Misplaced Pages

List of National Lacrosse League records

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from NLL records)

This article lists all-time records for the National Lacrosse League, as well as the predecessors Major Indoor Lacrosse League and Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League.

Franchise records

Through the end of the 2023-24 season

All time records

Championships won

Rank Franchise Titles Years
1 Philadelphia Wings 6 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001
Toronto Rock 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
Buffalo Bandits 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024
4 Rochester Knighthawks 5 1997, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
5 Saskatchewan Rush 3 2015, 2016, 2018
Calgary Roughnecks 2004, 2009, 2019
Colorado Mammoth 1987, 2006, 2022

Championship appearances

Rank Franchise Appearances
1 Philadelphia Wings 9
Toronto Rock
3 Buffalo Bandits 8
Rochester Knighthawks
4 Saskatchewan Rush 5
5 Colorado Mammoth 4
Vancouver Stealth

Playoff appearances

Rank Franchise Playoffs
1 Buffalo Bandits 19
Colorado Mammoth
3 Philadelphia Wings 18
Rochester Knighthawks
5 Toronto Rock 14

Overall record

Minimum 50 games played

Rank Franchise W L Pct
1 Rochester Knighthawks 196 129 .603
2 Toronto Rock 170 115 .596
3 Calgary Roughnecks 137 98 .583
4 Buffalo Bandits 203 147 .580
5 Orlando Titans 39 32 .549

Season records

Record Franchise Record Year
Most Goals Scored Georgia Swarm 266 2017
Most Goals per Game Buffalo Bandits 20.12 1992
Fewest Goals Scored New England Blazers 70 1989
Fewest Goals per Game Charlotte Cobras 8.50 1996
Most Goals Allowed Vancouver Stealth 277 2018
Most Goals All. per Game Charlotte Cobras 18.60 1996
Fewest Goals Allowed New Jersey Saints 75 1987
Fewest Goals All. per Game Boston Blazers 8.72 2011

Streaks

Longest winning streaks

Rank Franchise Wins Dates
1 Buffalo Bandits 22 February 8, 1992 - February 5, 1994
2 Rochester Knighthawks 16 January 20, 2007 - January 11, 2008
3 Edmonton Rush 14 December 28, 2013 - April 5, 2014

Longest losing streaks

Rank Franchise Losses Dates
1 Ottawa Rebel 13 April 15, 2000 - March 19, 2001
2 Charlotte Cobras 10 January 12, 1996 - March 23, 1996
Syracuse Smash January 8, 2000 - April 1, 2000

Player records

Through the end of season

All time leaderboards

Players listed in bold are still active

Games played

Rank Player Games
1 Dan Dawson 321
2 John Tavares 306
3 Josh Sanderson 268
4 Colin Doyle 266
8 Mark Steenhuis 266
5 Shawn Williams 257
6 Derek Suddons 256
5 Anthony Cosmo 256
9 John Grant Jr. 238
10 Sandy Chapman 237
Mike Accursi
Scott Self

Goals

Rank Player Goals
1 John Tavares 815
2 John Grant, Jr. 668
3 Gary Gait 635
4 Colin Doyle 527
5 Dan Dawson 526
6 Mark Steenhuis 459
7 Josh Sanderson 449
8 Shawn Williams 444
9 Lewis Ratcliff 440
10 Paul Gait 410

Average goals per game

Minimum 50 games required

Rank Player Goals/Game
1 Gary Gait 3.21
2 Paul Gait 3.20
3 John Grant, Jr. 2.97
4 Tom Marechek 2.73
5 John Tavares 2.71

Assists

Rank Player Assists
1 John Tavares 934
2 Dan Dawson 910
3 Josh Sanderson 908
4 Colin Doyle 857
5 John Grant, Jr. 778
6 Shawn Williams 708
7 Shawn Evans 642
8 Gavin Prout 621
9 Mark Steenhuis 554
10 Gary Gait 530

Average assists per game

Minimum 50 games required

Rank Player Assists/Game
1 Garrett Billings 4.04
2 Gavin Prout 3.38
3 Josh Sanderson 3.32
John Grant
5 Colin Doyle 3.21

Total points

Rank Player Points
1 John Tavares 1,749
7 Dan Dawson 1,436
2 John Grant, Jr. 1,366
3 Colin Doyle 1,339
4 Josh Sanderson 1,213
5 Gary Gait 1,165
6 Shawn Williams 1,151
10 Mark Steenhuis 1,013
8 Lewis Ratcliff 944
9 Gavin Prout 922

Faceoff wins

Rank Player Faceoffs Won
1 Geoff Snider 2,212
2 Jamie Hanford 2,091
3 Peter Jacobs 1,774
4 Stephen Hoar 1,639
5 Pat Jones 1,247
6 Rodney Tapp 1,118
7 Bob Snider 1,101
8 Jay Thorimbert 1,075
9 Paul Cantabene 982
10 Cory Bomberry 917

Loose balls

Rank Player Loose Balls
1 Brodie Merrill 2,890
2 Jim Veltman 2,417
3 John Tavares 2,169
4 Geoff Snider 1,736
5 Pat McCready 1,593
6 Steve Toll 1,562
7 Mark Steenhuis 1,470
8 Cam Woods 1,371
9 Jeremy Thompson 1,294
10 Phil Sanderson 1,266

Penalty minutes

Rank Player Minutes
1 Kyle Laverty 625
2 Geoff Snider 540
3 Billy Dee Smith 495
4 Patrick Merrill 485
5 Pat McCready 468
6 Dan Ladouceur 428
7 Eric Martin 418
8 Cam Woods 414
9 Scott Evans 397
10 Tom Hajek 392

Goalie Saves

Rank Player Saves
1 Matt Vinc 9,046
2 Anthony Cosmo 6,785
3 Bob Watson 6,471
4 Pat O'Toole 6,464
5 Dallas Eliuk 6,356
6 Steve Dietrich 5,514
7 Brandon Miller 5,003
8 Matt Disher 4,904
9 Gee Nash 4,328
10 Rob Blasdell 4,287

Season records

Record Player Record Year
Most Goals Dhane Smith 72 2016
Most Goals per Game Gary Gait 4.75 1998
Most Assists Dhane Smith 96 2023
Most Assists per Game Garret Billings 5.13 2012
Most Points Dhane Smith 137 2016
Most Points per Game John Grant, Jr. 8.29 2012
Most Loose Balls Geoff Snider 245 2010
Most Loose Balls per game Jim Veltman 16.25 1994
Most Penalty Minutes Rory Smith 104 2010
Most Penalty Minutes per game Tony Millon / Brian Reese 7.00 2000 / 2001
Most Face-Offs Won Bob Snider 319 2012
Most Face-Offs Won per game Bob Snider 19.94 2012
Most Saves Anthony Cosmo 752 2014
Most Saves per Game Anthony Cosmo 41.78 2014

Single game records

Record Date Player Team Opponent Record
Most Goals January 9, 1999 Gary Gait Baltimore Thunder Toronto Rock 10
March 26, 1994 Paul Gait Philadelphia Wings Boston Blazers
Most Assists February 14, 2009 Mark Steenhuis Buffalo Bandits Toronto Rock 13
Most Points February 14, 2009 Mark Steenhuis Buffalo Bandits Toronto Rock 17

Attendance records

Through the end of the 2013-14 season

All time records

Total attendance

Rank Franchise Attendance Home Games
1 Buffalo Bandits 2,458,924 192
2 Colorado Mammoth 2,243,584 200
3 Toronto Rock 2,040,231 198
4 Rochester Knighthawks 1,370,814 159

Average attendance

Rank Franchise Average per game attendance
1 Colorado Mammoth 15,761
2 Buffalo Bandits 14,260
3 Saskatchewan Rush 12,346
4 Toronto Rock 10,729
5 Calgary Roughnecks 10,216

Regular season records

Record Franchise Record Year
Most Fans, Season Buffalo Bandits 143,581 2009
Highest Average, Season Buffalo Bandits 17,948 2009
Fewest Fans, Season Charlotte Cobras 13,802 1996
Lowest Average, Season Syracuse Smash 2,660 2000

Game records

Highest attendance

Rank Date Home team Score Road team Score Attendance
1 May 12, 2005 Toronto Rock 19 Arizona Sting 13 19,432
2 April 27, 2001 Toronto Rock 8 Philadelphia Wings 9 19,409
3 May 7, 2004 Calgary Roughnecks 14 Buffalo Bandits 11 19,289
3 April 20, 2019 Calgary Roughnecks 18 Saskatchewan Rush 8 19,289
4 April 20, 2013 Buffalo Bandits 10 Rochester Knighthawks 9 19,070
April 26, 2014 Buffalo Bandits 14 Rochester Knighthawks 16

Lowest attendance

Rank Date Home team Score Road team Score Attendance
1 April 13, 2008 San Jose Stealth 14 Edmonton Rush 6 1,437
2 December 31, 2000 Washington Power 13 Toronto Rock 12 1,778
3 February 13, 2000 Syracuse Smash 13 New York Saints 15 1,846
4 March 31, 2000 Syracuse Smash 6 Albany Attack 17 1,873
5 April 15, 2000 Syracuse Smash 11 Toronto Rock 25 1,987

Other records

Record Date Home team Score Road team Score
Most goals, both teams November 21, 2001 Calgary Roughnecks 17 Montreal Express 32
Most goals, one team February 25, 2023 Georgia Swarm 18 Albany Firewolves 22
Fewest goals, both teams January 11, 2001 Toronto Rock 7 Albany Attack 4
Fewest goals, one team April 16, 1999 Toronto Rock 13 Philadelphia Wings 2
April 4, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks 10 Minnesota Swarm 2

Notes and references

  1. Won as the Baltimore Thunder
  2. Longest regular season streak in a single season.
  3. The Cobras lost all 10 games in franchise history.
  4. Semifinal game

External links

National Lacrosse League
2025 Season
Teams
Awards
Articles
Categories: