| M. MicalettoAttacking midfielder | Colorado Springs | 🇮🇹Italy | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 18 |
| A. AuglahAttacking midfielder | Central Coast Mariners | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1.2 | 19 | 18 |
| M. FuentesWinger | A. Italiano | 🇨🇱Chile | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1.1 | 22 | 18 |
| Chow TimCentral midfielder | Sichuan Jiuniu | 🏳️Chinese Taipei | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 47 | 19 |
| L. OcamposWinger | Monterrey | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3.3 | 32±0% | 19▼7.8% |
| C. DájomeCentre-forward | Internacional de Bogota | 🇨🇴Colombia | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0.9 | 18▼3.7%↩ | 19▼22.1%↩ |
| Bruno NazárioAttacking midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1.4 | 39▲405.2%↩ | 19▼56.5%↩ |
| A. SchöpfDefensive midfielder | Lask Linz | 🇦🇹Austria | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2.6 | 42▲140.3%↩ | 20▼16.2%↩ |
| B. RoviraDefensive midfielder | Deportes Tolima | 🇨🇴Colombia | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1.3 | 31 | 20 |
| K. JelacicAttacking midfielder | Melbourne Victory | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1.2 | 23▲1638.5%↩ | 20▼40.7%↩ |
| A. BencharkiCentre-forward | Al Ahly | 🇲🇦Morocco | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 20 |
| T. BarlowCentre-forward | FC Cincinnati | 🇺🇸USA | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 26▲212%↩ | 20▲25.6%↩ |
| R. KitaCentral midfielder | FC Gifu | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2.1 | 24 | 20 |
| L. VickeryAttacking midfielder | Macarthur | 🏳️ | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 20 |
| M. MemetiCentre-forward | Melbourne City | 🇦🇺Australia | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 |
| R. KapičCentral midfielder | Lechia Gdansk | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2.3 | 44▲3.8% | 21▼25.6% |
| T. QuintalAttacking midfielder | Sydney | 🏳️ | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| Fady FaridAttacking midfielder | Smouha SC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2.1 | 18 | 22 |
| Y. ToshidaCentre-forward | Kanazawa | 🇯🇵Japan | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | 12 | 22▼47.1%↩ |
| L. BaylissAttacking midfielder | Auckland | 🇦🇺Australia | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 26 | 22 |
| A. SatoCentral midfielder | Vanraure Hachinohe | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 24 | 22 |
| C. BarriosWinger | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 22 | 22 |
| ZizoCentral midfielder | Al Ahly | 🇪🇬Egypt | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2.4 | 37 | 22 |
| I. Ouro-AgoroCentre-forward | El Geish | 🇹🇬Togo | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2.4 | 29 | 22 |
| MeleroAttacking midfielder | Leganes | 🇪🇸Spain | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6.4 | 18▼22%↩ | 23▼39.7%↩ |
| E. ConwayCentre-forward | North Carolina | 🇺🇸USA | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1.9 | 15 | 23 |
| JamelliCentre-forward | Zaragoza | 🇪🇸Spain | 33 | 5 | 2 | 5.6 | 23▲214.9%↩ | 23▼51.4%↩ |
| J. AltamiranoCentral midfielder | Universidad de Chile | 🇨🇱Chile | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 35▲103.5%↩ | 23▼51.4%↩ |
| L. GarcíaCentre-forward | Panathinaikos | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2.4 | 22▲10.2%↩ | 23▼26.5%↩ |
| A. ArceCentre-forward | Independ. Rivadavia | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 31 | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | 41▲263.4% | 24▲23.8% |
| T. WernerCentre-forward | San Jose Earthquakes | 🇩🇪Germany | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3.8 | 49 | 24▼19.8%↩ |
| A. SobolevCentre-forward | Zenit | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2.1 | 37±0% | 24±0% |
| R. MuirheadCentre-forward | Livingston | 🏴Scotland | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3.9 | 21 | 24 |
| J. HawkesAttacking midfielder | Oldham | 🏴England | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4.1 | 13▲8.3%↩ | 24▼14.7%↩ |
| Nélson LuzAttacking midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇴Angola | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2.4 | 24▲419.6%↩ | 25▼52.9%↩ |
| João KlaussCentre-forward | Los Angeles Galaxy | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 39±0% | 25▼16%↩ |
| F. KlausCentre-forward | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 🇩🇪Germany | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 45±0% | 25±0% |
| M. FukudaCentral midfielder | Kagoshima United | 🇯🇵Japan | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 19 | 25 |
| Juan MuñozCentre-forward | União de Leiria | 🇪🇸Spain | 30 | 5 | 2 | 4.2 | 20▼51% | 25▼33.2% |
| Manato HyakudaCentre-forward | Nara Club | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 12 | 26 |
| Hou YongyongCentre-forward | Yunnan Yukun | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2.6 | 25▼54.7%↩ | 26▼23.8%↩ |
| P. ZinckernagelWinger | Chicago Fire | 🇩🇰Denmark | 31 | 5 | 7 | 3.6 | 54▼13.4% | 26▲3.1% |
| J. TopalliCentral midfielder | Bandırmaspor | 🇽🇰Kosovo | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3.9 | 18▼28%↩ | 26▼44.2%↩ |
| J. QuiñonesCentral midfielder | Deportivo Pereira | 🇨🇴Colombia | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3.2 | 28 | 27 |
| K. MurakoshiCentral midfielder | Matsumoto Yamaga | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 19 | 27 |
| K. ShimizuCentre-forward | Fukushima United | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 27 |
| Liu RuofanAttacking midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 29 | 27 |
| N. MikiCentral midfielder | Gainare Tottori | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4.6 | 20 | 27 |
| Pedro DolabellaAttacking midfielder | North Carolina | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4.1 | 20 | 27 |
| J. MbekeliAttacking midfielder | Meizhou Kejia | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4.6 | 29▲5.2%↩ | 27▼43.4%↩ |
| Y. MeïtéWinger | Damac | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 30 | 5 | 0 | 4.9 | 20▲87.7%↩ | 27▼32.7%↩ |
| M. SpasićAttacking midfielder | Radnicki NIS | 🇷🇸Serbia | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3.2 | 22 | 28 |
| A. DumiterCentre-forward | FC Botosani | 🇷🇴Romania | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4.1 | 20 | 28 |
| T. MolinaWinger | Argentinos JRS | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5.5 | 34▼27.8% | 28▼8.2% |
| Mateus VitalDefensive midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 53▲493.3%↩ | 28▼48.3%↩ |
| Badr MoussaAttacking midfielder | Petrojet | 🏳️Palestine | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4.4 | 20 | 28 |
| A. Salido TajeroWinger | Ludogorets | 🏳️ | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | 14 | 28 |
| M. NishimuraCentre-forward | Osaka | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4.4 | 15 | 28 |
| K. JojoAttacking midfielder | Fukushima United | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4.3 | 20 | 29 |
| S. PetrovCentre-forward | Železničar Pančevo | 🇷🇸Serbia | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 34▲318.5%↩ | 29▼41.3%↩ |
| M. DrammehCentral midfielder | Universitatea Cluj | 🇫🇷France | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5.5 | 27▲33.3%↩ | 29▼30.5%↩ |
| E. CopettiCentre-forward | Rosario Central | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5.5 | 26▲25% | 29▼0.7% |
| A. MiranchukAttacking midfielder | Atlanta United FC | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 46▲10.8% | 29▲1.4% |
| N. FernándezCentre-forward | Belgrano Cordoba | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 5 | 4 | 6.4 | 34▼16.6% | 29▼10.5% |
| D. HilbrychtAttacking midfielder | Nieciecza | 🇵🇱Poland | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4.2 | 30 | 29 |
| T. IgarashiCentre-forward | Tochigi SC | 🇯🇵Japan | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4.6 | 19 | 29 |
| R. OpruțFull-back | Kortrijk | 🇷🇴Romania | 28 | 5 | 2 | 9.4 | 51 | 29▼31.4% |
| H. UdahlCentre-forward | Ham-Kam | 🇳🇴Norway | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4.8 | 35 | 30▲48.5%↩ |
| Manu JustoCentre-forward | Cultural Leonesa | 🇪🇸Spain | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6.4 | 16▲355.6%↩ | 30▼30.2%↩ |
| I. ShkurinCentre-forward | GKS Katowice | 🇧🇾Belarus | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6.5 | 21±0% | 30±0% |
| J. Berry-McNallyCentre-forward | Chesterfield | 🏴England | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4.1 | 16▼5.3% | 31▼4% |
| Abdelrahman El BanoubyAttacking midfielder | Masr | 🇪🇬Egypt | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4.3 | 20 | 31 |
| M. GlushenkovAttacking midfielder | Zenit | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4.9 | 47±0% | 32±0% |
| Liu ZhurunCentral midfielder | SHANGHAI SIPG | 🏳️China PR | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 32 |
| Y. GuermoucheCentre-forward | Slavia Sofia | 🇩🇿Algeria | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3.7 | 19 | 32▼48.9%↩ |
| A. BenboualiCentre-forward | Gyori ETO FC | 🇩🇿Algeria | 26 | 5 | 4 | 4.9 | 23 | 32 |
| N. Sarenren BazeeCentre-forward | Waldhof Mannheim | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4.4 | 18▼0.5%↩ | 32▼5.6%↩ |
| O. MendyCentre-forward | Universitatea Cluj | 🇫🇷France | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6.9 | 17▼29.6%↩ | 32▼44.3%↩ |
| K. KubicaCentral midfielder | Nieciecza | 🇵🇱Poland | 26 | 5 | 1 | 7.7 | 35▲2615.4%↩ | 32▲5.6%↩ |
| Liu ChengyuCentre-forward | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 16 | 32 |
| F. HolmanWinger | Swindon Town | 🏴England | 21 | 5 | 4 | 5.2 | 16 | 33 |
| I. SinclairCentre-forward | Accrington ST | 🏴England | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4.8 | 22 | 33 |
| J. PaintsilAttacking midfielder | Los Angeles Galaxy | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6.2 | 40▲10.7% | 33▲7.2% |
| D. AbiamaWinger | Rot-Weiß Essen | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 27 | 5 | 3 | 10.5 | 17▲7%↩ | 33▼15.2%↩ |
| Julius LindbergAttacking midfielder | BK Hacken | 🇸🇪Sweden | 27 | 5 | 5 | 7.1 | 44▲232.6% | 33▲20% |
| Mahmoud ZalakaAttacking midfielder | Pyramids FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5.3 | 24 | 33 |
| W. Abou AliCentre-forward | Columbus Crew | 🇩🇰Denmark | 27 | 5 | 1 | 7.4 | 8±0% | 34▲13% |
| M. RehušCentre-forward | FK Košice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3.6 | 21 | 34 |
| O. NazarenkoWinger | Polessya | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5.6 | 20▼38.3% | 34▼18.9% |
| E. SarapiyCentre-back | Polessya | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 27 | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 44▲182.1% | 34▼11.7% |
| Júnior BrumadoWinger | FC Midtjylland | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 5 | 3 | 11.2 | 24▲29.8%↩ | 34▼38.6%↩ |
| M. GayduchykCentre-forward | Polessya | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5.5 | 18▼15.7%↩ | 34▼12.9%↩ |
| G. LazarovCentre-forward | Cherno More Varna | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | 16 | 34 |
| F. DruijfCentre-forward | Almere City FC | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 28 | 5 | 2 | 7.6 | 6▼8.3% | 35▼17.9% |
| Rashad MetwallyCentral midfielder | National Bank of Egypt | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5.4 | 25 | 35 |
| S. SchönAttacking midfielder | Bolton | 🇭🇺Hungary | 25 | 5 | 3 | 15.9 | 20▲44% | 35▼28.2% |
| P. OteleWinger | FC Basel 1893 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 27 | 5 | 4 | 9.5 | 24 | 35 |
| Omar El SaeeyAttacking midfielder | Al Ahly | 🇪🇬Egypt | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4.6 | 20 | 36 |
| N. BurkartAttacking midfielder | FC Winterthur | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 26 | 5 | 2 | 6.9 | 19 | 36▼4%↩ |
| G. GyurkitsCentral midfielder | Paks | 🇭🇺Hungary | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5.2 | 24 | 36 |