Castrol Index Weekly Top 20: San Jose Earthquakes' Jon Busch gets top billing once again

MLSsoccer staff

Once again, San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch tops the Castrol Index Weekly charts.

After leading the way in Week 16, the Quakes veteran is No. 1 again for Week 20, behind a shutout performance in San Jose's 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders. Busch's goalkeeping counterpart to start the match, Seattle's Michael Gspurning (No. 5), also registered a high mark on the Castrol Index last week, in just 45 minutes of work, as he had to leave at the half due to an arm injury.

Rounding out the Top 5 were Philadelphia Union midfielder Michael Farfan (No. 2), who scored the winning goal for his team on an indirect free kick against Chivas USA, New York Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill (No. 3), who helped lead his side to a dominant 4-0 victory over the Montreal Impact, and Sporting Kansas City forward Claudio Bieler (No. 4), who notched a goal in his team's 3-0 victory over Toronto FC.

See how players collect points in the Castrol methodology here.

Castrol Index Week 20 Top 20 Performers


Rank	Player	Position	Team	Minutes	Opponent	Points
1	Jon Busch	Goalkeeper	San Jose Earthquakes	90	Seattle Sounders	1,420
2	Michael Farfan	Midfielder	Philadelphia Union	90	Chivas USA	1,399
3	Tim Cahill	Midfielder	New York Red Bulls	88	Montreal Impact	1,328
4	Claudio Bieler	Forward	Sporting Kansas City	71	Toronto FC	1,285
5	Michael Gspurning	Goalkeeper	Seattle Sounders	45	San Jose Earthquakes	1,227
6	José Correa	Forward	Chivas USA	90	Philadelphia Union	1,159
7	Donovan Ricketts	Goalkeeper	Portland Timbers	90	LA Galaxy	1,145
8	Walter Martínez	Forward	San Jose Earthquakes	90	Seattle Sounders	1,136
9	Jeff Attinella	Goalkeeper	Real Salt Lake	39	FC Dallas	1,131
10	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Defender	Portland Timbers	90	LA Galaxy	1,095
11	Saer Sene	Forward	New England Revolution	90	Houston Dynamo	1,094
12	Thierry Henry	Forward	New York Red Bulls	90	Montreal Impact	1,087
13	Ryan Johnson	Forward	Portland Timbers	84	<p>LA Galaxy</p>	1,085
14	Brian Carroll	Midfielder	Philadelphia Union	90	Chivas USA	1,073
15	Soony Saad	Forward	Sporting Kansas City	81	Toronto FC	1,062
16	Matt Besler	Defender	Sporting Kansas City	90	Toronto FC	1,017
17	Marcelo Sarvas	Midfielder	LA Galaxy	90	Portland Timbers	1,000
18	Chance Myers	Defender	Sporting Kansas City	90	Toronto FC	994
19	Camilo Sanvezzo	Forward	Vancouver Whitecaps	87	Chicago Fire	978
20	Fabián Castillo	Forward	FC Dallas	90	Real Salt Lake	918