National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
# 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" shown by a player.

## Past winners

| Season | Winner | Team | Win # | Other finalists |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | Lyle Thompson | Georgia Swarm | 5 | Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock |
| 2022 | Lyle Thompson | Georgia Swarm | 4 | Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock |
| 2021 | Season cancelled | Season cancelled | Season cancelled | Season cancelled |
| 2020 | Lyle Thompson | 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 | Saskatchewan Rush | 1 | Karsen Leung, Calgary Roughnecks Kiel Matisz, Georgia Swarm |
| 2015 | Kyle Buchanan | New England Black Wolves | 1 | Jordan Hall, Rochester Knighthawks Curtis Hodgson, Vancouver Stealth |
| 2014 | Garrett Billings | Toronto Rock | 2 | Curtis Knight, Edmonton Rush Shawn Williams, Buffalo Bandits |
| 2013 | Garrett Billings | Toronto Rock | 1 | |
| 2012 | Johnny Powless | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
| 2011 | Jordan Hall | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
| 2010 | Shawn Williams | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
| 2009 | Dan Dawson | Boston Blazers | 1 | |
| 2008 | Dan Carey | Colorado Mammoth | 1 | |
| 2007 | Tracey Kelusky | Calgary Roughnecks | 1 | |
| 2006 | Sean Greenhalgh | Philadelphia Wings | 1 | |
| 2005 | Gary Gait | Colorado Mammoth | 2 | |
| 2004 (Tie) | Gary Gait | Colorado Mammoth | 1 | |
| 2004 (Tie) | Peter Lough | Arizona Sting | 1 | |
| 2003 | Chris Driscoll | Toronto Rock | 1 | |
| 2002 | Jim Veltman | Toronto Rock | 1 | |
