| 1 | João FélixCentre-forward | Al-Nassr | 26 | 33 | 80▲788.9% | 60▼13.3% |
| 2 | Cristiano RonaldoCentre-forward | Al-Nassr | 41 | 30 | 83▲5.8% | 18▲1.1% |
| 3 | Bruno FernandesAttacking midfielder | Manchester United | 31 | 30 | 80▲38.8% | 55▼12.7% |
| 4 | PaulinhoCentre-forward | Toluca | 33 | 25 | 56▲10.2% | 21▼44.1% |
| 5 | PoteAttacking midfielder | Sporting CP | 28 | 21 | 58▲134.4% | 51▼8% |
| 6 | Youssef ChermitiCentre-forward | Rangers | 22 | 20 | 47 | 53▼23.3% |
| 7 | Rúben NevesCentre-back | Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 29 | 18 | 59▲111.2% | 44▼8.4% |
| 8 | TrincãoAttacking midfielder | Sporting CP | 26 | 18 | 53▼13.7% | 66▼10.4% |
| 9 | Ricardo HortaAttacking midfielder | SC Braga | 31 | 18 | 55▲10.6% | 36▼26.5% |
| 10 | Cláudio BragaCentre-forward | Heart Of Midlothian | 26 | 17 | 48▲38.2% | 49▲35.6% |
| 11 | João CarvalhoAttacking midfielder | Estoril | 29 | 17 | 51▲12.4% | 47▼14.9% |
| 12 | Ricardo MatosCentre-forward | Arges Pitesti | 26 | 16 | 35▲70.9% | 31▼34.5% |
| 13 | Carlos ForbsAttacking midfielder | Club Brugge KV | 22 | 16 | 42 | 66▼5.6% |
| 14 | Duarte MoreiraCentre-forward | Bryne | 24 | 15 | 45▲16.4% | 44▲8.4% |
| 15 | João AmaralAttacking midfielder | Bandırmaspor | 34 | 14 | 35▲258.8% | 13▼30.9% |
| 16 | TozéAttacking midfielder | Al Riyadh | 33 | 14 | 44▼14.1% | 25▼22.3% |
| 17 | Tiago DantasAttacking midfielder | HNK Rijeka | 25 | 13 | 35▲167.4% | 39▼40.7% |
| 18 | BennyWinger | Ümraniyespor | 26 | 13 | 33▲245.7% | 35▼33% |
| 19 | Fábio VieiraAttacking midfielder | Hamburger SV | 26 | 12 | 48▲71.4% | 74▲12.3% |
| 20 | Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 12 | 51▲148.3% | 27▼47.2% |
| 21 | Nuno MoreiraAttacking midfielder | Vasco DA Gama | 27 | 12 | 41▲34.2% | 61▲1.3% |
| 22 | Luís EstevesDefensive midfielder | GIL Vicente | 28 | 12 | 58▲87.9% | 54▼4.8% |
| 23 | Rafael LeãoCentre-forward | AC Milan | 27 | 12 | 54▲13.1% | 70▼12.9% |
| 24 | Gonçalo GuedesCentre-forward | Real Sociedad | 29 | 12 | 46▲148.1% | 56▼6.2% |
| 25 | PabloCentre-forward | GIL Vicente | 22 | 11 | 63▲260.6% | 69▲16.5% |
| 26 | Afonso MoreiraAttacking midfielder | Lyon | 21 | 11 | 42 | 87▲59.6% |
| 27 | Gil DiasAttacking midfielder | Famalicao | 29 | 11 | 37▲50.4% | 47▼4.3% |
| 28 | Pedro NetoCentre-forward | Chelsea | 26 | 11 | 44▼5% | 82▼8.7% |
| 29 | Leonardo RochaCentre-forward | Zaglebie Lubin | 29 | 10 | 33▼44% | 25▼29.8% |
| 30 | GugaCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 10 | 44▲217.5% | 24▼50.5% |
| 31 | Pedro NunoAttacking midfielder | Oţelul | 31 | 10 | 24▲4.3% | 17▼26.8% |
| 32 | SamuAttacking midfielder | Guimaraes | 30 | 10 | 35▲27% | 38▼13.1% |
| 33 | ChiquinhoAttacking midfielder | Olympiakos Piraeus | 30 | 10 | 30▲77.5% | 26▼2.3% |
| 34 | Flávio NazinhoCentral midfielder | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 10 | 55▲217.3% | 61▲7.3% |
| 35 | BetoCentre-forward | Everton | 28 | 10 | 36▲19.2% | 60▼16.1% |
| 36 | David Pereira da CostaAttacking midfielder | Portland Timbers | 25 | 10 | 30▲1866.7% | 46▼28.2% |
| 37 | Diego MoreiraAttacking midfielder | Strasbourg | 21 | 10 | 43▲28% | 87▲1.9% |
| 38 | André SilvaCentre-forward | Elche | 30 | 10 | 39▲139.5% | 45▼6.6% |
| 39 | Flávio SilvaCentre-forward | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 9 | 21 | 1 |
| 40 | João TeixeiraAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 33 | 9 | 31▲103.3% | 15▼64% |
| 41 | Pedro BrazãoAttacking midfielder | Bodrum FK | 23 | 9 | 26▲128.7% | 41▼3.3% |
| 42 | Gustavo VarelaCentre-forward | GIL Vicente | 21 | 9 | 30▲422.8% | 65▲33.8% |
| 43 | Fábio MartinsAttacking midfielder | Al-Hazm | 32 | 9 | 32▼1.9% | 27▼9.6% |
| 44 | Alberto BaioFull-back | FC Porto | 22 | 9 | 71▲321.3% | 71▲17.4% |
| 45 | Nuno MendesFull-back | Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 9 | 46▲122.2% | 83▲1.6% |
| 46 | Félix CorreiaAttacking midfielder | Lille | 25 | 9 | 34▼21.4% | 80▲19.8% |
| 47 | Samú CostaDefensive midfielder | Mallorca | 25 | 9 | 65▲65.6% | 81▼1.9% |
| 48 | Heriberto TavaresAttacking midfielder | Maccabi Netanya | 29 | 8 | 24▲125.5% | 27▼44.3% |
| 49 | PaulinhoCentre-forward | Oţelul | 26 | 8 | 19▲120.7% | 29▼35.7% |
| 50 | AndrézinhoAttacking midfielder | Oţelul | 29 | 8 | 23▼10.9% | 25▼43.3% |