The 2025 Premier Lacrosse League season was the 7th season of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The regular season began on May 30 and ran through August 9. The playoffs ran from August 22 through September 14. The New York Atlas defeated the Denver Outlaws 14âÂÂ13 in the championship game.
Free agency occurred from March 3 to May 7. Eligible players were any player with an expired contract or any player who was not on an active roster for 30% of the clubs' games.
Notable movements include:
The college draft took place on May 6 at 7 pm (ET) and was broadcast on ESPN+. The Philadelphia Waterdogs had the first pick, selecting the NCAA career goals record holder, CJ Kirst. The Denver Outlaws and California Redwoods made the most selections with five, including California making two first-round selections. The Boston Cannons and the Carolina Chaos made the fewest selections with three.
In the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2025 draft.
On May 29, the PLL reported that former Tewaaraton Award winner, Jared Bernhardt, was meeting with PLL teams to discuss a return to lacrosse. After graduating from Maryland, Bernhardt chose to play football at Ferris State, and pursue his dream of playing in the NFL. After winning the DII National Championship, he signed with the Atlanta Falcons, making their 53-man roster in 2022. Bernhardt appeared in two games before he suffered a groin injury and was placed on IR. He was waived for the final time in 2024.
After meeting with several teams, Bernhardt signed with the Denver Outlaws on June 2nd. He joined fellow Tewaaraton Award winners Logan Wisnauskas, Brennan O'Neill, and Pat Kavanaugh in Denver.
On July 9, Jules Heningburg signed with the Boston Cannons. He spent the 2024 season with the Chaos and was waived after training camp. The four-time All-Star returned to the PLL with 3 points in his debut.
On July 15, Dox Aitken made his return to lacrosse, moving from the hold-out list to the New York Atlas' 25-man roster. Aitken previously chose to pursue football, playing for the semi-pro Ohio Valley Ironmen of the International Football Alliance. On June 26, they canceled the remainder of their season after starting the season 3-0 with a combined score of 166-0.
On June 9, the Outlaws traded Sam Handley to the Redwoods for a 2026 third-round pick. The 2023 fourth-overall pick scored 30 points in his first two seasons, but was pushed out of the offensive rotation by the arrival of Jared Bernhardt.
The addition of home cities and conferences brought slight changes to the schedule. Every team has one weekend where they are the home team and play a weekend doubleheader. There are two weekends (Chicago and Fairfield) when there is no home team and every team plays. Each team will play in-conference opponents twice and out-of-conference opponents once. All games are streamed on ESPN+ during the season.
Note: All times in the table below are EDT ().
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Source: Standings - Premier Lacrosse League
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On August 18, the PLL announced the finalists for its 2025 end-of-season awards via social media platforms.
The winner of the award are highlighted in bold.
On December 5, 2024, Andy Towers resigned as head coach of the Carolina Chaos, over disputes with the PLL. He was replaced by Roy Colsey on January 30, 2025.
In March 2025, Nat St. Laurent stepped down as head coach of the California Redwoods. He was replaced by Anthony Kelly on March 20, 2025.