| Z. TripićAttacking midfielder |  Viking | 🇳🇴Norway | 33 | 6 | 18 | 2.3 | 81▲24.5% | 21▲12.9% |
| Bo Åsulv HeglandWinger |  Djurgardens IF | 🇳🇴Norway | 22 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 68▲901.5%↩ | 43▲47.8%↩ |
| I. MacalouCentre-forward | Free Agents | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 27 | 6 | 14 | 110.8 | 55▲191.6%↩ | 73▲100.5%↩ |
| A. RomanAttacking midfielder |  Uta Arad | 🇷🇴Romania | 32 | 6 | 13 | 1.5 | 41 | 18 |
| L. RanđelovićAttacking midfielder |  Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 7 | 13 | 4.4 | 45▲254.3%↩ | 30▲3.8%↩ |
| R. ClearyWinger |  West Brom | 🏴England | 22 | 7 | 13 | 30.7 | 44▲13.2%↩ | 51▲1.8%↩ |
| MataAttacking midfielder |  Melbourne Victory | 🇪🇸Spain | 38 | 5 | 12 | 0.1 | 45▲22350%↩ | 6▼17.1%↩ |
| E. CardonaAttacking midfielder |  Atletico Nacional | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 13 | 12 | 0.4 | 36▲213.2%↩ | 10▼65.8%↩ |
| L. StojkovićCentral midfielder |  Dinamo Zagreb | 🇭🇷Croatia | 22 | 7 | 12 | 9.2 | 47 | 43 |
| M. Di GiustoAttacking midfielder |  FC Luzern | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 12 | 12 | 14.6 | 54 | 45 |
| L. MessiWinger |  Inter Miami | 🇦🇷Argentina | 39 | 19 | 11 | 1.1 | 89▼10.8% | 14▼3.6% |
| A. MorelosCentre-forward | Atletico Nacional | 🇨🇴Colombia | 30 | 16 | 11 | 1.1 | 42 | 18▼56.2%↩ |
| V. LindAttacking midfielder |  Hammarby FF | 🇩🇰Denmark | 23 | 9 | 11 | 9.1 | 66▲52.2%↩ | 42▲11.1%↩ |
| D. ZukićAttacking midfielder | Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 25 | 7 | 11 | 12.2 | 47 | 46 |
| S. ThomasAttacking midfielder | Huddersfield | 🏴Wales | 27 | 10 | 11 | 18.5 | 44▼11.8%↩ | 63▲0.6%↩ |
| L. ProvodAttacking midfielder |  Slavia Praha | 🇨🇿Czechia | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7.2 | 32 | 1 |
| F. SambuezaAttacking midfielder |  Deportivo Maipu | 🇦🇷Argentina | 38 | 6 | 10 | 0.7 | 39 | 9 |
| L. ValenciaCentre-forward | Deportes Limache | 🇨🇱Chile | 35 | 15 | 10 | 0.3 | 58 | 11 |
| X. ShaqiriAttacking midfielder |  FC Basel 1893 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 34 | 11 | 10 | 1.6 | 48▲386.9%↩ | 17▲18.6%↩ |
| L. BerríoCentral midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 8 | 10 | 1.5 | 33 | 20 |
| A. DreyerAttacking midfielder |  San Diego | 🇩🇰Denmark | 28 | 9 | 10 | 7.2 | 62▼16.8% | 37▼9.3% |
| J. PereyraWinger |  Minnesota United FC | 🇦🇷Argentina | 27 | 3 | 10 | 12.3 | 43▲5.9% | 40▼2.9% |
| J. KadileWinger |  Lens | 🇫🇷France | 23 | 6 | 10 | 45.3 | 30▲2.4%↩ | 42▼38.7%↩ |
| Daniel Dos SantosWinger |  FC Lugano | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 23 | 4 | 10 | 10.3 | 32 | 46 |
| Andreas PereiraAttacking midfielder |  Palmeiras | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 1 | 10 | 17.4 | 47▲243.4% | 46▲35.4% |
| O. FernándezWinger |  Santa Fe | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0.4 | 22▲175.3%↩ | 10▼53.4%↩ |
| H. MosqueraWinger | Santa Fe | 🇨🇴Colombia | 31 | 7 | 9 | 0.8 | 26▲592.1%↩ | 15▼39.9%↩ |
| Son Heung-MinWinger |  Los Angeles FC | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 34 | 5 | 9 | 1.6 | 50▲51.8% | 17▲55.4% |
| Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder |  Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1.4 | 39▲405.2%↩ | 19▼56.5%↩ |
| CryzanAttacking midfielder |  Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1.9 | 54▲78.1%↩ | 22▼63%↩ |
| D. WilmeringFull-back |  Newcastle Jets | 🇦🇺Australia | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1.3 | 22 | 22 |
| P. MichorlAttacking midfielder | Grazer AK | 🇦🇹Austria | 31 | 2 | 9 | 3.3 | 30▲206.1%↩ | 23▲4.1%↩ |
| C. EspinozaWinger |  Nashville SC | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 3 | 9 | 3.4 | 42▲17.5%↩ | 23▼9.4%↩ |
| C. EriksenAttacking midfielder |  VfL Wolfsburg | 🇩🇰Denmark | 34 | 3 | 9 | 8.7 | 40▲108.9%↩ | 27▼5.9%↩ |
| A. VirginiusAttacking midfielder |  BSC Young Boys | 🇫🇷France | 23 | 6 | 9 | 10.5 | 32▲136.5%↩ | 45▼34.7%↩ |
| L. NjohFull-back |  Servette FC | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 1 | 9 | 8.8 | 23▲18.4%↩ | 46▼21.3%↩ |
| M. JohnstonWinger | West Brom | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 27 | 2 | 9 | 27.3 | 26▲22.3% | 51▼21.5% |
| T. ZimmerschiedAttacking midfielder |  SV Elversberg | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 42▲44.3% | 60▼4.2% |
| A. IlićCentre-forward |  Union Berlin | 🇷🇸Serbia | 26 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 46▲81.6% | 72▲2.7% |
| D. HottoFull-back |  Orlando Pirates | 🇳🇦Namibia | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0.3 | 41 | 1 |
| A. MemićFull-back |  Plzen | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | 3 | 8 | 12.6 | 25 | 2 |
| M. ArnautovićCentre-forward |  FK Crvena Zvezda | 🇦🇹Austria | 37 | 7 | 8 | 0.4 | 29▲59.2%↩ | 6▼61.8%↩ |
| Y. CharáAttacking midfielder |  Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0.4 | 21▲89%↩ | 10▼29.5%↩ |
| Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 | 37 | 15 |
| J. BarreraWinger |  Deportivo Cali | 🇨🇴Colombia | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0.7 | 22 | 16 |
| Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder |  Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1.4 | 50 | 18 |
| Salem Al DawsariWinger |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 35 | 8 | 8 | 3.3 | 44▼41.7% | 19▼40.1% |
| O. SelnæsAttacking midfielder |  Rosenborg | 🇳🇴Norway | 32 | 1 | 8 | 2.5 | 37▲35.1% | 20▲5.8% |
| G. LundgrenWinger |  Gais | 🇸🇪Sweden | 31 | 2 | 8 | 2.1 | 29▼12.8% | 21▼22.3% |
| C. BarriosWinger | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 22 | 22 |
| K. OkumuraAttacking midfielder |  Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 3 | 8 | 6.2 | 22 | 22 |
| M. PalavecinoAttacking midfielder |  U. Catolica | 🇦🇷Argentina | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1.3 | 33▲6560%↩ | 23▼34.8%↩ |
| ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2.1 | 50▲125%↩ | 23▼44.2%↩ |
| Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder |  Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2.4 | 41 | 24 |
| P. ZinckernagelWinger |  Chicago Fire | 🇩🇰Denmark | 31 | 5 | 8 | 3.6 | 51▼17.9% | 26▲1.2% |
| D. ArmstrongWinger |  Dinamo Bucuresti | 🏴Scotland | 28 | 6 | 8 | 3.3 | 32▲13.3%↩ | 27▼36%↩ |
| M. ZuletaCentral midfielder |  Once Caldas | 🇨🇴Colombia | 24 | 3 | 8 | 3.2 | 28▲1028%↩ | 27▼53.3%↩ |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder |  SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder |  Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 27 | 9 | 8 | 4.8 | 47 | 29 |
| Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 4 | 8 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| R. StauntonFull-back |  Grimsby | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 24 | 1 | 8 | 5.8 | 27▲421.2%↩ | 34▲11.1%↩ |
| C. PetrilaWinger |  Rapid | 🇷🇴Romania | 25 | 4 | 8 | 6.2 | 30 | 34 |
| J. TorresAttacking midfielder |  Charleston Battery | 🇨🇴Colombia | 25 | 4 | 8 | 8.1 | 31 | 36 |
| EvanderWinger |  FC Cincinnati | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 12 | 8 | 6.9 | 73▲5.5% | 37▼2.4% |
| Tom IorpendaCentral midfielder | Swansea | 🏴England | 21 | 3 | 8 | 26.5 | 45▲14733.3%↩ | 38▼4.5%↩ |
| C. SagoeWinger |  Kalmar FF | 🏴England | 22 | 3 | 8 | 8.1 | 43 | 40▲2.6%↩ |
| K. ImeriAttacking midfielder | Union Berlin | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 6 | 8 | 38.5 | 31 | 41 |
| J. ValienteAttacking midfielder |  FC Dallas | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10.8 | 31 | 44 |
| D. SeckAttacking midfielder |  FK Partizan | 🇸🇳Senegal | 25 | 6 | 8 | 9.7 | 37▲1214.3%↩ | 44▼19.1%↩ |
| Justin EllisWinger |  Orlando City SC | 🇺🇸USA | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10.1 | 26 | 44▲22.8% |
| M. VukotićAttacking midfielder | FK Partizan | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9.7 | 37 | 46 |
| O. O'NeillAttacking midfielder |  Leyton Orient | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 23 | 4 | 8 | 13.5 | 26▲11.6% | 47▼2.9% |
| J. LivolantCentral midfielder |  Casa Pia | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 3 | 8 | 18.4 | 36▲28% | 47▼16.1% |
| T. SegoviaAttacking midfielder | Inter Miami | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 23 | 3 | 8 | 13.5 | 42▲37.5% | 48▲7.9% |
| I. ChouarefAttacking midfielder |  FC Sion | 🇫🇷France | 25 | 9 | 8 | 14.2 | 44 | 48▲42.7%↩ |
| A. OjedaAttacking midfielder |  New York City FC | 🇦🇷Argentina | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13.9 | 45▲112.9% | 50▲19.6% |
| C. BaumgartnerAttacking midfielder |  RB Leipzig | 🇦🇹Austria | 27 | 13 | 8 | 68.8 | 69▲124.4% | 76▲3.4% |
| A. AléguéWinger |  Artis | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 29 | 1 | 7 | 5.3 | 16 | 1▼97.7%↩ |
| T. LadraAttacking midfielder | Plzen | 🇨🇿Czechia | 29 | 4 | 7 | 6.1 | 22 | 1 |
| E. AyaosiAttacking midfielder | Slavia Praha | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 21 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 2 |
| D. QuinteroWinger |  Millonarios | 🇨🇴Colombia | 39 | 7 | 7 | 0.2 | 30▼7.4%↩ | 6▼53.3%↩ |
| D. NistorAttacking midfielder |  Universitatea Cluj | 🇷🇴Romania | 38 | 8 | 7 | 0.4 | 31 | 8 |
| J. CornejoFull-back |  Coquimbo Unido | 🇨🇱Chile | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0.3 | 61 | 10 |
| F. de VriesFull-back |  Auckland | 🇳🇿New Zealand | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0.3 | 34▲154.8%↩ | 12▼51.8%↩ |
| Li TixiangDefensive midfielder |  Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 38 | 13 |
| J. ValenciaAttacking midfielder | U. Catolica | 🇨🇴Colombia | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 | 20▲76.3%↩ | 16▼45.3%↩ |
| A. MitrițăAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1.2 | 37▲16.6%↩ | 16▼66.2%↩ |
| K. NishiyaAttacking midfielder |  Tochigi City | 🇯🇵Japan | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1.9 | 20▼3.4%↩ | 16▼59%↩ |
| F. BonéCentral midfielder |  Internacional de Bogota | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 16 |
| S. BalaureCentral midfielder | Arges Pitesti | 🇷🇴Romania | 30 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 18 | 16 |
| K. PérezAttacking midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1.2 | 18 | 18 |
| M. StevanovićAttacking midfielder | Servette FC | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 | 14 | 7 | 1.8 | 53 | 19 |
| H. OngendaAttacking midfielder |  FC Botosani | 🇫🇷France | 31 | 7 | 7 | 1.8 | 33 | 20 |
| L. PasseriniWinger |  Belgrano Cordoba | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 2 | 7 | 3.6 | 25▲137.5% | 20▲5.8% |
| A. BencharkiCentre-forward |  Al Ahly | 🇲🇦Morocco | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 20 |
| A. RusnákAttacking midfielder |  Seattle Sounders | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 32 | 3 | 7 | 2.7 | 41▼15.6% | 21▼3.6% |
| R. De PaulAttacking midfielder | Inter Miami | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 4 | 7 | 2.9 | 40▲118.2% | 21▲32.9% |
| C. FassnachtAttacking midfielder | BSC Young Boys | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 32 | 18 | 7 | 2.8 | 56▲13975%↩ | 22▼15%↩ |
| Y. DukulyAttacking midfielder |  Adelaide United | 🇦🇺Australia | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1.3 | 28 | 22 |
| RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 8 | 7 | 1.9 | 50▼5.3%↩ | 22▼59.6%↩ |
