| 1 | E. AndersonCentral midfielder | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 62▲9.3% | 95±0% |
| 2 | J. BellinghamCentral midfielder | Real Madrid | 23 | 60▲18.9% | 94▼1.1% |
| 3 | T. JørgensenCentral midfielder | Viborg | 20 | 57 | 50▲29.5% |
| 4 | Victor Mow FroholdtCentral midfielder | FC Porto | 20 | 56▲45% | 79▲59% |
| 5 | Musab Al JuwayrCentral midfielder | Al-Qadisiyah FC | 23 | 55▲76.9% | 63±0% |
| 6 | O. ØhlenschlægerCentral midfielder | Fredrikstad | 22 | 54 | 48 |
| 7 | Flávio NazinhoCentral midfielder | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 53▲207.5% | 61▲7.3% |
| 8 | Alberto MoleiroCentral midfielder | Villarreal | 22 | 53▲34.5% | 94▲10% |
| 9 | V. LindCentral midfielder | IF Brommapojkarna | 23 | 53▲2204.3% | 40▼5.2% |
| 10 | I. YegoianCentral midfielder | Excelsior | 22 | 52▲39.7% | 73▲23.9% |
| 11 | C. Bonsu BaahCentral midfielder | Al-Qadisiyah FC | 21 | 52▲135.5% | 63▲5.2% |
| 12 | L. AmatucciCentral midfielder | Las Palmas | 22 | 52▲16.7% | 71▲7.9% |
| 13 | Sydie PeckCentral midfielder | Sheffield Utd | 21 | 51▲83.6% | 78▲5.2% |
| 14 | S. SimonsCentral midfielder | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 51▲73.6% | 60▲7% |
| 15 | K. DanoisCentral midfielder | Auxerre | 22 | 50▲153.1% | 79▲6.9% |
| 16 | V. KostovCentral midfielder | FK Crvena Zvezda | 18 | 49 | 50 |
| 17 | I. DoumbiaCentral midfielder | Venezia | 22 | 49▲504.9% | 78▲13.7% |
| 18 | S. AndersenCentral midfielder | BK Hacken | 22 | 49▲95.6% | 38▼25.2% |
| 19 | A. LunaCentral midfielder | Instituto Cordoba | 22 | 49▲138.2% | 61▲15.6% |
| 20 | S. HomenchenkoCentral midfielder | Club Queretaro | 22 | 48▲1050% | 55▼7.8% |
| 21 | P. NebelCentral midfielder | FSV Mainz 05 | 23 | 48▼3.8% | 81▼11.1% |
| 22 | O. RosengrenCentral midfielder | Malmo FF | 23 | 48▲187.9% | 39▲9.6% |
| 23 | E. HavelCentral midfielder | TSV Hartberg | 23 | 46 | 50 |
| 24 | A. DevineCentral midfielder | Preston | 21 | 46▲53% | 76▲29.3% |
| 25 | E. DiopCentral midfielder | Cercle Brugge | 21 | 46▲1603.7% | 62▼10.5% |
| 26 | I. PriceCentral midfielder | West Brom | 22 | 45▲183.8% | 72▲30.7% |
| 27 | Noah MakanzaCentral midfielder | Helmond Sport | 21 | 45 | 58 |
| 28 | E. GuðmundssonCentral midfielder | Brann | 22 | 45▲1191.4% | 49▲49.7% |
| 29 | J. Hjertø-DahlCentral midfielder | Tromso | 20 | 45▲85.2% | 52▲18.1% |
| 30 | D. HeroldCentral midfielder | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 45▲69.3% | 67▲5.5% |
| 31 | D. HuismanCentral midfielder | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 45▲12.7% | 58▼1.2% |
| 32 | J. RandallCentral midfielder | Auckland | 23 | 44 | 23 |
| 33 | Max MarieCentral midfielder | Eintracht Braunschweig | 21 | 44▲491.9% | 66▲22.1% |
| 34 | João NevesCentral midfielder | Paris Saint Germain | 21 | 44▲24.6% | 84▼4.4% |
| 35 | L. UlrichCentral midfielder | 1. FC Magdeburg | 21 | 43▲137.4% | 64▲45.5% |
| 36 | A. BoudriCentral midfielder | Gais | 21 | 43▲237.8% | 41▲14.4% |
| 37 | M. OuédraogoCentral midfielder | SCR Altach | 23 | 42 | 47 |
| 38 | Beau LerouxCentral midfielder | San Jose Earthquakes | 22 | 42 | 47 |
| 39 | Y. AyariCentral midfielder | Brighton | 22 | 42▲23.4% | 91▲5.9% |
| 40 | A. KonéCentral midfielder | NEOM | 21 | 42▲122.8% | 59▼17.6% |
| 41 | D. GallapeniCentral midfielder | Wisla Plock | 21 | 42 | 41 |
| 42 | A. OuédraogoCentral midfielder | RB Leipzig | 20 | 42 | 87▲31.6% |
| 43 | L. StojkovićCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 42 | 43 |
| 44 | M. EjdumCentral midfielder | Odense | 21 | 41▲566.1% | 49▲15.4% |
| 45 | X. SimonsCentral midfielder | Tottenham | 23 | 41▼20.9% | 82▼5.2% |
| 46 | M. SøndergaardCentral midfielder | Viborg | 23 | 41▲455.4% | 43▲9.6% |
| 47 | R. TouzgharCentral midfielder | PAU | 22 | 41▲892.7% | 64▲84.6% |
| 48 | C. CîrjanCentral midfielder | Dinamo Bucuresti | 23 | 41 | 39 |
| 49 | N. LebretonCentral midfielder | NEC Nijmegen | 22 | 40▼8.6% | 73▲17.9% |
| 50 | N. RossenCentral midfielder | Telstar | 20 | 40±0% | 73▲17.2% |