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The Premier Lacrosse League has embraced social media as part of its core business strategies since its inception, and its latest social endeavor has gotten fans and players alike talking.

The PLL Top 50 has rolled out in recent weeks, starting at No. 50 and culminating on Thursday with the reveal of Matt Rambo as the top player in the league. This was voted on by PLL players and represents a wide demographic of positions, colleges and graduation years.

We broke down the PLL Top 50 based on a few key categories.

Team

Naturally, each of the six PLL clubs were represented, though two teams stood out above the rest.

Whipsnakes: 12 players

Redwoods: 11 players

Atlas: 9 players

Chaos: 7 players

Chrome: 5 players

Archers: 6 players

Position

Breakdowns by position can be deceiving, as each team employs one starting goalkeeper and one primary faceoff specialist. The “midfield” category consists of strictly offensive midfielders. There are separate categories for short-stick defensive midfielders and long-stick midfielders.

Attack: 14 players

Midfield: 13 players

Defense: 8 players

Goalkeeper: 4 players

Short-stick defensive midfield: 4 players

Long-stick midfield: 4 players

Faceoff: 3 players

College

The 50 players represent 27 different colleges. Maryland tops the group by a wide margin.

Maryland: 10 players

Notre Dame: 5 players

Duke: 4 players

Johns Hopkins: 3 players

Albany, Denver, Hofstra, Rutgers, Syracuse: 2 players each

Cornell, Fairfield, Georgetown, High Point, Loyola, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio State, Penn, Penn State, Princeton, Providence, RIT, Salisbury, Stony Brook, Towson, Villanova, Yale: 1 player each

Graduating Year

The PLL Top 50 largely consists of athletes who have graduated college within the last seven years, but there are several veterans who were recognized by their peers as key contributors. Brodie Merrill (Georgetown, 2005) represents the oldest player in the PLL Top 50. The graduating classes of 2017 and 2018 lead the way with eight players each.

2005: Brodie Merrill (45)

2006: Greg Gurenlian (40), Joe Walters (46)

2007: Kyle Hartzell (44)

2008: Paul Rabil (14)

2009: None

2010: Ned Crotty (25)

2011: Jordan MacIntosh (49), Joel White (24)

2012: Brent Adams (36), Drew Snider (41)

2013: Dominique Alexander (28), Jake Bernhardt (20), Tucker Durkin (12), Marcus Holman (7), Eric Law (32), Will Manny (13), Scott Ratliff (33)

2014: Mike Chanenchuk (11), Michael Ehrhardt (4), Kieran McArdle (48), Tom Schreiber (2), Jordan Wolf (8)

2015: Connor Buczek (17), Matt McMahon (47), Joe Nardella (29)

2016: Kyle Bernlohr (18), Ryan Brown (35), Matt Dunn (9), Myles Jones (26), Matt Kavanagh (10), Matt Landis (23), Blaze Riorden (6)

2017: Josh Byrne (34), Ryan Drenner (42), Garrett Epple (19), Jake Froccaro (16), Jarrod Neumann (15), Sergio Perkovic (38), Matt Rambo (1), Sergio Salcido (43)

2018: Trevor Baptiste (5), Jack Concannon (31), Connor Fields (3), Justin Guterding (21), Jules Heningburg (22), Connor Kelly (37), Ty Warner (39), Bryce Young (27)

2019: Ryder Garnsey (30), Tim Troutner (50)

National Team Connections

A majority of the PLL’s top players have played on U.S. national teams in their careers. Here’s everyone who took part from the Top 50. Anyone who played in a world championship competition qualifies. Shoutout to Joel White with the trifecta.

Senior: Tom Schreiber, Michael Ehrhardt, Trevor Baptiste, Marcus Holman, Jordan Wolf, Tucker Durkin, Paul Rabil, Jake Bernhardt, Joel White, Ned Crotty, Ryan Brown, Greg Gurenlian, Drew Snider, Kyle Hartzell, Joe Walters

U19: Matt Kavanagh, Connor Buczek, Joel White

Indoor: Matt Rambo, Trevor Baptiste, Blaze Riorden, Marcus Holman, Matt Dunn, Connor Buczek, Joel White, Connor Kelly, Drew Snider, Kyle Hartzell, Joe Walters, Paul Rabil, Kieran McArdle​

Twitter Reaction

As with any ranking — whether it be best lacrosse players or best Seinfeld episodes — people made their voices heard online. Players, coaches and fans alike expressed their opinions on the rankings, and we compiled some of the best responses.

Joe Keegan thinks Scott Ratfliff should rank higher than No. 33.

Where's John Sexton?

Hanover College women's lacrosse coach Brandon Allwood wants to see the WPLL do a Top 50, too.

And, of course, plenty of buzz surrounding the decision made by players to rank Tom Schreiber No. 2 and Matt Rambo No. 1.