Lacrosse Magazine has been providing accurate player rankings since 2018. Ranking lacrosse players involves evaluating their performance, skills, and potential across various dimensions. Lacrosse Magazine use a combination of quantitative metrics, qualitative assessments, and as part of a comprehensive ranking system.
We recognize that this process matters and have invested the time and effort to identify these top players.
Performance Metrics
- Game Statistics: Goals scored, assists, ground balls, face-off wins, saves (for goalies), turnovers, and penalties.
- Consistency: Performance consistency across multiple games and tournaments.
- Improvement: Tracking improvement over time.
Skill Assessments
- Technical Skills: Shooting accuracy, passing precision, ball handling, dodging, and defensive techniques.
- Physical Attributes: Speed, agility, endurance, strength, and overall athleticism.
- Tactical Understanding (LAX IQ): Game sense, decision-making, positioning, and understanding of plays and strategies.
Coach and Peer Evaluations
- Coach Evaluations: Feedback from coaches on player attitude, work ethic, coachability, leadership, and teamwork.
Performance in Key Competitions
- Tournaments and Championships: Performance in high-stakes games and against top-tier competition.
- Comparative Performance: How players stack up against their peers in the same age group or division.
Player Potential and Growth
- Age and Development Stage: Considering the player’s age and potential for growth and improvement.
- Work Ethic and Attitude: Commitment to training, resilience, and willingness to improve.
Adjustments
- Adjustments and Updates: Continuously updating rankings based on the latest performance data and evaluations.
Implementation Process
- Data Collection: Gather data from games, showcases, and tournaments.
- Evaluation: Combine quantitative data with qualitative evaluations from coaches and peers.
- Review: Regularly review and adjust the ranking criteria to ensure fairness and accuracy.
- Ranking: Lacrosse Magazine takes its ranking process seriously by spending significant effort reviewing and evaluating each Player from the player pool. Lacrosse Magazine’s evaluations include a thoughtful assessment of each player based on their impact in games. This includes a player’s general effectiveness during games, which may be derived from a combination of criteria including, but not limited to, skills, effort, focus, speed, and aggressiveness. THEN, each player’s lacrosse IQ, field awareness, and coachability are reviewed with club, high school, and college coaches.
- We recognize that this process matters and have invested the time and effort to identify these top players.
Communication
- By implementing a comprehensive and transparent ranking system, Lacrosse Magazine can effectively identify and promote top talent in club lacrosse, while also providing players with clear goals and feedback for their development.