List of National Lacrosse League records

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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

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Through the end of the 2023-24 season

All time records

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Championships won

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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,[1] 2006, 2022

Championship appearances

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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

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

Overall record

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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

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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

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Longest winning streaks

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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 [2]

Longest losing streaks

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Rank Franchise Losses Dates
1
Ottawa Rebel
13
April 15, 2000 - March 19, 2001
2
Charlotte Cobras
10
January 12, 1996 - March 23, 1996 [3]
Syracuse Smash January 8, 2000 - April 1, 2000

Player records

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Through the end of season

All time leaderboards

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Players listed in bold are still active

Games played

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Through the end of the 2013-14 season

All time records

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Total attendance

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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

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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

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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

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Highest attendance

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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

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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

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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 [4] Toronto Rock 13 Philadelphia Wings 2
April 4, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks 10 Minnesota Swarm 2

Notes and references

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  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
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