List of NHL statistical leaders by country

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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 2020–21 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 Milan Hejduk COL 1,020 805 0.79
4 Vaclav Prospal PHI, OTT, FLA, TBL, ANA, TBL, PHI, NYR, CBJ 1,108 765 0.69
5 Bobby Holik HFD, NJD, NYR, ATL, NJD 1,314 747 0.57
6 Jakub Voracek CBJ, PHI, CBJ 968 738 0.76
7 David Krejci BOS 962 730 0.76
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

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 Jozef Stumpel BOS, LAK, BOS, LAK, FLA 957 677 0.71
9 Zdeno Chara (D) NYI, OTT, BOS, WSH, NYI 1,608 666 0.41
10 Anton Stastny QUE 650 636 0.98

Finland[]

Teemu Selanne 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 Esa Tikkanen EDM, NYR, STL, NJD, VAN, NYR, FLA, WSH, NYR 877 630 0.72
9 Kimmo Timonen (D) NSH, PHI, CHI 1,108 571 0.52
10 Jussi Jokinen DAL, TBL, CAR, PIT, FLA, EDM, LAK, CBJ, VAN 951 563 0.59

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 Phil Housley (D) BUF, WIN, STL, CGY, NJD, WSH, CGY, CHI, TOR 1,495 1,232 0.82
3 Jeremy Roenick CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, PHX, SJS 1,363 1,216 0.89
4 Patrick Kane CHI 1,029 1,088 1.06
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 Chris Chelios (D) MTL, CHI, DET, ATL 1,651 948 0.57

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 1,011 980 0.97
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

Russia[]

Alexander Ovechkin is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Alexander Ovechkin WSH 1,197 1,320 1.10
2 Sergei Fedorov DET, ANA, CBJ, WSH 1,248 1,179 0.94
3 Evgeni Malkin PIT 940 1,104 1.17
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

Slovenia[]

Anze Kopitar is the first Slovenian to play in the NHL.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Anze Kopitar[5] LAK 1,129 1,000 0.89
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 Walt Tkaczuk[27] NYR 945 678 0.72
3 Leon Draisaitl EDM 478 506 1.06
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 Michael Grabner VAN, NYI, TOR, NYR, NJD, ARI 640 276 0.43
3 Andre Burakovsky[30] WSH, COL 439 234 0.53
4 Michael Raffl PHI, WSH, DAL 514 163 0.32
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

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 554 189 0.34
3 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI, VGK, COL, TBL 507 98 0.19
4 Philippe Bozon STL 144 41 0.28
5 Alexandre Texier CBJ 87 28 0.33
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

Lithuania[]

Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Dainius Zubrus[35] PHI, MTL, WSH, BUF, NJD, SJS 1,293 591 0.46
2 Darius Kasparaitis[36] (D) NYI, PIT, COL, NYR 863 163 0.19

Latvia[]

Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's fourth all-time leading point scorer.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Sandis Ozolinsh[37] (D) SJS, COL, CAR, FLA, ANA, NYR, SJS 875 564 0.64
2 Sergei Zholtok[38] BOS, OTT, MTL, EDM, MIN, NSH 588 258 0.44
3 Zemgus Girgensons BUF 489 138 0.28
4 Karlis Skrastins (D) NSH, COL, FLA, DAL 832 136 0.16
5 Teddy Blueger PIT 140 54 0.39
6 Rudolfs Balcers OTT, SJS 92 34 0.37
7 Viktor Tikhonov[39] 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 Mikkel Boedker ARI, COL, SJS, OTT 709 327 0.46
3 Lars Eller STL, MTL, WSH 798 317 0.40
4 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG 416 303 0.73
5 Jannik Hansen VAN, SJS 626 256 0.41
6 Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ 302 177 0.59
7 Peter Regin OTT, NYI, CHI 243 67 0.28
8 Poul Popiel[40] (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 393 9 0.02

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[41] MTL 128 34 0.27
3 Pavel Vorobyev[42] CHI 57 25 0.44
4 Evgeni Nabokov[43] (G) SJS, NYI, TBL 697 15 0.02
5 Viktor Antipin[44] (D) BUF 47 10 0.21
6 Maxim Kuznetsov (D) DET, LAK 136 10 0.07
7 Anton Khudobin[45] (G) MIN, BOS, CAR, ANA, BOS, DAL 250 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

Switzerland[]

Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Roman Josi (D) NSH 680 446 0.66
2 Mark Streit (D) MTL, NYI, PHI, PIT, MTL 786 434 0.55
3 Mark Hardy[46] (D) LAK, NYR, MNS, NYR, LAK 926 368 0.40
4 Nino Niederreiter NYI, MIN, CAR 657 324 0.49
5 Kevin Fiala NSH, MIN 337 198 0.59
6 Timo Meier SJS 317 188 0.59
7 Nico Hischier NJD 230 146 0.63
8 Sven Baertschi CGY, VAN 291 138 0.47
9 Yannick Weber (D) MTL, VAN, NSH, PIT 499 94 0.19
10 Sven Andrighetto MTL, COL 215 83 0.39

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

Norway[]

Mats Zuccarello is Norway's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Mats Zuccarello NYR, DAL, MIN 618 427 0.69
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

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 John Miszuk[56] (D) DET, CHI, PHI, MNS 237 46 0.19
5 Konstantin Koltsov PIT 144 38 0.26
6 Yegor Sharangovich NJD 54 30 0.56
7 Sergei Bautin[57] (D) WIN, DET, SJS 132 30 0.23
8 Oleg Mikulchik (D) WIN, ANA 37 3 0.08
9 Dmitry Korobov (D) TBL 3 1 0.33

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 139 50 0.36

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 490 170 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

Haiti[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Claude Vilgrain[69] 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[70] (G) WSH, TBL 719 17 0.02

Tanzania[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Chris Nielsen[71] CBJ 52 14 0.27

Jamaica[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Graeme Townshend[72] BOS, NYI, OTT 45 10 0.22

Lebanon[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ed Hatoum[73] DET, VAN 47 9 0.19

Japan[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Ryan O'Marra[74] EDM, ANA 33 7 0.21

Nigeria[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Rumun Ndur[75] (D) BUF, NYR, ATL 69 5 0.07
2 Akim Aliu[76] CGY 7 3 0.43

Indonesia[]

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

Bulgaria[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Alexandar Georgiev[77] (G) NYR 96 4 0.04

Belgium[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Jan Benda[78] WSH 9 3 0.33

Uzbekistan[]

Rank Name Team(s) GP Pts PPG
1 Maxim Mayorov[79] CBJ 22 3 0.14
2 Arthur Kaliyev[80] LAK 1 1 1.00

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[81] TOR, NYR 31 2 0.06

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Petr Nedved was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now the Czech Republic. He has represented both Canada and the Czech Republic internationally.
  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. ^ Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. He has played internationally for both Russia and Lithuania.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. He represents Russia internationally.
  40. ^ Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.
  41. ^ Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.
  42. ^ Pavel Vorobiev was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Russia internationally.
  43. ^ Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but has represented Kazakhstan and Russia internationally.
  44. ^ Viktor Antipin was born in Kazakhstan, but represents Russia internationally.
  45. ^ Anton Khudobin was born in the Kazakh SSR of the former Soviet Union, but represents Russia internationally.
  46. ^ Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada 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.
  61. ^ a b 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 represents 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. ^ Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.
  70. ^ Olaf Kölzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.
  71. ^ 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.
  72. ^ Graeme Townshend was born in Jamaica, but emigrated with his family to Canada in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.
  73. ^ Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.
  74. ^ Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was one year old.
  75. ^ Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria, but raised in Canada.
  76. ^ Akim Aliu was born in Nigeria, but raised in Ukraine and then Canada.
  77. ^ Alexandar Georgiev was born in Bulgaria and moved to Russia as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.
  78. ^ 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.
  79. ^ Maxim Mayorov was born in the Uzbek SSR, but represents Russia internationally.
  80. ^ Arthur Kaliyev was born in Uzbekistan, but moved to the United States when he was two-years-old. He represents the United States internationally.
  81. ^ Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas, but was raised in Canada.
  • Virtually all players on this list from Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, and Belarus were actually 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.
  • Virtually all players on this list from the Czech Republic or Slovakia were actually 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 actually 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.

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