Get field value directly from inside views-view-list.tpl.php
took me a while to work this out so sharing the solution i used.

&lt;?php foreach ($rows as $id =&gt; $row): ?&gt;
    &lt;?php print $view-&gt;render_field('field_my_field_name', $id);?&gt;
&lt;?php endforeach; ?&gt;

&lt;?php foreach ($rows as $id =&gt; $row): ?&gt;
    &lt;?php print $view-&gt;render_field('field_my_second_field_name', $id);?&gt;
&lt;?php endforeach; ?&gt;