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NHL Players by Country

Birth countries of the 1201 active players in Pucky's database, 2025–2026. Notable names are each country's top current-season scorers.

#CountryPlayersShareNotable Players
1 Canada 479 39.9% Connor McDavid , Nathan MacKinnon , Macklin Celebrini
2 USA 349 29.1% Jason Robertson , Kyle Connor , Jack Eichel
3 Sweden 122 10.2% Mika Zibanejad , Lucas Raymond , Filip Forsberg
4 Russia 78 6.5% Nikita Kucherov , Kirill Kaprizov , Artemi Panarin
5 Finland 62 5.2% Sebastian Aho , Mikko Rantanen , Miro Heiskanen
6 Czechia 41 3.4% David Pastrnak , Martin Necas , Pavel Zacha
7 Slovakia 12 1.0% Juraj Slafkovsky , Martin Fehervary , Simon Nemec
8 Switzerland 12 1.0% Nico Hischier , Roman Josi , Timo Meier
9 Germany 10 0.8% Leon Draisaitl , Tim Stützle , Moritz Seider
10 Latvia 8 0.7% Zemgus Girgensons , Theodor Blueger , Uvis Balinskis
11 Denmark 7 0.6% Nikolaj Ehlers , Oliver Bjorkstrand , Lars Eller
12 Belarus 6 0.5% Aliaksei Protas , Yegor Sharangovich , Ilya Solovyov
13 Austria 4 0.3% Marco Rossi , Andre Burakovsky , Marco Kasper
14 Norway 4 0.3% Mats Zuccarello , Emil Martinsen Lilleberg , Felix Unger Sorum
15 Australia 1 0.1% Jordan Spence
16 Bulgaria 1 0.1% Alexandar Georgiev
17 France 1 0.1% Alexandre Texier
18 Italy 1 0.1% Damian Clara
19 Netherlands 1 0.1% Daniel Sprong
20 Poland 1 0.1% Maksymilian Szuber
21 United Kingdom 1 0.1% Nathan Walker
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NHL nationalities — frequently asked

Which country produces the most NHL players?
Canada, with 479 of the 1201 active players in Pucky's database (39.9%). USA is second with 349 (29.1%).
How many NHL players are European?
373 of the 1201 active players in Pucky's database (31.1%) 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 21 different countries.