| Jia FeifanFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 11 | 26 |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 27 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4.8 | 47 | 29 |
| Yang ZihaoCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| Jiang ShenglongCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | 27 | 34 |
| Feng ZhuoyiCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 17 | 6 |
| Hou SenGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 20 | 9 |
| Dong ChunyuGoalkeeper | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Lin ChuangyiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 20 | 10 |
| Wang PengCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 11 |
| He ChaoDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 |
| I. AlimiCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇦🇱Albania | 32 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
| Zhang XiuweiDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 16 | 15 |
| A. IonițăAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 23 | 17 |
| Li ShuaiFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 18 |
| Huang ZhengyuFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 11 | 20 |
| Zhou JunchenWinger | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 21 |
| Lin LiangmingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2.1 | 38 | 22 |
| Yu JianxianGoalkeeper | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Liu RuofanAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 29 | 27 |
| Jiang ZhipengFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 | 15 | 7 |
| Wang GangFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 24 | 8 |
| Wang DaleiGoalkeeper | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 8 |
| Zhang YudongCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 17 | 9 |
| F. AndrijaševićCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 38 | 9 |
| Luo JingAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 | 17 | 12 |
| Wang JinxianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1.3 | 15 | 15 |
| Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 43▲1031.6%↩ | 17▼48.2%↩ |
| Yang FanFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 21 | 17 |
| Deng HanwenFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1.3 | 18 | 18 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 10 | 18 |
| Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1.4 | 50 | 18 |
| Abduhamit AbdugheniFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 18 | 22 |
| Wang XianjunFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 19 | 28 |
| He YiranFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 16 | 30 |
| Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 32 |
| Gao DiCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun GuoliangCentre-back | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | 8 |
| He GuanCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 11 |
| Zhong JinbaoDefensive midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0.9 | 18 | 12 |
| Matt OrrCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 19 |
| Zhang ChenliangFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 25 | 22 |
| L. TufegdžićAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 11 | 22 |
| ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2.1 | 50▲125%↩ | 23▼44.2%↩ |
| Wen JiabaoFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 19 | 23 |
| Liu XinxiangAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3.9 | 23 | 28 |
| Mao WeijieAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 8 | 28 |
| Yang HeCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Zhao YuhaoDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 10 | 9 |
| Zhang WeiFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 10 |
| Liao ChengjianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 17 | 11 |
| Han ZilongCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 | 27 | 13 |
| Gan ChaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 |
| Jiang GuangtaiCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 14 | 15 |
| Cheng JinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 28 | 17 |
| Zhang HuachenDefensive midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 15 | 19 |
| Yeljan ShinarFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 14 | 24 |
| Liu JunxianCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Xu HaofengCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 27 |
| Xue QinghaoGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 16 | 32 |
| Rao WeihuiFull-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 |
| Zheng KaimuDefensive midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 7 |
| Zhao HonglüeFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 13 | 8 |
| Wu YakeGoalkeeper | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 10 |
| M. TraoréCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🇲🇱Mali | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 21▼1.9%↩ | 15▼65.4%↩ |
| Liu ShiboGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 16 |
| Pedro DelgadoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 18 | 21 |
| Hu RuibaoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 12 | 22 |
| Liu YixinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 12 | 27 |
| Yan BingliangGoalkeeper | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 12 | 28 |
| Wu ShaocongCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 25▲2962.5%↩ | 29▼28.4%↩ |
| Xuan ZhijianCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 14 | 31 |
| Xi Yang AlexFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 45 | 32 |
| Yang HaoyuAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2.8 | 13 | 33 |
| Yusup UmidjanCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 17 | 33 |
| Hu HetaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 5.6 | 38 | 35 |
| K. AziangbeDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇹🇬Togo | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 | 12▲1266.7%↩ | 48▲9.5%↩ |
| Zheng ZhengFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 13 | 6 |
| Song YueCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 22 | 9 |
| Cao HaiqingFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 15 | 11 |
| J. CádizCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 31 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0.9 | 13▼72%↩ | 12▼66.2%↩ |
| Li SongyiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 13 |
| Li ShenyuanCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 15 | 20 |
| Wei ZhenCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 20 | 20 |
| Chen YuhaoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| A. AdemiCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇦🇱Albania | 27 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4.7 | 26▲6.6%↩ | 28▼23.8%↩ |
| P. AmpemWinger | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 7▼59.4%↩ | 29▼34.2%↩ |
| Aitor CórdobaCentre-back | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 21▼51.8%↩ | 32▼33%↩ |
| Guo HaoCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 9 | 8 |
| Liu YimingCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 12 |
| Che ShiweiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 11 | 17 |
| Yang YilinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 6 | 21 |
| Yue Tze NamFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 28 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 10 | 24 |
| Jiang WeiyiCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 25 |
| K. BevisWinger | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2.5 | 23 | 29 |
| Tao QianglongCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3.1 | 19 | 31 |
| Yang YihuFull-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 6 |
| Liu XinyuCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 6 |
| Liu Yi ICentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Huang ZichangCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 |