| Wang ChengkuaiCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 9 |
| Zhang ZhenCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 9 |
| Peng XinliCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | 16 | 9 |
| F. AndrijaševićCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 38 | 9 |
| Song LongFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 11 | 10 |
| Lin ChuangyiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 20 | 10 |
| Wu YakeGoalkeeper | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 10 |
| Wang QiaoCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 10 |
| Zhang WeiFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 10 |
| TiagoCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 17 | 10 |
| U. SpajićFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🇷🇸Serbia | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 16▲192.6%↩ | 10▼64.4%↩ |
| E. SarićCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 40▲69.9%↩ | 11▼45%↩ |
| Piao TaoyuCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 20 | 11 |
| M. NgadeuCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 35 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 26▼30.2%↩ | 11▼64.1%↩ |
| Wang PengCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 11 |
| Wu XiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0.4 | 59 | 11 |
| He GuanCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 11 |
| Tang MiaoAttacking midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 10 | 11 |
| Yang ChaoshengCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 | 23 | 11 |
| Filipe AugustoCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0.7 | 32▲362.9%↩ | 11▼61.6%↩ |
| Liao ChengjianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 17 | 11 |
| Shi KeFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 6 | 11 |
| Fang JingqiGoalkeeper | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 9 | 11 |
| Yang ZexiangFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 4 | 11 |
| J. KouassiWinger | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 5▼78.9%↩ | 11▼70.8%↩ |
| Cao HaiqingFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 15 | 11 |
| Zhou DadiDefensive midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 12 |
| Q. BingyuGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Bingyu QiGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Luo JingAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 | 17 | 12 |
| Wang GuomingGoalkeeper | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6 | 12 |
| Liu YimingCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 12 |
| Yao JunshengCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 12 |
| Wang JiananFull-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 14 | 12 |
| J. CádizCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 31 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0.9 | 13▼72%↩ | 12▼66.2%↩ |
| Jin YangyangCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 20 | 12 |
| Yue XinFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 12 |
| Zhong JinbaoDefensive midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0.9 | 18 | 12 |
| Yan JunlingGoalkeeper | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6 | 13 |
| Li HailongFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 13 |
| Tang ChuangCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 13 |
| Liu DianzuoGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 35 | 13 |
| DavidsonAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇧🇷Brazil | 35 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0.6 | 34▲197.4%↩ | 13▼5.9%↩ |
| Han ZilongCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 | 27 | 13 |
| Wang QiumingCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0.8 | 38 | 13 |
| Li TixiangDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 38 | 13 |
| I. KallonWinger | Chengdu Better City | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 3▼94.3%↩ | 13▼81.7%↩ |
| M. PalaciosCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0.8 | 21▲74.6%↩ | 13▼54.8%↩ |
| Gan ChaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 |
| R. DugalićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇷🇸Serbia | 33 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0.8 | 29 | 13 |
| Li SongyiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 13 |
| Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0.8 | 53▲362.3%↩ | 14▼59.7%↩ |
| He ChaoDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 |
| Wang ShangyuanDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0.8 | 32 | 14 |
| Gustavo SauerCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0.8 | 50 | 14▼39.1%↩ |
| E. ÓmarssonCentre-forward | Meizhou Kejia | 🇮🇸Iceland | 31 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19▼47.7%↩ | 14▼69.8%↩ |
| Dong YanfengCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 7 | 14 |
| Rodrigo HenriqueAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 36 | 14 |
| Liu Yi ICentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Xu XinAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| Lucas MaiaCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0.8 | 22 | 14 |
| T. LetschertCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 33 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0.8 | 42▲20.2%↩ | 14▼51.2%↩ |
| Zhang XiaobinCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 |
| Feng JinDefensive midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 33 | 14 |
| Wang ZimingCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 7 | 14 |
| Wu WeiCentral midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| FelipeCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0.7 | 53▲320.8%↩ | 14▼47.6%↩ |
| I. AlimiCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇦🇱Albania | 32 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
| M. TolićAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| João TeixeiraAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇵🇹Portugal | 33 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0.9 | 31▲103.3%↩ | 15▼64%↩ |
| W. CyprienAttacking midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🇫🇷France | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 3▲1350%↩ | 15▼57.3%↩ |
| Yin CongyaoCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 15 |
| Guilherme RamosCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0▼100%↩ | 15▼67.9%↩ |
| Jiang GuangtaiCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 14 | 15 |
| M. EdjoumaAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3▼86.4%↩ | 15▼69.3%↩ |
| N. StanciuCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇷🇴Romania | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1▼96.9%↩ | 15▼52.1%↩ |
| Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 | 37 | 15 |
| M. TraoréCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🇲🇱Mali | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 21▼1.9%↩ | 15▼65.4%↩ |
| Wang JinxianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1.3 | 15 | 15 |
| GustavoCentre-forward | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21▲231.7%↩ | 15▼41.2%↩ |
| A. BoupendzaWinger | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇬🇦Gabon | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1.3 | 15▲83.1%↩ | 15▼51.3%↩ |
| Zhang XiuweiDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 16 | 15 |
| Ye ChuguiAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 | 16 | 15 |
| Long WeiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 22 | 15 |
| C. MaleleCentre-forward | Dalian Zhixing | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 32 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29▲21%↩ | 15▼65.1%↩ |
| C. StrandbergCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇸🇪Sweden | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 15▼60.6%↩ |
| Nan SongCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3 | 15 |
| Wang ZhifengGoalkeeper | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2 | 15 |
| Liu JunshuaiCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 20 | 15 |
| Park Jin-SeopDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 30 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 18▲160.3%↩ | 16▼55.3%↩ |
| V. QazaishviliAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇬🇪Georgia | 33 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 0.9 | 79▲408.4%↩ | 16▼34.7%↩ |
| A. MitrițăAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1.2 | 37▲16.6%↩ | 16▼66.2%↩ |
| Yang YimingCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1.2 | 22 | 16 |
| Chen ZhechaoFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 16 | 16 |
| Gao ZhunyiCentre-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 9 | 16 |
| O. OmoijuanfoWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🇳🇴Norway | 32 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1.1 | 32 | 16▼3.6%↩ |
| Liu YueWinger | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 16 |
| Liu ShiboGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 16 |
| Fábio AbreuCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 🇦🇴Angola | 33 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 0.9 | 79▲104.1%↩ | 16▼64.1%↩ |
| Cui QiCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |