| Shi YanDefensive midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2 | 26 |
| Shi XiaotianGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Shi SongchenCentre-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Shi KeFull-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 6 | 11 |
| Shi ChenglongGoalkeeper | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 19 |
| Shewketjan TayirCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Shen ZiguiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 3 | 24 |
| Shen HuanmingCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 25 |
| Shan HuanhuanCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 19 |
| Shahsat HujahmatWinger | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 26 |
| Sha YiboCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 |
| SerginhoAttacking midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1.3 | 35 | 17 |
| Saulo MineiroWinger | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 8 | 6 | 2.2 | 53 | 23▼32%↩ |
| S. SunzuCentre-back | Changchun Yatai | 🇿🇲Zambia | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 21 | 8 |
| S. OrmeñoWinger | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇵🇪Peru | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0▼100%↩ | 8▼64.4%↩ |
| S. GuarirapaCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 26▼24%↩ |
| Ruan YuanhongCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Ruan QilongCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| RômuloCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 8 | 7 | 1.9 | 50▼5.3%↩ | 22▼59.6%↩ |
| Rodrigo HenriqueAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0.8 | 36 | 14 |
| RezendeCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 4▼42.6%↩ | 28▼18.6%↩ |
| Ren HangCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 |
| Rao WeihuiFull-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 |
| Ran WeifengGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Rafael RatãoCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2.9 | 48▲495.1%↩ | 34▼19.3%↩ |
| R. MerkiesDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 11 | 28 |
| Qu GepingCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 25 |
| Qiu ShengjunGoalkeeper | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Qian JiegeiAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 7 |
| Qeyser EzimetCentre-forward | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Q. BingyuGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Piao TaoyuCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 20 | 11 |
| Peng YixiangCentre-forward | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Peng XinliCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 16 | 9 |
| Peng XiaoFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 7 | 29 |
| Peng PengGoalkeeper | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Peng HaochenGoalkeeper | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4.6 | 38▲410.7%↩ | 27▼38.4%↩ |
| Pedro HenriqueCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2.1 | 43▲43.9%↩ | 23▼29.3%↩ |
| Pedro DelgadoCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇵🇹Portugal | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 18 | 21 |
| Pedro ÁlvaroCentre-back | Shandong Luneng | 🇵🇹Portugal | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 20▼34.6%↩ | 33▼48.7%↩ |
| Park Jin-SeopDefensive midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 18▲160.3%↩ | 16▼55.3%↩ |
| P. AmpemWinger | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 7▼59.4%↩ | 29▼34.2%↩ |
| Óscar MelendoAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇪🇸Spain | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8▼62.9%↩ | 21▼63.9%↩ |
| O. OmoijuanfoWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🇳🇴Norway | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1.1 | 32 | 16▼3.6%↩ |
| O. MarituAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇨🇩Congo DR | 27 | 9 | 8 | 4.8 | 47 | 29 |
| O. GerbigCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 4 | 22 |
| Nureli AbbasGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| NenéDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 37▲349.4%↩ | 18▼17.6%↩ |
| Nélson LuzAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇴Angola | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2.4 | 24▲419.6%↩ | 25▼52.9%↩ |
| Nan SongCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3 | 15 |
| Naibijiang MohematiCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 23 |
| N. StanciuCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🇷🇴Romania | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1▼96.9%↩ | 15▼52.1%↩ |
| N. RadmanovacCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 10▼47.9%↩ | 19▼31.7%↩ |
| Mutellip IminqariAttacking midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 28 |
| Muhmet NebijanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 25 |
| Mu PengfeiGoalkeeper | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 6 |
| Mirahmetjan MuzepperCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ming TianFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 17 |
| Min ZixiAttacking midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 27 |
| Mei ShuaijunDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 27 |
| Matt OrrCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 19 |
| Matheus JussaDefensive midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 33▲84.4%↩ | 22▼57.1%↩ |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| Marcel PetrovCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️ | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 27 |
| Mao WeijieAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 8 | 28 |
| Maiwulang MijitiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 6 | 27 |
| Ma ZhenGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 14 | 25 |
| Ma XingyuCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ma HaoqiCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 26 |
| M. YamkamCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 | 26 |
| M. TraoréCentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🇲🇱Mali | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 21▼1.9%↩ | 15▼65.4%↩ |
| M. TolićAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| M. PetrovCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| M. GueyeWinger | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇸🇳Senegal | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0▼100%↩ | 35▼43%↩ |
| M. EdjoumaAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3▼86.4%↩ | 15▼69.3%↩ |
| M. CheukouaWinger | Meizhou Kejia | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 12 | 17 |
| Luo SenwenCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 7 |
| Luo JingAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 | 17 | 12 |
| Luís AsuéCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17▼35.8%↩ | 29▼51.7%↩ |
| Lucas PossignoloCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇧🇷Brazil | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 27▼23.8%↩ | 17▼65.7%↩ |
| Lucas MaiaCentre-back | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0.8 | 22 | 14 |
| Lü ZhuoyiFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 44 | 33 |
| Lu ZhiyuanCentre-forward | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Lu YongtaoDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 16 | 27 |
| Lu WenjunCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lü PengCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 8 | 8 |
| Long WeiCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 22 | 15 |
| Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 32 |
| Liu ZhenliGoalkeeper | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liu YuhaoCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Liu YueWinger | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Liu YixinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 12 | 27 |
| Liu YimingCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 12 |
| Liu Yi IICentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liu Yi ICentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Liu YangDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1.4 | 41 | 18 |
| Liu XinyuCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 6 |
| Liu XinxiangAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3.9 | 23 | 28 |
| Liu ShiboGoalkeeper | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 16 |