Fact-checked records, champions and historic firsts.
Most titles (men's field)
Most World Lacrosse Men's Championship titles
USA won in 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2023; the only other winner is Canada with 3 (1978, 2006, 2014). · source
United States
11 titles · 2023
Most titles (women's)
Most World Lacrosse Women's Championship titles
USA won in 1982, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2022; Australia is the only other winner (1986, 2005). · source
United States
9 titles · 2022
Dominance (box lacrosse)
Canada undefeated at World Lacrosse Box Championships
Canada has won all six men's box (indoor) world titles since the 2003 inaugural event and remains undefeated, beating the USA 13-7 for gold in 2024. · source
Canada
6 titles, undefeated (35-0) · 2024
Olympic history (first champion)
First Olympic lacrosse gold medal
Lacrosse was a medal sport at St. Louis 1904 and London 1908; Canada won gold both times before the sport left the program. · source
Winnipeg Shamrocks (Canada)
1904 · 1904
Olympic return (historic first)
Lacrosse returns to Olympics after 120 years
Sixes lacrosse (men's and women's) will be contested at Los Angeles 2028, the sport's first Olympic appearance as a medal event since 1908. · source
World Lacrosse Sixes
LA 2028 · 2028
Origins (landmark date)
North America's oldest team sport
Lacrosse, the 'Creator's Game,' was played by the Haudenosaunee centuries before European contact, dating to around 1100 AD, making it North America's oldest team sport. · source
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples
c. 1100 AD · 1100
Notable individual (career scoring)
NLL all-time leading scorer
Across 24 NLL seasons with the Buffalo Bandits (1992-2015), Tavares set league career records of 815 goals, 934 assists and 1,749 points. · source
John Tavares
1,749 points · 2015
Longest streak
Longest NLL point-scoring streak
Tavares scored a point in 185 straight National Lacrosse League games from 2002 to 2014, a league record. · source
John Tavares
185 consecutive games · 2014
Unique status (sovereign nation)
Only Indigenous nation in international team sport
The Haudenosaunee (formerly Iroquois) Nationals are the only First Nations team recognized internationally as a sovereign people; their indoor team won silver at all five World Indoor Championships from 2003 to 2019 (bronze in 2024). · source
Haudenosaunee Nationals
Founded 1983 · 1983
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