Ranking Every NLL Position Player: Weighted Average 3.0

With Week 18 in the rearview mirror, it’s time for an updated look at the LaxMetrics Weighted Average rankings. Ranking every forward, defender, and transition player from 1 to 322, the Weighted Average offers us a cross-positional basis for comparison, excluding goalies.

While the Top-3 is unchanged from last week, we saw quite a bit of movement in the Top-10. Vancouver’s Keegan Bal and New York’s Jeff Teat each rose into the Top-5 for the first time. Joining them in the top-10 was Buffalo’s Josh Byrne, who has climbed from #26 in our initial rankings to #8 after a stellar two-game weekend for the Bandits. The only member of last week’s Top-10 to fall out of the group was Saskatchewan’s Robert Church, who was at home on an idle weekend for the Rush.

Below are some of the notable big movers in the Top-100:

Kevin Crowley (PHI): Up 13 spots from #29 to #13

Dan Craig (TOR): Up 10 spots from #45 to #35

Chris Cloutier (BUF): Up 14 spots from #60 to #46

Logan Shuss (VAN): Up 22 spots from #69 to #47

LaTrell Harris (TOR): Up 10 spots from #59 to #49

Joey Cupido (COL): Up 37 spots from #89 to #52

Chase Fraser (BUF): Up 39 spots from #96 to #57

Blaze Riorden (PHI): Up 20 spots from #99 to #79

GENERAL NOTES:

Following Byrne’s move to #8, Buffalo is now the only team with two players ranked in the Top-10
There are 5 new entrants into the Top-100 (Kyle Jackson – #89, Marty Dinsdale – #92, Alex Pace – #94, Bryan Cole – #99, Zed Williams – #100)
Colorado’s Warren Jeffrey made the largest jump of the week, leaping 72 spots from #215 to #143.
There was only 1 newcomer to the Top-30, Colorado’s Eli McLaughlin, who moved from #35 to #26, returning to the Top-30 after a week away.

You can view the full rankings from 1 to 322 below:

Rank	Player	Team	Weighted Avg	WAvg/Gm	Change
1	Dhane Smith	BUF	17.562	1.171	0
2	Joe Resetarits	ALB	14.715	0.920	0
3	Zach Currier	CGY	14.332	1.102	0
4	Keegan Bal	VAN	12.765	0.912	2
5	Jeff Teat	NY	12.675	1.056	2
6	Josh Byrne	BUF	12.493	0.833	8
7	Ryan Lee	COL	12.406	0.827	2
8	Lyle Thompson	GEO	12.272	0.877	-3
9	Mitch de Snoo	TOR	12.019	0.801	1
10	Mark Matthews	SAS	11.987	0.856	-6
11	Tom Schreiber	TOR	11.929	0.918	7
12	Reid Bowering	VAN	11.846	0.790	-1
13	Robert Church	SAS	11.286	0.806	-5
14	Jesse King	CGY	10.855	0.835	-2
15	Brad Kri	TOR	10.855	0.724	-2
16	Kevin Crowley	PHI	10.325	0.688	13
17	Dane Dobbie	SD	10.298	0.792	-2
18	Wesley Berg	SD	10.275	0.856	2
19	Kiel Matisz	PHI	10.086	0.672	9
20	Callum Crawford	NY	10.064	0.774	-1
21	Ryan Benesch	ALB	10.034	0.590	-5
22	Brendan Bomberry	GEO	9.948	0.663	0
23	Shayne Jackson	GEO	9.924	0.709	-2
24	Jeremy Noble	SD	9.909	0.826	-7
25	Connor Robinson	COL	9.855	0.657	5
26	Eli McLaughlin	COL	9.567	0.638	9
27	Shawn Evans	HFX	9.472	0.677	-4
28	Jake Withers*	HFX	9.396	0.671	-3
29	Will Malcom	PCLC	9.313	0.716	-5
30	Kyle Rubisch	SAS	8.999	0.643	-4
31	Mike Messenger*	SAS	8.935	0.638	-4
32	Curtis Dickson	CGY	8.845	0.884	4
33	Jordan MacIntosh	GEO	8.834	0.589	6
34	Corey Small	PHI	8.797	0.677	0
35	Dan Craig	TOR	8.469	0.529	10
36	Connor Kearnan	NY	8.440	0.603	4
37	Patrick Dodds	PCLC	8.378	0.644	-6
38	Liam Byrnes	PCLC	8.305	0.593	-6
39	Ryan Dilks	SAS	8.244	0.589	-6
40	Andrew Kew	ALB	8.176	0.629	3
41	Clarke Petterson	HFX	8.176	0.629	-4
42	Challen Rogers	TOR	8.131	0.542	9
43	Rob Hellyer	TOR	7.983	0.614	-5
44	Tehoka Nanticoke	BUF	7.819	0.521	3
45	Holden Cattoni	ROC	7.815	0.601	-3
46	Chris Cloutier	BUF	7.714	0.514	14
47	Logan Shuss	VAN	7.575	0.631	22
48	Austin Staats	SD	7.527	0.753	-4
49	LaTrell Harris	TOR	7.493	0.749	10
50	Matt Hossack	PCLC	7.483	0.576	-9
51	Chris Wardle	COL	7.437	0.496	5
52	Joey Cupido	COL	7.397	0.569	37
53	Trevor Baptiste*	PHI	7.329	0.523	2
54	Cody Jamieson	HFX	7.271	0.606	-5
55	Brodie Merrill	SD	7.149	0.596	-5
56	Scott Dominey	NY	7.097	0.507	2
57	Chase Fraser	BUF	7.083	0.472	39
58	Tyler Pace	CGY	7.044	0.704	-5
59	Matt Rambo	PHI	7.011	0.584	-13
60	Ian MacKay	BUF	7.010	0.501	4
61	Steve Priolo	BUF	6.955	0.535	17
62	Robert Hope	COL	6.929	0.533	-14
63	Austin Shanks	HFX	6.824	0.525	8
64	Kyle Buchanan	BUF	6.725	0.480	26
65	Chad Tutton	GEO	6.718	0.480	-13
66	Tony Malcom	ALB	6.713	0.516	-1
67	Kevin Brownell	BUF	6.629	0.474	12
68	Anthony Joaquim	COL	6.611	0.389	8
69	Dan Dawson	TOR	6.605	0.600	-15
70	Ryan Smith	ROC	6.599	0.508	-9
71	Ryan Keenan	SAS	6.503	0.465	-14
72	Owen Barker	VAN	6.479	0.463	-10
73	Connor Fields	BUF	6.462	0.431	1
74	Brett Hickey	SD	6.397	0.426	-6
75	Jordan Hall	GEO	6.389	0.426	-3
76	Adam Wiedemann	GEO	6.359	0.424	-1
77	Thomas Hoggarth	ROC	6.356	0.489	-7
78	Jeremy Thompson*	PCLC	6.256	0.481	-15
79	Blaze Riorden	PHI	6.206	0.414	20
80	Dan McRae	NY	6.147	0.439	1
81	TJ Comizio	GEO	6.109	0.436	-1
82	Holden Garlent	SAS	6.043	0.432	-16
83	Matt Beers	SAS	6.016	0.430	-16
84	Eli Gobrecht	SD	5.992	0.461	10
85	Reid Reinholdt	TOR	5.992	0.461	-2
86	Jacob Ruest	ALB	5.975	0.373	-2
87	Ben McIntosh	PHI	5.923	0.456	-14
88	Reilly O'Connor	ALB	5.908	0.394	-11
89	Kyle Jackson	PHI	5.798	0.527	34
90	Brett Mydske	VAN	5.760	0.384	-2
91	Joel White	GEO	5.708	0.381	-4
92	Marty Dinsdale	VAN	5.687	0.406	14
93	Curtis Knight	ROC	5.671	0.405	-8
94	Alex Pace	PHI	5.647	0.403	38
95	Ryland Rees	ROC	5.610	0.401	-13
96	Kieran McArdle	NY	5.590	0.399	1
97	Kyle Killen	VAN	5.528	0.395	-11
98	Jackson Nishimura	ALB	5.513	0.345	-5
99	Bryan Cole	GEO	5.361	0.383	18
100	Zed Williams	COL	5.343	0.382	14
101	Riley Loewen	VAN	5.282	0.377	-3
102	Brandon Goodwin	VAN	5.252	0.350	10
103	Phil Caputo	PCLC	5.244	0.403	-12
104	Turner Evans	ROC	5.223	0.373	20
105	Nathan Grenon	PCLC	5.168	0.431	-13
106	Graeme Hossack	HFX	5.163	0.369	-1
106	Karson Tarbell	GEO	5.163	0.344	-5
108	Tyson Bell	HFX	5.148	0.396	-4
109	Tre Leclaire	SD	5.124	0.394	-14
110	Billy Hostrawser	TOR	5.079	0.363	-2
111	Patrick Shoemay	SD	5.056	0.421	15
112	Adam Bomberry	ALB	5.030	0.559	10
113	Stephen Leblanc	GEO	5.029	0.387	2
114	Pat Foley	PCLC	5.022	0.359	-14
115	Taylor Stuart	VAN	4.947	0.309	16
116	Dan Lintner	SAS	4.935	0.352	-14
117	Jeff Shattler	SAS	4.932	0.411	-14
118	Joe Nardella*	ALB	4.922	0.308	-8
119	Colton Watkinson	ALB	4.920	0.307	2
120	Jordan Gilles	COL	4.907	0.377	19
121	Scott Carnegie	COL	4.878	0.325	9
122	Greg Downing	ALB	4.860	0.405	-15
123	Eric Fannell	HFX	4.845	0.373	5
124	Adam Charlambides	VAN	4.830	0.322	11
125	Zach Manns	TOR	4.812	0.401	12
126	Jeff Cornwall	SAS	4.763	0.366	-17
127	Tyler Burton*	CGY	4.751	0.528	-9
128	Josh Medeiros	PCLC	4.741	0.365	-17
129	Scott Campbell	HFX	4.675	0.390	-16
130	Ryan Terefenko	HFX	4.664	0.389	-4
131	Chris Boushy	HFX	4.653	0.358	-6
132	Bobby Kidd	SAS	4.640	0.357	-16
133	Chris Corbeil	SAS	4.614	0.355	-14
134	Larson Sundown	NY	4.596	0.328	-5
135	Mitch Jones	VAN	4.525	1.131	-15
136	Dan Coates	ROC	4.516	0.323	24
137	John LaFontaine	ALB	4.429	0.277	-4
138	Dawson Theede	HFX	4.417	0.491	10
139	Matt Spanger	BUF	4.412	0.339	4
140	Zack Greer	SD	4.302	0.358	-4
141	Justin Salt	VAN	4.273	0.305	20
142	Tyler Digby	NY	4.260	0.328	5
143	Warren Jeffrey	COL	4.208	0.301	72
144	Jay Thorimbert*	NY	4.147	0.296	13
145	Nick Chaykowsky	ALB	4.139	0.296	1
146	John Lintz	COL	4.125	0.295	-4
147	Dan Taylor	CGY	4.107	0.342	-9
148	Curtis Manning	CGY	4.101	0.373	-4
149	Charlie Kitchen	ALB	4.083	0.292	6
150	Connor Sellars	PCLC	4.062	0.369	-16
151	Alex Crepinsek	PHI	4.054	0.290	-10
152	Damon Edwards	NY	4.007	0.334	-7
153	Paul Dawson	ROC	3.992	0.285	-4
154	Brad Gillies	HFX	3.959	0.305	-1
155	Charlie Bertrand	ROC	3.957	0.283	7
156	Garrett McIntosh	VAN	3.953	0.264	12
157	Liam LeClair	CGY	3.901	0.300	-5
158	Cam Milligan	PCLC	3.882	0.776	-18
159	Jalen Chaster	COL	3.803	0.293	14
160	Steph Charbonneau	PHI	3.801	0.292	14
161	Darryl Robertson	NY	3.757	0.268	4
162	Jake Fox	NY	3.750	0.268	-8
163	Matt Marinier	NY	3.747	0.375	3
164	Ryan Wagner	PHI	3.727	0.266	0
165	Adrian Sorichetti	ALB	3.713	0.232	5
166	Mike Byrne	ALB	3.666	0.282	-16
167	Matt Gilray	ROC	3.664	0.305	-16
168	Cam Holding	SD	3.649	0.332	-12
169	Tyson Gibson	COL	3.615	0.226	7
170	Josh Jubenville	TOR	3.611	0.278	-12
171	Dean Fairall	PCLC	3.596	0.599	-12
172	Eli Salama	CGY	3.579	0.325	-3
173	Thomas Whitty	ROC	3.467	0.267	-2
174	Trevor Smyth	HFX	3.447	0.246	-11
175	Cory Vitarelli	PHI	3.435	0.382	16
176	Connor McClelland	SAS	3.370	0.259	-9
177	Jamison Dilks	TOR	3.338	0.223	-2
178	Phil Mazzuca	TOR	3.314	0.301	6
179	John Ranagan	PHI	3.283	0.219	20
180	Haiden Dickson	CGY	3.258	0.326	8
181	TD Ierlan*	TOR	3.214	0.247	19
182	Liam Patten	PCLC	3.198	0.267	-10
183	Brandon Slade	TOR	3.195	0.290	11
184	Justin Robinson	BUF	3.149	0.225	21
185	Graydon Bradley	SD	3.143	0.262	-7
186	Tor Reinholdt	SD	3.097	0.282	-5
187	Leo Stouros	NY	3.095	0.258	36
188	Stephen Keogh	HFX	3.091	0.343	-1
189	Zach Herreweyers	CGY	3.074	0.279	-7
190	Mac O'Keefe	SD	3.055	0.255	-13
191	Andrew Borgatti	NY	3.036	0.234	28
192	Bryce Sweeting	BUF	3.034	0.233	3
193	Reece Callies	CGY	3.012	0.274	23
194	Ethan Walker	GEO	3.007	0.301	-15
195	Chad Cummings	PCLC	2.990	0.230	-15
196	Colton Armstrong	HFX	2.966	0.212	0
197	Matthew Bennett	ROC	2.923	0.244	-5
198	Ryan MacSpadyen	GEO	2.912	0.194	-13
199	Tanner Cook	CGY	2.818	0.217	-16
200	Ron John	NY	2.799	0.215	9
201	Mike Triolo	PCLC	2.725	0.341	-15
202	Brett Manney	ALB	2.710	0.194	-9
203	Josh Currier	SAS	2.695	0.207	-13
204	Nick Weiss*	BUF	2.692	0.245	-15
205	Harrison Matsuoka	CGY	2.670	0.223	-1
206	Ethan O'Connor*	BUF	2.647	0.189	8
207	Chris Willman	ROC	2.640	0.220	1
208	Matt Sykes	SD	2.636	0.220	5
209	Shane Simpson	CGY	2.595	0.259	-11
210	Drew Belgrave	SD	2.532	0.230	-8
211	Justin Martin	BUF	2.530	0.253	-14
212	Isaiah Davis-Allen	PHI	2.508	0.167	-11
213	Ethan Ticehurst	CGY	2.447	0.188	-10
214	Travis Cornwall	PCLC	2.372	0.216	-8
215	Kyle Waters	CGY	2.359	0.295	-8
216	Jeff Henrick	GEO	2.253	0.188	-4
217	Bryce Tolmie	NY	2.245	0.374	-7
218	Tyrell Hamer-Jackson*	VAN	2.212	0.221	-7
219	Mackenzie Mitchell	NY	2.054	0.228	-2
220	Taite Cattoni	PCLC	2.048	0.410	-2
221	Brent Noseworthy*	NY	2.034	0.185	5
222	Sam LeClair	PHI	1.999	0.286	20
223	Anthony Kalinich	VAN	1.988	0.133	-2
224	Mark Glicini	SD	1.899	0.211	-4
225	Derek Lloyd	VAN	1.836	0.204	13
226	Casey Jackson	SD	1.836	0.367	11
227	Dylan Kinnear	COL	1.834	0.204	-2
228	Tyler Codron	VAN	1.769	0.118	3
229	Jordan Stouros	BUF	1.767	0.252	26
230	Austin Murphy	SAS	1.648	0.275	-8
231	Cory Highfield	ROC	1.631	0.204	-7
232	Curtis Conley	ALB	1.623	0.203	-5
233	Dan Lomas	NY	1.572	0.314	10
234	Tim Edwards*	COL	1.532	0.219	-6
235	Brandon Clelland*	SD	1.508	0.168	-6
236	Tyler Biles	ROC	1.469	0.105	-2
237	Dylan Hutchinson	PCLC	1.451	0.145	-7
238	Jordan McBride	VAN	1.425	0.237	-6
239	Ryan Martel	VAN	1.408	0.201	-6
240	Josh Sullivan	COL	1.408	0.094	-1
241	Mitch Ogilvie	ROC	1.403	0.281	21
242	Tanner Thomson	ALB	1.384	0.173	-7
243	Matt Boissonneault	SD	1.354	0.338	-7
244	Alex Woodall*	COL	1.321	0.220	33
245	Chris Weier	TOR	1.275	0.319	-5
246	Tyler Halls	ROC	1.253	0.209	5
247	Blake Gibson-McDonald	PHI	1.247	0.249	44
248	Robert Hudson	GEO	1.206	0.080	-7
249	Nonkon Thompson	HFX	1.175	0.168	5
250	Ian Llord	PHI	1.168	0.097	-3
251	Andrew Mullen	CGY	1.136	0.189	-7
252	Connor Watson	HFX	1.096	0.365	-7
253	Jordan Trottier	PCLC	1.079	0.098	-7
254	Sheldon Burns	TOR	1.058	0.081	-5
255	Jackson Suboch	PHI	1.028	0.147	6
256	Ryan Fournier	NY	1.016	0.113	-8
257	Doug Utting	ROC	0.967	0.193	-7
258	Jordan Durston	ALB	0.947	0.086	-2
259	Nate Wade	CGY	0.919	0.153	-7
260	Aaron Forster	TOR	0.908	0.182	35
261	Jack Jasinski	PCLC	0.896	0.448	-8
262	Adam Jay	TOR	0.880	0.110	5
263	David Brock	HFX	0.858	0.107	2
264	Connor Kirst	GEO	0.818	0.055	-7
265	Erik Turner	COL	0.803	0.057	1
266	Ethan Riggs	GEO	0.791	0.066	-7
267	Mike Burke	ROC	0.767	0.256	-9
268	Brandon Robinson	HFX	0.749	0.374	11
269	Luc Magnan	HFX	0.747	0.149	-10
270	James Barclay	HFX	0.702	0.175	0
271	Jordi Jones-Smith	SAS	0.698	0.058	-8
272	Tyler Garrison	SD	0.680	0.227	-8
273	Max Adler	BUF	0.660	0.083	10
274	Tyson Bomberry	SD	0.636	0.159	15
275	Justin Scott	TOR	0.629	0.126	-7
276	Mitch Wilde	CGY	0.617	0.154	0
277	Rhys Duch	HFX	0.615	0.308	-7
278	Ryan McLean	PCLC	0.615	0.077	-9
279	Kellen LeClair	CGY	0.593	0.198	-8
280	Marshall Powless	SAS	0.584	0.117	-7
281	Carter McKenzie	CGY	0.575	0.096	-9
282	Mike Mallory	SAS	0.575	0.072	-7
283	John Wagner	ROC	0.536	0.054	-9
284	Tanner Buck	GEO	0.467	0.233	-6
285	Frank Brown	BUF	0.421	0.421	0
286	Brandon Robinson	HFX	0.384	0.384	-7
287	Travis Longboat	GEO	0.368	0.184	-7
288	Tyson Roe	VAN	0.356	0.089	-7
289	Marshal King	CGY	0.350	0.175	-7
290	Vaughn Harris	GEO	0.335	0.084	-4
291	Harrison Smith	PCLC	0.334	0.334	-8
292	Eric Shewell	PHI	0.332	0.047	-7
293	Nick Finlay	COL	0.310	0.310	0
294	Devyn Mayea	SD	0.251	0.251	-6
295	Brad McCulley	BUF	0.251	0.050	-8
296	Keegan Bell	VAN	0.245	0.245	-7
297	Marcus Minichiello	BUF	0.227	0.114	14
298	Jacob Dunbar	SD	0.212	0.106	-6
299	Jordan McKenna	TOR	0.182	0.182	-6
300	Jason Noble	TOR	0.180	0.030	-6
301	Kyle Marr	PHI	0.173	0.086	15
302	Brad Voigt	GEO	0.113	0.056	-6
303	Jeff Wittig	ROC	0.101	0.020	-4
304	Luke Van Schepen	NY	0.095	0.047	-7
305	Colton Porter	VAN	0.093	0.093	-7
306	Ty Thompson	NY	0.089	0.044	-6
307	Johnny Pearson	PCLC	0.065	0.065	-5
307	Tristan Rai	SAS	0.065	0.022	-5
309	Mikie Schlosser	SD	0.056	0.028	-8
310	Curtis Romanchych	ALB	0.049	0.049	-6
311	Brayden Hill	HFX	0.028	0.028	-6
311	Oliver Bolsterli	SD	0.028	0.028	-6
313	Thomas Semple	GEO	0.027	0.009	-6
314	Cole Pickup	CGY	0.020	0.007	-6
315	Clark Walter	SAS	-0.004	-0.004	-6
315	Dalton Sulver	BUF	-0.004	-0.002	-6
317	Nick Scott	CGY	-0.016	-0.016	-6
318	Brad Smith	ALB	-0.019	-0.019	-5
318	Sam La Roue	BUF	-0.019	-0.019	-5
320	Liam Phillips	PCLC	-0.033	-0.033	-5
321	LeRoy Halftown	NY	-0.049	-0.049	-4
322	Mark Cockerton	TOR	-0.064	-0.064	-4

Ranking Every NLL Position Player: Weighted Average 3.0

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