%↩ |
| M. PalaciosCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0.8 | 21▲74.6%↩ | 13▼54.8%↩ |
| Wang QiumingCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0.8 | 38 | 13 |
| Yang ChaoshengCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 | 23 | 11 |
| Sha YiboCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 |
| Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4.6 | 38▲410.7%↩ | 27▼38.4%↩ |
| Park Jin-SeopDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 31 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 18▲160.3%↩ | 16▼55.3%↩ |
| Rafael RatãoCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 2.9 | 48▲495.1%↩ | 34▼19.3%↩ |