This article is part of our MLS Fantasy Rankings series.
The rankings below are for the weekend slate of games in Round 12 of Major League Soccer only; they are not meant to be used for season-long consideration. They were done with a concentration on DFS scoring, including crosses.If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: JD Bazzo and Schuyler Redpath.
Friday
7:00 p.m. EDT: Sporting KC v. D.C. United
Saturday
6:00 p.m: Vancouver Whitecaps v. Houston Dynamo
7:00 p.m: New York Red Bulls v. Toronto FC
7:30 p.m: New England Revolution v. Seattle Sounders
7:30 p.m: Columbus Crew v. Real Salt Lake
8:00 p.m: Montreal Impact v. Los Angeles Galaxy
8:30 p.m: Chicago Fire v. Portland Timbers
9:00 p.m: Colorado Rapids v. Philadelphia Union
10:30 p.m: San Jose Earthquakes v. FC Dallas
Sunday
4:30 p.m: New York City FC v. Orlando City
| Forwards | ||
| Rank | Bazzo | Redpath |
| 1 | David Villa | Sebastian Giovinco |
| 2 | Sebastian Giovinco | David Villa |
| 3 | Kei Kamara | Kei Kamara |
| 4 | Giovani dos Santos | Giovani dos Santos |
| 5 | Fanendo Adi | Didier Drogba |
| 6 | Didier Drogba | David Accam |
| 7 | B. Wright-Phillips | Fabian Espindola |
| 8 | David Accam | B. Wright-Phillips |
| 9 | Fabian Espindola | Kekuta Manneh |
| 10 | Joao Plata | Joao Plata |
| 11 | Cyle Larin | Dom Dwyer |
| 12 | Dom Dwyer | Gilberto |
| 13 | C.J. Sapong | Cyle Larin |
| 14 | Kekuta Manneh | Octavio Rivero |
| 15 | Kevin Doyle | Herculez Gomez |
| 16 | Octavio Rivero | Juan Agudelo |
| 17 | Ola Kamara | Ola Kamara |
| 18 | Jordan Morris | Kevin Doyle |
| 19 | Tesho Akindele | Kennedy Igboananike |
| 20 | Emmanuel Boateng | Jordan Morris |
| Midfielders | ||
| Rank | Bazzo | Redpath |
| 1 | Diego Valeri | Diego Valeri |
| 2 | Mauro Diaz | Federico Higuain |
| 3 | Federico Higuain | Mauro Diaz |
| 4 | Sacha Kljestan | Lee Nguyen |
| 5 | Lee Nguyen | Sacha Kljestan |
| 6 | Ignacio Piatti | Javier Morales |
| 7 | Javier Morales | Ignacio Piatti |
| 8 | Tranquillo Barnetta | Cristian Techera |
| 9 | Cristian Techera | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 10 | Benny Feilhaber | Tranquillo Barnetta |
| 11 | Andreas Ivanschitz | Brad Davis |
| 12 | Fabian Castillo | Pedro Morales |
| 13 | Brad Davis | Matias Perez Garcia |
| 14 | Matias Perez Garcia | Benny Feilhaber |
| 15 | Pedro Morales | Justin Meram |
| 16 | Justin Meram | Arturo Alvarez |
| 17 | Sebastian Lletget | Carlos Rivas |
| 18 | Thomas McNamara | Mike Magee |
| 19 | Cristian Maidana | Kevin Molino |
| 20 | Kevin Molino | Steven Gerrard |
| Defenders | ||
| Rank | Bazzo | Redpath |
| 1 | Chris Tierney | Chris Tierney |
| 2 | Joevin Jones | Rodrigo Ramos |
| 3 | Taylor Kemp | Marc Burch |
| 4 | Ambroise Oyongo | Connor Lade |
| 5 | Rodrigo Ramos | Ambroise Oyongo |
| 6 | Robbie Rogers | Brek Shea |
| 7 | Fabinho | Robbie Rogers |
| 8 | Brek Shea | Corey Ashe |
| 9 | Mekeil Williams | Fabinho |
| 10 | Ryan Hollingshead | Joevin Jones |
| 11 | Rafael Ramos | Mekeil Williams |
| 12 | Marc Burch | Brandon Vincent |
| 13 | Connor Lade | Ryan Hollingshead |
| 14 | Tyrone Mears | Keegan Rosenberry |
| 15 | Waylon Francis | Taylor Kemp |
| 16 | Ashley Cole | Tyrone Mears |
| 17 | RJ Allen | Waylon Francis |
| 18 | Corey Ashe | Saad Abdul-Salaam |
| 19 | Chance Myers | Ken Tribbett |
| 20 | Zarek Valentin | RJ Allen |
| Goalkeepers | ||
| Rank | Bazzo | Redpath |
| 1 | David Ousted | David Ousted |
| 2 | Bobby Shuttleworth | Tim Melia |
| 3 | Andre Blake | Luis Robles |
| 4 | Chris Seitz | Zac MacMath |
| 5 | Tim Melia | Sean Johnson |
| 6 | Bill Hamid | Chris Seitz |
| 7 | Jake Gleeson | Steve Clark |
| 8 | Evan Bush | Bobby Shuttleworth |
| 9 | David Bingham | David Bingham |
| 10 | Josh Saunders | Bill Hamid |
