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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 190 | 491 | 2.58 | 93 | 48.95% | 51 | 26.84% | 46 | 24.21% |
| 2016 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 53 | WOLO | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Jiangsu Sainty | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 47 | WWWL | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 41 | XWWW | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 39 | XWXX | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Hebei China Fortune FC | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 35 | LLOX | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 33 | XWLX | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 32 | WXLL | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |
| 8 | 1 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 31 | LWLL | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |
| 9 | 1 | Chongqing Lifan | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 30 | WLWL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yanbian Funde | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 29 | LLXW | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |
| 11 | 2 | Liaoning Hongyun | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 29 | LWLO | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |
| 12 | 1 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 27 | XWWL | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |
| 13 | 1 | Tianjin TEDA | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 27 | WLXX | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |
| 14 | 2 | Hangzhou Greentown | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 26 | LOWL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |
| 15 | 1 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 20 | XWLW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| 16 | 1 | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 41 | -21 | 20 | LLXX | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |
| 14 | +1 | RICARDO GOULART Pereira (Guangzhou Evergrande, 1p) |
| Demba BA (Shanghai Shenhua, 1p) | ||
| 13 | WU Lei (Shanghai SIPG, 1p) | |
| +1 | James CHAMANGA (Liaoning Hongyun, 3p) | |
| 10 | +1 | ALAN Douglas (Guangzhou Evergrande) |
| MARCELO Martins MORENO (Changchun Yatai, 4p) | ||
| 9 | +3 | ALEX TEIXEIRA (Jiangsu Sainty, 1p) |
| 8 | +1 | FERNANDINHO (Chongqing Lifan) |
| +1 | Walter MONTILLO (Shandong Luneng Taishan, 3p) | |
| DONG Xuesheng (Hebei China Fortune FC) | ||
| Obafemi MARTINS (Shanghai Shenhua) | ||
| Emanuel GIGLIOTTI (Chongqing Lifan, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Roger MARTÍNEZ (Jiangsu Sainty, 1p) | |
| 7 | ELKESON de Oliveira (Shanghai SIPG, 1p) | |
| +1 | RENATINHO (Guangzhou R&F, 2p) | |
| +1 | Fredy MONTERO (Tianjin TEDA, 2p) | |
| Jean KOUASSI (Shanghai SIPG) | ||
| KIM Seung-dae (Yanbian Funde) | ||
| Steve TRAWALLY (Yanbian Funde) | ||
| 6 | YOON Bit-garam (Yanbian Funde) | |
| +3 | BURAK Yilmaz (Beijing Guoan, 3p) | |
| ZHANG Xizhe (Beijing Guoan, 1p) | ||
| WANG Dong (Chongqing Lifan, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Giovanni MORENO (Shanghai Shenhua, 1p) | |
| GAO Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) | ||
| JÔ (Jiangsu Sainty, 2p) | ||
| Eran ZEHAVI (Guangzhou R&F, 1p) |
| Friday, 9 September 2016 | |||||
| 24 | Chongqing Lifan | 2-1 | Yanbian Funde | ||
| 43 | Fernandinho | 90 | Jin | ||
| 69(p) | Alan Kardec | ||||
| 24 | Shanghai SIPG | 2-2 | Beijing Guoan | ||
| 51 | Hulk | 68(p) | Burak | ||
| 90(p) | Hulk | 82 | Lei | ||
| Saturday, 10 September 2016 | |||||
| 24 | Liaoning Hongyun | 2-0 | Hangzhou Greentown | ||
| 48 | Chamanga | ||||
| 77 | Ujah | ||||
| 24 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 1-1 | Changchun Yatai | ||
| 13 | Montillo | 50 | Oršić | ||
| 24 | Tianjin TEDA | 2-1 | Henan Jianye | ||
| 46 | Montero | 5 | Sow | ||
| 89 | Evouna | ||||
| 24 | Hebei China Fortune FC | 0-3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
| 19 | Huang | ||||
| 46 | Alan | ||||
| 52 | Ricardo Goulart | ||||
| Sunday, 11 September 2016 | |||||
| 24 | Guangzhou R&F | 1-1 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 7 | Renatinho | 49 | Moreno | ||
| 24 | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | 1-6 | Jiangsu Sainty | ||
| 48 | Diego Maurício | 30 | Ji | ||
| 34(p) | Alex Teixeira | ||||
| 54 | Alex Teixeira | ||||
| 85 | Martínez | ||||
| 90(og) | Jiang | ||||
| 90 | Alex Teixeira | ||||
| Wednesday, 14 September 2016 | |||||
| 21 | Liaoning Hongyun | 0-2 | Beijing Guoan | ||
| 77(p) | Burak | ||||
| 89 | Burak | ||||