Top 5 states that produce most talent

[ItalianStallion]

There was a top 5 lacrosse state thread many people factored in pro and college teams but I think the thread was suppose to mean the top 5 states that produce the most talent here are mine:

1. NY
2. MD
3. MA
4. NJ
5. PA

[Lax4life528]

NY
NJ
MD
MA
CT

[AM14]

NY, MD, NJ, PA, MA

[navylax161]

NY MD NJ PA MA

[dta06]

NY
MD
CT
NJ
VA

[ItalianStallion]

NY
MD
CT
NJ
VA

I think Ma should be in there they have produced many talented players

[lawrencelax18]

virginia and new jersey have good players but not the most so...

md
ny
ma
pa
ct

[TheCoolGoalie1]

I think that NY MD MA will be in 90% of everyone top list
mine is
NY
MD
MA
VA( mostly NOVA
PA

[BLUEJAYSFAN9]

NY
MD
NJ
PA
MA/CT

[ItalianStallion]

jw who has CT produced besides jack reid(not saying they arent good bcause they have many talented high schools)

[middyman911]

MD
NY
PA
MA
NJ

[lebolax44]

yea i mean i know ct is good, but it doesnt really seem close to any of these other states.
MD NY PA NJ MA

[gripitandripit]

Following you'll find a break down of the top 100 high school lacrosse programs in the country according to laxpower.com. I know not everyone agrees with their ranking completely, but you have to agree that it works reasonably well at giving one a general idea of where teams fall on a national scale. You also need to concede that the number of top 100 high school programs a state has is a reasonably accurate way of determining the amount of talent it produces.

NY 42
CT 10
MD 9
NJ 6
MA 6
PA 5
VA 5
OH 5
CO 4
CA 3
NH 2
TX 1
FL 1
DC 1

So New York seems to be a pretty clear cut winner in the way of total talent by a large margin. Another interesting number is the concentration of talent. I did this by dividing the population of the top five states by the number of top 100 programs they have.

CT- 1 per 350k residents
NY- 1 per 475k
MD- 1 per 622k
MA- 1 per 1.1m
NJ- 1 per 1.4m

The results seem to support what I’ve always thought to be true, that Connecticut, while not having the best lacrosse in the country, has the highest concentration of good lacrosse.

[ItalianStallion]

Following you'll find a break down of the top 100 high school lacrosse programs in the country according to laxpower.com. I know not everyone agrees with their ranking completely, but you have to agree that it works reasonably well at giving one a general idea of where teams fall on a national scale. You also need to concede that the number of top 100 high school programs a state has is a reasonably accurate way of determining the amount of talent it produces.

NY 42
CT 10
MD 9
NJ 6
MA 6
PA 5
VA 5
OH 5
CO 4
CA 3
NH 2
TX 1
FL 1
DC 1

So New York seems to be a pretty clear cut winner in the way of total talent by a large margin. Another interesting number is the concentration of talent. I did this by dividing the population of the top five states by the number of top 100 programs they have.

CT- 1 per 350k residents
NY- 1 per 475k
MD- 1 per 622k
MA- 1 per 1.1m
NJ- 1 per 1.4m

The results seem to support what I’ve always thought to be true, that Connecticut, while not having the best lacrosse in the country, has the highest concentration of good lacrosse.

ya thats a great point i have never thought of it like that

[DTOWNstatechamp]

NY
MD
PA
NJ
MA
the reason i put pa as three is somewhat bias but i live there and know four kids from my high school that are goin to d1 schools for lax and thats just one highschool

-of course, we were state champions :bartmoon:

[ItalianStallion]

NY
MD
PA
NJ
MA
the reason i put pa as three is somewhat bias but i live there and know four kids from my high school that are goin to d1 schools for lax and thats just one highschool

-of course, we were state champions :bartmoon:

what high school thats pretty sweet