| Nikolaj Juul-SandbergCentral midfielder |  Odense | 🇩🇰Denmark | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 37▲1.9% |
| S. AscacíbarCentral midfielder |  Boca Juniors | 🇦🇷Argentina | 29 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 45▲4.1%↩ | 37▲1.9%↩ |
| Andy VisserCentre-forward |  FC OSS | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0▼100%↩ | 37▲1.9%↩ |
| Abbati Abdullahi SamailaCentral midfielder |  Gornik Zabrze | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 33▲1.9% |
| W. StanwayGoalkeeper |  Cheltenham | 🏴England | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0▼100%↩ | 33▲1.9%↩ |
| Nélson MonteCentre-back |  Cordoba | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0▼98.6%↩ | 32▲1.9%↩ |
| D. JobCentre-forward |  Sarpsborg 08 FF | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 6▲87.5%↩ | 32▲1.9%↩ |
| T. PerryCentral midfielder |  Exeter City | 🏴England | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4▼86%↩ | 32▲1.9%↩ |
| A. BaranovskiyDefensive midfielder |  FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1±0% | 27▲1.9% |
| Y. FineyCentral midfielder |  Excelsior | 🇸🇪Sweden | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15±0% | 27▲1.9%↩ |
| B. AliciCentre-forward |  Sarıyer | 🏳️ | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 6▼62%↩ | 27▲1.9%↩ |
| F. SchleusenerCentre-forward |  Fortuna Düsseldorf | 🇩🇪Germany | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0▼100%↩ | 22▲1.9%↩ |
| B. ÇobanCentral midfielder |  Sakaryaspor | 🇩🇪Germany | 31 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2.4 | 50 | 21▲1.9%↩ |
| PaulinhoCentre-forward |  Toluca | 🇵🇹Portugal | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 56▲11.1% | 21▲1.9% |
| K. SmithFull-back |  FC Cincinnati | 🇺🇸USA | 34 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | 8▼35%↩ | 11▲1.9%↩ |
| T. MuharemovićFull-back |  Leeds | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 98.4 | 40▲3.4%↩ | 83▲2%↩ |
| Pedro NetoWinger |  Chelsea | 🇵🇹Portugal | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 88.4 | 39±0% | 82▲2% |
| João GomesCentral midfielder |  Aston Villa | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 83.4 | 45±0% | 80▲2%↩ |
| K. Peprah OppongCentre-back |  Fenerbahçe | 🇬🇭Ghana | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 34▲8.9%↩ | 78▲2%↩ |
| Fran PérezWinger |  Rayo Vallecano | 🇪🇸Spain | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 18±0% | 77▲2% |
| S. TonaliCentral midfielder |  Tottenham | 🇮🇹Italy | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 29±0% | 76▲2%↩ |
| Marc CasadóCentral midfielder |  Deportivo La Coruna | 🇪🇸Spain | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43.6 | 12±0% | 76▲2%↩ |
| J. DevennyAttacking midfielder |  Stoke City | 🏴Scotland | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29.1 | 11▼8.2%↩ | 75▲2%↩ |
| L. GeertruidaFull-back |  PSV Eindhoven | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25.9 | 28▼4.1%↩ | 73▲2%↩ |
| L. ØstigårdCentre-back |  Genoa | 🇳🇴Norway | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 33▼1.2% | 73▲2% |
| A. MatturroFull-back |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 14▼1.5%↩ | 72▲2%↩ |
| J. VertrouwdCentre-back | Rayo Vallecano | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 9±0% | 72▲2% |
| B. NadirCentral midfielder |  Hamburger SV | 🇫🇷France | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36.2 | 12▲0.9%↩ | 72▲2%↩ |
| Peque FernándezCentre-forward |  Sevilla | 🇪🇸Spain | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47.4 | 12±0% | 72▲2% |
| L. KoleoshoCentral midfielder |  Paris FC | 🇮🇹Italy | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 41.1 | 14±0% | 71▲2% |
| Livan BurcuWinger |  Union Berlin | 🇩🇪Germany | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.2 | 9±0% | 71▲2% |
| Willy Kambwala NdengushiCentre-back |  Como | 🇫🇷France | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 0±0% | 70▲2%↩ |
| Jay RobinsonWinger |  Monza | 🏴England | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36.8 | 9±0% | 67▲2%↩ |
| D. KasiusCentre-back |  AZ Alkmaar | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 16±0% | 67▲2% |
| J. OndrejkaWinger |  Groningen | 🇸🇪Sweden | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 66▲2%↩ |
| H. SudakovCentral midfielder |  Benfica | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21.9 | 25±0% | 63▲2% |
| Lorenzo AguadoFull-back |  Albacete | 🇪🇸Spain | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 4▼87% | 62▲2% |
| Luis ChacónCentral midfielder |  Valladolid | 🇪🇸Spain | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16▼69.6%↩ | 62▲2%↩ |
| Diego BriFull-back | Cordoba | 🇪🇸Spain | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25.4 | 8▼50.6% | 62▲2% |
| T. PembéléFull-back |  Le Havre | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.8 | 6±0% | 62▲2% |
| M. Del BlancoCentre-back |  Strasbourg | 🇦🇷Argentina | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.9 | 32▼20.2%↩ | 61▲2%↩ |
| L. EgloffCentral midfielder |  Karlsruher SC | 🇩🇪Germany | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 16±0% | 57▲2% |
| H. BlairWinger |  Portsmouth | 🏴England | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 0▼100% | 57▲2% |
| MaranhãoCentre-forward |  Moreirense | 🇧🇷Brazil | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 8±0% | 56▲2% |
| Nils EggensWinger | Groningen | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26.6 | 17±0% | 56▲2%↩ |
| L. MolDefensive midfielder | FC OSS | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 3▼75.5% | 52▲2% |
| DiógenesGoalkeeper |  Santos | 🇧🇷Brazil | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 52▲2% |
| S. AnzaiAttacking midfielder |  FC Tokyo | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 23▼12.2% | 51▲2% |
| A. ColassinWinger |  Charleroi | 🇧🇪Belgium | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16.3 | 9±0% | 50▲2% |
| T. AltıkardeşCentre-back |  Göztepe | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32±0% | 47▲2% |
| M. HoremansWinger | FC OSS | 🇧🇪Belgium | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1▲450%↩ | 47▲2%↩ |
| Denzel EijkenCentral midfielder |  De Graafschap | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 2▼23.8% | 46▲2% |
| A. Di PardoCentre-back |  Sampdoria | 🇮🇹Italy | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16.6 | 19▼1.5% | 46▲2% |
| A. ArmstrongCentre-forward |  Wolves | 🏴England | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9.6 | 8▼76.9%↩ | 46▲2%↩ |
| F. SánchezCentre-back |  Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 5▲15% | 45▲2% |
| L. OldenstamCentre-back |  Jong PSV U21 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 45▲2%↩ |
| A. PeninCentre-back |  Patro Eisden | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 17±0% | 42▲2% |
| K. Ruiz-AtilWinger |  Liège | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | 16±0% | 41▲2% |
| I. MäättäFull-back |  Bodo/Glimt | 🇳🇴Norway | 25 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 | 31▲187.9% | 41▲2% |
| S. CoxCentre-forward | Exeter City | 🏴England | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0▼100% | 41▲2% |
| GalenoCentral midfielder |  Al-Ahli Jeddah | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 3▼86.7% | 41▲2% |
| B. WoodsAttacking midfielder |  Peterborough | 🏴England | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10▼9.6% | 41▲2% |
| M. MirandaCentral midfielder |  Defensa Y Justicia | 🇦🇷Argentina | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 | 13▲700%↩ | 40▲2%↩ |
| E. MartínezCentre-back |  Necaxa | 🇲🇽Mexico | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 2±0% | 40▲2% |
| N. JessenCentre-back |  MSV Duisburg | 🇩🇪Germany | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 1▼90.7% | 40▲2% |
| D. DuahCentre-back |  Havelse | 🇩🇪Germany | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0▼98% | 36▲2% |
| A. TahiriCentre-forward |  Kolos Kovalivka | 🇽🇰Kosovo | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5.7 | 6±0% | 36▲2% |
| G. EskinjaCentre-back |  Zorya Luhansk | 🇦🇹Austria | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8±0% | 36▲2% |
| S. AudoorCentre-forward |  Beerschot VA | 🇧🇪Belgium | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 2±0% | 36▲2%↩ |
| D. J. WisdomAttacking midfielder |  Gent | 🏳️ | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 35▲2%↩ |
| M. FreeseGoalkeeper |  New York City FC | 🇺🇸USA | 28 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 9▼66.8% | 35▲2% |
| K. HenryCentre-back |  Real Salt Lake | 🇺🇸USA | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 4▲3900% | 35▲2% |
| O. LeśniakDefensive midfielder |  Piast Gliwice | 🇵🇱Poland | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 8▼40% | 35▲2% |
| R. RahmaniFull-back |  SCR Altach | 🇸🇪Sweden | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4▼84.8%↩ | 31▲2%↩ |
| E. NielsenFull-back |  Kongsvinger | 🇩🇰Denmark | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 18▲384.2% | 31▲2% |
| Joel PereiraGoalkeeper |  Reading | 🇵🇹Portugal | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 13▲42.7% | 31▲2% |
| S. FofanaCentral midfielder |  FC Porto | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 7▼15.5%↩ | 30▲2%↩ |
| S. BurakovskyCentral midfielder |  Osters IF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 7▲65.9%↩ | 30▲2%↩ |
| C. KavanaghCentre-forward |  Oldham | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5.1 | 22▲317% | 30▲2% |
| R. FernándezDefensive midfielder |  Huracan | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13▲28.6%↩ | 26▲2%↩ |
| A. ŽivkovićAttacking midfielder |  PAOK | 🇷🇸Serbia | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 37▲2.2% | 25▲2% |
| Kang Ji-HoonFull-back |  FC Anyang | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 1▼80.9% | 25▲2% |
| N. CrabuCentral midfielder |  Roda | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 0 | 21▲2% |
| A. GaichCentre-forward |  Krylia Sovetov | 🇦🇷Argentina | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 20▲2% |
| W. HahnGoalkeeper |  Hammarby FF | 🇸🇷Suriname | 34 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42▼30% | 16▲2% |
| Ricardo RibeiroGoalkeeper |  Oliveirense | 🇵🇹Portugal | 36 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 14▲253.8% | 10▲2% |
| Fábio CarvalhoAttacking midfielder |  Brentford | 🇵🇹Portugal | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 3±0% | 72▲2.1% |
| D. OdoguCentre-back | Toulouse | 🇩🇪Germany | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 0▼100%↩ | 67▲2.1%↩ |
| N. AdjeiCentre-back |  Lorient | 🇬🇭Ghana | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41.5 | 9±0% | 67▲2.1% |
| T. ChirewaWinger | Wolves | 🏴England | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 | 0 | 64▲2.1% |
| T. OjedaCentral midfielder | Valladolid | 🇦🇷Argentina | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24.1 | 9▼69.3%↩ | 62▲2.1%↩ |
| A. LebarbierCentral midfielder |  Real Sociedad II | 🇫🇷France | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 5▼47.8% | 60▲2.1% |
| C. PatinoCentral midfielder |  VfL Bochum | 🏴England | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9±0% | 59▲2.1%↩ |
| M. Peart-HarrisCentral midfielder |  Middlesbrough | 🏴England | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 3▼76.9%↩ | 59▲2.1%↩ |
| B. VerrengiaCentre-back |  Catanzaro | 🇮🇹Italy | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20.6 | 6±0% | 59▲2.1% |
| F. DistefanoCentral midfielder |  Empoli | 🇮🇹Italy | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 12±0% | 58▲2.1%↩ |
| Fermin GarciaWinger |  Burgos | 🇪🇸Spain | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 0▼100% | 57▲2.1% |
| J. PatrickCentral midfielder |  Reims | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 6±0% | 54▲2.1% |
| G. MoraAttacking midfielder |  Club Tijuana | 🇲🇽Mexico | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10.4 | 22±0% | 54▲2.1% |
| K. DoyleAttacking midfielder |  Leicester | 🏴England | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 5▼85.6%↩ | 53▲2.1%↩ |
