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National Lacrosse League


BUFFALO BANDITS
Current NLL Champion's Cup Title Holders


Team Records    NLL Champions
Through the 2025-26 Regular Season
RANK
TEAM
W
L
PCT.
GM
1
Buffalo Bandits
303
200
.602
503
2
Toronto Rock 266
185
.590
451
3
San Diego Seals 70
50
.583
120
4
Halifax Thunderbirds
274
206
.571
480
5
Calgary Roughnecks 217
183
.543
400
6
Saskatchewan Rush 181
155
.539
336
7
Colorado Mammoth 274
271
.503
545
8
Georgia Swarm 176
178
.497
354
9
Oshawa FireWolves
266
277
.490
543
10
Vancouver Warriors 186
243
.434
429
11
Philadelphia Wings 48
74
.393
122
12
Rochester Knighthawks 40
62
.392
102
13
Ottawa Black Bears
36
67
.350
103
14
Las Vegas Desert Dogs
22
50
.306
72
NLL Champions   Team Records
Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League 1987-88
Major Indoor Lacrosse League 1988-1997
YEAR
WINNER
LOSER
SCORE
1987
Baltimore Thunder Washington Wave
11-10
1988
New Jersey Saints Washington Wave
17-16
1989
Philadelphia Wings New York Saints
11-10
1990
Philadelphia Wings New England Blazers
17-7
1991
Detroit Turbos Baltimore Thunder
14-12
1992
Buffalo Bandits Philadelphia Wings
11-10(OT)
1993
Buffalo Bandits Philadelphia Wings
13-12(OT)
1994
Philadelphia Wings Buffalo Bandits
26-15
1995
Philadelphia Wings Rochester Knighthawks
15-14(OT)
1996
Buffalo Bandits Philadelphia Wings
15-10
1997
Rochester Knighthawks Buffalo Bandits
15-12
1998
Philadelphia Wings Baltimore Thunder
17-12, 16-12
1999
Toronto Rock Rochester Knighthawks
13-10
2000 Toronto Rock
Rochester Knighthawks
14-13
2001
Philadelphia Wings Toronto Rock
9-8
2002
Toronto Rock Albany Attack
13-12
2003
Toronto Rock
Rochester Knighthawks
8-6
2004
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
14-11
2005
Toronto Rock
Arizona Sting
19-13
2006
Colorado Mammoth
Buffalo Bandits
16-9
2007
Rochester Knighthawks
Arizona Sting
13-11
2008
Buffalo Bandits
Portland LumberJax
14-13
2009
Calgary Roughnecks
New York Titans
12-10
2010
Washington Stealth
Toronto Rock
15-11
2011
Toronto Rock
Washington Stealth
8-7
2012
Rochester Knighthawks
Edmonton Rush
9-6
2013
Rochester Knighthawks
Washington Stealth
11-10
YEAR
WINNER
LOSER
GAMES
2014
Rochester Knighthawks
Calgary Roughnecks
2-1
2015
Edmonton Rush
Toronto Rock
2-0
2016
Saskatchewan Rush Buffalo Bandits
2-0
2017
Georgia Swarm
Saskatchewan Rush 2-0
2018
Saskatchewan Rush Rochester Knighthawks 2-1
2019
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
2-0
2020
Postseason
Canceled
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2022
Colorado Mammoth
Buffalo Bandits
2-1
2023
Buffalo Bandits
Colorado Mammoth
2-1
2024
Buffalo Bandits
Albany FireWolves
2-0
2025
Buffalo Bandits
Saskatchewan Rush
2-1
2026