| Simeon Nenchev SlavchevCentral midfielder | Lokomotiv Sofia | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 8 |
| Lee Chan-DongCentral midfielder | Daegu FC | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0▼85.7% | 9▼46.5% |
| D. SuzukiCentre-back | JEF United Chiba | 🇯🇵Japan | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0▼98.3% | 10±0% |
| Nemanja AhčinCentral midfielder | Mladost Lucani | 🇷🇸Serbia | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 10 |
| D. SebaCentre-back | Concarneau | 🇫🇷France | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0▼99%↩ | 10▼70.8%↩ |
| V. KaravaevFull-back | Zenit | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0▼95.3% | 11▼8.9% |
| K. TamásCentre-back | Ujpest | 🇭🇺Hungary | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Park Won-JaeCentre-back | Gwangju FC | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0▼98%↩ | 12▼67.3%↩ |
| D. BoldorCentre-back | Gyori ETO FC | 🇷🇴Romania | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 12 |
| M. LuxtonDefensive midfielder | Gillingham | 🏳️ | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0▲100% | 12▼3.3% |
| Rodrigo BecãoCentre-back | Rodina Moskva | 🇧🇷Brazil | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0▼98.2%↩ | 12▼46.1%↩ |
| I. NedelcearuCentre-back | Akron | 🇷🇴Romania | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0▼98.6% | 12▼34.4% |
| T. VilhenaCentral midfielder | Willem II | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 0±0% | 13±0% |
| Yeon Je-UnCentre-back | Jeonbuk Motors | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0▼97% | 13▼14.4% |
| Li HailongFull-back | Qingdao Jonoon | 🏳️China PR | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 13 |
| N. FreireCentre-back | Independiente | 🇦🇷Argentina | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0▼98.2% | 13▼19.3% |
| Denis IleDefensive midfielder | Uta Arad | 🏳️ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Danijel VinkovićCentral midfielder | Vukovar | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 13 |
| A. OrbanCentral midfielder | Universitatea Cluj | 🏳️ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Y. SunarDefensive midfielder | Sakaryaspor | 🏳️ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| E. YesilyurtCentral midfielder | Sakaryaspor | 🏳️ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Liu Yi ICentre-back | Dalian Zhixing | 🏳️China PR | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| A. BüttnerFull-back | Vitesse | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0▼99.1% | 14±0% |
| S. SaucedoDefensive midfielder | Birmingham Legion | 🇺🇸USA | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0▼96.4%↩ | 15▼60.5%↩ |
| D. AkrofiDefensive midfielder | IMT Novi Beograd | 🏳️ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 15 |
| Tiago de Santana da SilvaCentre-back | Matsumoto Yamaga | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0▼96.4%↩ | 15▼55.1%↩ |
| J. LaceyDefensive midfielder | Sydney | 🇦🇺Australia | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Marin FranceDefensive midfielder | Sydney | 🏳️ | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 17 |
| N. TownCentre-back | Barnsley | 🏳️ | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 17 |
| I. DialloCentre-back | Vizela | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0▼99.2%↩ | 17▼74.5%↩ |
| K. OnoharaDefensive midfielder | Oliveirense | 🇯🇵Japan | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0▼96.2% | 17▼57% |
| Donaldo AçkaCentral midfielder | Lokomotiv Sofia | 🇦🇱Albania | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Vinko StanisicCentre-back | Adelaide United | 🏳️ | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Mohamed KeitaCentre-back | Wycombe | 🏳️ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| J. MalouCentre-back | North Carolina | 🇸🇳Senegal | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 18 |
| E. BishopDefensive midfielder | Colchester | 🏴England | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0▼99% | 18±0% |
| M. ŠulekFull-back | Ružomberok | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0▼98.5%↩ | 18▼44.2%↩ |
| Lee HyobinFull-back | Gangwon FC | 🇰🇷South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 19 |
| B. GutiérrezCentre-back | D. La Serena | 🇨🇱Chile | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 19 |
| J. SolisCentral midfielder | Fortaleza FC | 🏳️ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 19 |
| N. VitréCentre-back | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 20 |
| F. TchassemCentral midfielder | Arges Pitesti | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 20 |
| E. GoldanigaCentre-back | Como | 🇮🇹Italy | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0▼99.1% | 20▼56.7% |
| M. CanteroDefensive midfielder | Talleres Remedios | 🇦🇷Argentina | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 20 |
| A. MörfeltCentral midfielder | Osters IF | 🇸🇪Sweden | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0▼98.9% | 21▼28.3% |
| M. KaramarkoCentre-back | Wisla Plock | 🇭🇷Croatia | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0▼75% | 21±0% |
| Guido SeguraDefensive midfielder | Nublense | 🇨🇱Chile | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 21 |
| Y. ArmougomFull-back | Panserraikos | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0▼93.5%↩ | 21▼54%↩ |
| Samuel Correa Brites MendietaCentre-back | Dinamo Bucuresti | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 21 |
| Y. SalazarCentre-back | A. Italiano | 🇨🇱Chile | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 21 |
| J. CaicedoCentre-back | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 21 |
| N. OspinaCentre-back | Llaneros | 🇨🇴Colombia | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 21 |
| F. DahlCentre-back | Molde | 🇳🇴Norway | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0▼99.5%↩ | 21▼51.5%↩ |
| N. LetelierCentral midfielder | U. Catolica | 🇨🇱Chile | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 21 |
| S. WikmanCentral midfielder | Orebro SK | 🇸🇪Sweden | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0▲100%↩ | 21▼27.1%↩ |
| L. BerdugoDefensive midfielder | Junior | 🇨🇴Colombia | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 21 |
| T. PearceCentre-back | Chesterfield | 🏴England | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0▼95.8%↩ | 22▼17.9%↩ |
| A. VargasCentral midfielder | Envigado | 🇨🇴Colombia | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 22 |
| J. MuñozCentral midfielder | O'Higgins | 🇨🇱Chile | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 22 |
| J. PintoFull-back | Union Magdalena | 🇨🇴Colombia | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 22 |
| P. RojasDefensive midfielder | Coquimbo Unido | 🏳️ | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 22 |
| K. GordonFull-back | Crawley Town | 🏴England | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0▼98.6% | 22±0% |
| J. LopezCentre-back | Deportivo Pereira | 🏳️ | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Sebastián ChacónCentral midfielder | Envigado | 🇨🇴Colombia | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 22 |
| L. RichtnérFull-back | Orebro SK | 🇸🇪Sweden | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0±0% | 22▼29.6%↩ |
| Shin Sung-JaeCentre-back | Pohang Steelers | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 23 |
| L. Frigell JanssonFull-back | Umeå FC | 🇸🇪Sweden | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0▼98%↩ | 23▼16.6%↩ |
| B. IdriziDefensive midfielder | SCR Altach | 🇽🇰Kosovo | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼98%↩ | 23▼57.4%↩ |
| S. QuiñonesCentre-back | America de Cali | 🇨🇴Colombia | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 23 |
| D. PechaCentral midfielder | BSC Young Boys | 🇨🇿Czechia | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 23 |
| K. WilsonCentral midfielder | Milton Keynes Dons | 🏴England | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0▼99.1%↩ | 24▼62.2%↩ |
| João MoutinhoCentre-back | Lech Poznan | 🇵🇹Portugal | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0▼97.6% | 24±0% |
| K. MiyazakiCentre-back | Kanazawa | 🇯🇵Japan | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| L. O'ConnorCentre-back | Tranmere | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0▼96.4% | 24±0% |
| Diogo BatistaCentral midfielder | Felgueiras 1932 | 🇵🇹Portugal | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0▼98.9%↩ | 24▼51.8%↩ |
| Wiebe van der HeideDefensive midfielder | Cambuur | 🏳️ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 24 |
| L. LandázuriCentral midfielder | Atletico Nacional | 🇨🇴Colombia | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Kim Yu-GeonCentre-back | FC Gifu | 🇰🇷Korea Republic | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 24 |
| Arif Al HaydarFull-back | Al Khaleej Saihat | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 24 |
| Ablahan HaliqCentral midfielder | Henan Jianye | 🏳️China PR | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 25 |
| J. MellishCentre-back | Wigan | 🏴England | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼99.2%↩ | 25▲5.6%↩ |
| S. AsanCentre-back | Iğdır FK | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0▼97.3% | 25±0% |
| O. AçılCentre-back | Sakaryaspor | 🇹🇷Türkiye | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 25 |
| N. KijewskiCentre-back | Verl | 🇩🇪Germany | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0▼98.8% | 25±0% |
| Z. LoukiliCentral midfielder | Landskrona BoIS | 🇸🇪Sweden | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 25▲5%↩ |
| L. RichardsFull-back | Crawley Town | 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼93.9% | 26▲3.2% |
| Pele Arganese-McDermottCentre-back | Crawley Town | 🏴England | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Chen ZeshiDefensive midfielder | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 26 |
| A. CamaraCentral midfielder | Ludogorets | 🇬🇳Guinea | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0▼99%↩ | 26▼31%↩ |
| Shi SongchenCentre-back | Shandong Luneng | 🏳️China PR | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| L. GordonFull-back | Gillingham | 🏴Scotland | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0▼98.8%↩ | 27▲18.2%↩ |
| Erlantz PalacínCentre-back | FK Košice | 🇪🇸Spain | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 27 |
| Harry TustinCentral midfielder | Cheltenham | 🏴England | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 27 |
| Alex LajciakCentral midfielder | Podbrezová | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 27 |
| I. MitevCentre-back | Beroe | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 27 |
| D. ChevardinFull-back | Lokomotiv | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0±0% | 27▼6.9% |
| M. DurajCentral midfielder | Podbrezová | 🏳️ | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| R. MarinovCentre-back | Botev Vratsa | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 27 |
| R. VeselinovićCentre-back | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🇷🇸Serbia | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0▼99.1% | 28▼18.9% |
| J. HernandezCentre-back | Degerfors IF | 🏳️ | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 28 |