| A. MateiuDefensive midfielder | Petrolul Ploiesti | 🇷🇴Romania | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 8 | 8 |
| A. MatějůDefensive midfielder | Spezia | 🇨🇿Czechia | 30 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 27▼39.2% | 35▼29.6% |
| A. MatićCentral midfielder | Stabaek | 🇷🇸Serbia | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0▼100% | 28▼10.8% |
| A. MatkevychCentre-forward | Obolon'-Brovar | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 34▲2.1%↩ |
| A. MatkoCentral midfielder | Ujpest | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 26 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 44▲382.6%↩ | 33▼5.5%↩ |
| A. MatokaCentre-back | Lokeren-Temse | 🏳️ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 17 |
| A. MatroseAttacking midfielder | Chippa United | 🇿🇦South Africa | 23 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 13 | 2 |
| A. MatsumotoCentral midfielder | FC Gifu | 🇯🇵Japan | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 15 |
| A. MatturroFull-back | Shakhtar Donetsk | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 14▼1.5%↩ | 72▲2%↩ |
| A. MatuqCentral midfielder | Al Shabab | 🏳️ | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 43 |
| A. MatusiwaDefensive midfielder | Ipswich | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 45±0% | 57±0% |
| A. MatysekGoalkeeper | Zaglebie Lubin | 🇵🇱Poland | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 32 |
| A. MaurerAttacking midfielder | RWDM | 🇲🇦Morocco | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 8.5 | 23▲150.5% | 45▲1.6% |
| A. MaurićDefensive midfielder | Istra 1961 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 22 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 | 20 | 36 |
| A. MaxDefensive midfielder | Gimnasia L.P. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28▲98.6% | 16▲33.6% |
| A. MaximCentral midfielder | Gaziantep FK | 🇷🇴Romania | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | 37±0% | 19±0% |
| A. MaxsøCentre-back | FC Midtjylland | 🇩🇰Denmark | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 26▲7.9%↩ | 23▲3.2%↩ |
| A. MaxweleCentral midfielder | Golden Arrows | 🇿🇦South Africa | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 14 | 2 |
| A. MayCentre-forward | Doncaster | 🏴England | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1.8 | 15▼45.6%↩ | 16±0% |
| A. Maynard-BrewerGoalkeeper | Sheffield Wednesday | 🇦🇺Australia | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 4▲13.5%↩ | 32±0% |
| A. MayorDefensive midfielder | Hibernian | 🏴England | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 | 25▲101.6%↩ | 46▲33.3%↩ |
| A. MayorgaFull-back | FC Juarez | 🇲🇽Mexico | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 22±0% | 25▼28.4% |
| A. MazhoudFull-back | Future FC | 🏳️ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 19 |
| A. MaziluWinger | Dinamo Bucuresti | 🇷🇴Romania | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 29▼45.7%↩ |
| A. MazuyGoalkeeper | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 30 |
| A. MazzocchiGoalkeeper | Parma | 🏳️ | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.4 | 0 | 65 |
| A. MbengueFull-back | QPR | 🇸🇳Senegal | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28.1 | 9▼70.5% | 67±0% |
| A. MbodjWinger | Metz | 🏳️ | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16.7 | 5 | 60 |
| A. McabaCentre-back | Sekhukhune United | 🇿🇦South Africa | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 1 |
| A. McCallionCentral midfielder | Rangers | 🏴Scotland | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| A. McCalmontAttacking midfielder | Central Coast Mariners | 🇬🇧Northern Ireland | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1.1 | 25▲58.2%↩ | 18▼56%↩ |
| A. McCannCentral midfielder | Preston | 🇬🇧Northern Ireland | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 2▼90.7% | 54±0% |
| A. McCarthyGoalkeeper | Leicester | 🏴England | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 7▲63.6%↩ | 13▲5%↩ |
| A. McFaddenCentral midfielder | Louisville City | 🇺🇸USA | 28 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3.2 | 19▲235.1%↩ | 27▼25.5%↩ |
| A. McGowanFull-back | Port Vale | 🏴England | 30 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 26▲48.3%↩ | 19▼40.8%↩ |
| A. MdungeCentral midfielder | Richards Bay | 🇿🇦South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| A. MedinaDefensive midfielder | Lanus | 🇦🇷Argentina | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 14▼18.6% | 51±0% |
| A. MedinaGoalkeeper | Agropecuario | 🇦🇷Argentina | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 32 |
| A. MedinaWinger | Club Queretaro | 🇲🇽Mexico | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 22±0% | 24▼28.2%↩ |
| A. MedinaCentral midfielder | Everton de Vina | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 | 34▲2357.1%↩ | 19▼49.2%↩ |
| A. MedinaGoalkeeper | Defensores De Belgrano | 🇦🇷Argentina | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 32▲114.7%↩ | 9▼50.3%↩ |
| A. MehmetiWinger | Ipswich | 🇦🇱Albania | 25 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 89 | 45▲25%↩ | 71▼0.8%↩ |
| A. MehmetiDefensive midfielder | New York Red Bulls | 🇺🇸USA | 17 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 53 |
| A. MehmetiCentral midfielder | Trelleborg | 🏳️ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 10 |
| A. MehringGoalkeeper | Santa Fe | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2±0% | 7▼66.4%↩ |
| A. MejíaWinger | Club Tijuana | 🇲🇽Mexico | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 8±0% | 40▼3.9%↩ |
| A. MekvabishviliDefensive midfielder | Chicago Fire | 🇬🇪Georgia | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 36±0% | 37±0% |
| A. MelanoCentre-forward | Belgrano Cordoba | 🏳️ | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 42 |
| A. MeloCentral midfielder | All Boys | 🇦🇷Argentina | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 35 |
| A. MeloCentre-forward | Temperley | 🇦🇷Argentina | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 18 |
| A. MemedovAttacking midfielder | Lyn | 🇲🇰North Macedonia | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3.9 | 23▲164%↩ | 33▲6.1%↩ |
| A. MemićFull-back | Plzen | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 12.6 | 25 | 2 |
| A. MendelDefensive midfielder | Baltika | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 25▲206.2% | 16▲20.5% |
| A. MéndezDefensive midfielder | Newells Old Boys | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 18▼39.2%↩ | 26▲4.9%↩ |
| A. MéndezAttacking midfielder | El Paso Locomotive | 🇺🇸USA | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 0▼100%↩ | 23▼41.9%↩ |
| A. MendyCentre-back | Nice | 🇫🇷France | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 30±0% | 74±0% |
| A. MendyCentre-back | Beitar Jerusalem | 🇸🇳Senegal | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 4▼80%↩ | 16▼57.8%↩ |
| A. MerelesCentral midfielder | Newells Old Boys | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 41 |
| A. MeretGoalkeeper | Napoli | 🇮🇹Italy | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 15±0% | 45±0% |
| A. MeroniCentre-back | Mantova | 🇮🇹Italy | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 18±0% | 37±0% |
| A. MešanovićAttacking midfielder | Verl | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 2 | 36 |
| A. MeshchaninovCentre-back | Rodina Moskva | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 8 | 18 |
| A. MestanzaDefensive midfielder | Academico Viseu | 🇪🇸Spain | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 | 1±0% | 68±0% |
| A. MetsievCentral midfielder | FC Sochi | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 23 |
| A. MeyerGoalkeeper | Borussia Dortmund | 🇩🇪Germany | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0▼100% | 10▼59.2% |
| A. MezaniCentral midfielder | Qingdao Youth Island | 🇦🇱Albania | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 25 |
| A. MicaiGoalkeeper | Reggiana | 🇮🇹Italy | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 10▼17.1%↩ | 17▼50.7%↩ |
| A. MicoltaCentre-back | CF Pachuca | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 5▼38.7% | 32▼29.4% |
| Å. MidtskogenCentre-back | Lyn | 🇳🇴Norway | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 23▲706.9%↩ | 28▼20%↩ |
| A. MiftariCentre-back | Falkenbergs FF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 24▼20.1%↩ |
| A. MightenWinger | San Diego | 🏴England | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 9▲83.3% | 38▼2.8% |
| A. MikkelsenCentre-forward | Bodo/Glimt | 🇳🇴Norway | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 33▼9.1%↩ |
| A. MilamboDefensive midfielder | Brentford | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.2 | 1▼97.9%↩ | 70▼9.9%↩ |
| A. MilaniCentre-back | Avellino | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 4 | 56 |
| A. MilanovicCentre-back | IMT Novi Beograd | 🏳️ | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 38 |
| A. MilesFull-back | Orange County SC | 🇺🇸USA | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 32 |
| A. MilicevicCentre-forward | Radnik Surdulica | 🏳️ | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 32 |
| A. MilikWinger | Juventus | 🇵🇱Poland | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0▼100% | 20▼56.6% |
| A. MilleCentral midfielder | Estac Troyes | 🇫🇷France | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14.6 | 52±0% | 48±0% |
| A. MillgrammWinger | SC Paderborn 07 | 🏳️ | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 0 | 49 |
| A. MiloševićCentre-back | AIK Stockholm | 🇸🇪Sweden | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0▼100% | 5▼75% |
| A. MindaWinger | Atletico-MG | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 31.4 | 16±0% | 51▼3.2%↩ |
| A. MiranchukAttacking midfielder | Atlanta United FC | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 3.6 | 45▲8.7% | 29▲15% |
| A. MiranchukAttacking midfielder | Dynamo | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | 11▼22.7% | 16▲11.3% |
| A. MiranyanCentre-forward | Bnei Sakhnin | 🇦🇲Armenia | 30 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| A. MironCentre-back | FC Botosani | 🇷🇴Romania | 32 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 32 | 19 |
| A. MironovCentral midfielder | FC Rostov | 🇷🇺Russia | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 22▼26.7% | 29▼3.7% |
| A. MitchellCentre-back | Plymouth | 🏴England | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 11▼63% | 49▲2.5% |
| A. MiticCentral midfielder | IMT Novi Beograd | 🏳️ | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 35 |
| A. MitkovAttacking midfielder | Levski Sofia | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 31 |
| A. MitranoFull-back | Indy Eleven | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 8 | 22 |
| A. MitrițăAttacking midfielder | Hangzhou Greentown | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1.2 | 37▲16.6%↩ | 16▼66.2%↩ |
| A. MitryushkinGoalkeeper | Lokomotiv | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10▼34.4% | 17▼25.3% |
| A. MobaraCentre-back | Chippa United | 🇿🇦South Africa | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 19 | 1 |
| A. MocsiCentre-back | Rizespor | 🇭🇺Hungary | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 20±0% | 41±0% |
| A. ModibaFull-back | Mamelodi Sundowns | 🇿🇦South Africa | 31 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 33 | 1 |
| A. MódicaWinger | Gimnasia M. | 🇮🇹Italy | 23 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 22.5 | 51 | 54▲32%↩ |
| A. MohammedCentral midfielder | FC Nordsjaelland | 🇬🇭Ghana | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 37 |
| A. MohammedFull-back | FK Partizan | 🏳️ | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 35 |
| A. MojžišFull-back | Ružomberok | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 12 | 24 |