Table 5.

Players still playing at the highest professional level following ACL reconstruction

Follow-up	Players still playing at the top-level divided by the number of available players, n (%) *
1 year	114/118 (96.6)
2 years	99/107 (92.5)
3 years	77/95 (81.1)
4 years	58/84 (69.0)
5 years	49/82 (59.7)

*The number of available players at the different follow-up times is the number of players with a minimum time from ACL reconstruction of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years which means that, for example, only 82 players had a follow-up time greater than 5 years.

ACL, anterior cruciate ligament.