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.
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
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 , CBJ1,058
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 , NJD1,314
747
0.57
8
David Pastrnak BOS 674
727
1.08
9
Petr Sykora NJD , ANA , NYR , EDM , PIT , MIN , NJD1,017
721
0.71
10
Martin Straka PIT , OTT , NYI , FLA , PIT, LAK , NYR 954
717
0.75
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 , NJD990
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
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 , NYI1,680
680
0.40
9
Jozef Stumpel BOS , LAK , BOS, LAK, FLA 957
677
0.71
10
Anton Stastny QUE 650
636
0.98
Teemu Selanne is Finland's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Teemu Selanne WIN , ANA , SJS , COL , ANA1,451
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 , NYR877
630
0.72
10
Mikko Rantanen COL 569
616
1.08
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 , STL1,201
1,065
0.89
7
Joe Mullen STL , CGY , PIT , BOS , PIT1,062
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
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 , COL708
885
1.25
9
Markus Naslund PIT , VAN , NYR 1,117
869
0.78
10
Thomas Steen WIN 950
817
0.86
Anze Kopitar is the first Slovenian to play in the NHL.
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] 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
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] 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 , PHI863
366
0.42
6
Alexei Ponikarovsky TOR , PIT , LAK , CAR , NJD , WPG , NJD678
323
0.48
7
Oleg Tverdovsky [ 19] 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] CHI , CAR , CGY 289
107
0.37
10
Vitaly Vishnevskiy [ 22] ANA , ATL , NSH , NJD 552
68
0.12
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] 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
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 , DET1,029
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 , CBJ141
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
Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Roman Josi 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 , MTL786
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] LAK , NYR , MNS , NYR, LAK926
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
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 , STL719
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] 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
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 TBL 37
5
0.14
Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania. Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's fourth all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Sandis Ozolinsh [ 37] SJS , COL , CAR , FLA , ANA , NYR , SJS875
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 , ARI111
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
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] BOS , LAK , DET , VAN , EDM 224
54
0.24
9
Philip Larsen (D)DAL , EDM , VAN 150
37
0.25
10
Frederik Andersen ANA , TOR , CAR 495
15
0.03
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] SJS , NYI , TBL 697
15
0.02
5
Viktor Antipin [ 44] BUF 47
10
0.21
6
Maxim Kuznetsov (D)DET , LAK 136
10
0.07
7
Anton Khudobin [ 45] 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
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Mariusz Czerkawski BOS , EDM , NYI , MTL , NYI, TOR , BOS745
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] NYR , BOS , NYA , BOS, NYA234
87
0.37
5
Krzysztof Oliwa NJD , CBJ , PIT , NYR , BOS , CGY , NJD410
45
0.11
6
Peter Sidorkiewicz [ 50] HFD , OTT , NJD 246
9
0.04
7
Edward Leier [ 51] CHI 16
3
0.19
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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] DET , CHI , PHI , MNS 237
46
0.19
7
Konstantin Koltsov PIT 144
38
0.26
8
Sergei Bautin [ 56] WIN , DET , SJS 132
30
0.23
9
Vladislav Kolyachonok ARI 39
7
0.18
10
Oleg Mikulchik (D)WIN , ANA 37
3
0.08
Daniel Sprong is the third Dutch-born player to play in the NHL, and the first one selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Robyn Regehr is the all-time leading point scorer from Brazil, where his parents were missionaries. Leo Komarov is the only NHL player to be born in Estonia, though he represents Finland in international competition. Jordan Spence is first player born in Australia to play in the NHL, although he represents Canada in international competition. Olaf Kolzig is the only player from South Africa to have played in the NHL, although he represented Germany in international competition.
^ 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. 
