| K. SotaCentre-forward |  FC Ryukyu | 🇯🇵Japan | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 18 | 22 |
| C. SmallingCentre-back |  FC Porto | 🏴England | 36 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4.2 | 25▼35.2%↩ | 22▲10.6%↩ |
| L. ShanklandCentre-forward |  Rangers | 🏴Scotland | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 27▼45%↩ | 22▼22.3%↩ |
| D. TrejoCentral midfielder |  Oakland Roots | 🇲🇽Mexico | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 18▲1073.3%↩ | 22▼18%↩ |
| D. CambindoCentre-forward |  Leon | 🇨🇴Colombia | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 53±0% | 22▼34.1% |
| J. OrtizCentre-back | Bucaramanga | 🇨🇴Colombia | 27 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2.6 | 24 | 22 |
| M. Di PizioWinger |  Central Coast Mariners | 🇦🇺Australia | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1.1 | 31 | 22 |
| V. GrulevCentre-forward |  Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16▲9.3% | 22▼23.9% |
| B. MerliniWinger |  Platense | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3.4 | 14▼23.5%↩ | 22▼8.1%↩ |
| André LuísCentre-forward |  Mirassol | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6.9 | 40▲8.1%↩ | 21▲39%↩ |
| I. OleynikovAttacking midfielder |  CSKA Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.3 | 8▼64.4%↩ | 21▼12%↩ |
| B. GomelAttacking midfielder |  Sochaux | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8.9 | 0▼100%↩ | 21▼40.3%↩ |
| C. LichtenbergerAttacking midfielder |  Grazer AK | 🇦🇹Austria | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2.4 | 15 | 21 |
| C. ManeaFull-back |  Rapid | 🇷🇴Romania | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2.3 | 20 | 21 |
| A. WilliamsCentre-forward | Hartford Athletic | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 12 | 21▼38.8%↩ |
| Rober SierraCentral midfielder | Arges Pitesti | 🇪🇸Spain | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.1 | 35 | 21 |
| PaulinhoCentre-forward |  Toluca | 🇵🇹Portugal | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | 56▲11.1% | 21▲1.9% |
| J. ValenciaCentre-forward |  Deportes Tolima | 🇨🇴Colombia | 26 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 9 | 21 |
| J. CaballeroAttacking midfielder |  Internacional de Bogota | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 21 | 21 |
| R. RennerDefensive midfielder |  Wolfsberger AC | 🇦🇹Austria | 32 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 36 | 21 |
| M. YusefCentral midfielder | Bnei Sakhnin | 🇮🇱Israel | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | 18 | 21 |
| J. EickmayerCentral midfielder |  Bastia | 🇫🇷France | 33 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1.3 | 33▲71.1%↩ | 21▼19.8%↩ |
| D. ValdésWinger |  Velez Sarsfield | 🇨🇱Chile | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3.7 | 28▲418.5% | 21▲37.3% |
| D. KostkaAttacking midfielder | Ružomberok | 🇨🇿Czechia | 30 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1.9 | 18 | 21 |
| Pedro DelgadoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 18 | 21 |
| W. ZahaCentral midfielder |  Galatasaray | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1.3 | 34▼20.7%↩ | 21▲4.6%↩ |
| A. TraoréDefensive midfielder |  Amed | 🇲🇱Mali | 31 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4.8 | 28±0% | 21±0% |
| L. SequeiraWinger |  Central Cordoba de Santiago | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4.7 | 18▲123.2%↩ | 20▼0.5%↩ |
| S. MasudaCentre-forward |  Nara Club | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 |
| K. De BruyneAttacking midfielder |  Napoli | 🇧🇪Belgium | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5.2 | 23±0% | 20±0% |
| Mohamed ShikaCentre-forward |  Ceramica Cleopatra | 🇪🇬Egypt | 29 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 12 | 20 |
| Tsui Wang KitFull-back |  Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 29 | 20 |
| H. StengelCentral midfielder |  Stromsgodset | 🇳🇴Norway | 31 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 31▼29.2% | 20▼45.7% |
| L. PasseriniWinger |  Belgrano Cordoba | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 3.8 | 26▲151.9% | 20▲7.4% |
| Samir FekriCentral midfielder |  AL Masry | 🇪🇬Egypt | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 20 |
| Willian JoséCentre-forward |  Bahia | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4.2 | 25▼47.8% | 20▼13.7% |
| Brody BurkittCentre-forward |  Adelaide United | 🏳️ | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0.6 | 12 | 20 |
| D. BosnjakAttacking midfielder |  Macarthur | 🏳️ | 19 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 20 |
| J. LuceroCentre-forward | Universidad de Chile | 🇦🇷Argentina | 35 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 | 12▼67.6%↩ | 20▼37.6%↩ |
| M. EmreliCentre-forward |  Raków Częstochowa | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24▲430.4%↩ | 20▼37.5%↩ |
| R. LoftCentre-forward |  Cambridge United | 🏴England | 29 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 16▲73.4% | 20▼45.2% |
| I. FernándezCentral midfielder |  Gimnasia L.P. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 36 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2.9 | 46▲191.2%↩ | 20▲84.3%↩ |
| K. HaugenFull-back |  Viking | 🇳🇴Norway | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2.4 | 20▼43% | 20▼9.1% |
| Wesley da SilvaCentre-forward |  Imabari | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20▲116%↩ | 20▼47.5%↩ |
| A. KantéCentre-forward |  Laval | 🇬🇲Gambia | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 5±0% | 20▲5.3%↩ |
| W. FernándezCentre-forward |  Alianza Valledupar | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 28 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 | 13 | 20 |
| Á. VeliezCentre-forward |  San Martin Tucuman | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| B. MorrisCentral midfielder |  Harrogate Town | 🏴England | 30 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1.8 | 33▼10.5% | 20▼21.7% |
| Jorge PomboWinger |  Kifisia | 🇪🇸Spain | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1.7 | 38±0% | 20±0% |
| K. KodroCentre-forward |  OFI | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19▼17.6%↩ | 20±0% |
| G. MelkadzeCentre-forward |  Akhmat | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 | 20▼31.7% | 20▼14.1% |
| S. DespotovskiCentre-forward |  Perth Glory | 🏳️ | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 19 |
| A. LéauteyCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇫🇷France | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1.6 | 26▼43.8%↩ | 19▼62.9%↩ |
| A. PopovicCentre-back |  Sydney | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 24▲458.1%↩ | 19▼56.7%↩ |
| F. CantilloAttacking midfielder | Alianza Valledupar | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1.1 | 18 | 19 |
| A. DisaroCentre-forward |  Montedio Yamagata | 🇯🇵Japan | 30 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2.9 | 19 | 19▼28.6%↩ |
| M. BrunoCentral midfielder |  Francs Borains | 🇧🇪Belgium | 33 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 30▲604.8%↩ | 19▼20.8%↩ |
| M. DabroCentre-forward |  NK Slaven Belupo | 🇭🇷Croatia | 29 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| J. KucharskiCentral midfielder | Perth Glory | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1.1 | 28 | 19 |
| Mário SérgioCentre-forward |  Consadole Sapporo | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.4 | 18 | 19 |
| A. ZinkovskiyCentral midfielder |  Spartak Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1.7 | 29▲52.4%↩ | 19▼21%↩ |
| B. BlandoCentre-forward |  Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3.4 | 17▲98.8% | 19▼45.8% |
| A. BedraneCentre-back |  Damac | 🇩🇿Algeria | 34 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2.8 | 23▼31% | 19▼29.2% |
| S. HallerCentre-forward |  Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3.6 | 21▲54.9%↩ | 19▼21.5%↩ |
| R. AguirreCentre-forward |  Tigres UANL | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 23±0% | 19▼17%↩ |
| K. GorréWinger |  Maccabi Haifa | 🇨🇼Curaçao | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1.9 | 21▼7.1%↩ | 19▼61.8%↩ |
| Nélson OliveiraCentre-forward |  Farense | 🇵🇹Portugal | 35 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 14▼42.7%↩ | 19▼31.7%↩ |
| M. ShintaniCentre-forward |  Kochi United | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 21 | 19 |
| G. JaraCentral midfielder |  D. La Serena | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 20 | 19 |
| S. McCoulskyCentre-forward | Harrogate Town | 🏴England | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1.1 | 12 | 18▼27%↩ |
| R. RanftlDefensive midfielder |  Austria Vienna | 🇦🇹Austria | 34 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 37▲161.7%↩ | 18▼47.7%↩ |
| G. HurstCentre-forward |  New Mexico United | 🏴Scotland | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 | 9 | 18 |
| BebetoCentre-back |  Tondela | 🇧🇷Brazil | 36 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2.4 | 37▲232.1% | 18▲102.2% |
| Khaled El GhandourCentral midfielder |  Smouha SC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 32 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1.6 | 34 | 18 |
| M. RoginićCentre-forward |  Žilina | 🇭🇷Croatia | 31 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1.4 | 17▲57.4%↩ | 18▼47.2%↩ |
| M. MorenoAttacking midfielder | Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | 16▼55.9% | 18▼29.3% |
| K. PérezAttacking midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 1.2 | 18 | 18 |
| M. StefaniakCentral midfielder |  Erzgebirge Aue | 🇩🇪Germany | 31 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 16▲2.6% | 18▼27.7% |
| V. SavićevićDefensive midfielder |  Vojvodina | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 32 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 28▲94.4%↩ | 18▼39.6%↩ |
| A. SernaCentral midfielder |  Beitar Jerusalem | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 | 10 | 18 |
| K. FujikawaCentral midfielder |  Parceiro Nagano | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 23▲369.4%↩ | 18▼52.3%↩ |
| M. AsenjoCentre-forward |  Los Andes | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17▲149.3%↩ | 18▼29.4%↩ |
| M. IshakCentre-forward |  Lech Poznan | 🇸🇪Sweden | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14▼73.5% | 18±0% |
| Yang MingyangCentral midfielder |  Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1.3 | 27 | 17 |
| J. Günther-SchmidtWinger | Erzgebirge Aue | 🇩🇪Germany | 32 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1.8 | 15 | 17▼26%↩ |
| L. MenaloAttacking midfielder |  HNK Rijeka | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 10 | 17 |
| N. Da SilvaCentre-forward |  Palestino | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 17 | 17 |
| J. PapeauWinger | Uta Arad | 🇫🇷France | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1.2 | 12▲2240%↩ | 17▼32.9%↩ |
| M. EppsAttacking midfielder |  Lexington | 🇺🇸USA | 31 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1.9 | 20 | 17 |
| G. CarrilloCentre-forward |  Estudiantes L.P. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 35 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 23▲9.2% | 17▲10.3% |
| A. IonițăAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 23 | 17 |
| E. MyklebustCentre-forward |  Asane | 🇳🇴Norway | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | 18▼29.5% | 17▼28% |
| A. WestwoodCentral midfielder |  Charlotte | 🏴England | 36 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1.6 | 37▲9.5% | 17▼4.5% |
| S. KokubuCentral midfielder | Montedio Yamagata | 🇯🇵Japan | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 |
| E. TozluCentre-forward |  Erzurumspor FK | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.4 | 62±0% | 17±0% |
| A. NajarFull-back |  Nashville SC | 🇭🇳Honduras | 33 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1.9 | 40▲22.1% | 17▼11.1% |
| M. CheukouaWinger |  Meizhou Kejia | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 12 | 17 |
| J. BrophyCentre-forward |  Gillingham | 🏴England | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15▼52.4%↩ | 17▲3.1%↩ |
| Lucas PossignoloCentre-back |  Hangzhou Greentown | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 27▼23.8%↩ | 17▼65.7%↩ |
| Jesús ImazAttacking midfielder |  Jagiellonia | 🇪🇸Spain | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 | 19▼62.9% | 17±0% |
