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NHL Players by Country

Birth countries of the 1598 active players in Pucky's database, 2026–2027. Notable names are each country's top current-season scorers.

#CountryPlayersShareNotable Players
1 Canada 645 40.4% Connor McDavid , Evan Bouchard , William Nylander
2 USA 435 27.2% Jack Eichel , Auston Matthews , Quinn Hughes
3 Sweden 154 9.6% Elias Pettersson , Leo Carlsson , Mika Zibanejad
4 Russia 102 6.4% Kirill Kaprizov , Andrei Svechnikov , Mikhail Sergachev
5 Finland 91 5.7% Sebastian Aho , Mikael Granlund , Mikko Rantanen
6 Czechia 66 4.1% David Pastrnak , Martin Necas , Tomas Hertl
7 Slovakia 24 1.5% Juraj Slafkovsky , Dalibor Dvorský , Simon Nemec
8 Germany 14 0.9% Leon Draisaitl , Tim Stützle , John-Jason Peterka
9 Switzerland 14 0.9% Mason McTavish , Roman Josi , Pius Suter
10 Belarus 12 0.8% Yegor Sharangovich , Aliaksei Protas , Ilya Solovyov
11 Latvia 11 0.7% Zemgus Girgensons , Sandis Vilmanis , Rodrigo Abols
12 Denmark 7 0.4% Lars Eller , Nikolaj Ehlers , Oliver Bjorkstrand
13 Norway 6 0.4% Mats Zuccarello , Emil Martinsen Lilleberg , Felix Unger Sorum
14 Austria 5 0.3% Marco Rossi , Marco Kasper , David Reinbacher
15 United Kingdom 3 0.2% Nathan Walker , Luke Cavallin , Taige Harding
16 Australia 1 0.1% Jordan Spence
17 BEL 1 0.1% Milo Roelens
18 Bulgaria 1 0.1% Alexandar Georgiev
19 CHN 1 0.1% Kevin He
20 France 1 0.1% Alexandre Texier
21 Italy 1 0.1% Damian Clara
22 Netherlands 1 0.1% Daniel Sprong
23 Poland 1 0.1% Maksymilian Szuber
24 Slovenia 1 0.1% Tinus Luc Koblar
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NHL nationalities — frequently asked

Which country produces the most NHL players?
Canada, with 645 of the 1598 active players in Pucky's database (40.4%). USA is second with 435 (27.2%).
How many NHL players are European?
518 of the 1598 active players in Pucky's database (32.4%) were born outside Canada and the USA — led by Sweden, Russia, Finland.
How many countries are represented in the NHL?
Active NHL players in Pucky's database were born in 24 different countries.