Where 2025-26 field hockey players came from
41.4% of 2025-26 college field hockey players came from just three states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
Out of 4,201 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
191 schools' 2025-26 field hockey rosters, 4,201 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- Pennsylvania913 players · 21.7%
- Outside the U.S.546 players · 13.0%
- New Jersey454 players · 10.8%
- New York371 players · 8.8%
- Massachusetts360 players · 8.6%
- Virginia238 players · 5.7%
- Maryland232 players · 5.5%
- Connecticut164 players · 3.9%
- Maine127 players · 3.0%
- New Hampshire118 players · 2.8%
- Delaware76 players · 1.8%
- Texas61 players · 1.5%
- California60 players · 1.4%
- Missouri58 players · 1.4%
- Kentucky53 players · 1.3%
- Home state unknown108 players · 2.6%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
16 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 4,201 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
546 of the 4,201 players we read listed a home town outside the U.S. Shares below are out of those 546.
- Netherlands164 players · 30.0%
- United Kingdom117 players · 21.4%
- Germany69 players · 12.6%
- Argentina55 players · 10.1%
- South Africa34 players · 6.2%
- Canada25 players · 4.6%
- Belgium20 players · 3.7%
- New Zealand18 players · 3.3%
- Spain13 players · 2.4%
- Australia13 players · 2.4%
8 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 546 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college field hockey roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We only call a state first when its lead survives the count. Here Pennsylvania is ahead of New Jersey by 459 players, more than the ~74 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 108 field hockey players (2.6%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.