| purple line | |
| 2001 | 253931 |
| 2002 | 288104 |
| 2003 | 301560 |
| 2004 | 351852 |
| 2005 | 381568 |
| 2006 | 426022 |
| 2007 | 480627 |
| 2008 | 524230 |
| 2009 | 568021 |
| 2010 | 624593 |
| 2011 | 684730 |
| 2012 | 722205 |
| 2013 | 746859 |
Sources:
, uslacrosse.org

| purple line | |
| 2001 | 253931 |
| 2002 | 288104 |
| 2003 | 301560 |
| 2004 | 351852 |
| 2005 | 381568 |
| 2006 | 426022 |
| 2007 | 480627 |
| 2008 | 524230 |
| 2009 | 568021 |
| 2010 | 624593 |
| 2011 | 684730 |
| 2012 | 722205 |
| 2013 | 746859 |
Over the past 12 years, the sport of lacrosse has grown by nearly 500,000 athletes, according to a US Lacrosse survey. This growth rate makes the sport of lacrosse the fastest growing sport today.