| Dong YanfengCentre-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 7 | 14 |
| Sun JieCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 7 |
| Wang DongshengFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 7 | 17 |
| Fang HaoWinger | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | 7 | 26 |
| Li KeDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 7 | 7 |
| Chen PuWinger | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Yao XuchenCentral midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 8 | 23 |
| Liu YimingCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 12 |
| Song WenjieWinger | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 8 | 7 |
| Xie PengfeiAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 8 | 7 |
| Wang TongDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 8 | 8 |
| Zheng KaimuDefensive midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 7 |
| Wang PengCentre-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 8 | 11 |
| Liu XinyuCentre-forward | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 6 |
| Behram AbduweliCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 8 | 27 |
| Wang HaijianCentral midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 8 | 25 |
| Mao WeijieAttacking midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 8 | 28 |
| Wu LeiCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 8▲68.8%↩ | 6▼85.5%↩ |
| Óscar MelendoAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇪🇸Spain | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8▼62.9%↩ | 21▼63.9%↩ |
| Lü PengCentral midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 8 | 8 |
| Yu RuiCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 7 |
| A. BurcăCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🇷🇴Romania | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 9▼63.6%↩ | 8▼75.4%↩ |
| Jaume GrauCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🇪🇸Spain | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 9▼77.5%↩ | 34▼28.5%↩ |
| Fang JingqiGoalkeeper | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 9 | 11 |
| M. YamkamCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 | 26 |
| Liao LishengCentral midfielder | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 9 | 7 |
| Ming TianFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 17 |
| Guo HaoCentral midfielder | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 9 | 8 |
| I. AmadouDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🇫🇷France | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 9▲93.8%↩ | 8▼77.2%↩ |
| Gao ZhunyiCentre-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 9 | 16 |
| Yue Tze NamFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 10 | 24 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 10 | 18 |
| Yang ZihaoCentral midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| Hélder CostaCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🇦🇴Angola | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | 10▼45.8%↩ | 23▼42.2%↩ |
| Huang ZihaoGoalkeeper | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 10 | 28 |
| N. RadmanovacCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 10▼47.9%↩ | 19▼31.7%↩ |
| Li LeiFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 10 | 7 |
| Zhang LinpengCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 10 | 4 |
| Zhang AihuiFull-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 10 | 30 |
| Tang MiaoAttacking midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 10 | 11 |
| Zhao YuhaoDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 10 | 9 |
| Zhang YuanCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 10 | 6 |
| J. SalazarWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11▼40%↩ | 17▼45.7%↩ |
| M. TolićAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇭🇷Croatia | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| Song LongFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 11 | 10 |
| L. TufegdžićAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 11 | 22 |
| Jiwen KuaiWinger | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2.6 | 11 | 31 |
| R. MerkiesDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 11 | 28 |
| Jia FeifanFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 11 | 26 |
| Huang ZhengyuFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 11 | 20 |
| Matt OrrCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 19 |
| Che ShiweiCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 11 | 17 |
| Xu XinAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| Zhao BoGoalkeeper | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 12 | 17 |
| Hu RuibaoCentre-back | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 12 | 22 |
| Li ShuaiFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 18 |
| Yang LiyuAttacking midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1.1 | 12 | 18 |
| Liu YixinFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 12 | 27 |
| Yan BingliangGoalkeeper | Tianjin Teda | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 12 | 28 |
| Yang ShuaiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 12 | 20 |
| K. AziangbeDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇹🇬Togo | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 | 12▲1266.7%↩ | 48▲9.5%↩ |
| M. CheukouaWinger | Meizhou Kejia | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 12 | 17 |
| Jin YonghaoFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 28 |
| Zhang WeiFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 10 |
| He GuanCentre-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 13 | 11 |
| Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielder | Changchun Yatai | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 27 |
| J. CádizCentre-forward | Wuhan Three Towns | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0.9 | 13▼72%↩ | 12▼66.2%↩ |
| Yang HaoyuAttacking midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2.8 | 13 | 33 |
| Zheng ZhengFull-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 13 | 6 |
| Zhao HonglüeFull-back | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 13 | 8 |
| Xuan ZhijianCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 14 | 31 |
| Xu HaofengCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| Zhang XizheCentral midfielder | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0.3 | 14 | 7 |
| B. NkololoCentre-forward | Beijing Guoan | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2.3 | 14▲119.4%↩ | 25▼32.8%↩ |
| Yeljan ShinarFull-back | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 14 | 24 |
| Ma ZhenGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 14 | 25 |
| T. PellenardCentre-back | Meizhou Kejia | 🇫🇷France | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 14▼47.1%↩ | 20▼35.4%↩ |
| Denny Wang YiFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 14 | 19 |
| Jiang GuangtaiCentre-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 14 | 15 |
| Liu JiashenCentre-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 14 | 8 |
| Xu HaoyangDefensive midfielder | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 15 | 25 |
| Jiang ZhipengFull-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 | 15 | 7 |
| Cao HaiqingFull-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 15 | 11 |
| Li ShenyuanCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 15 | 20 |
| Zhang HuachenDefensive midfielder | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 15 | 19 |
| A. BoupendzaWinger | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇬🇦Gabon | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1.3 | 15▲83.1%↩ | 15▼51.3%↩ |
| Wang JinxianCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1.3 | 15 | 15 |
| Chen ZhechaoFull-back | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 16 | 16 |
| Lu YongtaoDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 16 | 27 |
| Liu ChengyuCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 16 | 32 |
| Wang ShiqinCentre-back | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 16 | 31 |
| U. SpajićFull-back | Beijing Guoan | 🇷🇸Serbia | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 16▲192.6%↩ | 10▼64.4%↩ |
| Xue QinghaoGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 16 | 32 |
| Ye ChuguiAttacking midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 16 | 15 |
| Zhang XiuweiDefensive midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 16 | 15 |
| Zhang XiaobinCentral midfielder | Wuhan Three Towns | 🏳️China PR | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 |
| He YiranFull-back | Chengdu Better City | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 16 | 30 |
| Peng XinliCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🏳️China PR | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 16 | 9 |
| Li SongyiCentre-back | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 13 |
| Bai YangCentre-back | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 17 | 22 |