The scoring leader in May?

It’s tough to get a handle on the league’s true scoring leader most years.

With early and multiple bye weeks, some teams playing twice in a weekend and a home and away sked that can sometimes be as unbalanced as “famed” and “respected” actor Gary Busey’s sanity (fyi if you’re 11 and ever near Busey, turn the other way and run), like I said, hard to know exactly who’s leading the charts.

Although it’s definitely gonna change by the end of April, below are what the top dawgs are averaging per game spread over the amount of games their slated on playing this year.

100% accurate? Definitely not, but it should give you a pretty decent idea of what the end of the year could very well look like.

And since some teams have already rifled off a pretty stacked sked and have some “easier” games (as easy as games come by this year) in the second half of the season, and vice versa, I also (with the help of the very talented Mr. Bob Chavez) listed player’s remaining competition from now until everything’s put to bed.

Can Athan Iannucci keep this potential record breaking pace going? Can Merrick Thomson finish ahead of Craig Point in the rookie scoring race? Will Casey Powell be the highest scoring American since Jake Bergey finished fourth in 2001? Or hell, can Bergey just straight out match his unreal 01 season and catch Powell this year too?

Lots of story lines still yet to unfold, but the digits below should give you a pretty good idea of how things on the scoring charts could very well play out come May.


  GAMES CURRENT PROJECTED
PLAYER GP GL G A PTS G A PTS
Athan Iannucci  Philadelphia 5 11 25 11 36 80 35 115
New York x2, Buffalo, Toronto x2, San Jose, Rochester, Chicago, Portland,
Minnesota
Jeff Zywicki  San Jose 7 9 24 19 43 55 43 98
Colorado x2, Philadelphia, Calgary, Edmonton x2, Portland x3
John Grant  Rochester 7 9 20 23 43 46 53 98
Chicago x2, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Colorado, Toronto, Buffalo, Minnesota,
New York
Casey Powell  New York 8 8 19 29 48 38 58 96
Philadelphia x3, Toronto, Minnesota, Colorado, Chicago, Rochester
Gavin Prout  Colorado 7 9 9 33 42 21 75 96
San Jose x2, Calgary, Portland, Rochester, Buffalo, New York, Edmonton x2
Lewis Ratcliff  Calgary 8 8 20 26 46 40 52 92
Toronto x2, Portland, Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton x3
Colin Doyle  San Jose 7 9 14 26 40 32 59 91
Colorado x2, Philadelphia, Calgary, Edmonton x2, Portland x3
John Tavares  Buffalo 9 7 17 33 50 30 59 89
Philadelphia, Minnesota, Toronto, Colorado, Rochester, Chicago, Portland
Andy Score  Minnesota* 7 8 16 25 41 34 54 88
Buffalo, Chicago x4, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester
Jake Bergey  Philadelphia 5 11 16 11 27 51 35 86
New York x2, Buffalo, Toronto x2, San Jose, Rochester, Chicago, Portland,
Minnesota
Mark Steenhuis  Buffalo* 8 7 20 26 46 38 49 86
Philadelphia, Minnesota, Toronto, Colorado, Rochester, Chicago, Portland
Blaine Manning  Toronto 7 9 14 23 37 32 53 85
Calgary x2, Philadelphia x2, New York, Edmonton, Buffalo, Rochester, Chicago
Scott Evans  Rochester 7 9 23 14 37 53 32 85
Chicago x2, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Colorado, Toronto, Buffalo, Minnesota,
New York
Merrick Thomson  Phi.* ** 4 11 11 11 22 41 41 83
New York x2, Buffalo, Toronto x2, San Jose, Rochester, Chicago, Portland,
Minnesota
Dan Carey  Colorado 7 9 17 19 36 39 43 82
San Jose x2, Calgary, Portland, Rochester, Buffalo, New York, Edmonton x2
Ryan Ward  Minnesota 8 8 19 22 41 38 44 82
Buffalo, Chicago x4, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester
Luke Wiles  San Jose 7 9 13 22 35 30 50 80
Colorado x2, Philadelphia, Calgary, Edmonton x2, Portland x3
Craig Point  Minnesota** 8 8 17 22 39 34 44 78
Buffalo, Chicago x4, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester
Shawn Williams  Rochester 7 9 9 25 34 21 57 78
Chicago x2, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Colorado, Toronto, Buffalo, Minnesota,
New York
Scott Ranger  Calgary 8 8 13 25 38 26 50 76
Toronto x2, Portland, Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton x3
* Projected 15 game regular season
** Rookie
The foremost boxla writer, Tutka is a former NLL scout and a longtime Inside Lacrosse contributor. Email him at paul.tutka@nllinsider.com.

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