| S. de GrandFull-back | AZ Alkmaar | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 21 | 1 | 8 | 20.9 | 21±0% | 51▲1.8%↩ |
| I. ChouarefAttacking midfielder | FC Sion | 🇫🇷France | 25 | 9 | 8 | 14.2 | 44 | 48▲42.7%↩ |
| J. LivolantCentral midfielder | Casa Pia | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 3 | 8 | 18.4 | 36▲28% | 47▼16.1% |
| O. O'NeillAttacking midfielder | Leyton Orient | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 23 | 4 | 8 | 13.5 | 26▲11.6% | 47▼2.9% |
| M. VukotićAttacking midfielder | FK Partizan | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9.7 | 37 | 46 |
| D. SeckAttacking midfielder | FK Partizan | 🇸🇳Senegal | 25 | 6 | 8 | 9.7 | 37▲1214.3%↩ | 44▼19.1%↩ |
| J. KimmichAttacking midfielder | Bayern München | 🇩🇪Germany | 31 | 2 | 8 | 16.3 | 35▼36.6% | 43▼28.7% |
| Diogo BezerraCentral midfielder | OFK Beograd | 🇧🇷Brazil | 24 | 2 | 8 | 11.3 | 46 | 43 |
| V. LindAttacking midfielder | Hammarby FF | 🇩🇰Denmark | 23 | 8 | 8 | 9.1 | 62▲41.4%↩ | 42▲11.1%↩ |
| K. ImeriAttacking midfielder | BSC Young Boys | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 6 | 8 | 9.9 | 31 | 41 |
| C. MenaAttacking midfielder | Lechia Gdansk | 🇨🇴Colombia | 23 | 5 | 8 | 8.8 | 37▲23.6% | 41▲3.6% |
| C. SagoeWinger | Kalmar FF | 🏴England | 22 | 3 | 8 | 8.1 | 49 | 40▲2.6%↩ |
| Tom IorpendaCentral midfielder | Huddersfield | 🏴England | 21 | 3 | 8 | 12.8 | 45▲14733.3% | 38▼4.5% |
| V. CoufalFull-back | 1899 Hoffenheim | 🇨🇿Czechia | 34 | 1 | 8 | 10.2 | 36▲207.6%↩ | 38▲15.6%↩ |
| EvanderWinger | FC Cincinnati | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 12 | 8 | 6.9 | 70▲1.3% | 37▼2.9% |
| J. TorresAttacking midfielder | Charleston Battery | 🇨🇴Colombia | 25 | 4 | 8 | 8.1 | 31 | 36 |
| E. AlıçCentre-back | Esenler Erokspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 27 | 0 | 8 | 5.2 | 12 | 36 |
| C. PetrilaWinger | Rapid | 🇷🇴Romania | 25 | 4 | 8 | 6.2 | 30 | 34 |
| R. StauntonFull-back | Grimsby | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 24 | 1 | 8 | 5.9 | 27▲421.2%↩ | 34▲11.1%↩ |
| Xie WennengDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 4 | 8 | 5.4 | 42 | 32 |
| R. GraydonCentre-forward | Salford City | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5.2 | 37▲13.4%↩ | 31▼5.2%↩ |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 27 | 9 | 8 | 4.8 | 47 | 29 |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| M. ZuletaCentral midfielder | Once Caldas | 🇨🇴Colombia | 24 | 3 | 8 | 3.2 | 28▲1028%↩ | 27▼53.3%↩ |
| D. ArmstrongWinger | Dinamo Bucuresti | 🏴Scotland | 28 | 6 | 8 | 3.3 | 32▲13.3%↩ | 27▼36%↩ |
| Gao TianyiDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2.4 | 41 | 24 |
| ZecaCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2.1 | 50▲125%↩ | 23▼44.2%↩ |
| M. PalavecinoAttacking midfielder | U. Catolica | 🇦🇷Argentina | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1.3 | 33▲6560%↩ | 23▼34.8%↩ |
| C. EspinozaWinger | Nashville SC | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3.4 | 47▲31.9%↩ | 23▼11%↩ |
| K. OkumuraAttacking midfielder | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 3 | 8 | 6.2 | 22 | 22 |
| C. BarriosWinger | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 22 | 22 |
| G. LundgrenWinger | Gais | 🇸🇪Sweden | 31 | 2 | 8 | 2.1 | 29▼12.8% | 21▼22.3% |
| Salem Al DawsariWinger | Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 35 | 8 | 8 | 3.3 | 44▼41.7% | 19▼40.1% |
| Wei ShihaoCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1.4 | 50 | 18 |
| Son Heung-MinWinger | Los Angeles FC | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1.6 | 50▲53.7% | 17▲55.4% |
| J. BarreraWinger | Deportivo Cali | 🇨🇴Colombia | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0.9 | 22 | 16 |
| Li YuanyiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 | 37 | 15 |
| L. MessiWinger | Inter Miami | 🇦🇷Argentina | 39 | 15 | 8 | 1.1 | 86▼13.8% | 13▼7.1% |
| Y. CharáAttacking midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0.4 | 21▲89%↩ | 10▼29.5%↩ |
| M. ArnautovićCentre-forward | FK Crvena Zvezda | 🇦🇹Austria | 37 | 7 | 8 | 0.4 | 29▲59.2%↩ | 6▼61.8%↩ |
| A. MemićFull-back | Plzen | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | 3 | 8 | 12.6 | 25 | 2 |
| D. HottoFull-back | Orlando Pirates | 🇳🇦Namibia | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0.3 | 41 | 1 |
| B. TouréWinger | Newcastle | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 20 | 5 | 9 | 93.4 | 49▲41.6%↩ | 88▲112.3%↩ |
| J. LewelingAttacking midfielder | VfB Stuttgart | 🇩🇪Germany | 25 | 7 | 9 | 55.8 | 53▲237.8% | 81▲8.4% |
| F. ChaïbiAttacking midfielder | Eintracht Frankfurt | 🇩🇿Algeria | 23 | 2 | 9 | 46.6 | 35▲135.1% | 78▲2% |
| A. IlićCentre-forward | Union Berlin | 🇷🇸Serbia | 26 | 5 | 9 | 47.5 | 46▲81.6% | 72▲2.7% |
| I. LouzaAttacking midfielder | Watford | 🇲🇦Morocco | 27 | 7 | 9 | 33.3 | 42▲9.1% | 61▼6.7% |
| T. ZimmerschiedAttacking midfielder | SV Elversberg | 🇩🇪Germany | 27 | 4 | 9 | 26.7 | 42▲44.3% | 60▼4.2% |
| K. LaimerFull-back | Bayern München | 🇦🇹Austria | 29 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 39▲21.9% | 57▼8.5% |
| M. JohnstonWinger | West Brom | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 27 | 2 | 9 | 27.4 | 26▲22.3% | 51▼21.5% |
| M. RichterAttacking midfielder | FSV Mainz 05 | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 2 | 9 | 20.3 | 37▲83.7%↩ | 48▼9.4%↩ |
| L. NjohFull-back | Servette FC | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 1 | 9 | 8.8 | 23▲18.4%↩ | 46▼21.3%↩ |
| A. VirginiusAttacking midfielder | BSC Young Boys | 🇫🇷France | 23 | 6 | 9 | 10.5 | 32▲136.5%↩ | 45▼34.7%↩ |
| A. FulginiAttacking midfielder | Al Khaleej Saihat | 🇫🇷France | 30 | 5 | 9 | 9.2 | 41▲179.7%↩ | 36▼33.9%↩ |
| C. EriksenAttacking midfielder | VfL Wolfsburg | 🇩🇰Denmark | 34 | 3 | 9 | 8.8 | 40▲108.9%↩ | 27▼5.9%↩ |
| P. MichorlAttacking midfielder | Grazer AK | 🇦🇹Austria | 31 | 2 | 9 | 3.3 | 30▲206.1%↩ | 23▲4.1%↩ |
| D. WilmeringFull-back | Newcastle Jets | 🇦🇺Australia | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1.3 | 22 | 22 |
| CryzanAttacking midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1.9 | 54▲78.1%↩ | 22▼63%↩ |
| F. TănaseCentral midfielder | FCSB | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 68▲116.6%↩ | 22▼43.9%↩ |
| Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1.4 | 39▲405.2%↩ | 19▼56.5%↩ |
| O. FernándezWinger | Santa Fe | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0.4 | 22▲175.3%↩ | 10▼53.4%↩ |
| K. KaretsasAttacking midfielder | Borussia Dortmund | 🇧🇪Belgium | 18 | 0 | 10 | 30.3 | 27▲22.9%↩ | 94▲57.4%↩ |
| M. AdelineAttacking midfielder | Hamburger SV | 🇫🇷France | 22 | 10 | 10 | 54.4 | 63▲233.9%↩ | 72▲21.7%↩ |
| A. Cozier-DuberryWinger | Brighton | 🏴England | 21 | 9 | 10 | 88.2 | 46▲569.6%↩ | 56▼13.3%↩ |
| Andreas PereiraAttacking midfielder | Palmeiras | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 1 | 10 | 18.7 | 47▲243.4% | 46▲35.4% |
| Daniel Dos SantosWinger | FC Lugano | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 23 | 4 | 10 | 10.3 | 32 | 46 |
| T. TsaprasFull-back | Panathinaikos | 🇬🇷Greece | 24 | 1 | 10 | 9.1 | 34▲37.6%↩ | 45▲12.2%↩ |
| R. RevivoFull-back | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱Israel | 23 | 0 | 10 | 7.9 | 22 | 44 |
| J. KadileWinger | Servette FC | 🇫🇷France | 23 | 6 | 10 | 15.1 | 30▲2.4%↩ | 42▼38.7%↩ |
| A. PalumboAttacking midfielder | Palermo | 🇮🇹Italy | 30 | 3 | 10 | 12.5 | 35▼34%↩ | 39▼32%↩ |
| N. NándezAttacking midfielder | Al-Qadisiyah FC | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 30 | 8 | 10 | 9.7 | 50▲30.9% | 39▼11.5% |
| T. KoyamatsuAttacking midfielder | Nagoya Grampus | 🇯🇵Japan | 31 | 3 | 10 | 6.3 | 35▲217.4%↩ | 30±0% |
| L. BerríoCentral midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 8 | 10 | 1.5 | 33 | 20 |
| X. ShaqiriAttacking midfielder | FC Basel 1893 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 34 | 11 | 10 | 1.6 | 48▲386.9%↩ | 17▲18.6%↩ |
| L. ValenciaCentre-forward | Deportes Limache | 🇨🇱Chile | 35 | 15 | 10 | 0.3 | 58 | 11 |
| F. SambuezaAttacking midfielder | Deportivo Maipu | 🇦🇷Argentina | 38 | 6 | 10 | 0.7 | 39 | 9 |
| L. ProvodAttacking midfielder | Slavia Praha | 🇨🇿Czechia | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7.2 | 32 | 1 |
| S. ThomasAttacking midfielder | Huddersfield | 🏴Wales | 27 | 10 | 11 | 18.5 | 44▼11.8%↩ | 63▲0.6%↩ |
| D. ZukićAttacking midfielder | Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 25 | 7 | 11 | 12.2 | 47 | 46 |
| Bo Åsulv HeglandWinger | Djurgardens IF | 🇳🇴Norway | 22 | 6 | 11 | 8.8 | 69▲913.2%↩ | 43▲45.1%↩ |
| T. O'ReillyAttacking midfielder | Aston Villa | 🏴England | 22 | 7 | 11 | 68.6 | 50▲837.7%↩ | 38▼6.2%↩ |
| A. MorelosCentre-forward | Atletico Nacional | 🇨🇴Colombia | 30 | 16 | 11 | 1.1 | 42 | 18▼56.2%↩ |
| S. El KarouaniFull-back | Al-Qadisiyah FC | 🇲🇦Morocco | 25 | 3 | 12 | 22.3 | 40▼6.7%↩ | 76▼4.4%↩ |
| M. Di GiustoAttacking midfielder | FC Luzern | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 12 | 12 | 14.6 | 54 | 45 |
| L. StojkovićCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 🇭🇷Croatia | 22 | 7 | 12 | 9.2 | 47 | 43 |
| E. CardonaAttacking midfielder | Atletico Nacional | 🇨🇴Colombia | 33 | 13 | 12 | 0.4 | 36▲213.2%↩ | 10▼65.8%↩ |
| MataAttacking midfielder | Melbourne Victory | 🇪🇸Spain | 38 | 5 | 12 | 0.1 | 45▲22350%↩ | 6▼17.1%↩ |
| R. ClearyWinger | West Brom | 🏴England | 22 | 7 | 13 | 30.7 | 44▲13.2%↩ | 51▲1.8%↩ |
| I. NiskanenFull-back | Blackpool | 🇫🇮Finland | 28 | 3 | 13 | 7.9 | 35▲29.9%↩ | 39▼5.8%↩ |
| L. RanđelovićAttacking midfielder | Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 7 | 13 | 4.4 | 45▲254.3%↩ | 30▲3.8%↩ |
| A. RomanAttacking midfielder | Uta Arad | 🇷🇴Romania | 32 | 6 | 13 | 1.5 | 41 | 18 |
| I. MacalouCentre-forward | Free Agents | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 27 | 6 | 14 | 110.8 | 55▲191.6%↩ | 73▲100.5%↩ |
| L. DíazWinger | Bayern München | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 15 | 14 | 34.3 | 82▲43.4%↩ | 61▼20.7%↩ |
| Z. TripićAttacking midfielder | Viking | 🇳🇴Norway | 33 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 84▲28.6% | 21▲12.9% |
| J. RyersonFull-back | Borussia Dortmund | 🇳🇴Norway | 28 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 47▲88% | 65▼13.5% |
| M. OliseWinger | Bayern München | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 15 | 19 | 89.6 | 89▲17% | 89▼1.8% |