Lacrosse Field Dimensions: Men's, Women's, Youth and Box

A full men’s lacrosse field is 110 yards long by 60 yards wide. The two goal lines are 80 yards apart, which leaves 15 yards behind each goal. That behind-the-goal space is live in lacrosse, and it changes how the attack works.

Women’s, youth, Sixes and box lacrosse use different layouts. The useful answer is not one number. It is the right number for the version you are actually lining, coaching or watching.

Lacrosse field dimensions at a glance

For most U.S. readers, the quick memory hook is simple: men’s field is 110 by 60 yards, women’s field is often planned around 120 by 65 yards, Sixes is much smaller at 70 by 36 metres, and box lacrosse belongs in a rink.

Lacrosse field fit calculator

Enter your available flat space in yards. This checks the field rectangle only. You still need safe run-off, spectator setbacks, benches, table space and your governing body’s current diagram before marking a competition field.

If your field fits only by using football sidelines, confirm the competition rule before you paint. Casual practice can tolerate cones and modified widths. A sanctioned game needs the current rulebook, correct markings and agreement from the responsible authority.

Men’s lacrosse field dimensions

USA Lacrosse’s 2026 men’s field diagram and men’s lining guide use the standard 110-by-60-yard rectangle.

The 15 yards behind the goal are easy to miss if you come from soccer or football. Lacrosse attackers use that area as “X,” the space directly behind the cage. A pass from X can turn a defense around in a second, which is why the goal is not pushed back to the end line.

For the net itself, use the separate lacrosse goal size guide. The short version is that field goals are 6 by 6 feet and sit inside the crease.

Women’s lacrosse field dimensions

U.S. women’s field lacrosse uses a larger range than men’s field lacrosse. The USA Lacrosse women’s lining guide gives these planning numbers:

That range is why two “regulation” women’s fields can look different. One may be a compact shared school field. Another may be a purpose-marked college field with wider spacing and cleaner run-off.

International women’s field rules use metric measurements. World Lacrosse events use a 100-metre field length and a 50-to-60-metre width. That is close to 109.4 yards long by 54.7 to 65.6 yards wide. Do not mix that number with the U.S. women’s 110-to-140-yard range unless you are clearly explaining the rule set.

For player roles and why the spacing changes the game, pair this with women’s lacrosse positions and men’s vs women’s lacrosse.

Lacrosse field vs football field

This is the comparison that causes most lining headaches. Football fields are everywhere, and many schools paint lacrosse on the same turf.

A full men’s lacrosse field is shorter than a football field including end zones, but it is wider. If a venue uses football sidelines for boys’ lacrosse, the field can drop to 53 1/3 yards wide under the USA Lacrosse lining-guide note for existing field restrictions. That helps schools share turf, but it should not be treated as the same thing as a full 60-yard-width field.

The practical problem is visual clutter. A multi-sport turf can have football, soccer, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and field hockey lines all fighting for attention. When possible, use a contrasting color for lacrosse and make the crease, restraining lines, midfield and goal line easy to identify.

Bigger: soccer or lacrosse?

Soccer usually uses the bigger playing area. A common adult soccer pitch around 115 by 75 yards is about 8,625 square yards. A full men’s lacrosse field is 6,600 square yards.

Women’s lacrosse can get closer, especially near the high end of the U.S. field range. A 120-by-65-yard women’s field is about 7,800 square yards, and a 140-by-70-yard maximum rectangle is 9,800 square yards. That upper end is not the everyday school-field picture, but it explains why women’s lacrosse can look more spread out than the men’s game.

If you are planning a shared facility, check the exact sport and rule set instead of copying one “field sport” footprint. Soccer, men’s lacrosse and women’s lacrosse can share grass or turf, but their line logic is different.

Youth lacrosse field dimensions

Youth lacrosse is where parents and new coaches get trapped by bad shortcuts. There is no one youth field size that covers every age, region and league. USA Lacrosse publishes youth and unified field diagrams, and local leagues often modify fields to suit player age, safety and available space.

The reason is sensible. Younger players need more touches and less wasted running. A full adult field can turn a 10U game into a track workout, especially for beginners who are still learning ground balls, spacing and passing.

Use these rules of thumb:

For a real game, do not rely on a blog chart, including this one. Pull the current USA Lacrosse, NFHS, NCAA or league document that governs your age group.

Sixes lacrosse field dimensions

World Lacrosse Sixes is the fast 6v6 format linked to lacrosse’s Olympic return. USA Lacrosse describes Sixes as a smaller-field version played on a 70-by-36-metre field, about 76.5 by 39.4 yards.

Sixes is not box lacrosse outdoors. It has its own rhythm: fewer players, shorter quarters, a shot clock and a compact field. It is useful for Olympics and events because it needs less space than full field lacrosse while still looking like a field game.

If you are building a content or coaching cluster around formats, this page should link naturally with box lacrosse vs field lacrosse, PLL vs NLL and the lacrosse offside rule because field size changes player balance.

Box lacrosse field size

Box lacrosse is played on a boarded indoor floor, usually a hockey-rink style surface after the ice is removed or covered. That makes it much smaller than field lacrosse. A common rink footprint is around 200 by 85 feet, roughly 67 by 28 yards, though exact facilities vary.

The boards change everything. The ball stays in play, the corners are tight, and space behind the goal is nothing like the open X area in field lacrosse. Box also uses a smaller goal and heavier goalie equipment. That is why box players develop quick hands and close-range finishing, while field players have more room for long carries and wide dodges.

How to line a lacrosse field without losing your mind

The official USA Lacrosse lining guides are the documents to use before paint touches grass or turf. The steps below are a practical reading order for those diagrams.

1. Choose the rule set first: men’s, women’s, youth, unified, Sixes or box.
2. Measure the outer rectangle and square the corners with the 3-4-5 triangle method.
3. Mark the center line and center point.
4. Place the goal lines at the correct distance apart.
5. Confirm the space behind each goal line before drawing end lines.
6. Mark each crease or goal circle from the center of the goal line.
7. Add restraining lines, attack/defensive areas, wing areas, arcs or fans for the chosen format.
8. Check line width. Goal lines are normally narrower than most other field lines.
9. Add table, substitution, coaching and team areas only where the rule set calls for them.
10. Walk the whole field before play to catch wrong colors, missing cones, unsafe run-off and confusing multi-sport overlaps.

The 3-4-5 method sounds old-school because it is. It still works. If a sideline is not perpendicular to the end line, the whole field slowly turns into a parallelogram, and every later measurement inherits the mistake.

What most lacrosse field guides miss

Most top-ranking pages answer “110 by 60” and move on. That is accurate for men’s field lacrosse, but it does not solve the real questions people bring to this topic.

The recurring gaps are:

• Men’s, women’s, youth, Sixes and box are different field problems.
• A football field overlay can be legal in some boys’ contexts but still narrower than a full men’s field.
• Goal spacing matters more than total length when you are placing the nets.
• Women’s field measurements have ranges, so the governing rule set must be named.
• Youth fields are intentionally smaller, not “wrong.”
• The space behind the goal is live territory, not dead run-off.
• A pretty rectangle is not enough. Creases, restraining lines and arcs control how the game works.

For readers learning the sport, the line vocabulary matters too. “X” is the area behind the goal. “GLE” means goal line extended. The crease is the protected circle around the goal. The restraining line controls player balance. Once those four terms click, the field stops looking like random paint.

Bottom line

Use 110 by 60 yards as the men’s lacrosse field answer. Use 90 to 100 yards between goal lines as the most important U.S. women’s field-planning number. Use 70 by 36 metres for World Lacrosse Sixes. Use rink dimensions for box lacrosse.

If you are painting a field, do not stop at the headline measurement. Choose the right rule set, check the latest USA Lacrosse, NCAA, NFHS or World Lacrosse diagram, square the corners, place the goals correctly and make the crease and restraining lines impossible to miss.