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Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2021 Apr 30;49(7):1786–1793. doi: 10.1177/03635465211010146

TABLE 2.

Incidence of Game-Related NFL ACL Tears, 2015–2019^a

		Game Injury Rate (Incidence Rate) per 10,000 Player-Plays			Game Injury Rate (Incidence Rate) per 1000 Player-Games
	Game Injuries	Player-Plays	Rate	95% CI^b	Player-Games	Rate	95% CI^b
Total	199	6,021,800	3.3	2.9–3.8	163,856	1.2	1.1–1.4
Preseason	71	1,161,463	6.1	4.8–7.7	44,431	1.6	1.3–2.0
Regular season	124	4,657,243	2.7	2.2–3.2	114,428	1.1	0.9–1.3
Postseason	4	203,094	2.0	0.7–5.2	4997	0.8	0.3–2.1

ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; NFL, National Football League.

Poisson 95% CIs.