| Abdalla El SaidAttacking midfielder | Pyramids FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 41 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 16 | 11 |
| Abbati Abdullahi SamailaCentral midfielder | Gornik Zabrze | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 33▲1.9% |
| Abbas NureliGoalkeeper | Beijing Guoan | 🏳️ | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Abbas Al HassanCentral midfielder | NEOM | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 22 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 14.6 | 22▲816.7%↩ | 52▲14.5%↩ |
| Aaron WankiGoalkeeper | Emmen | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 45 |
| Aaron TchamdaDefensive midfielder | Torino | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 0 | 36 |
| Aarón RomeroCentral midfielder | Chaves | 🇪🇸Spain | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 8▼45.7% | 34▼24% |
| Aaron MayolFull-back | Valencia | 🇪🇸Spain | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 72 |
| Aarón MartínCentre-back | Racing Santander | 🇪🇸Spain | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 25±0% | 51±0% |
| Aarón EscandellGoalkeeper | Oviedo | 🇪🇸Spain | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 33▲44.5% | 50▲11.8% |
| A. ŽulevičCentre-forward | Zemplín Michalovce | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 28 |
| A. ZubairuCentral midfielder | Zemplín Michalovce | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 15 | 24 |
| A. ZreľákWinger | GKS Katowice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0▼100% | 15±0% |
| A. ZouinWinger | Casa Pia | 🇲🇦Morocco | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 49 |
| A. ZouharCentre-back | Arsenal | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.1 | 0 | 75 |
| A. ZorganeCentral midfielder | Union St. Gilloise | 🇩🇿Algeria | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14.8 | 46±0% | 57▼1.2% |
| A. ZohouriFull-back | Reims | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20.2 | 9 | 54 |
| A. ŽivkovićAttacking midfielder | PAOK | 🇷🇸Serbia | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 37▲2.2% | 25▲2% |
| A. ZinkovskiyCentral midfielder | Spartak Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1.7 | 29▲52.4%↩ | 19▼21%↩ |
| A. ZinDefensive midfielder | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0▼96.4%↩ | 22▼28.6%↩ |
| A. ZhangGoalkeeper | Gamba Osaka | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 44 |
| A. ZetterströmFull-back | IK brage | 🇸🇪Sweden | 31 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 10±0% | 11▼15.2% |
| A. ZerbinWinger | Frosinone | 🇮🇹Italy | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 | 26▼8.4%↩ | 61▲1.2%↩ |
| A. ZeqiriCentre-forward | Standard Liege | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 7±0% | 26±0% |
| A. ZeqiriCentral midfielder | Esenler Erokspor | 🇽🇰Kosovo | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 1▼86.7%↩ | 38±0% |
| A. ZeneliWinger | IF Elfsborg | 🇽🇰Kosovo | 31 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1.8 | 28▲134.7% | 18▲25% |
| A. ZendejasWinger | Club America | 🇺🇸USA | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 46±0% | 42▲4.3% |
| A. ZeljkovicCentre-forward | Halmstad | 🇸🇪Sweden | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0▼100%↩ | 18▼28%↩ |
| A. ZehnterCentre-back | VfL Wolfsburg | 🇩🇪Germany | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 43.6 | 8▼74.3%↩ | 72▼3.8%↩ |
| A. ZarouryCentral midfielder | Columbus Crew | 🇲🇦Morocco | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | 21±0% | 40±0% |
| A. ZárateCentral midfielder | Bucaramanga | 🇨🇴Colombia | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 | 21 |
| Á. ZapataCentral midfielder | Club Tijuana | 🇲🇽Mexico | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 18±0% | 41▼7.2%↩ |
| A. ZapataWinger | Santa Fe | 🇨🇴Colombia | 31 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0.7 | 15 | 12 |
| A. ZapataGoalkeeper | Alvarado | 🇦🇷Argentina | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 31 |
| A. ZanoliFull-back | Udinese | 🇮🇹Italy | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 16±0% | 79▲20.8% |
| A. ZaniniCentre-back | D. La Serena | 🇦🇷Argentina | 29 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 9 | 15 |
| A. ZangreCentral midfielder | Felgueiras 1932 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 22 |
| Á. ZamoraAttacking midfielder | Aris Thessalonikis | 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 24 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18▼6.4%↩ | 36▼23.4%↩ |
| A. Zambo AnguissaCentral midfielder | Napoli | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 19±0% | 41±0% |
| A. ZalypkaWinger | Ruh Lviv | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 33▼3.3% |
| A. ZalogaGoalkeeper | Arminia Bielefeld | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 0 | 50 |
| Á. ZalánAttacking midfielder | Zulte Waregem | 🇭🇺Hungary | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14.7 | 26▲14.6%↩ | 59▲64.2%↩ |
| A. ZakharyanAttacking midfielder | Real Sociedad | 🇷🇺Russia | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 3±0% | 67±0% |
| A. ZahirovicCentral midfielder | Osters IF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 23▼11.4% |
| A. ZagréFull-back | Utrecht | 🇫🇷France | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28.5 | 29±0% | 69▲2.5%↩ |
| A. ZadražilGoalkeeper | Hradec Králové | 🇨🇿Czechia | 26 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 25 | 2 |
| A. ZabaletaCentre-forward | Chaco For Ever | 🇦🇷Argentina | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 32 |
| A. YuzgecCentre-forward | Galatasaray | 🇹🇷Turkey | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 43 |
| A. YutaniCentral midfielder | Vegalta Sendai | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 33 |
| A. YusufCentre-forward | Norrby IF | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 14▼2.8%↩ | 22▼18.8%↩ |
| A. YusufCentral midfielder | New England Revolution | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 26 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 12.4 | 52▲40.9% | 42▲1.7% |
| A. YusifFull-back | Železničar Pančevo | 🇬🇭Ghana | 25 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5.8 | 22 | 36 |
| A. YuranCentre-back | Serik Spor | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1 | 17▼31.7%↩ |
| A. YoussefWinger | Mjallby AIF | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 6▼83.1%↩ | 26▼27.6%↩ |
| A. YougaDefensive midfielder | Kisvarda FC | 🇨🇫Central African Republic | 33 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 16 | 10 |
| A. YoshidaCentre-forward | Tochigi City | 🇯🇵Japan | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 13 | 21 |
| A. YoshidaCentre-back | Nara Club | 🇯🇵Japan | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0▼100%↩ | 28▼31.3%↩ |
| A. YordanovCentral midfielder | CSKA Sofia | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 29 |
| A. YonaAttacking midfielder | Beitar Jerusalem | 🇮🇱Israel | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 7.2 | 22 | 42 |
| A. YokoyamaCentral midfielder | JEF United Chiba | 🇯🇵Japan | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 21 | 25 |
| A. YokoyamaWinger | Genk | 🇯🇵Japan | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16.5 | 18▲7.7%↩ | 41±0% |
| A. YılmazCentre-back | Bodrum FK | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 8▲74.4%↩ | 34▲4.9%↩ |
| A. YıldızAttacking midfielder | Hatayspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 19 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 4 | 35 |
| A. YıldırımDefensive midfielder | Vanspor FK | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 2 | 32 |
| A. YıldırımGoalkeeper | Trabzonspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 42 |
| A. YirajangCentral midfielder | Slovan Bratislava | 🇬🇲Gambia | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 32 |
| A. YildrimAttacking midfielder | Vanspor FK | 🏳️ | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 32 |
| A. YiğiterGoalkeeper | Antalyaspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 5▼51.8% | 37±0% |
| A. YiadomFull-back | AFC Wimbledon | 🇬🇭Ghana | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16▲54.5%↩ | 10±0% |
| A. YazıcıGoalkeeper | Napoli | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 0 | 67 |
| A. YavuzCentral midfielder | Ümraniyespor | 🏳️ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 14 |
| A. YassinGoalkeeper | Bnei Sakhnin | 🇮🇱Israel | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 35 |
| A. YasserCentral midfielder | Ghazl El Mehalla | 🏳️ | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2 | 15 |
| A. YashkovCentre-forward | Kudrivka | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3±0% | 10±0% |
| A. YaşarCentre-back | Ümraniyespor | 🇧🇪Belgium | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6▲75%↩ | 13▼1.5%↩ |
| A. YaşarCentre-back | Rizespor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 5±0% | 39▲4%↩ |
| A. YarmolenkoCentre-forward | Dynamo Kyiv | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 14±0% | 8±0% |
| A. YanikFull-back | Konyaspor | 🏳️ | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 41 |
| A. YanarGoalkeeper | Kasımpaşa | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 25▼24% |
| A. YamanakaAttacking midfielder | Iwaki | 🇯🇵Japan | 25 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7.9 | 26 | 30 |
| A. YakymivCentre-forward | Livyi Bereh | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0▼100% | 21▼28.8% |
| A. YakubuCentre-forward | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇬🇭Ghana | 27 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 4.8 | 48▲86.3%↩ | 29▼50.6%↩ |
| A. YakubuAttacking midfielder | LNZ Cherkasy | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 1▼87%↩ | 31▲2.3%↩ |
| A. YakoubCentre-forward | Orebro SK | 🇸🇪Sweden | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 16±0% | 23▼13.4% |
| A. YadaCentral midfielder | Kitakyushu | 🇯🇵Japan | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| A. YaakobishviliFull-back | Atletico Madrid | 🇭🇺Hungary | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.9 | 0▼66.7%↩ | 52▼26.2%↩ |
| A. YaakobishviliGoalkeeper | Almeria | 🏳️ | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 22.8 | 0 | 67 |
| A. YaakobishviliGoalkeeper | Almeria | 🏳️ | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 12 | 69 |
| A. WukanyaCentral midfielder | Francs Borains | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 18 |
| A. WoźniakCentral midfielder | Zaglebie Lubin | 🇵🇱Poland | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0▼100% | 5▼9.1% |
| A. WlkCentre-forward | Lanus | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 23 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 48 |
| A. WitselCentral midfielder | Nice | 🇧🇪Belgium | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 34±0% | 20±0% |
| A. WitryFull-back | Rosenborg | 🇳🇴Norway | 30 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 25▲197.6% | 23▲13.4% |
| A. WinterWinger | Livingston | 🏴Scotland | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 0▼100%↩ | 36▼18%↩ |
| A. WinsFull-back | Club Brugge II | 🇧🇪Belgium | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 42 |
| A. WinboCentral midfielder | Varbergs BoIS FC | 🇸🇪Sweden | 29 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 12±0% | 18▼6.3% |
| A. WilliamsCentre-forward | Hartford Athletic | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 12 | 21▼38.8%↩ |
| A. WikmanDefensive midfielder | Sirius | 🇸🇪Sweden | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0▼100%↩ | 30▼23.1%↩ |
| A. WibowoWinger | Los Angeles FC | 🇺🇸USA | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 37 |
| A. WibergCentre-forward | IFK Goteborg | 🇸🇪Sweden | 29 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 22▼54.1%↩ | 25▼11.8%↩ |