| T. WalkerCentre-forward | Barrow | 🏴England | 30 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 6 | 17▼50.4%↩ |
| A. SarcevicCentral midfielder | Bradford | 🏴England | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 33±0% | 17±0% |
| J. SalazarWinger | Changchun Yatai | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11▼40%↩ | 17▼45.7%↩ |
| G. PopovićCentre-forward | Sydney | 🇦🇺Australia | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 7 | 17 |
| D. MikanovićFull-back | Universitatea Cluj | 🇭🇷Croatia | 32 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1.4 | 39 | 17 |
| R. KrunićDefensive midfielder | FK Crvena Zvezda | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 | 29 | 17▼9.6%↩ |
| H. BigginsAttacking midfielder | Newport County | 🏴England | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1.6 | 16▼16.3% | 17±0% |
| S. LobzhanidzeWinger | Real Salt Lake | 🇬🇪Georgia | 31 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | 19▲17.7%↩ | 17▼19.7%↩ |
| N. FoorCentral midfielder | VVV Venlo | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 34 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 2.8 | 39▲218% | 17▼9% |
| R. TaylorAttacking midfielder | Los Angeles Galaxy | 🇫🇮Finland | 32 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 10▲32.4%↩ | 17▲2.4%↩ |
| L. PavezFull-back | O'Higgins | 🇨🇱Chile | 31 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0.7 | 40 | 17 |
| Elias FrancoCentre-forward | CSKA 1948 | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| J. DawaCentre-back | FCSB | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 15 | 17 |
| M. ItoCentre-back | Yokohama FC | 🇯🇵Japan | 34 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 40▲270.4%↩ | 17▼14.8%↩ |
| M. MartínezCentre-forward | Alianza Valledupar | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0.7 | 10 | 17 |
| Karim El DeebFull-back | Petrojet | 🇪🇬Egypt | 31 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 32 | 17 |
| B. MartínezWinger | Everton de Vina | 🇦🇷Argentina | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 17▲64.4%↩ | 17▼61.9%↩ |
| L. GonzálezCentre-back | Estudiantes L.P. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 41▲115.6% | 17▲38.1% |
| K. NakashimaAttacking midfielder | Renofa Yamaguchi | 🇯🇵Japan | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1.3 | 25 | 17 |
| N. SolísCentral midfielder | Deportivo Madryn | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 11▲205.4%↩ | 17▼42.4%↩ |
| T. InceWinger | Tranmere | 🏴England | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 16▼1.2%↩ | 17▲25.2%↩ |
| J. MorrisCentre-forward | Seattle Sounders | 🇺🇸USA | 32 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2.7 | 14▼34.9% | 17▼7.4% |
| M. KáčerCentral midfielder | Žilina | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 20 | 17 |
| D. GenreauDefensive midfielder | Melbourne Victory | 🇦🇺Australia | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1.1 | 48▲1730.8%↩ | 18▼70.3%↩ |
| R. BroomAttacking midfielder | Cheltenham | 🏴Wales | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 | 13▲80.8% | 18▲16.7% |
| A. Ba LouaAttacking midfielder | Gwangju FC | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2.6 | 1▼71%↩ | 18▼45.5%↩ |
| C. VillanuevaCentral midfielder | Union La Calera | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 12 | 18 |
| S. BellFull-back | FSV Mainz 05 | 🇩🇪Germany | 35 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5.3 | 9▼60.3% | 18▼41.7% |
| A. JuriljCentral midfielder | Vukovar | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 13 | 18 |
| L. MirandaAttacking midfielder | Llaneros | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 9 | 18 |
| A. DragovićCentre-back | Austria Vienna | 🇦🇹Austria | 35 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 33▲150.4%↩ | 18▼59.8%↩ |
| NenéDefensive midfielder | Yunnan Yukun | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 37▲349.4%↩ | 18▼17.6%↩ |
| E. GnahoréCentral midfielder | FCSB | 🇫🇷France | 32 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 31▲423.3%↩ | 18▼42.6%↩ |
| B. ArceCentral midfielder | Atletico Nacional | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 28 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 8 | 18 |
| J. GurrCentral midfielder | Sacramento Republic | 🏴England | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 19▲1062.5%↩ | 18▼51.2%↩ |
| M. DiagneCentre-forward | Amed | 🇸🇳Senegal | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 75±0% | 18±0% |
| O. GiroudCentre-forward | Lille | 🇫🇷France | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 36▲13.5% | 18▲10.5% |
| R. NajjarineCentral midfielder | Wellington Phoenix | 🇦🇺Australia | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1.1 | 28 | 18 |
| Georgios TzovarasCentral midfielder | Atromitos | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 13 | 18 |
| J. VoilåsWinger | Umeå FC | 🇳🇴Norway | 28 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | 8▲2.5%↩ | 18▼33.9%↩ |
| S. BakışCentre-forward | Zaragoza | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 18▲21.5%↩ |
| N. RadonjićWinger | FK Crvena Zvezda | 🇷🇸Serbia | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 6▼40.6%↩ | 18▼66.5%↩ |
| N. ChernovCentre-back | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 18▲31.4% | 18▲5.2% |
| Li ShuaiFull-back | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 18 |
| M. OfkirWinger | Ham-Kam | 🇳🇴Norway | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7▼54.5%↩ | 18▼14.2%↩ |
| L. SpendlhoferCentre-back | TSV Hartberg | 🇦🇹Austria | 33 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 34▲246.5%↩ | 18▼56.5%↩ |
| E. SalvioAttacking midfielder | Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 36 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2.5 | 31▲23.8% | 18▼1.1% |
| S. JiménezFull-back | Deportivo Pasto | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0.9 | 14 | 18 |
| Liu YangDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1.4 | 41 | 18 |
| A. ThurgateAttacking midfielder | Western Sydney Wanderers | 🇦🇺Australia | 26 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1.1 | 19 | 18 |
| M. GarcíaCentral midfielder | Independiente Medellin | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0.8 | 12▼13.2%↩ | 18▼51.8%↩ |
| J. de WijsCentre-back | Waalwijk | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 13▲975%↩ | 18▼5.7%↩ |
| O. LavaleCentre-forward | Central Coast Mariners | 🇦🇺Australia | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 10 | 18 |
| W. BouCentre-forward | O'Higgins | 🇦🇷Argentina | 33 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 12▼54.4%↩ | 18▲4.5%↩ |
| José Ángel PozoCentral midfielder | Pogon Szczecin | 🇪🇸Spain | 30 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 | 26▲170.5%↩ | 18▼16.4%↩ |
| M. ChristensenDefensive midfielder | Osters IF | 🇩🇰Denmark | 29 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 27 | 18▼42.3%↩ |
| Matt OrrCentre-forward | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️Hong Kong, China | 29 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 19 |
| A. KasperkiewiczCentre-back | Nieciecza | 🇵🇱Poland | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 20▼29.4%↩ | 19▼37.5%↩ |
| M. BürkiCentre-back | FC Thun | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 33 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 19 | 19 |
| E. MuñozCentre-back | Gimnasia M. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 36 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 41▲48.2%↩ | 19▲37.8%↩ |
| I. ŠaponjićCentre-forward | Diosgyori VTK | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 9▲102.2%↩ | 19▼73.7%↩ |
| O. VerdonCentre-back | Ludogorets | 🇧🇯Benin | 31 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 28 | 19 |
| P. WilsonCentre-forward | Oakland Roots | 🇱🇷Liberia | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 8▲107.7%↩ | 19▼21.8%↩ |
| Eduardo SashaCentre-forward | RB Bragantino | 🇧🇷Brazil | 34 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 11▼68.9% | 19▼19.5% |
| D. GallovičDefensive midfielder | FK Košice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 30 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1.8 | 22 | 19 |
| G. MartínezCentre-forward | Tigres UANL | 🇲🇽Mexico | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 24±0% | 19▼21.4%↩ |
| Marc NavarroFull-back | Arka Gdynia | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 21▲473%↩ | 19▼67.9%↩ |
| B. GurtsievCentre-forward | FK Sokol Saratov | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 9▲97.8%↩ | 19▼11.8%↩ |
| C. BarreraFull-back | Everton de Vina | 🇨🇱Chile | 28 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0.9 | 16 | 19 |
| Mohamed SherifCentre-forward | Al Ahly | 🇪🇬Egypt | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 12▲17%↩ | 19▼42.9%↩ |
| M. WatsonCentre-back | Orebro SK | 🇸🇪Sweden | 30 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 16▼43.6%↩ | 19▼32.4%↩ |
| Felipe AndersonAttacking midfielder | Palmeiras | 🇧🇷Brazil | 33 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 19±0% | 19▼17.9% |
| M. MarínCentral midfielder | D. La Serena | 🇨🇱Chile | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1.2 | 13▲53%↩ | 19▼59.1%↩ |
| N. OrsiniCentre-forward | Barracas Central | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 12▲71.4%↩ | 19▲13.9%↩ |
| S. MouniéCentre-forward | FC Augsburg | 🇧🇯Benin | 32 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 10▲104.2% | 19▼50.5% |
| J. MišićCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 🇭🇷Croatia | 32 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1.7 | 39 | 19 |
| S. YehezkelFull-back | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱Israel | 31 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1.8 | 14▲95.7%↩ | 19▼41.3%↩ |
| RekoCentral midfielder | União de Leiria | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 11▼49.5%↩ | 19▼41.1%↩ |
| E. SilyeFull-back | Paks | 🇭🇺Hungary | 30 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 6 | 19 |
| T. TanakaCentral midfielder | Kochi United | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 19 | 19 |
| J. GobettoCentral midfielder | Alvarado | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 8 | 19 |
| I. PerišićFull-back | PSV Eindhoven | 🇭🇷Croatia | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54±0% | 19±0% |
| S. BendebkaAttacking midfielder | Al-Hazm | 🇩🇿Algeria | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2.2 | 36±0% | 19▲1.6%↩ |
| L. D'ArrigoDefensive midfielder | Melbourne Victory | 🇦🇺Australia | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 23▲628.1%↩ | 19▼41.4%↩ |
| Mauricio Leonel MartínezCentral midfielder | Sarmiento Junin | 🇦🇷Argentina | 33 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 29▼5.8%↩ | 19▼9.9%↩ |
| J. FameyehCentre-forward | Puskas Academy | 🇬🇭Ghana | 29 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 8▲158.6%↩ | 19▼15.1%↩ |
| S. JovanovićFull-back | TSC Backa Topola | 🇷🇸Serbia | 32 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 |
| H. HasegawaCentral midfielder | Kamatamare Sanuki | 🇯🇵Japan | 29 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 25 | 19 |
| E. ShamirCentral midfielder | Bnei Sakhnin | 🇮🇱Israel | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 | 20▲3200%↩ | 19▼44.2%↩ |
| M. ŠataraCentre-back | TSC Backa Topola | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 8▼4.7%↩ | 19▼3%↩ |
| J. GrantAttacking midfielder | Salford City | 🏴England | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 4▼90.1% | 19±0% |
| B. B. ZambleWinger | San Diego | 🏳️ | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 7 | 19 |
| B. OliveiraWinger | Macarthur | 🇦🇺Australia | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 19 |
| L. RotmanAttacking midfielder | Hapoel Haifa | 🇮🇱Israel | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3.8 | 8 | 19 |
| Y. HurtadoFull-back | America de Cali | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | 35 | 19 |
| R. DelgadoCentre-back | D. La Serena | 🇦🇷Argentina | 36 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 21▼26.1%↩ | 19▲24.4%↩ |
| K. OnoseCentral midfielder | Shonan Bellmare | 🇯🇵Japan | 33 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1.9 | 39▲179.4% | 19▼4.4% |
| Bruno HenriqueCentral midfielder | Internacional | 🇧🇷Brazil | 37 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 22▼4.4% | 19▲13.5% |
| K. KodroCentre-forward | OFI | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | 19▼17.6%↩ | 20±0% |
| F. HörbergFull-back | IK brage | 🇸🇪Sweden | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 8±0% | 20▲3.7%↩ |