| 1 | F. TănaseCentral midfielder | FCSB | 31 | 16 | 68▲116.6% | 22▼43.9% |
| 2 | Dor PeretzCentral midfielder | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 31 | 14 | 48▲322.8% | 22▼60.7% |
| 3 | A. MatkoCentral midfielder | Ujpest | 26 | 13 | 44▲382.6% | 33▼5.5% |
| 4 | E. HavelCentral midfielder | Genoa | 23 | 13 | 66 | 50 |
| 5 | B. ÇobanCentral midfielder | Sakaryaspor | 31 | 12 | 50 | 21 |
| 6 | D. CastroCentral midfielder | Deportes Limache | 32 | 12 | 43 | 12 |
| 7 | V. KostovCentral midfielder | FK Crvena Zvezda | 18 | 12 | 55 | 53 |
| 8 | Wellington SilvaCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 33 | 11 | 53▲362.3% | 14▼59.7% |
| 9 | Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 31 | 10 | 50 | 18 |
| 10 | K. KangwaCentral midfielder | Panathinaikos | 27 | 9 | 49 | 39▼16.3% |
| 11 | M. BílekCentral midfielder | Teplice | 28 | 9 | 31 | 1 |
| 12 | O. AtziliCentral midfielder | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 9 | 40 | 16 |
| 13 | A. TodoroskiCentral midfielder | TSC Backa Topola | 27 | 9 | 44 | 35 |
| 14 | A. EstupiñánCentral midfielder | Millonarios | 32 | 9 | 33 | 12 |
| 15 | A. AbdullahiCentral midfielder | KAA Gent II | 20 | 9 | 39 | 48 |
| 16 | N. WoltemadeCentral midfielder | Newcastle | 24 | 8 | 45▼4.7% | 86▲5.3% |
| 17 | L. BerríoCentral midfielder | Junior | 28 | 8 | 33 | 20 |
| 18 | M. ZajcCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 32 | 8 | 39▲1587% | 17▼44.1% |
| 19 | RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 30 | 8 | 50▼5.3% | 22▼59.6% |
| 20 | F. ChaverraCentral midfielder | Millonarios | 26 | 8 | 30 | 27 |
| 21 | S. KaramokoCentral midfielder | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 8 | 31 | 41 |
| 22 | Adin MolnarCentral midfielder | MTK Budapest | 19 | 8 | 39 | 38 |
| 23 | M. DeanCentral midfielder | Gent | 22 | 7 | 27▲43.1% | 55▲5.9% |
| 24 | E. DiopCentral midfielder | Monaco | 22 | 7 | 56▲2216.7% | 60▼13.3% |
| 25 | D. CamajCentral midfielder | Novi Pazar | 29 | 7 | 32±0% | 25±0% |
| 26 | B. DackCentral midfielder | Gillingham | 32 | 7 | 31▲325% | 14▼2.7% |
| 27 | Noah MakanzaCentral midfielder | KV Mechelen | 21 | 7 | 49 | 58 |
| 28 | B. ZaaruraCentral midfielder | Maccabi Netanya | 23 | 7 | 26 | 40 |
| 29 | Bruno XadasCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 7 | 51▲148.3% | 27▼47.2% |
| 30 | L. StojkovićCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 7 | 47 | 43 |
| 31 | S. TomovićCentral midfielder | FK Spartak Zdrepceva KRV | 24 | 7 | 42 | 43 |
| 32 | I. ShaharCentral midfielder | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 25 | 7 | 33 | 41 |
| 33 | C. CîrjanCentral midfielder | Dinamo Bucuresti | 23 | 7 | 44 | 39 |
| 34 | B. PerlazaCentral midfielder | Independiente Medellin | 34 | 7 | 25▲108.2% | 9▼59.5% |
| 35 | R. VydyshCentral midfielder | KAA Gent II | 20 | 7 | 37 | 49 |
| 36 | S. SimonsCentral midfielder | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 53▲72.2% | 60▲7% |
| 37 | M. LanziniCentral midfielder | Velez Sarsfield | 33 | 6 | 44▲195.3% | 23▲61.8% |
| 38 | G. OlzerCentral midfielder | Modena | 25 | 6 | 35▲132.2% | 57▲3.9% |
| 39 | P. GerkensCentral midfielder | Gent | 31 | 6 | 46▲305.3% | 32▲8.9% |
| 40 | R. BosićCentral midfielder | Radnicki NIS | 25 | 6 | 24 | 37▼11.4% |
| 41 | I. ChairaCentral midfielder | Oviedo | 25 | 6 | 46▲68.2% | 77▲13.1% |
| 42 | C. AránguizCentral midfielder | Universidad de Chile | 37 | 6 | 44▲2110% | 7▼33.6% |
| 43 | Lin LiangmingCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 6 | 38 | 22 |
| 44 | Gustavo SauerCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 33 | 6 | 50 | 14▼39.1% |
| 45 | M. LeviCentral midfielder | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 6 | 35 | 38 |
| 46 | E. PeretzCentral midfielder | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 29 | 6 | 37 | 30 |
| 47 | F. BonéCentral midfielder | Internacional de Bogota | 30 | 6 | 33 | 16 |
| 48 | E. TorresCentral midfielder | Once Caldas | 28 | 6 | 31▲6160% | 21▼45.6% |
| 49 | U. MiladinovićCentral midfielder | Cukaricki | 22 | 6 | 34 | 39 |
| 50 | Santiago SandovalCentral midfielder | Guadalajara Chivas | 19 | 6 | 27 | 51 |