| A. AdemiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇦🇱Albania | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4.3 | 26▲6.6%↩ | 26▼28.9%↩ |
| A. BoupendzaWinger | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇬🇦Gabon | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1.4 | 15▲83.1%↩ | 18▼42.9%↩ |
| A. BurcăCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🇷🇴Romania | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 9▼63.6%↩ | 8▼75.4%↩ |
| A. ChengGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 19 |
| A. IonițăAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 23 | 17 |
| A. JojoFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏴England | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1▲600%↩ | 20▼2.4%↩ |
| A. MezaniCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇱Albania | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| A. MitrițăAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1.2 | 37▲16.6%↩ | 16▼66.2%↩ |
| A. TudorieCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇷🇴Romania | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1.6 | 35 | 19▼19.5%↩ |
| A. YakubuCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇬🇭Ghana | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 48▲86.3%↩ | 29▼50.6%↩ |
| Abbas NureliGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️ | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Abduhamit AbdugheniFull-back | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 18 | 21 |
| Ablahan HaliqCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Ablikim AbdusalamCentral midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Abudulam AbdurasulAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 26 |
| Ai KesenCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aidi FulangxisiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 5 |
| Aifeierding AisikaerCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 31 |
| AlanCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0▼100%↩ | 1▼90.7%↩ |
| Alberto QuilesCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 16 | 2 | 1.5 | 53▲140.3%↩ | 20▼50%↩ |
| An ZhichengGoalkeeper | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 26 |
| André LuísCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1.1 | 41▲53.5%↩ | 16▼59%↩ |
| Asqer AfrdenCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 27 |
| B. JočićDefensive midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🇷🇸Serbia | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 29 | 14 |
| Ba DunFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.6 | 29 | 19 |
| Bai YangCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 17 | 22 |
| Bao ShengxinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Bao YaxiongGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Behram AbduweliCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 8 | 27 |
| Bi JinhaoCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 |
| Bingyu QiGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1.4 | 39▲405.2%↩ | 19▼56.5%↩ |
| Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2.8 | 51▲148.3%↩ | 27▼47.2%↩ |
| Bughrahan IskandarCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| C. MaleleCentre-forward | Dalian Zhixing | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29▲21%↩ | 15▼65.1%↩ |
| Cai HuikangCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cao HaiqingFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 15 | 11 |
| Cao YongjingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 33 | 22 |
| Chan ShinichiFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4.7 | 28 | 37 |
| Che ShiweiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 11 | 17 |
| Chen AoCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 21 |
| Chen BinbinCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Chen ChunxinDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Chen GuokangCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 18 |
| Chen GuoliangCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Chen KeqiangCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 21 |
| Chen Po-liangDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 10 | 3 |
| Chen PuWinger | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Chen WeiGoalkeeper | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 19 |
| Chen XingGoalkeeper | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Chen XingCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 21 |
| Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 13 | 26 |
| Chen YangCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 26 |
| Chen YuhaoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Chen ZeshiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Chen ZhechaoFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 16 | 16 |
| Chen ZhexuanDefensive midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 26 |
| Cheng ChangchengCentre-forward | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 | 10 | 7 |
| Cheng JinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 28 | 17 |
| Chi ZhongguoDefensive midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 |
| Chow TimCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1.2 | 47 | 18 |
| Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 43▲1031.6%↩ | 17▼48.2%↩ |
| CryzanAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1.9 | 54▲78.1%↩ | 22▼63%↩ |
| Cui LinCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Cui QiCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Cui ZhongkaiCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Lamkel ZéCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1.7 | 25▲88.6%↩ | 18▼54.8%↩ |
| D. MorrisCentre-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🇭🇷Croatia | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 19 | 16 |
| D. Owusu-SekyereAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4.5 | 27 | 29 |
| Dai JinyuCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Dai Wai-tsunCentral midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Daniel PenhaCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 17▼41%↩ | 23▼59.5%↩ |
| DarlanCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 25▲6025%↩ | 22▼58.2%↩ |
| DavidsonAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇧🇷Brazil | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0.6 | 34▲197.4%↩ | 13▼5.9%↩ |
| DawhanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1.8 | 43▲37.7%↩ | 21▼48.2%↩ |
| Deng HanwenFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1.2 | 18 | 16 |
| Deng XiongtaoGoalkeeper | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 23 |
| Deng YubiaoCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2 | 14 |
| Denny Wang YiFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 14 | 19 |
| Diego LopesCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Dilmurat MawlanyazFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 34 | 23 |
| Dilyimit TudiDefensive midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 2 | 19 |
| Ding HaifengFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 5 |
| Dong ChunyuGoalkeeper | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Dong HangGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Dong YanfengCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 7 | 14 |
| Dong YuCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Du JiaGoalkeeper | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Du JinlongCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Du JunpengCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Du ZhixuanDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 24 |
| Duan DezhiCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Duan LiuyuAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2.4 | 27 | 24 |
| E. KangwaCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇿🇲Zambia | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0▼100%↩ | 5▼76.8%↩ |
| E. KartsevCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇮🇱Israel | 26 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 | 36▲754.8%↩ | 29▼31.3%↩ |
| E. ÓmarssonCentre-forward | Meizhou Kejia | 🇮🇸Iceland | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19▼47.7%↩ | 14▼69.8%↩ |
| E. SarićCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 40▲69.9%↩ | 11▼45%↩ |
| Edu GarcíaCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇪🇸Spain | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 43 | 11 |
| Emre MarCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🇹🇷Turkey | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 23 |
| F. AcheampongAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇬🇭Ghana | 32 | 14 | 3 | 1.2 | 51 | 17 |