It was a hectic week in the Volkswagen MLS MVP race.

Two of last week's top five had multiple-goal games, while the player at No. 6 had a goal and three assists. It's getting so crunched at the top that the player in the No. 1 spot only received one first-place vote from 10 MLSsoccer.com editors.

As a reminder: 10 of MLSsoccer.com's editors were polled for their top five MVP candidates as of this week. Their votes were aggregated, and the final rankings are below.

Five points were given to a player who received a first-place vote, four to a second-place vote, three to a third-place vote, two for a fourth-place vote, and one point was given if a player received a fifth-place vote.

Rank (Pts.) Player Club Analysis 1 (36) Last Week: 2 Obafemi Martins

27 GP, 15 G (T-5th), 10 A (T-6th) Martins had two chances to impress voters last week, facing FC Dallas and Chivas USA. He ended up with two goals and an assist against Chivas, which helped to vault him up to the No. 1 spot, but just barely. This week: at COL (10/5) 2 (35) Last Week: 4 Robbie Keane

27 GP, 17 G (3rd), 14 A (T-2nd) After a two-goal game against the Red Bulls, Keane received more first-place votes than anyone with five. His total of 31 goals and assists makes him only the second player to top 30 in the past 12 years. This week: vs. TOR (10/4) 3 (30) Last Week: NR Landon Donovan

27 GP, 18 A (1st), 10 G, 96 CCs (1st) After his one-goal, three-assist performance on Sunday night, Donovan moves into the top three of the MVP Ladder after not being in the top five last week. With just one more assist, he will become the league's all-time assist leader, and with two more he would become just the second MLS player to reach 20 assists in one season. This week: vs. TOR (10/4) 4 (21) Last Week: 3 Lee Nguyen

26 GP, 13 G (T-7th), 62 chances created (8th) He contributed an assist in the Revolution's 3-2 over SKC, but Nguyen falls a spot in this week's rankings. His game against the Crew on Saturday should provide a showcase for the 28-year-old midfielder. This week: vs. CLB (10/4) 5 (14) Last Week: 1 Bradley Wright-Phillips

28 GP, 24 G (1st), 50 SOG (2nd) Go one week without scoring, and you drop four spots in the ladder. BWP had a couple good opportunities to add to his goal tally against the Galaxy but failed to deliver. The Englishman was actually left completely off three ballots despite being the league's top goalscorer by far. This week: vs. HOU (10/4)

Others receiving votes: Diego Valeri (8), Bobby Boswell (2), Fabian Castillo (1), Fabian Espindola (1), Bill Hamid (1), Federico Higuain (1)