LOS ANGELES, May 2 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Steven Cohen said that too many hedge funds placing the same types of bets had contributed to sharp losses for his Point72 Asset Management earlier this year.

"One of my biggest worries is that there are so many players out there trying to do similar strategies," Cohen said on Monday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles.

"If one of these highly levered players had a rough run and took down risk, would we be collateral damage?" Cohen said. "In February we drew down 8 percent which for us is a lot. My worst fears were realized." (Reporting by Lawrence Delevingne; Editing by Sandra Maler)