| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Nll Team: | Portland LumberJax |
| Former Nll Teams: | Minnesota Swarm |
| Nll Draft: | 6th overall |
| Nll Draft Year: | 2004 |
| Nll Draft Team: | Minnesota Swarm |
| Birth Date: | February 18, 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Career Start: | 2005 |
| Career End: | 2007 |
Ryder Bateman (born February 18, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta) was a professional lacrosse player.[1] He played for the Portland LumberJax of the National Lacrosse League and the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. In 2005 Bateman made his debut in the NLL, playing for the Minnesota Swarm. Bateman finished the season tied for second among rookies in goals (20), and third in scoring (39 pts). He made te All Rookie team.[2] In 2006, Bateman was traded to the Portland LumberJax roster mid season,[3] where he helped the expansion franchise clinch the regular season Western Division Title. He played college lacrosse for the Whittier College Poets in Los Angeles.
Reference:[1]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2005 | Minnesota | 14 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 56 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | Portland | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Portland | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NLL Totals | 41 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 95 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||