| Ablikim AbdusalamCentral midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Liu BaiyangCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Wang HaijianCentral midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 8 | 25 |
| Xu HaoyangDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 15 | 25 |
| A. MezaniCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇱Albania | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Wong Ho Chun AnsonCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Wang ShilongFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Wang YuCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 25 |
| Ablahan HaliqCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Yan QihangCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Jiwen KuaiWinger | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2.6 | 11 | 31 |
| Fan ShuangjieCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 6 | 30 |
| Peng XiaoFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 7 | 29 |
| Guo JiayuGoalkeeper | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 4 | 29 |
| Mao WeijieAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 8 | 28 |
| Mutellip IminqariAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 28 |
| Maiwulang MijitiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 6 | 27 |
| Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 13 | 26 |
| Bao ShengxinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Li SirongFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Hou YongyongCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2.6 | 25▼54.7%↩ | 26▼23.8%↩ |
| Liu KaiCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhao ZhichenCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Shi YanDefensive midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2 | 26 |
| Jian TaoGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| He BizhenCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Wang JunqiangCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Li NingCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 6 | 26 |
| Abudulam AbdurasulAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 26 |
| Liu JunxianCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 26 |
| Yang HaochengCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 25 |
| Lu YongtaoDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | 16 | 25 |
| He YiranFull-back | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 16 | 30 |
| Liao RongxiangCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 7 | 29 |
| Li MoyuWinger | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 29 |
| Yu JinyongGoalkeeper | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 28 |
| Liu YixinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 12 | 27 |
| Behram AbduweliCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 8 | 27 |
| Jin ShunkaiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 5 | 27 |
| Jia FeifanFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 11 | 26 |
| Song BoweiCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 6 | 26 |
| Yang HaoyuAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2.8 | 13 | 33 |
| Liu ChengyuCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 16 | 32 |
| Yan BingliangGoalkeeper | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 12 | 28 |
| R. MerkiesDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2.8 | 11 | 28 |
| Huang ZihaoGoalkeeper | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 10 | 28 |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| Zhang YujieFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2.8 | 6 | 28 |
| Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2.8 | 51▲148.3%↩ | 27▼47.2%↩ |
| Y. GurfinkelFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🇮🇱Israel | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2.8 | 44▲1733.3%↩ | 27▼4.2%↩ |
| Zhu PengyuCentre-forward | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2.9 | 20 | 32 |
| Yang ZihaoCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 10 | 29 |
| Jin YonghaoFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 28 |
| Daniel PenhaCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 17▼41%↩ | 23▼59.5%↩ |
| Ji JiabaoGoalkeeper | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| Luís AsuéCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17▼35.8%↩ | 29▼51.7%↩ |
| Zheng HaoqianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 23 |
| Yusup UmidjanCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 17 | 33 |
| Wang ShiqinCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 16 | 31 |
| Tao QianglongCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3.1 | 19 | 31 |
| Sun Ming HimCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 19 | 28 |
| Wen JiabaoFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 19 | 23 |
| Xue QinghaoGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 16 | 32 |
| Li HaoGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 20 | 34 |
| Wang XianjunFull-back | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 19 | 28 |
| Liu HaofanCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 23 | 34 |
| Liu XinxiangAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3.9 | 23 | 28 |
| Zhu ChenjieCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 | 25 | 33 |
| Huang JiahuiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 25 | 31 |
| Wu ShaocongCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 25▲2962.5%↩ | 29▼28.4%↩ |
| Liao JintaoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 25 | 28 |
| He LonghaiFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 3 | 4.3 | 25 | 31 |
| A. AdemiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇦🇱Albania | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4.3 | 26▲6.6%↩ | 26▼28.9%↩ |
| Jiang ShenglongCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | 27 | 34 |
| D. Owusu-SekyereAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4.5 | 27 | 29 |
| Liu RuofanAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 29 | 27 |
| RiccieliCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 | 29▲276.6%↩ | 28▼45.8%↩ |
| J. MbekeliAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4.6 | 29▲5.2%↩ | 27▼43.4%↩ |
| Chan ShinichiFull-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4.7 | 28 | 37 |
| Huang RuifengFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 28 | 28 |
| Xi Yang AlexFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 45 | 32 |
| A. YakubuCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇬🇭Ghana | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 48▲86.3%↩ | 29▼50.6%↩ |
| E. KartsevCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🇮🇱Israel | 26 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 | 36▲754.8%↩ | 29▼31.3%↩ |
| Wang YudongAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5.1 | 47 | 38 |
| Xu BinDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 3 | 5.1 | 32 | 33 |
| Matheus ÍndioDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇧🇷Brazil | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5.1 | 41▲5814.3%↩ | 30▼40.7%↩ |
| Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 32 |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 26 | 9 | 8 | 5.3 | 47 | 31 |
| Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5.4 | 42▲1818.2%↩ | 32▼41.5%↩ |
| Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 4 | 8 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| Lü ZhuoyiFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 44 | 33 |
| Hu HetaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 1 | 3 | 5.6 | 38 | 35 |