{{Short description|Trophy awarded to the playoff winners in the National Lacrosse League}} {{Redirect|Champion's Cup||Champions Cup (disambiguation)}}
[[File:NLL Cups 2023, 2024, 2025.jpg|thumb|right|Three National Lacrosse League Cups, each awarded to the Buffalo Bandits. The design of the Cup on the right was used from 2018 through 2023. The design of the other two cups has been utilized since 2024.]]
thumb|right|250px|The first National Lacrosse League Cup, photographed in 2023, when presented to that season's champion, the Buffalo Bandits. The next NLL Cup premiered in 2024.
[[File:Calgary 2009 NLL champions.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Calgary Roughnecks raise the Champion's Cup in celebration of their 2009 championship.]]
The '''National Lacrosse League Cup''' ('''NLL Cup''') is the trophy awarded each year to the champions of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Prior to 2018, the league awarded the '''Champions Cup'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/news/national-lacrosse-league-unveils-its-new-championship-trophy/|title = National Lacrosse League Unveils Its New Championship Trophy|date = 30 April 2018}}</ref> The NLL Cup was redesigned in 2024.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=National Lacrosse League |date=18 May 2024|title=A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the NLL Cup |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EYnOmR0lSU|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Anna Taylor |date=12 May 2024 |title=Meet Kathryn Corbiere, the Indigenous Designer of the New NLL Cup |url=https://www.nll.com/news/meet-kathryn-corbiere-the-indigenous-designer-of-the-new-nll-cup/ |website=NLL.com |publisher=National Lacrosse League |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>
==Winners== {| class="wikitable" !Year !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Score !! Series |- |1998 |Philadelphia Wings |Baltimore Thunder | |align="center"|2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Philadelphia won the first and second games 16–12 and 17–12.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1999 |Toronto Rock |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|13–10|| |- |2000 |Toronto Rock |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|14–13|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2001 |Philadelphia Wings |Toronto Rock |align="center"|9–8|| |- |2002 |Toronto Rock |Albany Attack |align="center"|13–12|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2003 |Toronto Rock |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|8–6|| |- |2004 |Calgary Roughnecks |Buffalo Bandits |align="center"|14–11|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2005 |Toronto Rock |Arizona Sting |align="center"|19–13|| |- |2006 |Colorado Mammoth |Buffalo Bandits |align="center"|16–9|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2007 |Rochester Knighthawks |Arizona Sting |align="center"|13–11|| |- |2008 |Buffalo Bandits |Portland LumberJax |align="center"|14–13|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2009 |Calgary Roughnecks |New York Titans |align="center"|12–10|| |- |2010 |Washington Stealth |Toronto Rock |align="center"|15–11|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2011 |Toronto Rock |Washington Stealth |align="center"|8–7|| |- |2012 |Rochester Knighthawks |Edmonton Rush |align="center"|9–6|| |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2013 |Rochester Knighthawks |Washington Stealth |align="center"|11–10|| |- |2014 |Rochester Knighthawks |Calgary Roughnecks | |align="center"|2–1<ref>Best-of-three series. Rochester won the second and third games 16–10 and 3–2. Calgary won the first game 10–7.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2015 |Edmonton Rush |Toronto Rock | |align="center"|2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Edmonton won the first and second games 15–9 and 11–10.</ref> |- |2016 |Saskatchewan Rush |Buffalo Bandits | |align="center"|2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and second games 11–9 and 11–10.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2017 |Georgia Swarm |Saskatchewan Rush | |align="center"|2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Georgia won the first and second games 18–14 and 15–14 (OT).</ref> |- |2018 |Saskatchewan Rush |Rochester Knighthawks | |align="center"|2–1<ref>Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and third games 16–9 and 15–10. Rochester won the second game 13–8.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2019 |Calgary Roughnecks |Buffalo Bandits | |align="center"|2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Calgary won the first and second games 10-7 and 13-12 (OT).</ref> |- |2022 |Colorado Mammoth |Buffalo Bandits | |align="center"|2–1<ref>Best-of-three series. Colorado won the second and third games 11–8 and 10–8. Buffalo won the second game 15–14.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2023 |Buffalo Bandits |Colorado Mammoth | |align="center"|2–1<ref>Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 13–12 and 13–4. Colorado won the second game 16–10.</ref> |- |2024 |Buffalo Bandits |Albany FireWolves | |2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and second games 12–8 and 15–13.</ref> |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2025 |Buffalo Bandits |Saskatchewan Rush | |align="center"|2–1<ref>Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 12–10 and 15–6.</ref> |- |2026 |Toronto Rock |Halifax Thunderbirds | |2–0<ref>Best-of-three series. Toronto won the first and second games 13–11 and 12–7.</ref> |}
==Most Valuable Players== {| class="wikitable" !Year !! Winner !! Team !! Statistics |- |1998 |Dallas Eliuk |Philadelphia Wings |align="center"|2 wins |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1999 |Colin Doyle |Toronto Rock |align="center"|4 goals, 2 assists |- |2000 |Dan Stroup |Toronto Rock |align="center"|5 goals |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2001 |Dallas Eliuk |Philadelphia Wings |align="center"|40 saves |- |2002 |Colin Doyle |Toronto Rock |align="center"|3 goals, 1 assist |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2003 |Bob Watson |Toronto Rock |align="center"|40 saves |- |2004 |Curtis Palidwor |Calgary Roughnecks |align="center"|41 saves |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2005 |Colin Doyle |Toronto Rock |align="center"|5 goals, 3 assists |- |2006 |Gavin Prout |Colorado Mammoth |align="center"|4 goals, 3 assists |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2007 |John Grant, Jr. |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|3 goals, 5 assists |- |2008 |Mark Steenhuis |Buffalo Bandits |align="center"|5 goals, 1 assist |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2009 |Josh Sanderson |Calgary Roughnecks |align="center"|2 goals, 3 assists |- |2010 |Lewis Ratcliff |Washington Stealth |align="center"|5 goals, 1 assist |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2011 |Bob Watson |Toronto Rock |align="center"|46 saves |- |2012 |Cody Jamieson |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|4 goals, 4 assists |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2013 |Cody Jamieson |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|3 goals, 2 assists |- |2014 |Dan Dawson |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|3 goals, 5 assists |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2015 |Mark Matthews |Edmonton Rush |align="center"|5 goals, 3 assists |- |2016 |Aaron Bold |Saskatchewan Rush |align="center"|9.50 GAA, 82.5% save pct. |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2017 |Lyle Thompson |Georgia Swarm |align="center"|3 goals, 4 assists |- |2018 |Jeff Shattler |Saskatchewan Rush |align="center"|7 goals, 5 assists |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2019 |Dane Dobbie |Calgary Roughnecks |align="center"|7 goals, 6 assists |- |2022 |Dillon Ward |Colorado Mammoth |align="center"| 289 playoff saves |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2023 |Dhane Smith |Buffalo Bandits |align="center" | 9 goals, 14 assists |- |2024 |Josh Byrne |Buffalo Bandits |align="center" | 4 goals, 12 assists |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2025 |Ian MacKay |Buffalo Bandits |align="center" | 7 goals, 5 assists |- |2026 |Sam English |Toronto Rock |align="center" | 8 goals, 10 assists |}
==All-time Finals appearances since league inception== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !Appearances !Team !Wins !Losses !Winning % |- |colspan="5" align="center"|Currently active franchises |- |rowspan="1" align="center"|14||Buffalo Bandits||align="center"|7|| align="center" |7||align="right"|.500 |- | align="center" |10||Toronto Rock|| align="center" |7|| align="center" |3|| align="right" |.700 |- |align="center" | 6 |Colorado Mammoth<ref>2 win and 1 loss as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 win and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder</ref> |align="center" | 3 |align="center" | 3 |align="right" | .500 |- | align="center" |5||Saskatchewan Rush<ref name="rush_alltime">2 wins and 1 losses as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush</ref>|| align="center" |3|| align="center" |2|| align="right" |.600 |- |rowspan="2" align="center"|4||Vancouver Warriors<ref name="warriors" /> ||align="center"|1||align="center"|3||align="right"|.250 |- ||Calgary Roughnecks||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="right"|.750 |- |align="center"|1||Georgia Swarm||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="right"|1.000 |- |align="center"|1||Halifax Thunderbirds||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |- |colspan="5" align="center"|Inactive franchises - Knighthawks relocated, not inactive |- |align="center" | 10 |Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) |align="center" | 5 |align="center" | 5 |align="right" | .500 |- |align="center" | 9 |Philadelphia Wings |align="center" | 6 |align="center" | 3 |align="right" | .667 |- |rowspan="3" align="center"|2||New York Saints<ref>0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints</ref>||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="right"|.500 |- |Arizona Sting||align="center"|0||align="center"|2||align="right"|.000 |- |Washington Wave||align="center"|0||align="center"|2||align="right"|.000 |- |rowspan="5" align="center"|1||Detroit Turbos||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="right"|1.000 |- ||Albany FireWolves||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |- |Boston Blazers (1992–1997)<ref>As the New England Blazers</ref>||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |- |New York Titans||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |- |Portland LumberJax||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |}
==All-time league championships== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |- !League Championships !Team !Winning seasons |- |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |7 |Toronto Rock |1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2026 |- |Buffalo Bandits |1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024, 2025 |- |rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" |6 |Philadelphia Wings |1989,<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014">As the Philadelphia Wings.</ref> 1990,<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014"/> 1994,<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014"/> 1995,<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014"/> 1998,<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014"/> 2001<ref name="Philadelphia Wings 2014"/> |- | rowspan="1" |{{center|5}} |Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) |1997,<ref name="Rochester Knighthawks 2019">As the Rochester Knighthawks.</ref> 2007,<ref name="Rochester Knighthawks 2019" /> 2012,<ref name="Rochester Knighthawks 2019" /> 2013,<ref name="Rochester Knighthawks 2019" /> 2014<ref name="Rochester Knighthawks 2019" /> |- |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |3 |Saskatchewan Rush |2015,<ref name="edmcups" /> 2016, 2018 |- |Calgary Roughnecks |2004, 2009, 2019 |- |Colorado Mammoth |1987,<ref>As the Baltimore Thunder.</ref> 2006, 2022 |- |rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" |1 |Detroit Turbos |1991 |- |Georgia Swarm |2017 |- |New York Saints<ref>As the New Jersey Saints.</ref> |1988 |- |Washington Stealth |2010 |}
==National Lacrosse League Cup Appearances== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !Appearances !Team !Wins !Losses !Winning % |- |rowspan="1" align="center"|4||Buffalo Bandits||align="center"|2|| align="center" |2||align="right"|.500 |- |rowspan="2" align="center" | 2 |Colorado Mammoth |align="center" | 1 |align="center" | 1 |align="right" | .500 |- |Saskatchewan Rush |align="center" | 1 |align="center" | 1 |align="right" | .500 |- |rowspan="4" align="center" | 1 |- |Calgary Roughnecks |align="center| 1 |align="center| 0 |align="right"|1.000 |- |Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)|| align="center" |0|| align="center" |1|| align="right" |.000 |- |Albany FireWolves|| align="center" |0|| align="center" |1|| align="right" |.000 |}
==All-time National Lacrosse League Cup wins== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |- !NLL Cups Won !Team !Winning seasons |- | rowspan="1" align="center" |3 |Buffalo Bandits |2023, 2024, 2025 |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |1 |- |Saskatchewan Rush |2018 |- |Calgary Roughnecks |2019 |- |Colorado Mammoth |2022 |- |Toronto Rock |2026 |- |}
==Champion's Cup appearances== [[File:NLL Champions Cup, circa 2006.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The NLL Champion's Cup, photographed in 2006 after the winning season of the Colorado Mammoth.]] Awarded from 1998 to 2017 {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !Appearances !Team !Wins !Losses !Winning % |- |colspan="6" align="center"| Currently active franchises |- |align="center"|9||Toronto Rock||align="center"|6||align="center"|3||align="right"|.667 |- |align="center"|7||Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)|| align="center" |4||align="center"|3||align="right"|.571 |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |4||Saskatchewan Rush<ref name="rush">1 win and 1 loss as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush</ref>||align="center"|2||align="center"|2||align="right"|.500 |- |Vancouver Warriors<ref name="warriors">0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth</ref>||align="center"|1||align="center"|3||align="right"|.250 |- |Buffalo Bandits||align="center"|1||align="center"|3||align="right"|.250 |- |Calgary Roughnecks||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="right"|.750 |- |align="center"|2||Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014)|| align="center" |2||align="center"|0||align="right"|1.000 |- |rowspan="2" align="center|1||Colorado Mammoth||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="right"|1.000 |- |Georgia Swarm||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="right"|1.000 |- |colspan="3" align="center"|Inactive franchises |- |rowspan="1" align="center"|2||Arizona Sting||align="center"|0||align="center"|2||align="right"|.000 |- |rowspan="2" align="center"|1||New York Titans||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |- |Portland LumberJax||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="right"|.000 |}
==All-time Champion's Cup wins== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |- !Champion's <br> Cups Won !Team !Winning seasons |- |{{center|6}} |Toronto Rock |1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011 |- |{{center|4}} |Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) |2007,<ref name="roccups">As the Rochester Knighthawks</ref> 2012,<ref name="roccups"/> 2013,<ref name="roccups"/> 2014<ref name="roccups"/> |- |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |2 |Calgary Roughnecks |2004, 2009 |- |Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) |1998,<ref name="phicups">As the Philadelphia Wings</ref> 2001<ref name="phicups"/> |- |Saskatchewan Rush |2015,<ref name="edmcups">As the Edmonton Rush</ref> 2016 |- |rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" |1 |Buffalo Bandits |2008 |- |Colorado Mammoth |2006 |- |Georgia Swarm |2017 |- |Washington Stealth |2010 |}
==North American Cup era== For the 1987 and 1988 seasons, the league was known as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League; from the 1989 season until the conclusion of the 1997 season, the league was known as the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. In 1998, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League changed to become the National Lacrosse League. During the entire non-NLL name era (1987-1997), a different trophy was awarded to the league champion called the North American Cup.<ref>{{Citation|last=GetBenched|title=1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings|date=2013-12-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GygBc3Q9eq4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/GygBc3Q9eq4 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2016-03-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was a tall, skinny, silver-colored trophy that somewhat resembled the Stanley Cup.
==North American Cup era league champions== {| class="wikitable" !Year !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Score |- |<th colspan="4"> Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League</th> |- |1987 |Baltimore Thunder |Washington Wave |align="center"|11—10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1988 |New Jersey Saints |Washington Wave |align="center"|17—16 |- |<th colspan="4"> Major Indoor Lacrosse League</th> |- |1989 |Philadelphia Wings |New York Saints |align="center"|11—10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1990 |Philadelphia Wings |New England Blazers |align="center"|17—7 |- |1991 |Detroit Turbos |Baltimore Thunder |align="center"|14—12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1992 |Buffalo Bandits |Philadelphia Wings |align="center"|11—10 (OT) |- |1993 |Buffalo Bandits |Philadelphia Wings |align="center"|13—12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1994 |Philadelphia Wings |Buffalo Bandits |align="center"|26—15 |- |1995 |Philadelphia Wings |Rochester Knighthawks |align="center"|15—14 (OT) |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1996 |Buffalo Bandits |Philadelphia Wings |align="center"|15—10 |- |1997 |Rochester Knighthawks |Buffalo Bandits |align="center"|15—12 |}
==See also== *Mann Cup
==References== {{reflist}}
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Category:National Lacrosse League awards Category:Awards established in 1998