List of NHL statistical leaders by country of birth explained

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 2023–24 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.

Contents

Country

Canada

Czech Republic

Russia

Slovakia

Finland

United States

Sweden

Slovenia

United Kingdom

Ukraine

Serbia

Germany

Austria

Switzerland

France

Norway

Lithuania

Latvia

Denmark

Kazakhstan

Paraguay

Poland

Republic of China (Taiwan)

South Korea

Belarus

Netherlands

Brazil

Estonia

Brunei

Italy

Venezuela

Uzbekistan

Haiti

Australia

South Africa

Tanzania

Jamaica

Lebanon

Japan

Bulgaria

Nigeria

Indonesia

Belgium

Croatia

Bahamas

Notes
See also
External links

Country

Canada

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
11,487 2,857 1.92
21,756 1,887 1.07
31,767 1,850 1.05
41,731 1,798 1.04
51,348 1,771 1.31
61,514 1,755 1.16
7915 1,723 1.88
81,378 1,641 1.19
9Sidney Crosby 1,272 1,596 1.25
101,282 1,590 1.24

Czech Republic

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
11,733 1,921 1.11
21,240 1,025 0.83
3CBJ, PHI, CBJ 1,058 806 0.76
41,020 805 0.79
51,032 786 0.76
61,108 765 0.69
7HFD, NJD, NYR, ATL, NJD 1,314 747 0.57
8David Pastrnak 674 727 1.08
9NJD, ANA, NYR, EDM, PIT, MIN, NJD 1,017 721 0.71
10954 717 0.75

Russia

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Alexander Ovechkin 1,426 1,550 1.09
2Evgeni Malkin 1,145 1,296 1.13
31,248 1,179 0.94
4BUF, VAN, NJD, TOR, NJD 990 1,032 1.04
51,316 1,029 0.78
6953 918 0.96
7926 876 0.95
8Nikita Kucherov 725 873 1.20
91,182 853 0.72
10Sergei Gonchar (D) 1,301811 0.62

Slovakia

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Stan Mikita[1] 1,394 1,467 1.05
2Peter Stastny[2] 977 1,239 1.27
31,309 1,134 0.87
41,035 815 0.79
5847 768 0.91
61,050 735 0.70
7684 713 1.04
8Zdeno Chara (D) NYI, OTT, BOS, WSH, NYI 1,680 680 0.40
9957 677 0.71
10650 636 0.98

Finland

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1WIN, ANA, SJS, COL, ANA 1,451 1,457 1.00
21,251 1,398 1.12
3Tomas Sandstrom[3] 983 856 0.87
41,124 832 0.74
51,231 750 0.61
6Aleksander Barkov 737 711 0.96
71,035 711 0.69
8Teppo Numminen (D) 1,372 637 0.46
9EDM, NYR, STL, NJD, VAN, NYR, FLA, WSH, NYR 877 630 0.72
10Mikko Rantanen 569 616 1.08

United States

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
11,499 1,374 0.92
2Patrick Kane 1,230 1,284 1.04
3Phil Housley (D) 1,495 1,232 0.82
41,363 1,216 0.89
5Joe Pavelski 1,332 1,068 0.80
6WIN, PHX, STL, ATL, STL 1,201 1,065 0.89
7STL, CGY, PIT, BOS, PIT 1,062 1,063 1.00
81,238 1,033 0.83
9Brian Leetch (D) 1,205 1,028 0.85
10865 1,013 1.17

Sweden

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
11,346 1,349 1.00
21,246 1,157 0.93
3Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 1,564 1,142 0.73
41,330 1,070 0.80
51,306 1,041 0.80
6Nicklas Backstrom 1,105 1,033 0.93
71,082 960 0.89
8QUE, COL, PHI, NSH, COL 708 885 1.25
91,117 869 0.78
10950 817 0.86

Slovenia

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Anze Kopitar[4] 1,372 1,211 0.88
2Jan Mursak[5] 46 4 0.09

United Kingdom

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Steve Thomas[6] 1,235 933 0.76
2Owen Nolan[7] 1,200 885 0.74
3Ken Hodge[8] 881 800 0.91
4Steve Smith[9] (D) 804 375 0.47
5Peter Lee[10] 431 245 0.57
6Jim McFadden[11] 412 226 0.55
7Adam Brown[12] 391 217 0.55
8Jim Conacher[13] 328 202 0.62
9Tommy Anderson[14] 319 189 0.59
10Red Beattie[15] 334 147 0.44

Ukraine

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Peter Bondra[16] 1,081 892 0.83
2811 596 0.73
3Alexei Zhitnik[17] (D) 1,085 471 0.43
4Johnny Gottselig[18] 589 371 0.63
5PHI, TBL, NYI, PIT, NYR, PHI 863 366 0.42
6TOR, PIT, LAK, CAR, NJD, WPG, NJD 678 323 0.48
7Oleg Tverdovsky[19] (D)713 317 0.44
8Nikolay Zherdev[20] 421 261 0.62
9Anton Babchuk[21] (D)289 107 0.37
10Vitaly Vishnevskiy[22] (D) 552 68 0.12

Serbia

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Ivan Boldirev[23] 1,052 866 0.82
2Stan Smrke[24] 9 3 0.33

Germany

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Leon Draisaitl 719 850 1.18
2Dany Heatley[25] 869 791 0.91
3Walt Tkaczuk[26] 945 678 0.72
4938 487 0.52
5833 463 0.56
6Christian Ehrhoff (D)789 339 0.43
7Willie Huber[27] (D)655 321 0.49
8Mikhail Grabovski[28] 534 296 0.55
9Uwe Krupp (D)729 281 0.39
10Dennis Seidenberg (D)859 251 0.29

Austria

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1BUF, NYI, MTL, MIN, DET, FLA, VAN, CBJ, DET 1,029 789 0.77
2Andre Burakovsky[29] 616 350 0.57
3640 276 0.43
4590 179 0.30
5Marko Dano[30] CBJ, CHI, WPG, COL, CBJ 141 45 0.32
6Marco Rossi 102 41 0.40
7183 36 0.20
8Thomas Pock (D) 118 17 0.14
935 9 0.14

Switzerland

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Roman Josi (D) 909 686 0.75
2Nino Niederreiter 886 442 0.50
3Mark Streit (D) MTL, NYI, PHI, PIT, MTL 786 434 0.55
4Kevin Fiala 569 428 0.75
5Timo Meier 541 382 0.71
6Mark Hardy[31] (D) LAK, NYR, MNS, NYR, LAK 926 368 0.40
7Nico Hischier 452 353 0.78
8292 138 0.47
9Philipp Kurashev 265 116 0.44
10Pius Suter 283 116 0.41

France

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Paul MacLean[32] STL, WIN, DET, STL 719 673 0.94
2607 197 0.32
3Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 699 138 0.20
4Alexandre Texier 201 79 0.39
5144 41 0.28
6Xavier Ouellet[33] (D) 178 28 0.16
758 13 0.22
847 11 0.23
9Cristobal Huet (G) 272 3 0.01
10Kalle Kossila[34] 19 3 0.16

Norway

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Mats Zuccarello 835 636 0.76
2207 111 0.54
3106 24 0.23
4152 23 0.15
5Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (D) 163 12 0.07
6Jonas Holos (D) 39 6 0.15
7Anders Myrvold (D) 33 5 0.15
8Emil Lilleberg (D) 37 5 0.14

Lithuania

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Dainius Zubrus[35] 1,293 591 0.46
2Darius Kasparaitis[36] (D) 863 163 0.19

Latvia

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Sandis Ozolinsh[37] (D)SJS, COL, CAR, FLA, ANA, NYR, SJS 875 564 0.64
2Sergei Zholtok[38] 588 258 0.44
3Zemgus Girgensons 688 188 0.27
4Karlis Skrastins (D) 832 136 0.16
5Teddy Blueger 336 126 0.38
6170 62 0.36
7Viktor Tikhonov[39] PHX, CHI, ARI 111 22 0.20
8282 18 0.06
951 15 0.29
1091 15 0.16

Denmark

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1925 473 0.51
2Nikolaj Ehlers 605 457 0.76
3Lars Eller 1,036 402 0.39
4Oliver Bjorkstrand 545 338 0.62
5709 327 0.46
6626 256 0.41
7243 67 0.28
8Poul Popiel[40] (D) 224 54 0.24
9Philip Larsen (D) 150 37 0.25
10Frederik Andersen (G) 495 15 0.03

Kazakhstan

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1788 465 0.59
2Alexander Perezhogin[41] 128 34 0.27
3Pavel Vorobyev[42] 57 25 0.44
4Evgeni Nabokov[43] (G) 697 15 0.02
5Viktor Antipin[44] (D) 47 10 0.21
6Maxim Kuznetsov (D) 136 10 0.07
7Anton Khudobin[45] (G) 260 8 0.03
817 5 0.29
95 3 0.60
10Vitali Kolesnik (G) 8 1 0.13

Poland

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1BOS, EDM, NYI, MTL, NYI, TOR, BOS 745 435 0.58
2Wojtek Wolski[47] 451 267 0.59
3Nick Harbaruk[48] 364 120 0.33
4Joe Jerwa[49] (D) NYR, BOS, NYA, BOS, NYA 234 87 0.37
5NJD, CBJ, PIT, NYR, BOS, CGY, NJD 410 45 0.11
6Peter Sidorkiewicz[50] (G) 246 9 0.04
7Edward Leier[51] 16 3 0.19

South Korea

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Richard Park[53] PIT, ANA, PHI, MIN, VAN, NYI, PIT 738 241 0.33
2Jim Paek[54] (D) 217 34 0.16

Belarus

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1398 222 0.56
2Ruslan Salei (D) 917 204 0.22
3353 176 0.50
4Yegor Sharangovich 287 165 0.57
5Aliaksei Protas 169 53 0.31
6John Miszuk[55] (D) 237 46 0.19
7144 38 0.26
8Sergei Bautin[56] (D) 132 30 0.23
9Vladislav Kolyachonok (D) 39 7 0.18
10Oleg Mikulchik (D) 37 3 0.08

Netherlands

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Ed Beers[57] 250 210 0.84
2Ed Kea[58] (D) 583 175 0.30
3Daniel Sprong[59] 344 159 0.46

Brazil

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Robyn Regehr[60] (D) 1,090 199 0.18
2Mike Greenlay[61] (G) 2 1 0.50

Italy

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Luca Sbisa[64] (D) 549 113 0.21
2Nelson Debenedet[65] (D) 46 14 0.30

Venezuela

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Rick Chartraw[66] (D) 420 92 0.22
2Don Spring[67] (D) 259 55 0.21

Uzbekistan

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Arthur Kaliyev[68] 188 71 0.38
2Maxim Mayorov[69] 22 3 0.14

Nigeria

RankNameTeam(s)GPPtsPPG
1Rumun Ndur[78] (D) 69 5 0.07
2Akim Aliu[79] 7 3 0.43

Bahamas

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Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Peter Stastny was born in Czechoslovakia, in what is now Slovakia. He played internationally with three countries (in order): Czechoslovakia, Canada, and Slovakia.
  3. Tomas Sandstrom was born in Finland, but played internationally for Sweden.
  4. Anze Kopitar was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
  5. Jan Mursak was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia. He represents Slovenia internationally.
  6. Steve Thomas was born in England, United Kingdom, but represented Canada internationally.
  7. Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
  8. Ken Hodge was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  9. Steve Smith was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada internationally.
  10. Peter Lee was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  11. Jim McFadden was born in what is now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  12. Adam Brown was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  13. Jim Conacher was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  14. Tommy Anderson was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  15. Red Beattie was born in England, United Kingdom, but was raised in Canada.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Johnny Gottselig was born in the Russian Empire, in area that is now Ukraine. He was raised in Canada.
  19. Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represented Russia internationally.
  20. Nikolay Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  21. Anton Babchuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  22. Vitaly Vishnevskiy was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union, and represents Russia internationally.
  23. Ivan Boldirev was born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He moved to Canada in his youth.
  24. Stan Smrke was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in what is now Serbia. He was raised in Canada.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. Willie Huber was born in West Germany, in what is now Germany. He played internationally for Canada.
  28. 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.
  29. Andre Burakovsky was born in Austria, but was raised in Sweden. He plays for Sweden internationally
  30. Marko Dano was born in Austria, but was raised in Slovakia. He plays for Slovakia internationally
  31. Mark Hardy was born in Switzerland, but was raised in Canada, and played for Canada 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. Willi Plett was born in Paraguay, but was raised in Canada.
  47. Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  48. Nick Harbaruk was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  49. Joe Jerwa was born in the Russian Empire, in what is now Poland. He was raised in Canada.
  50. Peter Sidorkiewicz was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  51. Edward Leier was born in Poland, but was raised in Canada.
  52. Rod Langway was born at a US military base in Taiwan, but represented the United States internationally.
  53. 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.
  54. Jim Paek was born in South Korea, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young. He represented Canada internationally.
  55. John Miszuk was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but was raised in Canada.
  56. Sergei Batuin was born in the Byelorussian SSR, but represented Russia internationally.
  57. Ed Beers was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada.
  58. Ed Kea was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Canada from age 4.
  59. Daniel Sprong was born in the Netherlands, but moved to Canada when he was 7 to further his hockey career.
  60. 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.
  61. Mike Greenlay was born in Brazil, but raised in Canada.
  62. Leo Komarov was born in the Estonian SSR, but was raised in Finland and represents Finland internationally.
  63. Craig Adams was born in the British protectorate of Brunei, but was raised in Canada.
  64. Luca Sbisa was born in Italy, but moved to Switzerland with his family when he was one year old. He represented Switzerland internationally.
  65. Nelson Debenedet was born in Italy, but moved to Canada as a child.
  66. 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.
  67. Don Spring was born to Canadian parents in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but was raised and trained in Canada.
  68. Arthur Kaliyev was born in Uzbekistan, but moved to the United States when he was two-years-old. He represents the United States internationally.
  69. Maxim Mayorov was born in the Uzbek SSR, but represents Russia internationally.
  70. Claude Vilgrain was born in Haiti, but was raised in Canada.
  71. Jordan Spence was born in Australia, but was raised in Japan. He has represented Canada internationally.
  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. Ed Hatoum was born in Lebanon, but was raised in Canada.
  76. Ryan O'Marra was born to Canadian parents in Tokyo. The family returned to Canada when he was one year old.
  77. Alexandar Georgiev was born in Bulgaria and moved to Russia as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.
  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. 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.
  81. Andre Deveaux was born in The Bahamas, but was raised in Canada.

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