The 2016 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 12th year of existence and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.

Last updated: October 24, 2016 Source: MLS Results Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.

[1] Real Salt Lake will continue the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the knockout stage with all remaining competitors.

Having earned a 3rd-place position in the knockout stage Real Salt Lake will host the second leg of the quarterfinals

As of March 6, 2016.