Competing interests: IRM reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: paid consultant. Bone and Joint Research: editorial or governing board. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery British: editorial or governing board. Stryker: paid consultant. AG reports the following disclosures: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Arthroscopy: editorial or governing board, Infographics Editor. Ossur: paid presenter or speaker. Smith & Nephew: paid consultant; paid presenter or speaker. JC reports the following disclosures: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Arthrex: paid consultant. Arthroscopy Association of North America: board or committee member. CONMED Linvatec: paid consultant. International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Ossur: paid consultant. Smith & Nephew: paid consultant. GM reports the following disclosures: Smith & Nephew: paid consultant. IBSA: paid consultant. International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Arthroscopy: editorial board. JBJS: editorial Board. RFL reports the following disclosures: American Journal of Sports Medicine: editorial or governing board. American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Arthrex: IP royalties. International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: board or committee member. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics: editorial or governing board. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy: editorial or governing board. Ossur: IP royalties; paid consultant; research support. Smith & Nephew: IP royalties; paid consultant; research support. Journal of Knee Surgery: editorial or governing board. Orthopaedic techniques in Sports Medicine: editorial or governing board. JJI reports the following disclosures: receives funding as PI from Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programme Peer-Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Programme for the Surgical Timing and Rehabilitation (STaR) Trial for Multiple Ligament Knee Injuries (MLKIs): A Multicenter Integrated Clinical Trial (W81XWH-17-2-0073) and serves as President, Board of Directors for Movement Science Media/Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. GM reports the following disclosures: Smith & Nephew, IBSA: Consultant. ISAKOS: committee memberJBJS and arthroscopy: Editorial. BoardSmith & Nephew: fellowship funding. GFH III reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: consultant. MS reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: consultant and Royalties Stryker, USA Hockey Foundation: Research Funding. MEK reports the following disclosures: AANA: Research committee. AOSSM: Enduring Education committee Arthrex, Smith and Nephew: education funds. PM reports the following disclosures: Arthrex and Conmed: Consultant Arthrex, Conmed, Zimmer Biomet, Smith and Nephew, Ossur: research and fellowship support. KC reports the following disclosures: BJSM: Senior advisor. BL reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: Consultant and Royalties. JKS and KSSTA: editorial board. MM reports the following disclosures: Smith and Nephew: paid speaker. KT reports the following disclosure: deputy editor: BJSM. TGM reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: Speaker, Consultant. CORR: editorial board. EV reports the following disclosures: associate editor: BJSM Editor-in-Chief: BMJ Open SEM. AJK reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: Consultant, IP royalties, JRF Orthopaedics, Vericel, Responsive Arthroscopy: Consulting fees. DJO: Grants Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation: Board of Trustees. RCS reports the following disclosures: Arthrex: education editorial board: AJSM and JBJSJPS reports the following disclosures: Thieme: Publishing Royalties DePuy: consulting fees/teaching courses Arthrex: consulting fees/teaching courses AO NA: research support, teaching and travel support. AO Foundation—teaching/travel support. Journal of Knee Surgery—Editor-In-Chief. CE reports the following disclosures: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Programme and National Football League Play Smart Play Safe Programme: peer-reviewed research support. Associate Editor: BJSM. External Advisory Board: HitIQ Chairperson: Sport injury Prevention Research Centre, an IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health. HG reports the following disclosures: associate editor: BJSM, JOSPT. RGM reports the following disclosures: mend nutrition. Royalties from Springer and Demos for books. JLC reports the following disclosures: AANA: research support. AO trauma: research support. Arthrex: IP royalties; paid consultant; research support. Bioventus: paid consultant. Boehringer Ingelheim: paid consultant. Collagen Matrix: paid consultant; research support. GE healthcare: research support Journal of Knee Surgery: editorial or governing board. Midwest Transplant Network: board or committee member. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation: board or committee member; IP royalties; research support. National Institutes of Health (NIAMS & NICHD): research support. OREF: research support. Orthopaedic Trauma Association: research support. PCORI: research support. Regenosine: research support. SITES Medical: research support Thieme: publishing royalties, financial or material support. Trupanion: paid consultant. VM reports the following disclosures: Smith & Nephew, Newclip: Consultant Ostesys: Shareholder Arthrex, Smith & Nephew: educational grants. ISAKOS: board or committee member. KSSTA: Deputy Editor-In-Chief. MTH reports the following disclosures: Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy (KSSTA): Deputy Editor-In-Chief. APKASS journal, MLT journal, Arthroskopie, Das Knie (DKG), board or committee member. European Knee Associates (EKA): Past Chairman. ESSKA Milan 2020 and 2021: Scientific Chairman. ISAKOS: Arthroplasty Committee, ESSKA: Cartilage Committee. German Knee Society: board or committee member. Personalized Arthroplasty Society (PAS): 2nd vice president DepuySynthes, Smith & Nephew, Symbios, Medacta: Consultant DepuySynthes, Finceramica, Symbios, Mathys, Arthrex, SIWF, Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe, Bangerter-Rhyner-Stiftung: research grants. NM, HP, SPE, KDS, CJW, FRN, MT, DCJvR, EK, DBW, MDM, GCF, CH, LE, RS and NP report no competing interests.