List of NHL statistical leaders by country

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 2010–11 NHL season and players currently playing in the NHL are marked in boldface.

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

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	1487	2857	1.92
2	Mark Messier	EDM, NYR, VAN, NYR	1756	1887	1.07
3	Gordie Howe	DET, HAR	1767	1850	1.05
4	Ron Francis	HAR, PIT, CAR, TOR	1731	1798	1.04
5	Marcel Dionne	DET, LAK, NYR	1348	1771	1.31
6	Steve Yzerman	DET	1514	1755	1.16
7	Mario Lemieux	PIT	915	1723	1.88
8	Joe Sakic	QUE, COL	1378	1641	1.19
9	Phil Esposito	CHI, BOS, NYR	1282	1590	1.24
10	Ray Bourque (D)	BOS, COL	1612	1579	0.98

Czech Republic

Jaromir Jagr is the all-time leading non-Canadian point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jaromir Jagr	PIT, WAS, NYR, PHI	1273	1599	1.26
2	Patrik Elias	NJD	960	815	0.85
3	Milan Hejduk	COL	909	755	0.83
4	Bobby Holik	HAR, NJD, NYR, ATL, NJD	1314	747	0.57
5	Martin Straka	PIT, OTT, NYI, FLA, PIT, LAK, NYR	954	717	0.75
6	Petr Nedved[1]	VAN, STL, NYR, PIT, NYR, EDM, PHX, PHI, EDM	982	717	0.73
7	Robert Lang	LAK, BOS, PIT, WAS, DET, CHI, MTL, PHX	989	703	0.71
8	Vaclav Prospal	PHI, OTT, FLA, TBL, ANA, TBL, PHI, NYR, CBJ	978	680	0.70
9	Petr Sykora	NJD, ANA, NYR, EDM, PIT, MIN	935	677	0.72
10	Robert Reichel	CGY, NYI, PHX, TOR	830	630	0.76

Slovakia

Marian Hossa is the leading active Slovak point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Stan Mikita[2]	CHI	1394	1467	1.05
2	Peter Stastny[3]	QUE, NJD, STL	977	1239	1.27
3	Marian Hossa	OTT, ATL, PIT, DET, CHI	896	826	0.92
4	Pavol Demitra	OTT, STL, LAK, MIN, VAN	847	768	0.91
5	Miroslav Satan	EDM, BUF, NYI, PIT, BOS	1050	735	0.70
6	Ziggy Palffy	NYI, LAK, PIT	684	713	1.04
7	Jozef Stumpel	BOS, LAK, BOS, LAK, FLA	957	677	0.71
8	Anton Stastny	QUE	650	636	0.98
9	Marian Gaborik	MIN, NYR	640	571	0.89
10	Michal Handzus	STL, PHX, PHI, CHI, LAK, SJS	844	435	0.52

Finland

Teemu Selanne is Finland's leading active point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jari Kurri	EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL	1251	1398	1.12
2	Teemu Selanne	WIN, ANA, SJS, COL, ANA	1259	1340	1.06
3	Tomas Sandstrom[4]	NYR, LAK, PIT, DET, ANA	983	856	0.87
4	Saku Koivu	MTL, ANA	938	738	0.79
5	Teppo Numminen (D)	WIN, PHX, DAL, BUF	1372	637	0.46
6	Esa Tikkanen	EDM, NYR, STL, NJD, VAN, NYR, FLA, WAS, NYR	877	630	0.72
7	Olli Jokinen	LAK, NYI, FLA, PHX, CGY, NYR, CGY	960	622	0.65
8	Jere Lehtinen	DAL	875	514	0.59
9	Jyrki Lumme (D)	MTL, VAN, PHX, DAL, TOR	985	468	0.48
10	Kimmo Timonen (D)	NAS, PHI	894	464	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	1498	1374	0.92
2	Phil Housley (D)	BUF, WIN, STL, CGY, NJD, WAS, CGY, CHI, TOR	1495	1232	0.82
3	Jeremy Roenick	CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, PHX, SJS	1363	1216	0.89
4	Keith Tkachuk	WIN, PHX, STL, ATL, STL	1201	1065	0.89
5	Joe Mullen	STL, CGY, PIT, BOS, PIT	1062	1063	1.00
6	Doug Weight	NYR, EDM, STL, CAR, STL, ANA, NYI	1238	1033	0.83
7	Brian Leetch (D)	NYR, TOR, BOS	1205	1028	0.85
8	Pat LaFontaine	NYI, BUF, NYR	865	1013	1.17
9	Chris Chelios (D)	MTL, CHI, DET, ATL	1651	948	0.57
10	Neal Broten	MNS, DAL, NJD, LAK, DAL	1099	923	0.84

Sweden

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mats Sundin	QUE, TOR, VAN	1346	1349	1.00
2	Nicklas Lidstrom (D)	DET	1493	1108	0.74
3	Daniel Alfredsson	OTT	1056	1023	0.97
4	Peter Forsberg	QUE, COL, PHI, NAS, COL	708	885	1.25
5	Markus Naslund	PIT, VAN, NYR	1117	869	0.78
6	Thomas Steen	WIN	950	817	0.86
7	Borje Salming (D)	TOR, DET	1148	787	0.69
8	Kent Nilsson	ATF, CGY, MNS, EDM	553	686	1.24
9	Michael Nylander	HAR, CGY, TBL, CHI, WAS, BOS, NYR, WAS	920	679	0.74
10	Henrik Sedin	VAN	810	666	0.82

Russia

Sergei Fedorov is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Sergei Fedorov	DET, ANA, CBJ, WAS	1248	1179	0.94
2	Alexander Mogilny	BUF, VAN, NJD, TOR, NJD	990	1032	1.04
3	Alexei Kovalev	NYR, PIT, NYR, MTL, OTT, PIT	1302	1024	0.79
4	Vyacheslav Kozlov	DET, BUF, ATL	1182	853	0.72
5	Alexei Yashin	OTT, NYI	850	781	0.92
6	Pavel Bure	VAN, FLA, NYR	702	779	1.11
7	Sergei Zubov (D)	NYR, PIT, DAL	1068	771	0.72
8	Alexei Zhamnov	WIN, CHI, PHI, BOS	807	719	0.89
9	Sergei Gonchar (D)	WAS, BOS, PIT, OTT	1058	711	0.67
10	Ilya Kovalchuk	ATL, NJD	702	702	1.00

United Kingdom

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Steve Thomas[5]	TOR, CHI, NYI, NJD, TOR, CHI, ANA, DET	1235	933	0.76
2	Owen Nolan[6]	QUE, COL, SJS, TOR, PHX, CGY, MIN	1200	885	0.74
3	Ken Hodge	CHI, BOS, NYR	881	800	0.91
4	Steve Smith[7] (D)	EDM, CHI, CGY	804	375	0.47
5	Peter Lee	PIT	431	245	0.57
6	Jim McFadden[8]	DET, CHI	412	226	0.55
7	Adam Brown[9]	DET, CHI, BOS	391	217	0.55
8	Jim Conacher[10]	DET, CHI, NYR	328	202	0.62
9	Tommy Anderson[11] (D)	DET, NYA	319	189	0.59
10	Red Beattie[12]	BOS, DET, NYA	334	147	0.44

Ukraine

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Peter Bondra[13]	WAS, OTT, ATL, CHI	1081	892	0.83
2	Dmitri Khristich	WAS, LAK, BOS, TOR, WAS	811	597	0.74
3	Alexei Zhitnik[14] (D)	LAK, BUF, NYI, PHI, ATL	1085	471	0.43
4	Johnny Gottselig[15]	CHI	589	371	0.63
5	Ruslan Fedotenko	PHI, TBL, NYI, PIT, NYR	743	333	0.45
6	Oleg Tverdovsky[16] (D)	ANA, WIN, PHX, ANA, NJD, CAR, LAK	713	317	0.44
7	Alexei Ponikarovsky	TOR, PIT, LAK, CAR	554	281	0.51
8	Nikolay Zherdev[17]	CBJ, NYR, PHI	421	261	0.62
9	Anton Babchuk[18] (D)	CHI, CAR, CGY	250	96	0.38
10	Vitaly Vishnevski[19] (D)	ANA, ATL, NAS, NJD	552	68	0.12

Serbia

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ivan Boldirev[20]	BOS, CAL, CHI, ATF, VAN, DET	1052	866	0.82
2	Stan Smrke[21]	MTL	9	3	0.33

Germany

Dany Heatley is the leading point scorer from Germany, although he plays internationally for Canada.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Dany Heatley[22]	ATL, OTT, SJS, MIN	669	689	1.03
2	Walt Tkaczuk[23]	NYR	945	678	0.72
3	Marco Sturm	SJS, BOS, LAK, WAS, VAN	890	482	0.54
4	Jochen Hecht	STL, EDM, BUF	764	441	0.58
5	Willie Huber[24] (D)	DET, NYR, VAN, PHI	655	321	0.49
6	Uwe Krupp (D)	BUF, NYI, QUE, COL, DET, ATL	729	281	0.39
7	Christian Ehrhoff (D)	SJS, VAN, BUF	500	226	0.45
8	Mikhail Grabovski[25]	MTL, TOR	245	150	0.61
9	Dennis Seidenberg (D)	PHI, PHX, CAR, FLA, BOS	454	147	0.32
10	Randy Gilhen[26]	HAR, WIN, PIT, LAK, NYR, TBL, FLA, WIN	457	115	0.25

France

Cristobal Huet, a goaltender, is the third highest French point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Paul MacLean[27]	STL, WIN, DET, STL	719	673	0.94
2	Philippe Bozon	STL	144	41	0.28
3	Cristobal Huet (G)	LAK, MTL, WAS, CHI	272	3	0.01
4	Pat Daley[28]	WIN	12	1	0.08

Latvia

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Sandis Ozolinsh (D)	SJS, COL, CAR, FLA, ANA, NYR, SJS	875	564	0.64
2	Sergei Zholtok[29]	BOS, OTT, MTL, EDM, MIN, NAS	588	258	0.44
3	Karlis Skrastins (D)	NAS, COL, FLA, DAL	831	136	0.16
4	Raitis Ivanans	MTL, LAK, CGY	281	18	0.06
5	Viktor Tikhonov[30]	PHX	61	16	0.26
6	Herberts Vasiljevs	FLA, ATL, VAN	51	15	0.29
7	Helmuts Balderis	MNS	26	9	0.35
8	Oskars Bartulis (D)	PHI	66	9	0.14
9	Arturs Irbe (G)	SJS, DAL, VAN, CAR	568	9	0.02
10	Martins Karsums	BOS, TBL	24	6	0.25

Lithuania

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Dainius Zubrus[31]	PHI, MTL, WAS, BUF, NJD	983	495	0.50
2	Darius Kasparaitis[32] (D)	NYI, PIT, COL, NYR	863	163	0.19

Paraguay

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Willi Plett[33]	ATF, 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[34]	COL, PHX, NYR	393	246	0.63
3	Nick Harbaruk[35]	PIT, STL	364	120	0.33
4	Joe Jerwa[36] (D)	NYR, BOS, NYA, BOS, NYA	234	87	0.37
5	John Miszuk[37] (D)	DET, CHI, PHI, MNS	237	46	0.19
6	Krzysztof Oliwa	NJD, CBJ, PIT, NYR, BOS, CGY, NJD	410	45	0.11
7	Peter Sidorkiewicz[38] (G)	HAR, OTT, NJD	246	9	0.04
8	Edward Leier[39]	CHI	16	3	0.19

Kazakhstan

Evgeni Nabokov, a goaltender, is the fifth all-time leading point scorer from Kazakhstan, although he plays internationally for Russia, he played his junior career in his home country. 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	679	412	0.61
2	Alexander Perezhogin[40]	MTL	128	34	0.27
3	Pavel Vorobiev	CHI	57	25	0.44
4	Maxim Kuznetsov (D)	DET, LAK	136	10	0.07
5	Evgeni Nabokov[41] (G)	SJS, NYI	563	10	0.02
6	Konstantin Pushkarev	LAK	17	5	0.29
7	Konstantin Shafronov	STL	5	3	0.60
8	Vitaly Kolesnik (G)	COL	8	1	0.13

Austria

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Thomas Vanek	BUF	469	386	0.82
2	Michael Grabner	VAN, NYI	96	64	0.67
3	Andreas Nodl	PHI	115	27	0.23
4	Thomas Pock (D)	NYR, NYI	118	17	0.14
5	Christoph Brandner	MIN	35	9	0.26

Switzerland

Mark Streit is the leading active Swiss point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Mark Hardy[42] (D)	LAK, NYR, MNS, NYR, LAK	926	368	0.40
2	Mark Streit (D)	MTL, NYI	361	214	0.59
3	Yannick Weber (D)	MTL	49	12	0.24
4	Patrick Fischer	PHX	27	10	0.37
5	Martin Gerber (G)	ANA, CAR, OTT, TOR, EDM	229	7	0.03
6	David Aebischer (G)	COL, MTL, PHX	214	5	0.02
7	Reto von Arx	CHI	19	4	0.21
8	Jonas Hiller (G)	ANA	177	4	0.02
9	Nino Niederreiter	NYI	9	2	0.22
10	Timo Helbling (D)	TBL	11	1	0.09

Slovenia

File:AnzeKopitarKingsGame.jpg

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

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Anze Kopitar[43]	LAK	393	358	0.91
2	Jan Mursak[44]	DET	19	1	0.05

Republic of China

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rod Langway[45] (D)	MTL, WAS	994	329	0.33

South Korea

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Richard Park[46]	PIT, ANA, PHI, MIN, VAN, NYI	684	227	0.33
2	Jim Paek (D)[47]	PIT, LAK, OTT	217	34	0.16

Netherlands

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ed Beers[48]	CGY, STL	250	210	0.84
2	Ed Kea (D)[49]	ATF, STL	583	175	0.30

Belarus

Ruslan Salei is the NHL's all-time leading point scorer from Belarus.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ruslan Salei (D)	ANA, FLA, COL, DET	916	204	0.22
2	Andrei Kostitsyn	MTL	326	186	0.57
3	Sergei Kostitsyn	MTL, NAS	232	118	0.51
4	Konstantin Koltsov	PIT	144	38	0.26
5	Sergei Bautin[50] (D)	WIN, DET, SJS	132	30	0.23
6	Oleg Mikulchik (D)	WIN, ANA	37	3	0.08

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 (D)[51]	CGY, BUF	826	163	0.20
2	Mike Greenlay (G)[52]	EDM	2	1	0.5

Denmark

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Frans Nielsen	NYI	237	120	0.51
2	Jannik Hansen	VAN	189	65	0.34
3	Poul Popiel[53] (D)	BOS, LAK, DET, VAN, EDM	224	54	0.24
4	Peter Regin	OTT	141	48	0.34
5	Mikkel Boedker	PHX	126	45	0.36
6	Lars Eller	STL, MTL	84	19	0.23
7	Philip Larsen (D)	DAL	8	3	0.38

Brunei

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Craig Adams[54]	CAR, CHI, PIT	668	115	0.17

Norway

Patrick Thoresen is Norway's second all-time leading point scorer.

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Espen Knutsen	ANA, CBJ	207	111	0.54
2	Patrick Thoresen	EDM, PHI	106	24	0.23
3	Mats Zuccarello Aasen	NYR	42	23	0.55
4	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (D)	CBJ, PHI, DET	163	12	0.07
5	Jonas Holos (D)	COL	38	6	0.16
6	Anders Myrvold (D)	COL, BOS, NYI, DET	33	5	0.15

Venezuela

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rick Chartraw[55] (D)	MTL, LAK, NYR, EDM	420	93	0.22
2	Don Spring[56] (D)	WIN	259	55	0.21

Haiti

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Claude Vilgrain[57]	VAN, NJD, PHI	89	53	0.60

Ireland

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jack Riley[58]	DET, MTL, BOS	104	32	0.31
2	Bobby Kirk[59]	NYR	39	12	0.31

Italy

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Luca Sbisa (D)[60]	PHI, ANA	115	18	0.16
2	Nelson Debenedet (D)[61]	DET, PIT	46	14	0.30

South Africa

Olaf Kolzig 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[62] (G)	WAS, TBL	719	17	0.02

Tanzania

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Chris Nielsen[63]	CBJ	52	14	0.27

Jamaica

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Graeme Townshend[64]	BOS, NYI, OTT	45	10	0.22

Lebanon

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ed Hatoum[65]	DET, VAN	47	9	0.19

Japan

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Ryan O'Marra[66]	EDM	23	5	0.22

Nigeria

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Rumun Ndur (D)[67]	BUF, NYR, ATL	69	5	0.07

Indonesia

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Richie Regehr (D)[51]	CGY	20	4	0.20

Belgium

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Jan Benda[68]	WAS	9	3	0.33

Bahamas

Rank	Name	Team(s)	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Andre Deveaux[69]	TOR	22	1	0.05

See also

• List of NHL statistical leaders
• List of countries with their first National Hockey League player

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 Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. His family 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. ^ Steve Thomas was born in England, United Kingdom, but represented Canada internationally.
6. ^ Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
7. ^ Steve Smith was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
8. ^ Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
9. ^ Adam Brown was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
10. ^ Jim Conacher was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
11. ^ Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
12. ^ Red Beattie was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ Johnny Gottselig was born in Russian Empire in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada.
16. ^ Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represented Russia internationally.
17. ^ Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
18. ^ Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
19. ^ Vitaly Vishnevski was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
20. ^ Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He moved to Canada in his youth.
21. ^ Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He was raised in Canada.
22. ^ Dany Heatley was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Canada and plays for Canada internationally.
23. ^ Walt Tkaczuk was born in Germany, but was raised in Canada.
24. ^ Willie Huber was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He played internationally for Canada.
25. ^ Mikhail Grabovski was born in East Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Belarus and plays for Belarus internationally.
26. ^ Randy Gilhen was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He was raised in Canada.
27. ^ Paul MacLean was born in France, but was raised in Canada.
28. ^ Pat Daley was born in France, but was raised in Canada.
29. ^ Sergei Zholtok was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. Internationally, he played with three countries (in order): the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia.
30. ^ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR, in what is now Latvia. He represents Russia internationally.
31. ^ Dainius Zubrus was born in the Lithuanian SSR, in what is now Lithuania. He has played internationally for both Russia and Lithuania.
32. ^ 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, and Russia.
33. ^ Willi Plett was born in Paraguay, but was raised in Canada.
34. ^ Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
35. ^ Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
36. ^ Joe Jerwa was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
37. ^ John Miszuk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
38. ^ Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
39. ^ Edward Leier was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
40. ^ Alexander Perezhogin was born in the Kazakh SSR, but represents Russia internationally.
41. ^ Evgeni Nabokov was born in the Kazakh SSR, but has represented Kazakhstan and Russia internationally.
42. ^ Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
43. ^ Anže Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
44. ^ Jan Muršak was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
45. ^ Rod Langway was born at a US military base on Taiwan, Republic of China, but represented the United States internationally.
46. ^ 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.
47. ^ Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada internationally.
48. ^ Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada.
49. ^ Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada from age 4.
50. ^ Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but represented Russia internationally.
51. ^ ^{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.
52. ^ Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil, but raised in Canada.
53. ^ Poul Popiel was born in Denmark but moved to Canada as a child and lost his Danish citizenship when he became an American citizen.
54. ^ Craig Adams was born in Brunei. but raised in Canada.
55. ^ 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.
56. ^ Don Spring was born to Canadian parents in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but was raised and trained in Canada.
57. ^ Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.
58. ^ Jack Riley was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was raised in Canada.
59. ^ Bobby Kirk was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was raised in Canada.
60. ^ Luca Sbisa was born in Italy, but moved to Switzerland with his family when he was one year old. He currently represents Switzerland internationally.
61. ^ Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy, but moved to the United States as a teenager.
62. ^ Olaf Kolzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.
63. ^ 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.
64. ^ Graham Townshend was born in Jamaica, but emigrated with his family to Canada in his early childhood, and was trained in Canada.
65. ^ Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.
66. ^ Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was a year old.
67. ^ Rumun Ndur was born in Nigeria, but raised in Canada.
68. ^ 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.
69. ^ 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. No players born in either the Czech Republic or Slovakia after 1992 have yet entered the NHL.
• 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 in Germany after World War II but before its formal split into West and East. West Germany and East Germany reunited in 1990. Some of these players have represented both West Germany and Germany in international competitions.

External links

• Career stats from NHL.com
• The Internet Hockey Database
• Legends of Hockey
• NHL Finland
• Birth Countries of NHL Players, databasehockey.com