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NHL Players by Country

Birth countries of the 1565 active players in Pucky's database, 2025–2026. Notable names are each country's top current-season scorers.

#CountryPlayersShareNotable Players
1 Canada 631 40.3% Connor McDavid , Nathan MacKinnon , Macklin Celebrini
2 USA 431 27.5% Jason Robertson , Kyle Connor , Jack Eichel
3 Sweden 152 9.7% Mika Zibanejad , Lucas Raymond , Filip Forsberg
4 Russia 99 6.3% Nikita Kucherov , Kirill Kaprizov , Artemi Panarin
5 Finland 88 5.6% Sebastian Aho , Mikko Rantanen , Miro Heiskanen
6 Czechia 62 4.0% Martin Necas , David Pastrnak , Pavel Zacha
7 Slovakia 21 1.3% Juraj Slafkovsky , Martin Fehervary , Simon Nemec
8 Germany 14 0.9% Leon Draisaitl , Tim Stützle , Moritz Seider
9 Switzerland 14 0.9% Nico Hischier , Roman Josi , Timo Meier
10 Belarus 12 0.8% Aliaksei Protas , Yegor Sharangovich , Ilya Solovyov
11 Latvia 11 0.7% Zemgus Girgensons , Theodor Blueger , Uvis Balinskis
12 Denmark 7 0.4% Nikolaj Ehlers , Oliver Bjorkstrand , Lars Eller
13 Norway 6 0.4% Mats Zuccarello , Emil Martinsen Lilleberg , Felix Unger Sorum
14 Austria 5 0.3% Marco Rossi , Andre Burakovsky , Marco Kasper
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 631 of the 1565 active players in Pucky's database (40.3%). USA is second with 431 (27.5%).
How many NHL players are European?
503 of the 1565 active players in Pucky's database (32.1%) 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 24 different countries.