| M. YılmazCentre-back | Antalyaspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0▼100% | 28▼31.5% |
| M. YlitolvaFull-back | Kalmar FF | 🇫🇮Finland | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 1 | 28 |
| M. YosefCentre-forward | Lexington | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 21 |
| M. YoshidaWinger | Kashima | 🇯🇵Japan | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 48 |
| M. YoshidaCentre-back | Sagan Tosu | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 18 | 36▼16.3%↩ |
| M. YoshidaCentre-back | Los Angeles Galaxy | 🇯🇵Japan | 38 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 13▼20.1% | 8▼28.3% |
| M. YoshinagaCentre-forward | Kitakyushu | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 9▼3.2%↩ | 25▼45.5%↩ |
| M. YoshiokaCentral midfielder | Blaublitz Akita | 🇯🇵Japan | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0▼100%↩ | 14▼67%↩ |
| M. YoungCentral midfielder | Sparta Rotterdam | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27.8 | 59±0% | 75▲0.8% |
| M. YoungGoalkeeper | Huddersfield | 🏴England | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 26▲10.8%↩ | 40▲3.1%↩ |
| M. YounisAttacking midfielder | Brondby | 🇦🇺Australia | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8.3 | 19▼26.7%↩ | 46▲125.2%↩ |
| M. YousfiCentre-back | Quevilly | 🇫🇷France | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 31 |
| M. YousriFull-back | Future FC | 🏳️ | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 |
| M. YoussoufCentre-back | Nice | 🇫🇷France | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 0 | 60 |
| M. YücelCentre-forward | Sarıyer | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 33 |
| M. YumibaDefensive midfielder | Shimizu S-pulse | 🇯🇵Japan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13.4 | 19▲123.8% | 44±0% |
| M. YumluFull-back | Erzurumspor FK | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 45±0% | 10±0% |
| M. YunesCentral midfielder | Palestino | 🇨🇱Chile | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| M. YusefCentral midfielder | Bnei Sakhnin | 🇮🇱Israel | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | 18 | 21 |
| M. YuzawaCentre-back | Avispa Fukuoka | 🇯🇵Japan | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0▼100% | 17▲31.8% |
| M. ZabiriCentre-forward | Racing Santander | 🇲🇦Morocco | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 48.3 | 14±0% | 64▲5.1%↩ |
| M. ZaccagniWinger | Lazio | 🇮🇹Italy | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9.6 | 16±0% | 39±0% |
| M. ZachovalCentre-back | Mlada Boleslav | 🇨🇿Czechia | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 |
| M. ZajcCentral midfielder | Dinamo Zagreb | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1.6 | 39▲1587%↩ | 17▼44.1%↩ |
| M. ZakharievFull-back | Lokomotiv Sofia | 🏳️ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 13 |
| M. ZalazarWinger | Gimnasia L.P. | 🇦🇷Argentina | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 11.8 | 8 | 44▲10.3%↩ |
| M. ZaldiviaFull-back | Universidad de Chile | 🇨🇱Chile | 35 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 34 | 10 |
| M. ZaletaCentral midfielder | Necaxa | 🇲🇽Mexico | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10.9 | 30±0% | 43▼8%↩ |
| M. ZanottiDefensive midfielder | FC Lugano | 🇮🇹Italy | 23 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 13.4 | 41 | 48 |
| M. ŽaperCentral midfielder | HNK Hajduk Split | 🇭🇷Croatia | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 20 |
| M. ZarachoCentral midfielder | Racing Club | 🇦🇷Argentina | 28 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 7.5 | 31▲268.7% | 36▲9% |
| M. ZeaCentre-back | CSKA Moscow | 🇬🇹Guatemala | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 23 | 39▲21.7% |
| M. ZebiÄCentre-back | Dinamo Zagreb | 🇭🇷Croatia | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 34 |
| M. ZeidanCentral midfielder | AL Masry | 🇸🇪Sweden | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 20▼41.5%↩ |
| M. ZeitzDefensive midfielder | FC Saarbrücken | 🇩🇪Germany | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 9▼20.5% | 7▼18.9% |
| M. ZekeFull-back | Ujpest | 🇭🇺Hungary | 26 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| M. ZekriFull-back | Sporting CP | 🇲🇦Morocco | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 7±0% | 50▲3.1%↩ |
| M. ZelayaCentre-back | San Lorenzo | 🇦🇷Argentina | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 23 |
| M. ZepedaCentral midfielder | Coquimbo Unido | 🇨🇱Chile | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 7 | 24 |
| M. ZepedaCentral midfielder | D. La Serena | 🇨🇱Chile | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 20 |
| M. ŽeravicaCentre-forward | NK Osijek | 🇭🇷Croatia | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 30 |
| M. ZettererGoalkeeper | Leeds | 🇩🇪Germany | 31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 13▼55.6%↩ | 39▼33.3%↩ |
| M. ZgombaCentre-forward | Istra 1961 | 🏳️ | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 31 |
| M. ŽgombaCentre-forward | Istra 1961 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 30 |
| M. ZhelevFull-back | Oţelul | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 34 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | 45 | 14 |
| M. ZilliWinger | Frosinone | 🇮🇹Italy | 24 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 45.5 | 16▲68%↩ | 59▲8%↩ |
| M. ZimmermannFull-back | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 🇩🇪Germany | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1▼88.8% | 14±0% |
| M. ZingaGoalkeeper | Angers | 🇫🇷France | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 5 | 60 |
| M. ŽitnýCentral midfielder | Dukla Praha | 🇨🇿Czechia | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 6 | 2 |
| M. ŽivkovićFull-back | HNK Rijeka | 🇭🇷Croatia | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 8 | 33 |
| M. ZomaWinger | 1. FC Nürnberg | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25.2 | 57±0% | 70±0% |
| M. ZonneveldCentre-forward | Sparta Rotterdam | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31.3 | 26±0% | 65▲1.9%↩ |
| M. ZrilicCentral midfielder | 1. FC Heidenheim | 🏳️ | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 1 | 54 |
| M. ZsigmundDefensive midfielder | FK Košice | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 8 | 18 |
| M. ŻukowskiCentre-forward | 1. FC Magdeburg | 🇵🇱Poland | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22.7 | 58±0% | 64±0% |
| M. ZuletaCentral midfielder | Once Caldas | 🇨🇴Colombia | 24 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 3.2 | 28▲1028%↩ | 27▼53.3%↩ |
| M. ZuvićWinger | Javor | 🇷🇸Serbia | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 4 | 30 |
| M. ŻyroCentre-back | Widzew Łódź | 🇵🇱Poland | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 8▼65.5% | 29±0% |
| M.DiengWinger | Minnesota United FC | 🇸🇳Senegal | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0▼100%↩ | 37▲20.2%↩ |
| M'Bala NzolaWinger | Cagliari | 🇦🇴Angola | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 23±0% | 37▼6.8%↩ |
| Ma HaoqiCentre-forward | Hangzhou Greentown | 🏳️China PR | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Ma Ji-KangCentre-back | Jeonbuk Motors | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 40 |
| Ma XingyuCentral midfielder | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ma ZhenGoalkeeper | Shanghai Shenhua | 🏳️China PR | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 14 | 25 |
| Mac MunroCentral midfielder | Wellington Phoenix | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Mac van TilburgCentral midfielder | FC Eindhoven | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 20 |
| Maciej JanickiGoalkeeper | Nieciecza | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 30 |
| Mackenzie MaltbyCentre-back | Sheffield Wednesday | 🏴England | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 53 |
| MaculaCentre-forward | Ventforet Kofu | 🇧🇷Brazil | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Madallah Al OlayanCentre-back | Al-Ettifaq | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 14±0% | 22▲17.7% |
| Madiou KeitaCentre-back | Vasteras SK FK | 🇬🇳Guinea | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8▲6.7%↩ | 31▲11.8%↩ |
| MadsonCentral midfielder | FC Juarez | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 17±0% | 33▼12.4% |
| Maeng Seong-UngDefensive midfielder | Jeonbuk Motors | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1▼92.4%↩ | 27▼13.8%↩ |
| MaestroCentral midfielder | Alanyaspor | 🇦🇴Angola | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 17±0% | 44±0% |
| MagaFull-back | União de Leiria | 🇵🇹Portugal | 27 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | 11▼18.1%↩ | 35▼27.4%↩ |
| Maged Abdel RahmanCentral midfielder | Masr | 🇪🇬Egypt | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 3 | 29 |
| Magnus Elias BaarsWinger | 1. FC Magdeburg | 🇩🇪Germany | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 50▼6.7% |
| Magnus Hvitfeldt AndersenFull-back | Odense | 🇩🇰Denmark | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | 39▲7.5% |
| Magomedov Yahya ValidovichGoalkeeper | Akhmat | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 28 |
| MagrãoGoalkeeper | Fortaleza EC | 🇧🇷Brazil | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 3▼46.7%↩ | 47▼11.2%↩ |
| Mahamadou DiawaraDefensive midfielder | RED Star FC 93 | 🇫🇷France | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 3▲14.3%↩ | 68▲39.7%↩ |
| Mahamadou Susoho SissohoCentral midfielder | Kocaelispor | 🇪🇸Spain | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 4▼70.9%↩ | 42▲2.7%↩ |
| Mahdi Al ObodWinger | Al-Fateh | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 46 |
| Mahiro AnoCentral midfielder | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 🇯🇵Japan | 23 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9.3 | 31 | 29 |
| Mahmoud El BadryFull-back | Haras El Hodood | 🇪🇬Egypt | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Mahmoud Abdel AzizCentre-back | El Geish | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1 | 27 |
| Mahmoud Abdel HalimCentral midfielder | Wadi Degla | 🇪🇬Egypt | 31 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1.4 | 16 | 14 |
| Mahmoud Abdul Aati DongaCentral midfielder | Al Ittihad | 🇪🇬Egypt | 33 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 11 | 14 |
| Mahmoud Abou El SaoudGoalkeeper | El Mokawloon | 🇪🇬Egypt | 38 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 26 | 10 |
| Mahmoud AgibCentral midfielder | Al Ittihad | 🇪🇬Egypt | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1 | 14 |
| Mahmoud Al SayedGoalkeeper | Pharco | 🇪🇬Egypt | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Mahmoud DaabasaCentral midfielder | Kahraba Ismailia | 🇪🇬Egypt | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 17 |
| Mahmoud DiastyAttacking midfielder | Wadi Degla | 🇪🇬Egypt | 26 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4.6 | 21 | 33 |
| Mahmoud El GazzarCentre-back | National Bank of Egypt | 🇪🇬Egypt | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.9 | 8 | 25 |
| Mahmoud El HadaryGoalkeeper | El Mokawloon | 🇪🇬Egypt | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Mahmoud El ShenawyGoalkeeper | Zamalek SC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 31 |
| Mahmoud El ZonfolyGoalkeeper | Future FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 34 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 19 | 12 |
| Mahmoud EmadCentral midfielder | Al Ittihad | 🇪🇬Egypt | 30 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 16 | 18 |
| Mahmoud FarahatCentre-forward | Pharco | 🇪🇬Egypt | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| Mahmoud GadGoalkeeper | Pyramids FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 23 |