List of NHL statistical leaders by country of birth
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.
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Wayne Gretzky is the all-time leader in points from any country.
Jaromir Jagr has the second most points in NHL history.
Alexander Ovechkin is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.
Marian Hossa is the third highest Slovak point scorer.
Teemu Selanne is Finland's all-time leading point scorer.
Mike Modano—the all-time leading U.S. point scorer—is seen here scoring the goal that put him ahead of Phil Housley.
Nicklas Lidstrom is Sweden's third all-time leading point scorer.
Anze Kopitar is the first Slovenian to play in the NHL.
Ruslan Fedotenko is the fifth all-time leading scorer from Ukraine.
Dany Heatley is the second highest point scorer born in Germany, although he played internationally for Canada.
Thomas Vanek is the all-time leading point scorer from Austria.
Roman Josi is the all-time leading point scorer from Switzerland.
Antoine Roussel is the second highest French point scorer, and the highest French national.
Mats Zuccarello is Norway's all-time leading point scorer.
Dainius Zubrus is the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania.
Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's fourth all-time leading point scorer.
Frans Nielsen is the all-time leading scorer from Denmark.
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
.
Ruslan Salei was the NHL's all-time leading point scorer from Belarus at the time of his death.
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.