National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
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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 | |