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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
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.
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
Sidney Crosby
PIT
1,272
1,596
1.25
10
Phil Esposito
CHI ,
BOS ,
NYR
1,282
1,590
1.24
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
David Pastrnak
BOS
674
727
1.08
9
Petr Sykora
NJD ,
ANA ,
NYR ,
EDM ,
PIT ,
MIN , NJD
1,017
721
0.71
10
Martin Straka
PIT ,
OTT ,
NYI ,
FLA , PIT,
LAK ,
NYR
954
717
0.75
Russia
Alexander Ovechkin is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Alexander Ovechkin
WSH
1,426
1,550
1.09
2
Evgeni Malkin
PIT
1,145
1,296
1.13
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
Nikita Kucherov
TBL
725
873
1.20
9
Vyacheslav Kozlov
DET ,
BUF ,
ATL
1,182
853
0.72
10
Sergei Gonchar (D)
WSH ,
BOS ,
PIT ,
OTT ,
DAL ,
MTL
1,301
811
0.62
Slovakia
Marian Hossa is the third highest Slovak point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Stan Mikita
[1]
CHI
1,394
1,467
1.05
2
Peter Stastny
[2]
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
[3]
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
Aleksander Barkov
FLA
737
711
0.96
7
Mikko Koivu
MIN ,
CBJ
1,035
711
0.69
8
Teppo Numminen (D)
WIN ,
PHX ,
DAL ,
BUF
1,372
637
0.46
9
Esa Tikkanen
EDM ,
NYR ,
STL ,
NJD ,
VAN , NYR,
FLA ,
WSH , NYR
877
630
0.72
10
Mikko Rantanen
COL
569
616
1.08
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
1,230
1,284
1.04
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
Joe Pavelski
SJS ,
DAL
1,332
1,068
0.80
6
Keith Tkachuk
WIN ,
PHX ,
STL ,
ATL , STL
1,201
1,065
0.89
7
Joe Mullen
STL ,
CGY ,
PIT ,
BOS , PIT
1,062
1,063
1.00
8
Doug Weight
NYR ,
EDM ,
STL ,
CAR , STL,
ANA ,
NYI
1,238
1,033
0.83
9
Brian Leetch (D)
NYR ,
TOR ,
BOS
1,205
1,028
0.85
10
Pat LaFontaine
NYI ,
BUF ,
NYR
865
1,013
1.17
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
1,105
1,033
0.93
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.
United Kingdom
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Steve Thomas
[6]
TOR ,
CHI ,
NYI ,
NJD , TOR, CHI,
ANA ,
DET
1,235
933
0.76
2
Owen Nolan
[7]
QUE ,
COL ,
SJS ,
TOR ,
PHX ,
CGY ,
MIN
1,200
885
0.74
3
Ken Hodge
[8]
CHI ,
BOS ,
NYR
881
800
0.91
4
Steve Smith
[9] (D)
EDM ,
CHI ,
CGY
804
375
0.47
5
Peter Lee
[10]
PIT
431
245
0.57
6
Jim McFadden
[11]
DET ,
CHI
412
226
0.55
7
Adam Brown
[12]
DET ,
CHI ,
BOS
391
217
0.55
8
Jim Conacher
[13]
DET ,
CHI ,
NYR
328
202
0.62
9
Tommy Anderson
[14]
DET ,
NYA
319
189
0.59
10
Red Beattie
[15]
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
[16]
WSH ,
OTT ,
ATL ,
CHI
1,081
892
0.83
2
Dmitri Khristich
WSH ,
LAK ,
BOS ,
TOR ,
WSH
811
596
0.73
3
Alexei Zhitnik
[17] (D)
LAK ,
BUF ,
NYI ,
PHI ,
ATL
1,085
471
0.43
4
Johnny Gottselig
[18]
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
[19] (D)
ANA ,
WIN ,
PHX , ANA,
NJD ,
CAR ,
LAK
713
317
0.44
8
Nikolay Zherdev
[20]
CBJ ,
NYR ,
PHI
421
261
0.62
9
Anton Babchuk
[21] (D)
CHI ,
CAR ,
CGY
289
107
0.37
10
Vitaly Vishnevskiy
[22] (D)
ANA ,
ATL ,
NSH ,
NJD
552
68
0.12
Serbia
Germany
Dany Heatley is the second highest point scorer born in Germany, although he played internationally for Canada.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Leon Draisaitl
EDM
719
850
1.18
2
Dany Heatley
[25]
ATL ,
OTT ,
SJS ,
MIN ,
ANA
869
791
0.91
3
Walt Tkaczuk
[26]
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
[27] (D)
DET ,
NYR ,
VAN ,
PHI
655
321
0.49
8
Mikhail Grabovski
[28]
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
[29]
WSH ,
COL ,
SEA
616
350
0.57
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
[30]
CBJ ,
CHI ,
WPG ,
COL , CBJ
141
45
0.32
6
Marco Rossi
MIN
102
41
0.40
7
Andreas Nodl
PHI ,
CAR
183
36
0.20
8
Thomas Pock (D)
NYR ,
NYI
118
17
0.14
9
Christoph Brandner
MIN
35
9
0.14
Switzerland
Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Roman Josi (D)
NSH
909
686
0.75
2
Nino Niederreiter
NYI ,
MIN ,
CAR ,
NSH ,
WPG
886
442
0.50
3
Mark Streit (D)
MTL ,
NYI ,
PHI ,
PIT , MTL
786
434
0.55
4
Kevin Fiala
NSH ,
MIN ,
LAK
569
428
0.75
5
Timo Meier
SJS ,
NJD
541
382
0.71
6
Mark Hardy
[31] (D)
LAK ,
NYR ,
MNS , NYR, LAK
926
368
0.40
7
Nico Hischier
NJD
452
353
0.78
8
Sven Baertschi
CGY ,
VAN ,
VGK
292
138
0.47
9
Philipp Kurashev
CHI
265
116
0.44
10
Pius Suter
CHI ,
DET ,
VAN
283
116
0.41
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
699
138
0.20
4
Alexandre Texier
CBJ
201
79
0.39
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
Norway
Mats Zuccarello is Norway's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Mats Zuccarello
NYR ,
DAL ,
MIN
835
636
0.76
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
8
Emil Lilleberg (D)
TBL
37
5
0.14
Lithuania
Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania.
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
688
188
0.27
4
Karlis Skrastins (D)
NSH ,
COL ,
FLA ,
DAL
832
136
0.16
5
Teddy Blueger
PIT ,
VGK ,
VAN
336
126
0.38
6
Rudolfs Balcers
OTT ,
SJS ,
FLA ,
TBL
170
62
0.36
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
Nikolaj Ehlers
WPG
605
457
0.76
3
Lars Eller
STL ,
MTL ,
WSH ,
COL ,
PIT
1,036
402
0.39
4
Oliver Bjorkstrand
CBJ ,
SEA
545
338
0.62
5
Mikkel Boedker
ARI ,
COL ,
SJS ,
OTT
709
327
0.46
6
Jannik Hansen
VAN ,
SJS
626
256
0.41
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
495
15
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
[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 ,
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
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
[47]
COL ,
PHX ,
NYR ,
FLA ,
WSH
451
267
0.59
3
Nick Harbaruk
[48]
PIT ,
STL
364
120
0.33
4
Joe Jerwa
[49] (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
[50] (G)
HFD ,
OTT ,
NJD
246
9
0.04
7
Edward Leier
[51]
CHI
16
3
0.19
Republic of China (Taiwan)
South Korea
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
287
165
0.57
5
Aliaksei Protas
WSH
169
53
0.31
6
John Miszuk
[55] (D)
DET ,
CHI ,
PHI ,
MNS
237
46
0.19
7
Konstantin Koltsov
PIT
144
38
0.26
8
Sergei Bautin
[56] (D)
WIN ,
DET ,
SJS
132
30
0.23
9
Vladislav Kolyachonok (D)
ARI
39
7
0.18
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.
Brazil
Robyn Regehr is the all-time leading point scorer from Brazil, where his parents were missionaries.
Estonia
Leo Komarov is the only NHL player to be born in Estonia, though he represents Finland in international competition.
Brunei
Italy
Venezuela
Uzbekistan
Haiti
Australia
Jordan Spence is first player born in Australia to play in the NHL, although he represents Canada in international competition.
South Africa
Olaf Kölzig is the only player from South Africa to have played in the NHL, although he represented Germany in international competition.
Tanzania
Jamaica
Lebanon
Japan
Bulgaria
Nigeria
Indonesia
Belgium
Croatia
Bahamas
Notes
^ 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
^ Mark Hardy was born in
Switzerland , but was raised in
Canada , and played for Canada 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.
^ 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.
^
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.
^ 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 .
^ Jordan Spence was born in
Australia , but was raised in
Japan . He has represented Canada internationally.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Alexandar Georgiev was born in
Bulgaria and moved to
Russia as a child. He has dual citizenship and represents Russia internationally.
^ Rumun Ndur was born in
Nigeria , but raised in
Canada .
^ Akim Aliu was born in
Nigeria , but raised in
Ukraine and then
Canada .
^ 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.
See also
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