| 1 | F. MichelDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 21.3 | 20±0% | 57±0% |
| 2 | W. TaïbiDefensive midfielder | Hannover 96 | 24 | 20.2 | 16±0% | 58±0% |
| 3 | M. PapelaDefensive midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 19.6 | 19▼10.6% | 54▼1.6% |
| 4 | M. PannewigDefensive midfielder | VfL Bochum | 21 | 19.1 | 28±0% | 62±0% |
| 5 | S. BanséDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 25 | 19 | 1±0% | 45±0% |
| 6 | Leon RobinsonDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 25 | 18.9 | 26±0% | 59±0% |
| 7 | Kwon Hyeok-KyuDefensive midfielder | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 18.8 | 3▼76.1% | 49▲11.5% |
| 8 | Rafael LubachDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Nürnberg | 21 | 18.6 | 41±0% | 67±0% |
| 9 | Tony ReitzDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 18.3 | 0▼95.8% | 51▲27.8% |
| 10 | F. FlickDefensive midfielder | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 18.2 | 22±0% | 51±0% |
| 11 | C. PatinoDefensive midfielder | VfL Bochum | 22 | 18.2 | 9±0% | 59±0% |
| 12 | Samuel KleinDefensive midfielder | FC St. Pauli | 22 | 18.1 | 28▲47.4% | 82▲296.1% |
| 13 | Ł. PorębaDefensive midfielder | SV Elversberg | 26 | 18 | 38±0% | 61±0% |
| 14 | Y. FurukawaDefensive midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 23 | 18 | 7±0% | 56±0% |
| 15 | D. ArifiDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 24 | 17.9 | 8±0% | 50±0% |
| 16 | A. KellerDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 17.9 | 14±0% | 57±0% |
| 17 | S. RussoDefensive midfielder | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 17.8 | 35±0% | 54±0% |
| 18 | L. KehlDefensive midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 17.6 | 30▲12.7% | 64▲39.3% |
| 19 | T. AbeDefensive midfielder | Holstein Kiel | 22 | 16.7 | 26 | 46 |
| 20 | P. WillDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | 16.1 | 16±0% | 44±0% |
| 21 | D. KovacevicDefensive midfielder | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 15.7 | 21 | 44 |
| 22 | T. van den HeuvelDefensive midfielder | Hannover 96 | 21 | 15.5 | 0▼99.4% | 45▼15.7% |
| 23 | M. AvlayiciDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 | 15.5 | 1 | 49 |
| 24 | T. MüselDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Magdeburg | 27 | 15.4 | 26▲12.4% | 35±0% |
| 25 | S. VäänänenDefensive midfielder | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 15.1 | 8▼68.1% | 37▼9.4% |
| 26 | S. SchreckDefensive midfielder | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 14.3 | 9±0% | 41±0% |
| 27 | L. FlachDefensive midfielder | VfL Osnabrück | 25 | 14.2 | 13▼50.4% | 34▼15.6% |
| 28 | M. WallentowitzDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 13.7 | 8±0% | 55▼8.7% |
| 29 | E. YasarDefensive midfielder | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 13.7 | 1 | 51 |
| 30 | L. HerrmannDefensive midfielder | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 13.5 | 18±0% | 43±0% |
| 31 | D. HofmeisterDefensive midfielder | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 16 | 13.3 | 1 | 53 |
| 32 | M. RasmussenDefensive midfielder | FC St. Pauli | 28 | 8.8 | 0▼100% | 37▼0.8% |
| 33 | F. WagnerDefensive midfielder | VfL Osnabrück | 29 | 6.9 | 19±0% | 31▲12.8% |
| 34 | C. SickingerDefensive midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 29 | 6 | 2±0% | 30▼1.6% |
| 35 | B. JacobsenDefensive midfielder | VfL Osnabrück | 33 | 3.8 | 24±0% | 19▲22.9% |
| 36 | L. SchnellbacherDefensive midfielder | SV Elversberg | 32 | 2.4 | 18±0% | 22±0% |