| 1 | V. QazaishviliAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 33 | 79▲408.4% | 16▼34.7% |
| 2 | LeonardoCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 29 | 70▲81.4% | 26▼50.1% |
| 3 | Wu XiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 37 | 59 | 11 |
| 4 | Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 28 | 53▲493.3% | 28▼48.3% |
| 5 | Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 33 | 53▲362.3% | 14▼59.7% |
| 6 | Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 51▲148.3% | 27▼47.2% |
| 7 | Chow TimCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 32 | 47 | 18 |
| 8 | Y. GurfinkelFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 28 | 44▲1733.3% | 27▼4.2% |
| 9 | GugaCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 44▲217.5% | 24▼50.5% |
| 10 | Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 43▲1031.6% | 17▼48.2% |
| 11 | DawhanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 43▲37.7% | 21▼48.2% |
| 12 | Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 42 | 32 |
| 13 | Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 42▲1818.2% | 32▼41.5% |
| 14 | Matheus ÍndioDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 26 | 41▲5814.3% | 30▼40.7% |
| 15 | Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | 41 | 24 |
| 16 | E. SarićCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 36 | 40▲69.9% | 11▼45% |
| 17 | Hu HetaoFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 22 | 38 | 35 |
| 18 | Wang QiumingCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 33 | 38 | 13 |
| 19 | F. AndrijaševićCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 35 | 38 | 9 |
| 20 | Lin LiangmingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 38 | 22 |
| 21 | Li TixiangDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 36 | 38 | 13 |
| 22 | NenéDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 31 | 37▲349.4% | 18▼17.6% |
| 23 | Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 32 | 37 | 15 |
| 24 | E. KartsevCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 26 | 36▲754.8% | 29▼31.3% |
| 25 | SerginhoAttacking midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 35 | 17 |
| 26 | Z. LabyadCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 33 | 34▲959.4% | 12▼57.9% |
| 27 | Matheus JussaDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 30 | 33▲84.4% | 21▼58.3% |
| 28 | Feng JinDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 32 | 33 | 17 |
| 29 | Filipe AugustoCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 32 | 32▲362.9% | 13▼53.6% |
| 30 | Wang ShangyuanDefensive midfielder | Henan Jianye | 33 | 32 | 14 |
| 31 | João TeixeiraAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 33 | 31▲103.3% | 15▼64% |
| 32 | B. JočićDefensive midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 32 | 29 | 14 |
| 33 | J. MbekeliAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 27 | 29▲5.2% | 27▼43.4% |
| 34 | Cheng JinDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 31 | 28 | 17 |
| 35 | D. Owusu-SekyereAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 26 | 27 | 29 |
| 36 | Duan LiuyuAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 28 | 27 | 24 |
| 37 | Yang MingyangCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 31 | 27 | 17 |
| 38 | Han ZilongCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 32 | 27 | 13 |
| 39 | A. AdemiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 26▲6.6% | 26▼28.9% |
| 40 | He LonghaiFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 24 | 25 | 31 |
| 41 | I. AlimiCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 32 | 25 | 14 |
| 42 | Liao JintaoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 26 | 25 | 28 |
| 43 | DarlanCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 28 | 25▲6025% | 22▼58.2% |
| 44 | Huang JiahuiCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| 45 | Nélson LuzAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 28 | 24▲419.6% | 25▼52.9% |
| 46 | A. IonițăAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 31 | 23 | 17 |
| 47 | Liu XinxiangAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 26 | 23 | 28 |
| 48 | Long WeiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 22 | 15 |
| 49 | Zhong HaoranDefensive midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 32 | 21 | 13 |
| 50 | Piao TaoyuCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 33 | 20 | 11 |