| Li TixiangDefensive midfielder |  Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 38 | 13 |
| Lin LiangmingCentral midfielder |  Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2.1 | 38 | 22 |
| F. AndrijaševićCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 38 | 9 |
| Wang QiumingCentral midfielder |  Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0.8 | 38 | 13 |
| Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielder |  Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4.6 | 38▲410.7%↩ | 27▼38.4%↩ |
| Hu HetaoFull-back |  Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 5.6 | 38 | 35 |
| 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 |
| Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder |  Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2.4 | 41 | 24 |
| 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 |
| Pedro HenriqueCentre-forward |  Yunnan Yukun | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2.1 | 43▲43.9%↩ | 23▼29.3%↩ |
| DawhanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1.8 | 43▲37.7%↩ | 21▼48.2%↩ |
| Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 43▲1031.6%↩ | 17▼48.2%↩ |
| Lü ZhuoyiFull-back |  Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 44 | 33 |
| Xi Yang AlexFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 45 | 32 |
| GabrielzinhoAttacking midfielder |  SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1.8 | 45▲206.8%↩ | 22▼45.3%↩ |
| Wang YudongAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 19 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 5.2 | 47 | 39 |
| Chow TimCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 32 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 47 | 19 |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 27 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4.8 | 47 | 29 |
| A. YakubuCentre-forward |  Qingdao Youth Island | 🇬🇭Ghana | 27 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 48▲86.3%↩ | 29▼50.6%↩ |
| Rafael RatãoCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 2.9 | 48▲495.1%↩ | 34▼19.3%↩ |
| F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇭🇷Croatia | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2.3 | 48▲408.4%↩ | 25▼38.5%↩ |
| RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1.9 | 50▼5.3%↩ | 22▼59.6%↩ |
| Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1.4 | 50 | 18 |
| Gustavo SauerCentral midfielder |  Wuhan Three Towns | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0.8 | 50 | 14▼39.1%↩ |
| ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2.1 | 50▲125%↩ | 23▼44.2%↩ |
| Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2.8 | 51▲148.3%↩ | 27▼47.2%↩ |
| F. AcheampongAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇬🇭Ghana | 32 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1.2 | 51 | 17 |
| FelipeCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0.7 | 53▲320.8%↩ | 14▼47.6%↩ |
| Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0.8 | 53▲362.3%↩ | 14▼59.7%↩ |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| Alberto QuilesCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1.5 | 53▲140.3%↩ | 20▼50%↩ |
| CryzanAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1.9 | 54▲78.1%↩ | 22▼63%↩ |
| Wu XiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0.4 | 59 | 11 |
| LeonardoCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 2.4 | 70▲81.4%↩ | 26▼50.1%↩ |
| V. QazaishviliAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇬🇪Georgia | 33 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 0.9 | 79▲408.4%↩ | 16▼34.7%↩ |
| Fábio AbreuCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 🇦🇴Angola | 33 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 0.9 | 79▲104.1%↩ | 16▼64.1%↩ |
