| K. KubicaCentral midfielder | Nieciecza | 🇵🇱Poland | 26 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7.7 | 35▲2615.4%↩ | 32▲5.6%↩ |
| Liu ChengyuCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 16 | 32 |
| F. HolmanWinger | Swindon Town | 🏴England | 22 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 5.4 | 32 | 33 |
| I. SinclairCentre-forward | Accrington ST | 🏴England | 25 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 4.8 | 26 | 33 |
| W. Abou AliCentre-forward | Columbus Crew | 🇩🇰Denmark | 27 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23▲204% | 33▲10.3% |
| J. PaintsilAttacking midfielder | Los Angeles Galaxy | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5.1 | 34▼5.8% | 33▲7.8% |
| Mahmoud ZalakaAttacking midfielder | Pyramids FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5.3 | 24 | 33 |
| C. SyllaCentre-forward | Manisa F.K. | 🇲🇱Mali | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 32▲68.3%↩ | 33▼4.3%↩ |
| J. GibsonWinger | Crewe | 🏴England | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2.4 | 14▼32.5%↩ | 34▲2.4%↩ |
| M. RehušCentre-forward | FK Košice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3.6 | 21 | 34 |
| G. LazarovCentre-forward | Cherno More Varna | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 21 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 16 | 34 |
| Rashad MetwallyCentral midfielder | National Bank of Egypt | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5.4 | 25 | 35 |
| S. SchönAttacking midfielder | Gyori ETO FC | 🇭🇺Hungary | 26 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 5.4 | 20▲44%↩ | 35▼28.2%↩ |
| AirtonCentre-forward | FC Anyang | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 8.6 | 14▼21.4%↩ | 35▼44.7%↩ |
| P. OteleWinger | FC Basel 1893 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9.5 | 24 | 35 |
| Go Jae-HyeonAttacking midfielder | Daegu FC | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 27 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 10.2 | 19 | 35▲13.5%↩ |
| Omar El SaeeyAttacking midfielder | Al Ahly | 🇪🇬Egypt | 23 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4.6 | 20 | 36 |
| G. GyurkitsCentral midfielder | Paks | 🇭🇺Hungary | 24 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5.2 | 24 | 36 |
| N. BurkartAttacking midfielder | FC Winterthur | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6.9 | 19 | 36▼4%↩ |
| M. IlicWinger | Brisbane Roar | 🏳️ | 26 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1.3 | 17 | 36 |
| Yousef Al ShammariCentre-forward | Al-Hazm | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 28 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 8.3 | 18±0% | 36±0% |
| Z. MitrovAttacking midfielder | FC Botosani | 🇷🇴Romania | 24 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 5.3 | 26 | 36 |
| Rafaat KhalilAttacking midfielder | Masr | 🇪🇬Egypt | 22 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4.4 | 17 | 36 |
| R. TănasăAttacking midfielder | Farul Constanta | 🇷🇴Romania | 23 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4.4 | 19 | 36 |
| Á. ZamoraAttacking midfielder | Aris Thessalonikis | 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 24 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18▼6.4%↩ | 36▼23.4%↩ |
| J. KarlssonCentral midfielder | Servette FC | 🇸🇪Sweden | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 24▲157.6%↩ | 36▼39.7%↩ |
| D. Eckert AyensaCentral midfielder | Union St. Gilloise | 🇩🇪Germany | 29 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 7.9 | 24±0% | 36▲1.1%↩ |
| S. StanisavljevićCentre-forward | Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11.8 | 17 | 37 |
| A. HofleitnerCentre-forward | Grazer AK | 🇦🇹Austria | 26 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8.1 | 25 | 37 |
| S. AscacíbarCentral midfielder | Boca Juniors | 🇦🇷Argentina | 29 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 45▲4.1%↩ | 37▲1.9%↩ |
| A. NovakovićCentre-forward | Reggiana | 🇺🇸USA | 30 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19▲70%↩ | 37▼17.7%↩ |
| L. CarlstrandCentre-forward | AIK Stockholm | 🇸🇪Sweden | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4.6 | 24 | 37▲22.4%↩ |
| P. RothrockCentral midfielder | Seattle Sounders | 🇺🇸USA | 27 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 11.1 | 48▲73.7% | 37▼2.1% |
| F. CiblaCentral midfielder | Debreceni VSC | 🇭🇺Hungary | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5.8 | 30 | 37 |
| D. KownackiCentre-forward | Werder Bremen | 🇵🇱Poland | 29 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 20.2 | 25▼53.7%↩ | 37▼34%↩ |
| Júnior BrumadoWinger | FC Midtjylland | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 11.2 | 36▲98.3%↩ | 38▼32.4%↩ |
| N. JovanovićCentral midfielder | Železničar Pančevo | 🇷🇸Serbia | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.8 | 19 | 38 |
| P. BadjiCentre-forward | Smouha SC | 🇸🇳Senegal | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5.2 | 26 | 38 |
| D. KokanovićAttacking midfielder | Vojvodina | 🇷🇸Serbia | 24 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6.1 | 18 | 38 |
| J. ButlerWinger | Energie Cottbus | 🇺🇸USA | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22.2 | 7±0% | 39±0% |
| M. MachadoCentre-back | Racing Cordoba | 🇦🇷Argentina | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | 39 |
| K. FujiiCentre-forward | Omiya Ardija | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 39 |
| I. DolčekWinger | Dunajska Streda | 🇭🇷Croatia | 26 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4.5 | 17▲362.2%↩ | 39▼29.7%↩ |
| A. HasićWinger | Cracovia Krakow | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9.1 | 37▲9.9% | 39▲2.6% |
| Mahmoud SaberCentral midfielder | Pyramids FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8.4 | 36 | 39 |
| O. DiawaraCentre-forward | SCR Altach | 🇲🇱Mali | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 22▼33.9%↩ | 39▲24.9%↩ |
| T. TakahashiCentre-forward | Sagan Tosu | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6.5 | 36 | 39▲12%↩ |
| H. EvjenAttacking midfielder | Bodo/Glimt | 🇳🇴Norway | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7.4 | 28▼39.8% | 39▼10.5% |
| J. OvalleWinger | Everton de Vina | 🇨🇱Chile | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2.3 | 18 | 40 |
| Mario RivasCentre-forward | Felgueiras 1932 | 🇪🇸Spain | 26 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 9.5 | 15 | 40▼25.3%↩ |
| M. GrundetjernCentre-forward | Valerenga | 🇳🇴Norway | 26 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 11.4 | 43▲545.5%↩ | 40▲48.9%↩ |
| J. HaugeWinger | Bodo/Glimt | 🇳🇴Norway | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 10.8 | 30▼27.1% | 40▲1% |
| Tahiel Adrián Jiménez SánchezCentre-forward | Santos Laguna | 🇲🇽Mexico | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11.2 | 3±0% | 40▼4.8% |
| T. SpicerWinger | Orlando City SC | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 7.2 | 25▲33%↩ | 40▲1.8%↩ |
| R. KorineWinger | Maccabi Netanya | 🇮🇱Israel | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7.2 | 15 | 40 |
| D. DurandAttacking midfielder | RED Star FC 93 | 🇫🇷France | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8.3 | 54±0% | 41▲12.7% |
| Gabriel PecWinger | Cruzeiro | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36.4 | 34▲3%↩ | 41▼6%↩ |
| D. SadiCentral midfielder | Novi Pazar | 🏴England | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 8.8 | 34▲294.1%↩ | 41▲34.5%↩ |
| L. LimaWinger | Francs Borains | 🇸🇪Sweden | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 8.9 | 18▼33.8%↩ | 41▲32.3%↩ |
| M. TouréCentre-forward | Norwich | 🇦🇺Australia | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 27.2 | 23▲8.1%↩ | 41▼3.5%↩ |
| N. TrifunovićCentral midfielder | FK Partizan | 🇷🇸Serbia | 23 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7.1 | 26 | 41 |
| N. DaillyCentre-forward | RWDM | 🇧🇪Belgium | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8.7 | 26▲48.6%↩ | 42▼3.9%↩ |
| Berat LuşAttacking midfielder | Galatasaray | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 19 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7.8 | 19 | 42▼2.6% |
| E. AzoulayCentral midfielder | Maccabi Haifa | 🇮🇱Israel | 24 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 9.9 | 33 | 42 |
| E. IyohaCentre-forward | 1. FC Magdeburg | 🇩🇪Germany | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11.3 | 24±0% | 42▲14.5%↩ |
| S. BergwijnWinger | Al-Ittihad FC | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9.2 | 27±0% | 42▲12.6% |
| L. AbadaWinger | Charlotte | 🇮🇱Israel | 25 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 8.5 | 26▲1.5% | 42▲4% |
| K. Mboma DemCentre-forward | FC Cincinnati | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 9.2 | 28 | 42▲25.7% |
| M. MadjedCentral midfielder | Hammarby FF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6.4 | 35▲3.6% | 42▲6.9% |
| N. SahsahWinger | Rosenborg | 🇩🇰Denmark | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6.9 | 20▲480% | 42▲5% |
| A. YusufCentral midfielder | New England Revolution | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 26 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 12.4 | 52▲40.9% | 42▲1.7% |
| K. LonebuCentre-forward | Molde | 🏳️ | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6.6 | 4 | 42▼4.5%↩ |
| J. CorneliusWinger | Start | 🇩🇰Denmark | 25 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 10.2 | 38▲582.1%↩ | 43▲11.5%↩ |
| C. LangWinger | Lask Linz | 🇦🇹Austria | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 8.3 | 21 | 43 |
| L. VilligerCentre-forward | FC Luzern | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 23 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8.3 | 22 | 43 |
| L. ChipperfieldAttacking midfielder | FC Sion | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 22 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 7.9 | 18 | 43 |
| L. MunteanuCentre-forward | DC United | 🇷🇴Romania | 24 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 29▲111.5%↩ | 43▲33.9%↩ |
| L. MarshWinger | Chesterfield | 🏴England | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3.6 | 17▲150.7%↩ | 43±0% |
| J. GianiAttacking midfielder | U. Catolica | 🇦🇷Argentina | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26▲267.6%↩ | 43▼4.2%↩ |
| I. CardonaCentre-forward | Saint Etienne | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14.1 | 42▲2.9% | 43▲0.7% |
| U. BislimiDefensive midfielder | FC Lugano | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 27 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 44 |
| M. NakajimaCentre-forward | Vegalta Sendai | 🇯🇵Japan | 27 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 7.9 | 26▲318%↩ | 44▼5.6%↩ |
| S. MorrisWinger | Luton | 🏴England | 24 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16▼25.9%↩ | 45▼6.9%↩ |
| E. OsenbrochAttacking midfielder | Aalesund | 🏳️ | 21 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 10.4 | 40 | 45 |
| F. EtimWinger | FC Midtjylland | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14.9 | 35▲68%↩ | 45▲10.3%↩ |
| D. LunaAttacking midfielder | Real Salt Lake | 🇺🇸USA | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 34▼6% | 45▼4.1% |
| O. DumontAttacking midfielder | MVV | 🇧🇪Belgium | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16.8 | 34▲80.4%↩ | 45▲18.8%↩ |
| Bruno Steven Caicedo QuiñonezWinger | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 21 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7.8 | 22 | 45 |
| G. KoutsiasCentre-forward | Famalicao | 🇬🇷Greece | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 23▼2.9%↩ | 45±0% |
| A. MaurerAttacking midfielder | RWDM | 🇲🇦Morocco | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 8.5 | 23▲150.5% | 45▲1.6% |
| É. Soumah-AbbadCentral midfielder | Metz | 🇫🇷France | 23 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 26.1 | 48▲343.9%↩ | 45▲7.9%↩ |
| David Pereira da CostaAttacking midfielder | Portland Timbers | 🇵🇹Portugal | 25 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 40▲21.3% | 45▼0.9% |
| S. KlaasAttacking midfielder | SC Paderborn 07 | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 22.5 | 26▲75.3% | 46▼10.1% |
| L. BoyéCentre-forward | Alaves | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17.3 | 42±0% | 46±0% |
| J. GrodowskiWinger | Arminia Bielefeld | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13.4 | 46±0% | 46±0% |
| K. AskildsenCentral midfielder | Viking | 🇳🇴Norway | 25 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 13.7 | 55▲129% | 46▲6.2% |
| E. SeckCentral midfielder | KAA Gent II | 🇸🇳Senegal | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14.3 | 23 | 47 |
| E. CeïdeAttacking midfielder | Rosenborg | 🇳🇴Norway | 25 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12.8 | 47▲15% | 47▲2.6% |
| BarberoCentre-forward | Arouca | 🇪🇸Spain | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12.1 | 36±0% | 47±0% |
| T. NyhammerCentre-forward | Tromso | 🏳️ | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 7.2 | 29 | 47 |