National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards


In the 1994 season, the National Lacrosse League began naming a Player of the Week. The first recipient was Buffalo Bandits legend John Tavares.
In 2002, the league renamed the award to Overall Player of the Week, and added weekly awards for Offensive Player of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week, and Rookie of the Week. In 2007, another new award was added, Transition Player of the Week.

Current awards

Players listed in italics are retired. Number of awards is up to and including the 2008 NLL season.

Overall Player of the Week

2002-present
PlayerCount
John Tavares12
John Grant, Jr.7
Gary Gait6
Dan Dawson4
Tracey Kelusky4
Blaine Manning4
Jim Veltman4
Shawn Williams4
Steve Dietrich3
Mark Steenhuis3
Jeff Zywicki3

Offensive Player of the Week

2002-present
PlayerCount
John Grant, Jr.13
John Tavares11
Shawn Williams7
Dan Dawson6
Colin Doyle5
Blaine Manning5
Pat Maddalena4
Gary Gait3
Paul Gait3
Tracey Kelusky3
Derek Malawsky3
Jeff Ratcliffe3
Jeff Zywicki3

Defensive Player of the Week

2002-present
PlayerCount
Dallas Eliuk11
Pat O'Toole10
Curtis Palidwor9
Bob Watson9
Steve Dietrich8
Gee Nash5
Nick Patterson5
Rob Blasdell4
Matt Roik4
Pat Campbell3
Matt Disher3
Matt King3
Dwight Maetche3
Brandon Miller3
Mike Miron3

Rookie of the Week

2002-present
PlayerCount
Sean Greenhalgh5
Brodie Merrill5
Blaine Manning4
Craig Point4
Ryan Benesch3
Andrew Burkholder3
Jordan Hall3
Peter Morgan3
Aaron Wilson3

Transition Player of the Week

2007-present
PlayerCount
Mark Steenhuis9
Josh Sims4
Steve Toll2
Pat McCready2
Brodie Merrill2
Geoff Snider2

Previous awards

Player of the Week

1994-2001
PlayerCount
John Tavares8
Paul Gait7
Gary Gait7
Dallas Eliuk5
Jake Bergey4
Tom Carmean4
Roy Colsey4
Steve Dietrich4
Tom Marechek4
Pat O'Toole4
Sal LoCascio3