###### Abstract
Professional athlete populations have the greatest ACLI rates; thus, identifying factors for elevated ACLI risk in elite team sports is important to ensure team success, player availability, and athlete longevity. To reduce the ACLI risk, firstly, we must understand the involved factors that can be classified as intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic risk factors are inherent to the individual, and those that elevate the risk of ACLI can be screened for and further grouped as modifiable and non-modifiable [18]. The higher risk of ACLI in female athletes is reportedly due to a complex interaction of modifiable and non-modifiable factors. Modifiable risks identified for ACLI, in any sex, include strength, reactive strength, proprioception, biomechanics, neuromuscular control, sleep, psychosocial, psycho emotive, and neurocognition [19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24]. Thus, to a lesser or greater extent, each of these modifiable factors can be improved upon thorough training or behavior change. Changes in strength, reactive strength, and proprioception have been reported to have both have an association with ACLI and no association at all [19]. But considering that strength gains and, at the very least, the maintenance of lower-limb strength are accepted outcomes of athlete preparation strategies, it is possible that the precision or muscle function quality that is assessed is not always related to the population cohort's ACLI mechanisms. Interestingly, [PERSON] and co-workers [23] in a previous systematic scoping review reported on the dearth of athlete specific data on the inclusion of neurocognitive challenges during rehabilitation, and yet the evidence clearly showed the link between cognitive skills and CNS functions to an increased injury risk and diminish postinjury performance in athletes. Non-modifiable ACLI risk factors, which have been previously reported, include joint morphology and anthropometrics among which include tibial and meniscal slopes, intercondylar notch width, ACL size, and hip morphology [19; 25; 26]. The evidence for which risk factors and associated screening tests are relevant for elite male field-based team sport athletes is unknown as these have not yet been comprehensively reviewed. Further, ACLI research has anecdotally focused on female athletes due to the significantly greater relative risk of ACLI (3 to 8 times greater) compared to males [27, 28], yet this presents as a knowledge gap in male athletes. This scoping review focuses on elite male athletes in part to overcome the paucity of reviewed research in this population. Thus, the question asked was as follows: What practical risk factors are associated with an elevated risk in anterior cruciate ligament injury (ACLI) in elite male field team athletes that can be applied meaningfully in screening tools by team support personnel? The primary aim of this scoping review was to first identify factors associated with an elevated risk of ACLI and then consider how the associated screening test in elite male field team sport athletes can be practically applied. The secondary aim of this scoping review was to identify gaps in the literature surrounding ACLI screening in elite field-based team sport athletes that can guide future research.