| Z. SouleymaneCentre-back | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 🇳🇪Niger | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 11 |
| Z. SteffenGoalkeeper | Colorado Rapids | 🇺🇸USA | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 13▲27.9% | 19▼13.1% |
| Z. SuzukiGoalkeeper | Aston Villa | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88.2 | 25±0% | 74▲1.8%↩ |
| Z. SwansonCentre-back | Portsmouth | 🏴England | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25.6 | 14▼41.6% | 60▲8.1% |
| Z. TaifiCentral midfielder | Orlando City SC | 🇺🇸USA | 21 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7.2 | 15▲2071.4% | 41▲15.2% |
| Z. TindanoFull-back | Spartak Varna | 🏳️ | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 3 | 32 |
| Z. TothGoalkeeper | Ferencvarosi TC | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 31 |
| Z. TripićAttacking midfielder | Viking | 🇳🇴Norway | 33 | 22 | 6 | 19 | 2.1 | 81▲24.5% | 21▲12.9% |
| Ž. TronteljDefensive midfielder | Dunajska Streda | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 26 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 6.8 | 39▲230.8%↩ | 35▼8.1%↩ |
| Ž. UdovičićFull-back | Mladost Lucani | 🇷🇸Serbia | 39 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 | 24 | 11▲53.4%↩ |
| Z. ValentínCentre-back | Minnesota United FC | 🇵🇷Puerto Rico | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0▼100% | 5▼72.7% |
| Z. Van Den BoschCentre-back | Union Berlin | 🇧🇪Belgium | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 46▲13.2%↩ | 79▲35.3%↩ |
| Z. VancsaCentral midfielder | Sirius | 🇭🇺Hungary | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 1▼90.7%↩ | 31▼27.4%↩ |
| Z. VargaCentral midfielder | Puskas Academy | 🏳️ | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Z. VipotnikCentre-forward | Swansea | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29.5 | 14▼77.2% | 72±0% |
| Z. VynerCentre-back | Wrexham | 🏴England | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 13▼55.7%↩ | 46▲4.4%↩ |
| Z. WilliamsCentre-back | Barnet | 🏴Wales | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 2▼76.2%↩ | 40▲3.3%↩ |
| Z. YohannaWinger | AIK Stockholm | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3.6 | 18 | 37 |
| Z. YoussoufCentral midfielder | Al-Fateh | 🇫🇷France | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 | 48▲1.9% | 46▲0.9% |
| Z. YunisCentral midfielder | Colon Santa Fe | 🇦🇷Argentina | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 35 |
| Z. ZakhariiCentre-forward | Kolos Kovalivka | 🏳️ | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 34 |
| Ž. ZaletelFull-back | Viborg | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10.9 | 35▲840.5% | 41▲55.3% |
| Z. ZalewskiDefensive midfielder | Jagiellonia | 🏳️ | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0▼57.1% | 34±0% |
| Z. ZandiCentral midfielder | Colorado Springs | 🇺🇸USA | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 6 | 17 |
| Z. ZasnoFull-back | Maccabi Haifa | 🇮🇱Israel | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6.4 | 4 | 35 |
| Z. ZengueDefensive midfielder | St. Louis City | 🏳️ | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 36 |
| Zac ScuttCentre-forward | Burton Albion | 🏳️ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 17▲1.2% |
| Zachariah HadiGoalkeeper | Bradford | 🏴England | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 41 |
| Zachariah Olumide AweCentre-back | Salford City | 🏴England | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼93% | 32±0% |
| Zacharias TsagarakisCentral midfielder | Panserraikos | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 32 |
| Zaid Amoussou-TchibaraCentre-forward | FC Schalke 04 | 🇹🇬Togo | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 54 |
| Zain BiazidWinger | Hoffenheim II | 🏳️ | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 35 |
| Zak Norton SturgeFull-back | Millwall | 🏴England | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 31▼15.7% | 70±0% |
| Zakaria Al HawsawiFull-back | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 42±0% | 52±0% |
| Zakaria ZtoutiCentre-forward | Nancy | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 9±0% | 56±0% |
| Zakarya KhaldiCentre-forward | Roda | 🇫🇷France | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 |
| Zalan KugyelaCentral midfielder | Torino | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 66 |
| Zalán Márk KerezsiCentre-forward | MTK Budapest | 🇭🇺Hungary | 23 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4.5 | 18 | 33 |
| Zang YifengCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 8 |
| Zé CarlosDefensive midfielder | GIL Vicente | 🇵🇹Portugal | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 15±0% | 56±0% |
| Zé CarlosCentre-back | Rio Ave | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 | 41▲20%↩ | 48▼16.5%↩ |
| Zé GabrielCentral midfielder | Sport Recife | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | 0▼100%↩ | 29▼46.5%↩ |
| Zé GuilhermeFull-back | Bahia | 🇧🇷Brazil | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 1±0% | 62▲7% |
| Zé HenriqueGoalkeeper | Juventude | 🇧🇷Brazil | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.8 | 0 | 53 |
| Zé LeiteWinger | Grenoble | 🇵🇹Portugal | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13.1 | 6▼78.6%↩ | 40▼17.9%↩ |
| Zé LucasAttacking midfielder | Cruzeiro | 🇧🇷Brazil | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24.9 | 16±0% | 61▼5%↩ |
| Zé MarcosCentre-back | Vitoria | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 32±0% | 38▼22.4% |
| Zé PedroFull-back | Cagliari | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 26▲27% | 49▲6.3% |
| Zé PedroCentre-back | União de Leiria | 🇵🇹Portugal | 24 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 44 |
| Zé RafaelDefensive midfielder | Alverca | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 24±0% | 15▼34.8%↩ |
| Zé RicardoFull-back | Tondela | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5▼47.3%↩ | 33▼21.6%↩ |
| Zé RobertoCentre-forward | Mirassol | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0▼100%↩ | 11▼66.4%↩ |
| Zé SantosCentral midfielder | CSKA 1948 | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0▼100%↩ | 21▼51.6%↩ |
| Zé VitorCentral midfielder | Free Agents | 🇧🇷Brazil | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.4 | 0 | 68 |
| Zé VitorCentre-back | Nacional | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20.4 | 42±0% | 62±0% |
| Zé VitorDefensive midfielder | Vitoria | 🇧🇷Brazil | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 29.9 | 27▲6650%↩ | 56▲16.9%↩ |
| Zé VitorCentre-back | União de Leiria | 🇧🇷Brazil | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0▼100%↩ | 39▼29.9%↩ |
| ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2.1 | 50▲125%↩ | 23▼44.2%↩ |
| ZeegaCentral midfielder | Guimaraes | 🏳️ | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 53 |
| Zeteny GaraiCentre-back | Zalaegerszegi TE | 🏳️ | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 30 |
| Zeyad KamalDefensive midfielder | Enppi | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 15 | 34 |
| Zeyad TarekWinger | Haras El Hodood | 🇪🇬Egypt | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 27 |
| Zhang AihuiFull-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️ | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 10 | 30 |
| Zhang Ao linGoalkeeper | Gamba Osaka | 🇯🇵Japan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 43 |
| Zhang BinCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 27 |
| Zhang BoxuanCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhang ChengdongCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 20 | 7 |
| Zhang ChenliangFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 25 | 22 |
| Zhang HaoCentre-forward | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang HaonanGoalkeeper | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang HaoranGoalkeeper | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhang HuachenDefensive midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 15 | 19 |
| Zhang JiajieCentral midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 23 |
| Zhang JianzhiGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Zhang JiaqiDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 5 |
| Zhang JifanCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhang LinpengCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 10 | 4 |
| Zhang SijieCentre-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Zhang TaoCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang WeiWinger | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Zhang WeiFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 10 |
| Zhang XiangshuoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 6 | 25 |
| Zhang XiaobinCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 |
| Zhang XiuweiDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 16 | 15 |
| Zhang XizheCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0.3 | 14 | 7 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 10 | 18 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 10 | 6 |
| Zhang YudongCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 17 | 9 |
| Zhang YufengDefensive midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 19 |
| Zhang YuhangGoalkeeper | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️ | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 28 |
| Zhang YuhangGoalkeeper | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️ | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 28 |
| Zhang YujieFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2.8 | 6 | 28 |
| Zhang YuningCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1.9 | 26 | 21 |
| Zhang ZhaozhiCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Zhang ZhenCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 9 |
| Zhang ZhenyangCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 26 |
| Zhao BoGoalkeeper | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 12 | 17 |
| Zhao HonglüeFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 13 | 8 |
| Zhao JianfeiCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Zhao XuebinFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 |