National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award

The National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a National Lacrosse League (NLL) player. It "honors the combination of character and performance"^[1] shown by a player.

Past winners

Season	Winner	Team	Win #	Other finalists
2025	Kyle Buchanan[2]	Buffalo Bandits	2	Lyle Thompson, Georgia Swarm Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors
2024	Lyle Thompson[3]	Georgia Swarm	6	Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
2023	Lyle Thompson[4]	Georgia Swarm	5	Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits[5] Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
2022	Lyle Thompson[6]	Georgia Swarm	4	Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors[7] Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock
2021	Season cancelled
2020	Lyle Thompson[8]	Georgia Swarm	3	Kyle Buchanan, San Diego Seals Curtis Knight, Rochester Knighthawks
2019	Lyle Thompson	Georgia Swarm	2	Dan Dawson, San Diego Seals Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
2018	Lyle Thompson	Georgia Swarm	1	Jordan Gilles, Colorado Mammoth John LaFontaine, New England Black Wolves
2017	Jordan Hall	Georgia Swarm	2	Kyle Buchanan, New England Black Wolves Dan MacRae, Calgary Roughnecks
2016	Ben McIntosh[9]	Saskatchewan Rush	1	Karsen Leung, Calgary Roughnecks Kiel Matisz, Georgia Swarm
2015	Kyle Buchanan[10]	New England Black Wolves	1	Jordan Hall, Rochester Knighthawks Curtis Hodgson, Vancouver Stealth
2014	Garrett Billings[11]	Toronto Rock	2	Curtis Knight, Edmonton Rush Shawn Williams, Buffalo Bandits
2013	Garrett Billings[12]	Toronto Rock	1
2012	Johnny Powless[13]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2011	Jordan Hall[14]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2010	Shawn Williams[15]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2009	Dan Dawson[16]	Boston Blazers	1
2008	Dan Carey[17]	Colorado Mammoth	1
2007	Tracey Kelusky[18]	Calgary Roughnecks	1
2006	Sean Greenhalgh[1]	Philadelphia Wings	1
2005	Gary Gait	Colorado Mammoth	2
2004 (Tie)	Gary Gait	Colorado Mammoth	1
	Peter Lough	Arizona Sting	1
2003	Chris Driscoll	Toronto Rock	1
2002	Jim Veltman	Toronto Rock	1