| N. NgibaCentre-back | Orbit College | 🇿🇦South Africa | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 |
| D. MarešFull-back | Mlada Boleslav | 🇨🇿Czechia | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 2 | 1 |
| B. ShanduCentre-back | Durban City | 🇿🇦South Africa | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 |
| S. LuthuliCentral midfielder | Siwelele | 🇿🇦South Africa | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 |
| B. ZunguCentral midfielder | Amazulu | 🇿🇦South Africa | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2▼74.2%↩ | 0▼98.9%↩ |
| J. PešekAttacking midfielder | Sparta Praha | 🇨🇿Czechia | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| D. YongwaFull-back | Norwich | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2▼85%↩ | 66▲6.6%↩ |
| Egoitz MuñozFull-back | Cordoba | 🇪🇸Spain | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22.9 | 2 | 64 |
| W. GraingerCentre-forward | Sheffield Wednesday | 🏴Wales | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 61 |
| Rui ModestoFull-back | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🇦🇴Angola | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 2▼60%↩ | 58▲27.4%↩ |
| PraxedesCentral midfielder | RB Bragantino | 🇧🇷Brazil | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 2▼52%↩ | 56▼5.4%↩ |
| N. SchiksGoalkeeper | Waalwijk | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 2▼67.6%↩ | 54▲0.6%↩ |
| Vando FélixCentral midfielder | Torreense | 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 2 | 53▼3.6%↩ |
| Y. FofanaAttacking midfielder | Reims | 🇲🇱Mali | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 27.4 | 2±0% | 53±0% |
| Adrián PicaCentre-back | Penafiel | 🇪🇸Spain | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 2▼65.2%↩ | 49▼26.7%↩ |
| Z. Al GhamdiWinger | Al-Ettifaq | 🏳️ | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12.2 | 2 | 49 |
| E. BohinenDefensive midfielder | Cesena | 🇳🇴Norway | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2▲14.3%↩ | 48▲15.1%↩ |
| J. de LangeGoalkeeper | Marseille | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2±0% | 45±0% |
| Y. Van Der VeldeDefensive midfielder | Jong AZ | 🏳️ | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 2 | 45 |
| A. EssombaDefensive midfielder | Al Kholood | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 2 | 45 |
| M. KireevCentral midfielder | KV Mechelen | 🇧🇾Belarus | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 2±0% | 44±0% |
| Samad PopoolaCentral midfielder | Feirense | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2▲380% | 43▲1.7% |
| É. DueñasDefensive midfielder | Club Queretaro | 🇲🇽Mexico | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 2±0% | 41▲14%↩ |
| F. ParadelaCentral midfielder | Gimnasia Jujuy | 🇦🇷Argentina | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2▲500%↩ | 41▲5.4%↩ |
| D. MastrángeloCentre-back | Tristan Suarez | 🇦🇷Argentina | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2▲380%↩ | 41▲0.7%↩ |
| I. AzutCentral midfielder | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 🇮🇱Israel | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 2 | 41 |
| Viggo PoulsenCentral midfielder | Brondby | 🏳️ | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 40 |
| M. AgbekpornuDefensive midfielder | NK Slaven Belupo | 🇬🇭Ghana | 28 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 | 39 |
| Y. TonyeFull-back | FC Viktoria Köln | 🏳️ | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 2▼61.9% | 39±0% |
| D. PapicAttacking midfielder | Grasshoppers | 🏳️ | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 39 |
| D. GoprouCentre-back | Valenciennes | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2▼40%↩ | 39▲19.5%↩ |
| M. AmeyawCentral midfielder | Korona Kielce | 🇵🇱Poland | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2▼89.8%↩ | 39▲8.1%↩ |
| Elton YeboahDefensive midfielder | K. Lierse S.K. | 🇧🇪Belgium | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2±0% | 38±0% |
| F. WienandGoalkeeper | Rot-Weiß Essen | 🇩🇪Germany | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 2▲14.3% | 38▲1.1% |
| Y. OnohiolGoalkeeper | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 🏳️ | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 2 | 36 |
| D. BuglioCentral midfielder | Juve Stabia | 🇮🇹Italy | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 2±0% | 36±0% |
| A. GusolCentral midfielder | Kolos Kovalivka | 🏳️ | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 2 | 36 |
| Jagos DjurkovicCentral midfielder | Mladost Lucani | 🇷🇸Serbia | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 2 | 36 |
| A. GlushchenkoCentral midfielder | Zorya Luhansk | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 2±0% | 35▲6%↩ |
| A. PondFull-back | Chesterfield | 🏴England | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 | 2▼75%↩ | 35▲11.5%↩ |
| J. JezierskiDefensive midfielder | Fredrikstad | 🇵🇱Poland | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2▼48.9%↩ | 35▼15.3%↩ |
| C. ClarkAttacking midfielder | Seattle Sounders | 🇺🇸USA | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 2▼90%↩ | 34▼18.5%↩ |
| S. KhvadagianiCentre-back | Maccabi Netanya | 🇬🇪Georgia | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 2 | 34 |
| Cheick Mbacke DiopCentre-back | NK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 🇸🇳Senegal | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 | 2 | 34 |
| S. NilsenGoalkeeper | Brann | 🇳🇴Norway | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2▼17.2%↩ | 33▲18.9%↩ |
| R. MunteanuGoalkeeper | Farul Constanta | 🇷🇴Romania | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 2 | 33 |
| D. TomićCentral midfielder | Heracles | 🇩🇪Germany | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 2▼60.7%↩ | 32▼14.1%↩ |
| Dominik GregorskiCentre-forward | Motor Lublin | 🏳️ | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 32 |
| D. BatzGoalkeeper | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 🇩🇪Germany | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 2▼17.2%↩ | 31▲45.8%↩ |
| B. RomeroCentre-back | FC Juarez | 🇲🇽Mexico | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| I. ChirilÄGoalkeeper | Universitatea Cluj | 🇷🇴Romania | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 2 | 31 |
| P. GuimaraesCentre-back | Orange County SC | 🇺🇸USA | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 2 | 31 |
| Mahmoud MagdyCentre-back | Ghazl El Mehalla | 🇪🇬Egypt | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 2 | 31 |
| C. SickingerDefensive midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 🇩🇪Germany | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2±0% | 30▼1.6%↩ |
| J. ZurbriggenAttacking midfielder | San Telmo | 🇦🇷Argentina | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 2 | 30 |
| PaulinoCentral midfielder | Zaragoza | 🇪🇸Spain | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 2▼57.9%↩ | 30▼35.4%↩ |
| Seif ShikaCentre-forward | El Gouna FC | 🇪🇬Egypt | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 29 |
| D. HodzicDefensive midfielder | Istra 1961 | 🏳️ | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 29 |
| Aleksa MarašWinger | FK Košice | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 | 2 | 28 |
| J. SchuurmanCentral midfielder | Willem II | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 2±0% | 28±0% |
| D. HalachevWinger | Dobrudzha | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 2 | 28 |
| S. InoueCentral midfielder | Jubilo Iwata | 🇯🇵Japan | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2▼92.7%↩ | 27▼45.8%↩ |
| G. SimenstadDefensive midfielder | Ham-Kam | 🇳🇴Norway | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 2▼94.2% | 26▼40.5% |
| M. BulatGoalkeeper | Vukovar | 🇭🇷Croatia | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 2 | 26 |
| E. HorvathGoalkeeper | New York Red Bulls | 🇺🇸USA | 31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2▲242.9%↩ | 25▲1.2%↩ |
| T. OlssonCentre-back | Umeå FC | 🇸🇪Sweden | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 2▲1100%↩ | 25▼15.6%↩ |
| J. MontoyaAttacking midfielder | Deportivo Pereira | 🏳️ | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | 2 | 24 |
| M. ChouiarAttacking midfielder | Ludogorets | 🇫🇷France | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 2▼66.2%↩ | 23▼57.8%↩ |
| L. VegaAttacking midfielder | Petrolul Ploiesti | 🇦🇷Argentina | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 2▼66.2%↩ | 23▼46.9%↩ |
| A. OgwucheCentral midfielder | Trelleborg | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 2▼88.8% | 22▼24.1% |
| J. BacunaAttacking midfielder | Gaziantep FK | 🇨🇼Curaçao | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2▼83.7%↩ | 22▼36.2%↩ |
| C. Lundahl PerssonGoalkeeper | Osters IF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 2±0% | 22▼13.9% |
| E. Tot WikströmCentral midfielder | IK brage | 🇸🇪Sweden | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2▼78% | 21▼22.1% |
| C. EsparragozaWinger | Alianza Valledupar | 🇨🇴Colombia | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 2 | 20 |
| André CeitilCentral midfielder | Academico Viseu | 🇵🇹Portugal | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 2±0% | 18▲7% |
| Y. MartínezCentral midfielder | Chico | 🇨🇴Colombia | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 18 |
| P. SteiringFull-back | Skeid | 🇳🇴Norway | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 2▼70.7% | 18▼39% |
| O. PiriGoalkeeper | Kocaelispor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2▼68%↩ | 17▼32.6%↩ |
| Saleh Al HarthiDefensive midfielder | Al-Hazm | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 2▲166.7%↩ | 17▼38.9%↩ |
| Ülvi ƏliyevCentre-back | IFK Varnamo | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 2 | 17 |
| G. AkkanGoalkeeper | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 2▲60%↩ | 16▼31.8%↩ |
| L. AbubakarCentre-back | FC Dallas | 🇬🇭Ghana | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 2▼85% | 16▼21.6% |
| D. HeberFull-back | 1. FC Magdeburg | 🇩🇪Germany | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 2±0% | 16±0% |
| Rodrigo Iñaki MeloCentral midfielder | CA Estudiantes | 🇦🇷Argentina | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2▼22.6%↩ | 14▼51%↩ |
| J. MexiqueCentral midfielder | Sochaux | 🇲🇶Martinique | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 2▼77.1%↩ | 14▼54%↩ |
| A. ForshawCentral midfielder | Blackburn | 🏴England | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2▼82.2% | 14±0% |
| S. YalçınDefensive midfielder | Kocaelispor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2±0% | 13±0% |
| J. GalGoalkeeper | Chicago Fire | 🇺🇸USA | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2▲118.2%↩ | 12▼33.9%↩ |
| Ruan CarneiroGoalkeeper | Juventude | 🇧🇷Brazil | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | 11 |
| J. RodriguezCentre-back | Deportivo Pereira | 🏳️ | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2 | 10 |
| Kim Jin-HyeonGoalkeeper | Tochigi City | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2▼90.6%↩ | 9▼50%↩ |
| NetoDefensive midfielder | Vizela | 🇧🇷Brazil | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2▼92.1%↩ | 8▼68%↩ |
| N. BasualdoCentre-back | Defensores Unidos | 🇦🇷Argentina | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 7 |
| I. FujitaCentral midfielder | Fagiano Okayama | 🇯🇵Japan | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 7 |
| Z. HarasztiCentre-forward | Paks | 🇭🇺Hungary | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 5 |
| Evgeni PavlovCentre-forward | Radnik Surdulica | 🇧🇾Belarus | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 |
| S. NkwaliCentre-back | Stellenbosch | 🏳️ | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 |
| N. RaphaduCentre-forward | Magesi | 🇿🇦South Africa | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 1 |
| S. MadonselaCentre-back | Golden Arrows | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Y. MosqueraCentre-back | Wolves | 🇨🇴Colombia | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3▼90.8% | 74±0% |