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 2009–10 NHL season and players currently playing in the NHL are marked in boldface .
All players are listed by the current country of the players' birth location, regardless of their citizenship or where they were trained in hockey, following Hockey Hall of Fame convention.
Country Canada 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 1487
2857
1.92
2
Mark Messier EDM , NYR , VAN , NYR1756
1887
1.07
3
Gordie Howe DET , HAR 1767
1850
1.05
4
Ron Francis HAR , PIT , CAR , TOR 1731
1798
1.04
5
Marcel Dionne DET , LAK , NYR 1348
1771
1.31
6
Steve Yzerman DET 1514
1755
1.16
7
Mario Lemieux PIT 915
1723
1.88
8
Joe Sakic QUE , COL 1378
1641
1.19
9
Phil Esposito CHI , BOS , NYR 1282
1590
1.24
10
Ray Bourque (D)BOS , COL 1612
1579
0.98
Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr is the all-time leading non-Canadian point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Jaromir Jagr PIT , WAS , NYR 1273
1599
1.26
2
Patrik Elias NJD 880
754
0.86
3
Bobby Holik HAR , NJD , NYR , ATL , NJD1314
747
0.57
4
Martin Straka PIT , OTT , NYI , FLA , PIT, LAK , NYR 954
717
0.75
5
Petr Nedved
[1] VAN , STL , NYR , PIT , NYR, EDM , PHX , PHI , EDM || 982 || 717 || 0.73
6
Robert Lang LAK , BOS , PIT , WAS , DET , CHI , MTL , PHX 989
703
0.71
7
Milan Hejduk COL 839
701
0.84
8
Petr Sykora NJD , ANA , NYR , EDM , PIT , MIN 935
677
0.72
9
Vaclav Prospal PHI , OTT , FLA , TBL , ANA , TBL, PHI, NYR 949
657
0.69
10
Robert Reichel CGY , NYI , PHX , TOR 830
630
0.76
Slovakia Marian Hossa is the leading active Slovak point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Stan Mikita
[2] CHI || 1394 || 1467 || 1.05
2
Peter Stastny
[3] QUE , NJD , STL || 977 || 1239 || 1.27
3
Marian Hossa OTT , ATL , PIT , DET , CHI 832
770
0.93
4
Pavol Demitra OTT , STL , LAK , MIN , VAN 847
768
0.91
5
Miroslav Satan EDM , BUF , NYI , PIT , BOS 1050
735
0.70
6
Ziggy Palffy NYI , LAK , PIT 684
713
1.04
7
Jozef Stumpel BOS , LAK , BOS, LAK, FLA 957
677
0.71
8
Anton Stastny QUE 650
636
0.98
9
Marian Gaborik MIN , NYR 578
523
0.90
10
Michal Handzus STL , PHX , PHI , CHI , LAK 762
405
0.53
Finland Teemu Selanne is Finland's leading active point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Jari Kurri EDM , LAK , NYR , ANA , COL 1251
1398
1.12
2
Teemu Selanne WIN , ANA , SJS , COL , ANA1186
1260
1.06
3
Tomas Sandstrom NYR , LAK , PIT , DET , ANA 983
856
0.87
4
Saku Koivu MTL , ANA 863
693
0.80
5
Teppo Numminen (D)WIN , PHX , DAL , BUF 1372
637
0.46
6
Esa Tikkanen EDM , NYR , STL , NJD , VAN , NYR, FLA , WAS , NYR877
630
0.72
7
Olli Jokinen LAK , NYI , FLA , PHX , CGY , NYR 881
568
0.64
8
Jere Lehtinen DAL 875
514
0.59
9
Jyrki Lumme (D)MTL , VAN , PHX , DAL , TOR 985
468
0.48
10
Sami Kapanen HAR , CAR , PHI 831
458
0.55
United States 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 1459
1359
0.93
2
Phil Housley (D)BUF , WIN , STL , CGY , NJD , WAS , CGY, CHI , TOR 1495
1232
0.82
3
Jeremy Roenick CHI , PHX , PHI , LAK , PHX, SJS 1363
1216
0.89
4
Joe Mullen STL , CGY , PIT , BOS , PIT1062
1063
1.00
5
Keith Tkachuk WIN , PHX , STL , ATL , STL1134
1033
0.91
6
Brian Leetch (D)NYR , TOR , BOS 1205
1028
0.85
7
Doug Weight NYR , EDM , STL , CAR , STL, ANA , NYI 1220
1024
0.84
8
Pat LaFontaine NYI , BUF , NYR 865
1013
1.17
9
Chris Chelios MTL , CHI , DET , ATL 1651
948
0.57
10
Neal Broten MNS , DAL , NJD , LAK , DAL1099
923
0.84
Sweden Nicklas Lidstrom is Sweden's second all-time leading point scorer—a remarkable feat for a defenseman.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Mats Sundin QUE , TOR , VAN 1346
1349
1.00
2
Nicklas Lidstrom DET 1412
1046
0.74
3
Daniel Alfredsson OTT 1002
992
0.99
4
Peter Forsberg QUE , COL , PHI , NAS , COL706
885
1.25
5
Markus Naslund PIT , VAN , NYR 1117
869
0.78
6
Thomas Steen WIN 950
817
0.86
7
Borje Salming (D)TOR , DET 1148
787
0.69
8
Kent Nilsson ATF , CGY , MNS , EDM 553
686
1.24
9
Michael Nylander HAR , CGY , TBL , CHI , WAS , BOS , NYR , WAS920
679
0.74
10
Ulf Dahlen NYR , MNS , DAL , SJS , CHI , WAS , DAL966
655
0.68
Russia Sergei Fedorov is Russia's all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Sergei Fedorov DET , ANA , CBJ , WAS 1248
1179
0.94
2
Alexander Mogilny BUF , VAN , NJD , TOR , NJD990
1032
1.04
3
Alexei Kovalev NYR , PIT , NYR, MTL , OTT 1228
990
0.81
4
Vyacheslav Kozlov DET , BUF , ATL 1182
853
0.72
5
Alexei Yashin OTT , NYI 850
781
0.92
6
Pavel Bure VAN , FLA , NYR 702
779
1.11
7
Sergei Zubov (D)NYR , PIT , DAL 1068
771
0.72
8
Alexei Zhamnov WIN , CHI , PHI , BOS 807
719
0.89
9
Sergei Gonchar WAS , BOS , PIT 991
684
0.69
10
Igor Larionov VAN , SJS , DET , FLA , DET, NJD 921
644
0.70
England Joe Hall, who died after only two seasons in the NHL, is England's ninth all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Steve Thomas
[4] TOR , CHI , NYI , NJD , TOR, CHI, ANA , DET || 1235 || 933 || 0.76
2
Ken Hodge CHI , BOS , NYR 881
800
0.91
3
Peter Lee PIT 431
245
0.57
4
Red Beattie BOS , DET , NYA 334
147
0.44
5
Gord Pettinger
[5] NYR , DET , BOS || 292 || 116 || 0.40
6
Alex Smith (D)OTT , DET , OTT, BOS , NYA 443
91
0.21
7
Brian Perry OAK , BUF 96
45
0.47
8
Walter Jackson
[6] NYA , BOS || 84 || 27 || 0.32
9
Joe Hall
[7] MTL || 38 || 23 || 0.61
10
Eric Pettinger
[5] BOS , TOR , OTT || 98 || 19 || 0.19
Ukraine Peter Bondra—seen here scoring on Roberto Luongo—is the all-time leading point scorer from Ukraine, although he played internationally for Slovakia.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Peter Bondra
[8] WAS , OTT , ATL , CHI || 1081 || 892 || 0.83
2
Dmitri Khristich WAS , LAK , BOS , TOR , WAS811
597
0.74
3
Alexei Zhitnik
[9] LAK , BUF , NYI , PHI , ATL || 1085 || 471 || 0.43
4
Oleg Tverdovsky
[10] ANA , WIN , PHX , ANA, NJD , CAR , LAK || 713 || 317 || 0.44
5
Ruslan Fedotenko PHI , TBL , NYI , PIT 677
308
0.45
6
Alexei Ponikarovsky TOR , PIT 493
266
0.54
7
Nikolai Zherdev
[11] CBJ , NYR || 365 || 239 || 0.65
8
Vitaly Vishnevski
[12] ANA , ATL , NAS , NJD || 552 || 68 || 0.12
9
Anton Babchuk
[13] CHI , CAR || 168 || 61 || 0.36
10
Alexander Godynyuk (D)TOR , CGY , FLA , HAR 223
49
0.22
Northern Ireland Serbia Germany Dany Heatley is the leading active point scorer from Germany, although he plays internationally for Canada.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Walt Tkaczuk
[17] NYR || 945 || 678 || 0.72
2
Dany Heatley [18] ATL , OTT , SJS || 589 || 625 || 1.06
3
Marco Sturm SJS , BOS 855
466
0.55
4
Jochen Hecht STL , EDM , BUF 697
412
0.59
5
Willie Huber
[19] DET , NYR , VAN , PHI || 655 || 321 || 0.49
6
Uwe Krupp (D)BUF , NYI , QUE , COL , DET , ATL 729
281
0.39
7
Christian Ehrhoff SJS , VAN 421
176
0.42
8
Dennis Seidenberg PHI , PHX , CAR , FLA , BOS 374
116
0.31
9
Randy Gilhen
[20] HAR , WIN , PIT , LAK , NYR , TBL , FLA , WIN || 457 || 115 || 0.25
10
Brian Glynn (D)CGY , MNS , EDM , OTT , VAN , HAR 431
104
0.24
France Cristobal Huet, a goaltender , is the third leading French point scorer.
Latvia Karlis Skrastins is Latvia's third all-time leading point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Sandis Ozolinsh (D)SJS , COL , CAR , FLA , ANA , NYR , SJS875
564
0.64
2
Sergei Zholtok BOS , OTT , MTL , EDM , MIN , NAS 588
258
0.44
3
Karlis Skrastins NAS , COL , FLA , DAL 758
128
0.17
4
Raitis Ivanans MTL , LAK 280
18
0.06
5
Viktor Tikhonov
[23] PHX || 61 || 16 || 0.26
6
Herberts Vasiljevs FLA , ATL , VAN 51
15
0.29
7
Helmuts Balderis MNS 26
9
0.35
8
Oskars Bartulis PHI 53
9
0.17
9
Arturs Irbe (G)SJS , DAL , VAN , CAR 568
9
0.02
10
Martins Karsums BOS , TBL 24
6
0.25
Lithuania Dainius Zubrus the all-time leading point scorer from Lithuania.
Paraguay Poland
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Mariusz Czerkawski BOS , EDM , NYI , MTL , NYI, TOR , BOS745
435
0.58
2
Wojtek Wolski COL , PHX 320
211
0.66
3
Nick Harbaruk PIT , STL 364
120
0.33
4
Joe Jerwa (D)NYR , BOS , NYA , BOS, NYA234
87
0.37
5
John Miszuk (D)DET , CHI , PHI , MNS 237
46
0.19
6
Krzysztof Oliwa NJD , CBJ , PIT , NYR , BOS , CGY , NJD410
45
0.11
7
Peter Sidorkiewicz (G)HAR , OTT , NJD 246
9
0.04
8
Edward Leier CHI 16
3
0.19
Scotland
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Steve Smith (D)EDM , CHI , CGY 804
375
0.47
2
Adam Brown DET , CHI , BOS 391
217
0.55
3
Jim Conacher DET , CHI , NYR 328
202
0.62
4
Tommy Anderson (D)DET , NYA 319
189
0.59
5
Dunc Munro (D)MTM , MTL 239
46
0.19
6
Bobby Connors NYA , DET 78
27
0.35
7
Jim Ross (D)NYR 62
13
0.21
8
Sandy Fitzpatrick NYR , MNS 22
9
0.41
9
Alex Gray NYR , TOR 50
7
0.14
10
Irv Frew (D)MTM , SLE , MTL 96
7
0.07
Kazakhstan Evgeni Nabokov, a goaltender, is the fifth all-time leading point scorer from Kazakhstan, although he plays internationally for Russia. One of his points comes from a goal scored during the 2001–02 season .
Switzerland File:Mark Streit 2.jpg Mark Streit is the leading active Swiss point scorer.
Rank
Name
Team(s)
GP
Pts
PPG
1
Mark Hardy (D)LAK , NYR , MNS , NYR, LAK926
368
0.40
2
Mark Streit MTL , NYI 361
214
0.59
3
Patrick Fischer PHX 27
10
0.37
4
Martin Gerber (G)ANA , CAR , OTT , TOR 226
6
0.03
5
David Aebischer (G)COL , MTL , PHX 214
5
0.02
6
Reto von Arx CHI 19
4
0.21
7
Jonas Hiller ANA 128
3
0.02
8
Yannick Weber MTL 8
1
0.13
9
Timo Helbling (D)TBL 11
1
0.09
10
Michel Riesen EDM 12
1
0.08
Republic of China Austria Thomas Vanek is the all-time leading point scorer from Austria.
Slovenia Anze Kopitar is the only Slovenian to ever play in the NHL.
South Korea Ireland Netherlands Belarus Ruslan Salei was the NHL's all-time leading point scorer from Belarus, until his death.
Brazil Robyn Regehr is the all-time leading point scorer from Brazil, where his parents were missionaries.
Norway Brunei Wales Venezuela Denmark Haiti South Africa Olaf Kolzig is the only player from South Africa to have played in the NHL, although he represented Germany in international competition.
Tanzania Italy Jamaica Lebanon Nigeria Indonesia Belgium Japan Bahamas See also Notes
↑ Petr Nedved was born in Czechoslovakia , in what is now the Czech Republic . He has represented both Canada and the Czech Republic internationally.
↑ Stan Mikita was born in Czechoslovakia , in what is now Slovakia . His family 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.
↑ Steve Thomas was born in England , United Kingdom , but represented Canada internationally.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Brothers Eric and Gord Pettinger were born in England , United Kingdom , but grew up in Canada .
↑ Walter Jackson was born in England , United Kingdom , but grew up in Canada .
↑ Joe Hall was born in England , United Kingdom , but grew up 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.
↑ Oleg Tverdovsky was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union , and represented Russia internationally.
↑ Nikolai Zherdev was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the former Soviet Union , and represents Russia internationally.
↑ Vitaly Vishnevski 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.
↑ Owen Nolan was born in Northern Ireland , United Kingdom , but was raised in Canada , and played for Canada 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 .
↑ Walt Tkaczuk was born in Germany , but was raised in Canada .
↑ Dany Heatley was born in West Germany , in what is now Germany . He was raised in Canada and plays for Canada internationally.
↑ Willie Huber was born in West Germany , in what is now Germany . He played internationally for Canada .
↑ Randy Gilhen was born in West Germany , in what is now Germany . He was raised in Canada .
↑ Paul MacLean was born in France , but was raised in Canada .
↑ Pat Daley was born in France , but was raised in Canada .
↑ Viktor Tikhonov was born in the Latvian SSR , in what is now Latvia . He represents Russia 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 , and Russia .
↑ Willi Plett was born in Paraguay , but was raised in Canada .
↑ Rod Langway was born at a US military base on Taiwan , Republic of China , but represented the United States internationally.
↑ Olaf Kolzig was born in South Africa to German parents. He moved to Canada in his youth and represented Germany internationally.
Virtually all players on this list from Russia , the Ukraine , Latvia , Lithuania , and Kazakhstan were actually born in the Soviet Union —in the Russian SFSR , Ukrainian SSR , Latvian SSR , Lithuanian SSR , and Kazakh 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. No players born strictly in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, or Kazakhstan have yet entered the NHL.
Virtually all players on this list from the Czech Republic or Slovakia were actually 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. No players born strictly in the Czech Republic or Slovakia have yet entered the NHL.
Almost every player on this list from Germany was actually born in West Germany (however, Walt Tkaczuk was born in Germany before it split into West and East). West Germany and East Germany reunited in 1990. Some of these players have represented both West Germany and Germany in international competitions. No players born strictly in Germany have yet entered the NHL. External links
