Where 2025-26 men's lacrosse players came from
36.7% of 2025-26 college men's lacrosse players came from just three states: New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Out of 7,729 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
183 schools' 2025-26 men's lacrosse rosters, 7,729 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- New York1,530 players · 19.8%
- Pennsylvania707 players · 9.1%
- Maryland597 players · 7.7%
- New Jersey576 players · 7.5%
- Massachusetts478 players · 6.2%
- Outside the U.S.320 players · 4.1%
- Connecticut274 players · 3.5%
- Virginia270 players · 3.5%
- Georgia238 players · 3.1%
- California234 players · 3.0%
- Ohio212 players · 2.7%
- Florida195 players · 2.5%
- North Carolina192 players · 2.5%
- Illinois183 players · 2.4%
- Michigan182 players · 2.4%
- Home state unknown103 players · 1.3%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
33 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 7,729 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
Fewer than 4.1% of the men's lacrosse players we read came from outside the U.S. (320 players), so there's no second chart — the numbers per country are too small to be worth ranking.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college men's lacrosse 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 New York is ahead of Pennsylvania by 823 players, more than the ~95 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 103 men's lacrosse players (1.3%) 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.