List of NHL statistical leaders by country of birth

This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth, sorted by total points. The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2022–23 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface.

All players are listed by the current country of the players' birth location, regardless of their citizenship, where they were trained in hockey or what country they represented internationally.

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Country

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Country

Canada

Wayne Gretzky is the all-time leader in points from any country.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Wayne Gretzky	EDM, LAK, STL, NYR	1,487	2,857	1.92
2	Mark Messier	EDM, NYR, VAN, NYR	1,756	1,887	1.07
3	Gordie Howe	DET, HFD	1,767	1,850	1.05
4	Ron Francis	HFD, PIT, CAR, TOR	1,731	1,798	1.04
5	Marcel Dionne	DET, LAK, NYR	1,348	1,771	1.31
6	Steve Yzerman	DET	1,514	1,755	1.16
7	Mario Lemieux	PIT	915	1,723	1.88
8	Joe Sakic	QUE, COL	1,378	1,641	1.19
9	Phil Esposito	CHI, BOS, NYR	1,282	1,590	1.24
10	Ray Bourque (D)	BOS, COL	1,612	1,579	0.98

Czech Republic

Jaromir Jagr has the second most points in NHL history.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jaromir Jagr	PIT, WSH, NYR, PHI, DAL, BOS, NJD, FLA, CGY	1,733	1,921	1.11
2	Patrik Elias	NJD	1,240	1,025	0.83
3	Jakub Voracek	CBJ, PHI, CBJ	1,058	806	0.76
4	Milan Hejduk	COL	1,020	805	0.79
5	David Krejci	BOS	1,032	786	0.76
6	Vaclav Prospal	PHI, OTT, FLA, TBL, ANA, TBL, PHI, NYR, CBJ	1,108	765	0.69
7	Bobby Holik	HFD, NJD, NYR, ATL, NJD	1,314	747	0.57
8	Petr Sykora	NJD, ANA, NYR, EDM, PIT, MIN, NJD	1,017	721	0.71
9	Martin Straka	PIT, OTT, NYI, FLA, PIT, LAK, NYR	954	717	0.75
10	Petr Nedved^[1]	VAN, STL, NYR, PIT, NYR, EDM, PHX, PHI, EDM	982	717	0.73

Russia

Alexander Ovechkin is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Alexander Ovechkin	WSH	1,347	1,485	1.10
2	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	1,063	1,229	1.16
3	Sergei Fedorov	DET, ANA, CBJ, WSH	1,248	1,179	0.94
4	Alexander Mogilny	BUF, VAN, NJD, TOR, NJD	990	1,032	1.04
5	Alexei Kovalev	NYR, PIT, NYR, MTL, OTT, PIT, FLA	1,316	1,029	0.78
6	Pavel Datsyuk	DET	953	918	0.96
7	Ilya Kovalchuk	ATL, NJD, LAK, MTL, WSH	926	876	0.95
8	Vyacheslav Kozlov	DET, BUF, ATL	1,182	853	0.72
9	Sergei Gonchar (D)	WSH, BOS, PIT, OTT, DAL, MTL	1,301	811	0.62
10	Alexei Yashin	OTT, NYI	850	781	0.92

Slovakia

Marian Hossa is the third highest Slovak point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Stan Mikita^[2]	CHI	1,394	1,467	1.05
2	Peter Stastny^[3]	QUE, NJD, STL	977	1,239	1.27
3	Marian Hossa	OTT, ATL, PIT, DET, CHI	1,309	1,134	0.87
4	Marian Gaborik	MIN, NYR, CBJ, LAK, OTT	1,035	815	0.79
5	Pavol Demitra	OTT, STL, LAK, MIN, VAN	847	768	0.91
6	Miroslav Satan	EDM, BUF, NYI, PIT, BOS	1,050	735	0.70
7	Zigmund Palffy	NYI, LAK, PIT	684	713	1.04
8	Zdeno Chara (D)	NYI, OTT, BOS, WSH, NYI	1,680	680	0.40
9	Jozef Stumpel	BOS, LAK, BOS, LAK, FLA	957	677	0.71
10	Anton Stastny	QUE	650	636	0.98

Finland

Teemu Selänne is Finland's all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Teemu Selanne	WIN, ANA, SJS, COL, ANA	1,451	1,457	1.00
2	Jari Kurri	EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL	1,251	1,398	1.12
3	Tomas Sandstrom^[4]	NYR, LAK, PIT, DET, ANA	983	856	0.87
4	Saku Koivu	MTL, ANA	1,124	832	0.74
5	Olli Jokinen	LAK, NYI, FLA, PHX, CGY, NYR, CGY, WPG, NSH, TOR, STL	1,231	750	0.61
6	Mikko Koivu	MIN, CBJ	1,035	711	0.69
7	Teppo Numminen (D)	WIN, PHX, DAL, BUF	1,372	637	0.46
8	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	664	631	0.95
9	Esa Tikkanen	EDM, NYR, STL, NJD, VAN, NYR, FLA, WSH, NYR	877	630	0.72
10	Kimmo Timonen (D)	NSH, PHI, CHI	1,108	571	0.52

United States

Mike Modano—the all-time leading U.S. point scorer—is seen here scoring the goal that put him ahead of Phil Housley.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mike Modano	MNS, DAL, DET	1,499	1,374	0.92
2	Patrick Kane	CHI, NYR, DET	1,180	1,237	1.05
3	Phil Housley (D)	BUF, WIN, STL, CGY, NJD, WSH, CGY, CHI, TOR	1,495	1,232	0.82
4	Jeremy Roenick	CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, PHX, SJS	1,363	1,216	0.89
5	Keith Tkachuk	WIN, PHX, STL, ATL, STL	1,201	1,065	0.89
6	Joe Mullen	STL, CGY, PIT, BOS, PIT	1,062	1,063	1.00
7	Doug Weight	NYR, EDM, STL, CAR, STL, ANA, NYI	1,238	1,033	0.83
8	Brian Leetch (D)	NYR, TOR, BOS	1,205	1,028	0.85
9	Pat LaFontaine	NYI, BUF, NYR	865	1,013	1.17
10	Joe Pavelski	SJS, DAL	1,250	1,001	0.80

Sweden

Nicklas Lidstrom is Sweden's third all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mats Sundin	QUE, TOR, VAN	1,346	1,349	1.00
2	Daniel Alfredsson	OTT, DET	1,246	1,157	0.93
3	Nicklas Lidstrom (D)	DET	1,564	1,142	0.73
4	Henrik Sedin	VAN	1,330	1,070	0.80
5	Daniel Sedin	VAN	1,306	1,041	0.80
6	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	1,097	1,032	0.94
7	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	1,082	960	0.89
8	Peter Forsberg	QUE, COL, PHI, NSH, COL	708	885	1.25
9	Markus Naslund	PIT, VAN, NYR	1,117	869	0.78
10	Thomas Steen	WIN	950	817	0.86

Slovenia

Anze Kopitar is the first Slovenian to play in the NHL.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Anze Kopitar^[5]	LAK	1,292	1,141	0.88
2	Jan Mursak^[6]	DET	46	4	0.09

United Kingdom

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Steve Thomas^[7]	TOR, CHI, NYI, NJD, TOR, CHI, ANA, DET	1,235	933	0.76
2	Owen Nolan^[8]	QUE, COL, SJS, TOR, PHX, CGY, MIN	1,200	885	0.74
3	Ken Hodge^[9]	CHI, BOS, NYR	881	800	0.91
4	Steve Smith^[10] (D)	EDM, CHI, CGY	804	375	0.47
5	Peter Lee^[11]	PIT	431	245	0.57
6	Jim McFadden^[12]	DET, CHI	412	226	0.55
7	Adam Brown^[13]	DET, CHI, BOS	391	217	0.55
8	Jim Conacher^[14]	DET, CHI, NYR	328	202	0.62
9	Tommy Anderson^[15]	DET, NYA	319	189	0.59
10	Red Beattie^[16]	BOS, DET, NYA	334	147	0.44

Ukraine

Ruslan Fedotenko is the fifth all-time leading scorer from Ukraine.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Peter Bondra^[17]	WSH, OTT, ATL, CHI	1,081	892	0.83
2	Dmitri Khristich	WSH, LAK, BOS, TOR, WSH	811	596	0.73
3	Alexei Zhitnik^[18] (D)	LAK, BUF, NYI, PHI, ATL	1,085	471	0.43
4	Johnny Gottselig^[19]	CHI	589	371	0.63
5	Ruslan Fedotenko	PHI, TBL, NYI, PIT, NYR, PHI	863	366	0.42
6	Alexei Ponikarovsky	TOR, PIT, LAK, CAR, NJD, WPG, NJD	678	323	0.48
7	Oleg Tverdovsky^[20] (D)	ANA, WIN, PHX, ANA, NJD, CAR, LAK	713	317	0.44
8	Nikolay Zherdev^[21]	CBJ, NYR, PHI	421	261	0.62
9	Anton Babchuk^[22] (D)	CHI, CAR, CGY	289	107	0.37
10	Vitaly Vishnevskiy^[23] (D)	ANA, ATL, NSH, NJD	552	68	0.12

Serbia

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ivan Boldirev^[24]	BOS, CGS, CHI, AFM, VAN, DET	1,052	866	0.82
2	Stan Smrke^[25]	MTL	9	3	0.33

Germany

Dany Heatley is the leading point scorer born in Germany, although he played internationally for Canada.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Dany Heatley^[26]	ATL, OTT, SJS, MIN, ANA	869	791	0.91
2	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	638	744	1.17
3	Walt Tkaczuk^[27]	NYR	945	678	0.72
4	Marco Sturm	SJS, BOS, LAK, WSH, VAN, FLA	938	487	0.52
5	Jochen Hecht	STL, EDM, BUF	833	463	0.56
6	Christian Ehrhoff (D)	SJS, VAN, BUF, PIT, LAK, CHI	789	339	0.43
7	Willie Huber^[28] (D)	DET, NYR, VAN, PHI	655	321	0.49
8	Mikhail Grabovski^[29]	MTL, TOR, WSH, NYI	534	296	0.55
9	Uwe Krupp (D)	BUF, NYI, QUE, COL, DET, ATL	729	281	0.39
10	Dennis Seidenberg (D)	PHI, PHX, CAR, FLA, BOS, NYI	859	251	0.29

Austria

Thomas Vanek is the all-time leading point scorer from Austria.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Thomas Vanek	BUF, NYI, MTL, MIN, DET, FLA, VAN, CBJ, DET	1,029	789	0.77
2	Andre Burakovsky^[30]	WSH, COL, SEA	568	334	0.59
3	Michael Grabner	VAN, NYI, TOR, NYR, NJD, ARI	640	276	0.43
4	Michael Raffl	PHI, WSH, DAL	590	179	0.30
5	Marko Dano^[31]	CBJ, CHI, WPG, COL, CBJ	141	45	0.32
6	Andreas Nodl	PHI, CAR	183	36	0.20
7	Thomas Pock (D)	NYR, NYI	118	17	0.14
8	Christoph Brandner	MIN	35	9	0.14
9	Marco Rossi	MIN	21	1	0.05

France

Antoine Roussel is the second highest French point scorer, and the highest French national.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Paul MacLean^[32]	STL, WIN, DET, STL	719	673	0.94
2	Antoine Roussel	DAL, VAN, ARI	607	197	0.32
3	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	PHI, VGK, COL, TBL, SEA	660	131	0.20
4	Alexandre Texier	CBJ	123	49	0.40
5	Philippe Bozon	STL	144	41	0.28
6	Xavier Ouellet^[33] (D)	DET, MTL	178	28	0.16
7	Yohann Auvitu	NJD, EDM	58	13	0.22
8	Stephane Da Costa	OTT	47	11	0.23
9	Cristobal Huet (G)	LAK, MTL, WSH, CHI	272	3	0.01
10	Kalle Kossila^[34]	ANA	19	3	0.16

Switzerland

Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Roman Josi (D)	NSH	827	601	0.73
2	Mark Streit (D)	MTL, NYI, PHI, PIT, MTL	786	434	0.55
3	Nino Niederreiter	NYI, MIN, CAR, NSH, WPG	810	409	0.50
4	Mark Hardy^[35] (D)	LAK, NYR, MNS, NYR, LAK	926	368	0.40
5	Kevin Fiala	NSH, MIN, LAK	488	355	0.73
6	Timo Meier	SJS, NJD	472	330	0.70
7	Nico Hischier	NJD	381	286	0.75
8	Sven Baertschi	CGY, VAN, VGK	292	138	0.47
9	Yannick Weber (D)	MTL, VAN, NSH, PIT	499	94	0.19
10	Pius Suter	CHI, DET, VAN	216	87	0.40

Lithuania

Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Dainius Zubrus^[36]	PHI, MTL, WSH, BUF, NJD, SJS	1,293	591	0.46
2	Darius Kasparaitis^[37] (D)	NYI, PIT, COL, NYR	863	163	0.19

Norway

Mats Zuccarello is Norway's all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mats Zuccarello	NYR, DAL, MIN	766	573	0.75
2	Espen Knutsen	ANA, CBJ	207	111	0.54
3	Patrick Thoresen	EDM, PHI	106	24	0.23
4	Andreas Martinsen	COL, MTL, CHI	152	23	0.15
5	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (D)	CBJ, PHI, DET	163	12	0.07
6	Jonas Holos (D)	COL	39	6	0.15
7	Anders Myrvold (D)	COL, BOS, NYI, DET	33	5	0.15

Latvia

Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's fourth all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Sandis Ozolinsh^[38] (D)	SJS, COL, CAR, FLA, ANA, NYR, SJS	875	564	0.64
2	Sergei Zholtok^[39]	BOS, OTT, MTL, EDM, MIN, NSH	588	258	0.44
3	Zemgus Girgensons	BUF	625	174	0.28
4	Karlis Skrastins (D)	NSH, COL, FLA, DAL	832	136	0.16
5	Teddy Blueger	PIT, VGK, VAN	268	98	0.37
6	Rudolfs Balcers	OTT, SJS, FLA, TBL	170	62	0.36
7	Viktor Tikhonov^[40]	PHX, CHI, ARI	111	22	0.20
8	Raitis Ivanans	MTL, LAK, CGY	282	18	0.06
9	Herberts Vasiljevs	FLA, ATL, VAN	51	15	0.29
10	Kaspars Daugavins	OTT, BOS	91	15	0.16

Denmark

Frans Nielsen is the all-time leading scorer from Denmark.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Frans Nielsen	NYI, DET	925	473	0.51
2	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	523	396	0.76
3	Lars Eller	STL, MTL, WSH, COL, PIT	954	371	0.39
4	Mikkel Boedker	ARI, COL, SJS, OTT	709	327	0.46
5	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ, SEA	463	279	0.60
6	Jannik Hansen	VAN, SJS	626	256	0.41
7	Peter Regin	OTT, NYI, CHI	243	67	0.28
8	Poul Popiel^[41] (D)	BOS, LAK, DET, VAN, EDM	224	54	0.24
9	Philip Larsen (D)	DAL, EDM, VAN	150	37	0.25
10	Frederik Andersen (G)	ANA, TOR, CAR	479	14	0.03

Kazakhstan

Evgeni Nabokov, a goaltender, is the fourth all-time leading point scorer from Kazakhstan. Although he played internationally for Russia, he started his junior career in Kazakhstan. One of his points comes from a goal scored during the 2001–02 season.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Nik Antropov	TOR, NYR, ATL, WPG	788	465	0.59
2	Alexander Perezhogin^[42]	MTL	128	34	0.27
3	Pavel Vorobyev^[43]	CHI	57	25	0.44
4	Evgeni Nabokov^[44] (G)	SJS, NYI, TBL	697	15	0.02
5	Viktor Antipin^[45] (D)	BUF	47	10	0.21
6	Maxim Kuznetsov (D)	DET, LAK	136	10	0.07
7	Anton Khudobin^[46] (G)	MIN, BOS, CAR, ANA, BOS, DAL, CHI	260	8	0.03
8	Konstantin Pushkarev	LAK	17	5	0.29
9	Konstantin Shafranov	STL	5	3	0.60
10	Vitali Kolesnik (G)	COL	8	1	0.13

Paraguay

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Willi Plett^[47]	AFM, CGY, MNS, BOS	834	437	0.52

Poland

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mariusz Czerkawski	BOS, EDM, NYI, MTL, NYI, TOR, BOS	745	435	0.58
2	Wojtek Wolski^[48]	COL, PHX, NYR, FLA, WSH	451	267	0.59
3	Nick Harbaruk^[49]	PIT, STL	364	120	0.33
4	Joe Jerwa^[50] (D)	NYR, BOS, NYA, BOS, NYA	234	87	0.37
5	Krzysztof Oliwa	NJD, CBJ, PIT, NYR, BOS, CGY, NJD	410	45	0.11
6	Peter Sidorkiewicz^[51] (G)	HFD, OTT, NJD	246	9	0.04
7	Edward Leier^[52]	CHI	16	3	0.19

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rod Langway^[53] (D)	MTL, WSH	994	329	0.33

South Korea

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Richard Park^[54]	PIT, ANA, PHI, MIN, VAN, NYI, PIT	738	241	0.33
2	Jim Paek^[55] (D)	PIT, LAK, OTT	217	34	0.16

Belarus

Ruslan Salei was the NHL's all-time leading point scorer from Belarus at the time of his death.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Andrei Kostitsyn	MTL, NSH	398	222	0.56
2	Ruslan Salei (D)	ANA, FLA, COL, DET	917	204	0.22
3	Sergei Kostitsyn	MTL, NSH	353	176	0.50
4	Yegor Sharangovich	NJD, CGY	205	106	0.52
5	John Miszuk^[56] (D)	DET, CHI, PHI, MNS	237	46	0.19
6	Konstantin Koltsov	PIT	144	38	0.26
7	Sergei Bautin^[57] (D)	WIN, DET, SJS	132	30	0.23
8	Aliaksei Protas	WSH	91	24	0.26
9	Vladislav Kolyachonok (D)	ARI	34	3	0.08
10	Oleg Mikulchik (D)	WIN, ANA	37	3	0.08

Netherlands

Daniel Sprong is the third Dutch-born player to play in the NHL, and the first one selected in the NHL Entry Draft.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ed Beers^[58]	CGY, STL	250	210	0.84
2	Ed Kea^[59] (D)	AFM, STL	583	175	0.30
3	Daniel Sprong^[60]	PIT, ANA, WSH, SEA, DET	268	116	0.43

Brazil

Robyn Regehr is the all-time leading point scorer from Brazil, where his parents were missionaries.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Robyn Regehr^[61] (D)	CGY, BUF, LAK	1,090	199	0.18
2	Mike Greenlay^[62] (G)	EDM	2	1	0.50

Estonia

Leo Komarov is the only NHL player to be born in Estonia, though he represents Finland in international competition.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Leo Komarov^[63]	TOR, NYI	491	170	0.35

Brunei

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Craig Adams^[64]	CAR, CHI, PIT	951	160	0.17

Italy

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Luca Sbisa^[65] (D)	PHI, ANA, VAN, VGK, NYI, WPG, NSH	549	113	0.21
2	Nelson Debenedet^[66] (D)	DET, PIT	46	14	0.30

Venezuela

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rick Chartraw^[67] (D)	MTL, LAK, NYR, EDM	420	92	0.22
2	Don Spring^[68] (D)	WIN	259	55	0.21

Uzbekistan

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Arthur Kaliyev^[69]	LAK	137	56	0.41
2	Maxim Mayorov^[70]	CBJ	22	3	0.14

Haiti

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Claude Vilgrain^[71]	VAN, NJD, PHI	89	53	0.60

South Africa

Olaf Kölzig is the only player from South Africa to have played in the NHL, although he represented Germany in international competition.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Olaf Kolzig^[72] (G)	WSH, TBL	719	17	0.02

Tanzania

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Chris Nielsen^[73]	CBJ	52	14	0.27

Jamaica

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Graeme Townshend^[74]	BOS, NYI, OTT	45	10	0.22

Australia

Jordan Spence is first player born in Australia to play in the NHL, although he represents Canada in international competition.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jordan Spence^[75] (D)	LAK	30	9	0.30

Lebanon

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ed Hatoum^[76]	DET, VAN	47	9	0.19

Japan

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ryan O'Marra^[77]	EDM, ANA	33	7	0.21

Nigeria

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rumun Ndur^[78] (D)	BUF, NYR, ATL	69	5	0.07
2	Akim Aliu^[79]	CGY	7	3	0.43

Bulgaria

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Alexandar Georgiev^[80] (G)	NYR, COL	191	5	0.03

Indonesia

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Richie Regehr^[61] (D)	CGY	20	4	0.20

Belgium

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jan Benda^[81]	WSH	9	3	0.33

Croatia

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Borna Rendulic	COL, VAN	15	2	0.13

Bahamas

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Andre Deveaux^[82]	TOR, NYR	31	2	0.06

Notes

↑ Petr Nedved was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now the Czech Republic. He has represented both Canada and the Czech Republic internationally.
↑ Stan Mikita was born in First Slovak Republic, in what is now Slovakia. He moved to Canada when he was young, and he played internationally for Canada.
↑ Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. He played internationally with three countries (in order): Czechoslovakia, Canada, and Slovakia.
↑ Tomas Sandstrom was born in Finland, but played internationally for Sweden.
↑ Anze Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
↑ Jan Mursak was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
↑ Steve Thomas was born in England, United Kingdom, but represented Canada internationally.
↑ Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
↑ Ken Hodge was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Steve Smith was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
↑ Peter Lee was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Adam Brown was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Jim Conacher was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Red Beattie was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Peter Bondra was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union. However, his family moved to their native Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) when he was young, and he represented Slovakia internationally.
↑ Alexei Zhitnik was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and he represented the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, and Russia internationally.
↑ Johnny Gottselig was born in the Russian Empire, in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada.
↑ Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represented Russia internationally.
↑ Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
↑ Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
↑ Vitaly Vishnevskiy was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
↑ Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He moved to Canada in his youth.
↑ Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He was raised in Canada.
↑ Dany Heatley was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. His Canadian father retired from hockey and the family moved to Canada when Heatley was still a toddler. Heatley plays for Canada internationally.
↑ Walt Tkaczuk was born in Allied-occupied Germany in 1947. His birthplace lies within the territory that became the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) in 1949. His family moved to Canada when he was two years old.
↑ Willie Huber was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He played internationally for Canada.
↑ Mikhail Grabovski was born to Belarusian parents in East Germany, in what is now Germany. His family returned to Belarus when he was three years old, and he plays for that country internationally.
↑ Andre Burakovsky was born in Austria, but was raised in Sweden. He plays for Sweden internationally
↑ Marko Dano was born in Austria, but was raised in Slovakia. He plays for Slovakia internationally
↑ Paul MacLean was born in France, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Xavier Ouellet was born in France, but was raised in Canada. He plays for Canada internationally.
↑ Kalle Kossila was born in France, but was raised in Finland. He plays for Finland internationally.
↑ Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
↑ Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. He has played internationally for both Russia and Lithuania.
↑ Darius Kasparaitis was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. In international competitions, he has played for the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, Russia, and Lithuania.
↑ Sandis Ozolinsh was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Latvia.
↑ Sergei Zholtok was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Latvia.
↑ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. He represents Russia internationally.
↑ Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.
↑ Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.
↑ Pavel Vorobiev was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Russia internationally.
↑ Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Kazakhstan and Russia internationally.
↑ Viktor Antipin was born in Kazakhstan, but represents Russia internationally.
↑ Anton Khudobin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.
↑ Willi Plett was born in Paraguay, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Joe Jerwa was born in the Russian Empire, in what is now Poland. He was raised in Canada.
↑ Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Edward Leier was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Rod Langway was born at a US military base in Taiwan, but represented the United States internationally.
↑ Richard Park was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to the United States when he was young. He represents the United States internationally.
↑ Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada internationally.
↑ John Miszuk was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but represented Russia internationally.
↑ Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada.
↑ Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada from age 4.
↑ Daniel Sprong was born in the Netherlands, but moved to Canada when he was 7 to further his hockey career.
1 2 Robyn and Richie Regehr are sons of Canadian Mennonite missionaries. Their parents were serving in Brazil when Robyn was born in 1980, and in Indonesia when Richie was born in 1983. The family eventually returned to Canada, where both brothers were trained in hockey.
↑ Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil, but raised in Canada.
↑ Leo Komarov was born in the Estonian SSR, but was raised in Finland and represents Finland internationally.
↑ Craig Adams was born in the British protectorate of Brunei, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Luca Sbisa was born in Italy, but moved to Switzerland with his family when he was one year old. He represented Switzerland internationally.
↑ Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy, but moved to Canada as a child.
↑ Rick Chartraw was born to American parents in Caracas while his father was working there as an engineer. The family returned to the U.S. when he was three years old.
↑ Don Spring was born to Canadian parents in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but was raised and trained in Canada.
↑ Arthur Kaliyev was born in Uzbekistan, but moved to the United States when he was two-years-old. He represents the United States internationally.
↑ Maxim Mayorov was born in the Uzbek SSR, but represents Russia internationally.
↑ Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Olaf Kölzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.
↑ Chris Nielsen was born to Canadian parents in Tanzania while his father was stationed there with the Canadian International Development Agency. The family returned to Canada when he was three years old.
↑ Graeme Townshend was born in Jamaica, but emigrated with his family to Canada in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.
↑ Jordan Spence was born in Australia, but was raised in Japan. He has represented Canada internationally.
↑ Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.
↑ Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was one year old.
↑ Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria, but raised in Canada.
↑ Akim Aliu was born in Nigeria, but raised in Ukraine and then Canada.
↑ Alexandar Georgiev was born in Bulgaria and moved to Russia as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.
↑ Jan Benda was born in Belgium to Czech parents, and was raised in the former Czechoslovakia. He also played major junior hockey in Canada. Benda has since acquired German citizenship and has represented that country internationally.
↑ Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas, but was raised in Canada.

Almost all players on this list from Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, and Belarus were born in the Soviet Union – in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Kazakh SSR, and Byelorussian SSR respectively. The Soviet Union officially dissolved at the end of 1991. Many of these players have represented both the Soviet Union and their respective nation in international competitions.
Almost all players on this list from the Czech Republic or Slovakia were born in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia officially dissolved at the end of 1992. Many of these players have represented both Czechoslovakia and their respective nation in international competitions.
Almost every player on this list from Germany was born in West Germany. The exceptions are Mikhail Grabovski, born in East Germany, and Walt Tkaczuk, born shortly after World War II in the portion of Allied-occupied Germany that became West Germany in 1949. West Germany and East Germany reunited in 1990. Some of these players have represented both West Germany and Germany in international competitions.

External links

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Birth Countries of NHL Players, databasehockey.com

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[1] Petr Nedved was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now the Czech Republic. He has represented both Canada and the Czech Republic internationally.

[Mikita-2] Stan Mikita was born in First Slovak Republic, in what is now Slovakia. He moved to Canada when he was young, and he played internationally for Canada.

[3] Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. He played internationally with three countries (in order): Czechoslovakia, Canada, and Slovakia.

[4] Tomas Sandstrom was born in Finland, but played internationally for Sweden.

[5] Anze Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.

[6] Jan Mursak was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.

[7] Steve Thomas was born in England, United Kingdom, but represented Canada internationally.

[8] Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.

[9] Ken Hodge was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[10] Steve Smith was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.

[11] Peter Lee was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[12] Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[13] Adam Brown was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[14] Jim Conacher was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[15] Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[16] Red Beattie was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.

[17] Peter Bondra was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union. However, his family moved to their native Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) when he was young, and he represented Slovakia internationally.

[18] Alexei Zhitnik was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and he represented the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, and Russia internationally.

[19] Johnny Gottselig was born in the Russian Empire, in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada.

[20] Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represented Russia internationally.

[21] Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.

[22] Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.

[23] Vitaly Vishnevskiy was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.

[24] Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He moved to Canada in his youth.

[25] Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He was raised in Canada.

[26] Dany Heatley was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. His Canadian father retired from hockey and the family moved to Canada when Heatley was still a toddler. Heatley plays for Canada internationally.

[27] Walt Tkaczuk was born in Allied-occupied Germany in 1947. His birthplace lies within the territory that became the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) in 1949. His family moved to Canada when he was two years old.

[28] Willie Huber was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He played internationally for Canada.

[29] Mikhail Grabovski was born to Belarusian parents in East Germany, in what is now Germany. His family returned to Belarus when he was three years old, and he plays for that country internationally.

[30] Andre Burakovsky was born in Austria, but was raised in Sweden. He plays for Sweden internationally

[31] Marko Dano was born in Austria, but was raised in Slovakia. He plays for Slovakia internationally

[32] Paul MacLean was born in France, but was raised in Canada.

[33] Xavier Ouellet was born in France, but was raised in Canada. He plays for Canada internationally.

[34] Kalle Kossila was born in France, but was raised in Finland. He plays for Finland internationally.

[35] Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.

[36] Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. He has played internationally for both Russia and Lithuania.

[37] Darius Kasparaitis was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. In international competitions, he has played for the Soviet Union, the CIS/Unified Team, Russia, and Lithuania.

[38] Sandis Ozolinsh was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Latvia.

[39] Sergei Zholtok was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Latvia.

[40] Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. He represents Russia internationally.

[41] Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.

[42] Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.

[43] Pavel Vorobiev was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Russia internationally.

[44] Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Kazakhstan and Russia internationally.

[45] Viktor Antipin was born in Kazakhstan, but represents Russia internationally.

[46] Anton Khudobin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.

[47] Willi Plett was born in Paraguay, but was raised in Canada.

[48] Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.

[49] Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.

[50] Joe Jerwa was born in the Russian Empire, in what is now Poland. He was raised in Canada.

[51] Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.

[52] Edward Leier was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.

[53] Rod Langway was born at a US military base in Taiwan, but represented the United States internationally.

[54] Richard Park was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to the United States when he was young. He represents the United States internationally.

[55] Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada internationally.

[56] John Miszuk was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but was raised in Canada.

[57] Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but represented Russia internationally.

[58] Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada.

[59] Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada from age 4.

[60] Daniel Sprong was born in the Netherlands, but moved to Canada when he was 7 to further his hockey career.

[Regehr-61] 1 2 Robyn and Richie Regehr are sons of Canadian Mennonite missionaries. Their parents were serving in Brazil when Robyn was born in 1980, and in Indonesia when Richie was born in 1983. The family eventually returned to Canada, where both brothers were trained in hockey.

[62] Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil, but raised in Canada.

[63] Leo Komarov was born in the Estonian SSR, but was raised in Finland and represents Finland internationally.

[64] Craig Adams was born in the British protectorate of Brunei, but was raised in Canada.

[65] Luca Sbisa was born in Italy, but moved to Switzerland with his family when he was one year old. He represented Switzerland internationally.

[66] Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy, but moved to Canada as a child.

[67] Rick Chartraw was born to American parents in Caracas while his father was working there as an engineer. The family returned to the U.S. when he was three years old.

[68] Don Spring was born to Canadian parents in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but was raised and trained in Canada.

[69] Arthur Kaliyev was born in Uzbekistan, but moved to the United States when he was two-years-old. He represents the United States internationally.

[70] Maxim Mayorov was born in the Uzbek SSR, but represents Russia internationally.

[71] Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.

[72] Olaf Kölzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.

[73] Chris Nielsen was born to Canadian parents in Tanzania while his father was stationed there with the Canadian International Development Agency. The family returned to Canada when he was three years old.

[74] Graeme Townshend was born in Jamaica, but emigrated with his family to Canada in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.

[75] Jordan Spence was born in Australia, but was raised in Japan. He has represented Canada internationally.

[76] Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.

[77] Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was one year old.

[78] Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria, but raised in Canada.

[79] Akim Aliu was born in Nigeria, but raised in Ukraine and then Canada.

[80] Alexandar Georgiev was born in Bulgaria and moved to Russia as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.

[81] Jan Benda was born in Belgium to Czech parents, and was raised in the former Czechoslovakia. He also played major junior hockey in Canada. Benda has since acquired German citizenship and has represented that country internationally.

[82] Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas, but was raised in Canada.

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