| 1 | Fábio AbreuCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 33 | 79▲104.1% | 16▼64.1% |
| 2 | V. QazaishviliAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 33 | 79▲408.4% | 16▼34.7% |
| 3 | LeonardoCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 29 | 70▲81.4% | 26▼50.1% |
| 4 | Wu XiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 37 | 59 | 11 |
| 5 | CryzanAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 54▲78.1% | 22▼63% |
| 6 | Saulo MineiroWinger | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 53 | 23▼32% |
| 7 | Alberto QuilesCentre-forward | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 53▲140.3% | 20▼50% |
| 8 | Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 28 | 53▲493.3% | 28▼48.3% |
| 9 | Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 33 | 53▲362.3% | 14▼59.7% |
| 10 | FelipeCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 34 | 53▲320.8% | 14▼47.6% |
| 11 | F. AcheampongAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 32 | 51 | 17 |
| 12 | Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 51▲148.3% | 27▼47.2% |
| 13 | ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 50▲125% | 23▼44.2% |
| 14 | Gustavo SauerCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 33 | 50 | 14▼39.1% |
| 15 | Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 31 | 50 | 18 |
| 16 | RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 30 | 50▼5.3% | 22▼59.6% |
| 17 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | 48▲408.4% | 25▼38.5% |
| 18 | Rafael RatãoCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 48▲495.1% | 34▼19.3% |
| 19 | A. YakubuCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 27 | 48▲86.3% | 29▼50.6% |
| 20 | O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 27 | 47 | 29 |
| 21 | Chow TimCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 32 | 47 | 19 |
| 22 | Wang YudongAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 19 | 47 | 39 |
| 23 | GabrielzinhoAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 30 | 45▲206.8% | 22▼45.3% |
| 24 | Xi Yang AlexFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 21 | 45 | 32 |
| 25 | Lü ZhuoyiFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 25 | 44 | 33 |
| 26 | Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 43▲1031.6% | 17▼48.2% |
| 27 | DawhanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 43▲37.7% | 21▼48.2% |
| 28 | Pedro HenriqueCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 29 | 43▲43.9% | 23▼29.3% |
| 29 | Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 42 | 32 |
| 30 | Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 42 | 32 |
| 31 | Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | 41 | 24 |
| 32 | Liu YangDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 31 | 41 | 18 |
| 33 | Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 31 | 39▲405.2% | 19▼56.5% |
| 34 | Hu HetaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 22 | 38 | 35 |
| 35 | Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 27 | 38▲410.7% | 27▼38.4% |
| 36 | Wang QiumingCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 33 | 38 | 13 |
| 37 | Lin LiangmingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 38 | 22 |
| 38 | Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 32 | 37 | 15 |
| 39 | A. MitrițăAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 31 | 37▲16.6% | 16▼66.2% |
| 40 | E. KartsevCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 26 | 36▲754.8% | 29▼31.3% |
| 41 | Rodrigo HenriqueAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 33 | 36 | 14 |
| 42 | Tan LongCentre-forward | Changchun Yatai | 38 | 35 | 9 |
| 43 | Liu DianzuoGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 36 | 35 | 13 |
| 44 | SerginhoAttacking midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 35 | 17 |
| 45 | DavidsonAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 35 | 34▲197.4% | 13▼5.9% |
| 46 | Cao YongjingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 33 | 22 |
| 47 | Feng JinDefensive midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 33 | 33 | 14 |
| 48 | Matheus JussaDefensive midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 30 | 33▲84.4% | 22▼57.1% |
| 49 | Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 24 | 32 | 32 |
| 50 | Wesley MoraesCentre-forward | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | 32 | 20▼59.2% |