Despite war and seemingly endless political and economic crises, the Lebanese championship has played on – with only the latest season seriously disrupted, due to the fighting at Nahr El Bared making Balamand a no-go security zone. AUB, LAU and Balamand remain the backbone of the game, with Jounieh (formerly CL) created by die-hards from defunct teams at USEK and NDU, plus players from a collection of other institutions and the general public, joining them.

Collated split championship statistics 2002-2007

Top 10 scorers (regular season only)
1. Rudy Hachache (LAU) 454 (111 tries, 5 goals)
2. Sami Halabi (LAU) 328 (45 tries, 74 goals)
3. Lubnan Alamuddine (Balamand) 290 (39 tries, 67 goals)
4. Jawad Fakih (LAU) 230 (48 tries, 19 goals)
5. Allen Soultan (Balamand) 180 (37 tries, 16 goals)
6. Pierre Nasr (NDU/CL) 150 (35 tries, 5 goals)
6. Ibrahim Ballout (LAU) 150 (14 tries, 47 goals)
8. Abdo Awad (Balamand) 144 (14 tries, 44 goals)
9. Peter Danner (AUB) 127 (15 tries, 33 goals, 1 drop goal)
10. Omar Darwich (Balamand) 118 (27 tries, 5 goals)

Top 10 try scorers (regular season only)
1. Rudy Hachache (LAU) 111
2. Jawad Fakih (LAU) 48
3. Sami Halabi (LAU) 45
4. Lubnan Alamuddine (Balamand) 39
5. Allen Soultan (Balamand) 37
6. Pierre Nasr (NDU/CL) 35
7. Omar Darwich (Balamand) 27
8. Gilbert Haydamous (Balamand) 22
9. Bassel Rehayem (AUB) 17
9. Omar Ghizzaoui (AUB) 17

Top 10 goal scorers (regular season only – minimum 50 points)
1. Sami Halabi (LAU) 148 (64%)
2. Lubnan Alamuddine (Balamand) 134 (59%)
3. Ibrahim Ballout (LAU) 94 (62%)
4. Abdo Awad (Balamand) 88 (62%)
5. Hamid Wazni (LAU) 78 (72%)
6. Wassim Moumneh (AUB) 74 (64%)
7. Peter Danner (AUB) 66 (50%)