NHL Defensemen Totals by Nationality - Career Stats

Rk		Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1		Canada	1565	462 076	34 113	110 451	144 564	485 012	8881	948	4881
2		United States	489	133 920	9932	34 649	44 581	103 959	2679	286	1524
3		Sweden	143	44 974	3532	12 956	16 488	27 947	1021	77	542
4		Russia	93	26 710	2091	7271	9362	20 206	689	64	301
5		Czech Republic	83	24 987	1574	6009	7583	19 349	506	49	260
6		Finland	74	17 602	1368	5052	6420	9698	463	35	211
7		Slovakia	29	7757	656	1928	2584	5938	227	16	100
8		Switzerland	15	4041	383	1247	1630	1897	132	4	66
9		Germany	17	4184	303	1069	1372	2870	93	6	51
10		Latvia	8	1911	206	527	733	1100	68	8	34
11		Italy	3	651	48	196	244	700	8	5	8
12		United Kingdom	10	1548	85	158	243	2004	5	3	12
13		Belarus	7	1042	49	175	224	1120	7	1	5
14		Netherlands	1	583	30	145	175	508	3	0	2
15		Denmark	3	392	24	70	94	302	5	0	6
16		Poland	1	234	29	58	87	311	1	1	5
17		Ukraine	2	225	10	39	49	226	1	0	3
18		Austria	3	185	14	28	42	93	3	0	1
19		Norway	4	332	4	38	42	421	1	1	0
20		Kazakhstan	2	290	10	31	41	182	3	0	1
21		France	1	58	5	8	13	10	0	0	0
22		South Korea	2	27	0	2	2	25	0	0	0
23		Slovenia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentage of NHL Defensemen by Nationality ‑ Career Stats

Rk		Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1		Canada	61.2%	63.0%	62.6%	60.7%	61.1%	70.9%	60.0%	63.0%	60.9%
2		United States	19.1%	18.3%	18.2%	19.0%	18.8%	15.2%	18.1%	19.0%	19.0%
3		Sweden	5.6%	6.1%	6.5%	7.1%	7.0%	4.1%	6.9%	5.1%	6.8%
4		Russia	3.6%	3.6%	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%	3.0%	4.7%	4.3%	3.8%
5		Czech Republic	3.2%	3.4%	2.9%	3.3%	3.2%	2.8%	3.4%	3.3%	3.2%
6		Finland	2.9%	2.4%	2.5%	2.8%	2.7%	1.4%	3.1%	2.3%	2.6%
7		Slovakia	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	0.9%	1.5%	1.1%	1.2%
8		Switzerland	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.8%
9		Germany	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%
10		Latvia	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
11		Italy	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
12		United Kingdom	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
13		Belarus	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
14		Netherlands	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
15		Denmark	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
16		Poland	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
17		Ukraine	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
18		Austria	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
19		Norway	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
20		Kazakhstan	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
21		France	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
22		South Korea	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
23		Slovenia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: March 14, 2025
Current season NHL stats provided by XML Team Solutions: Content Copyright 2024, The Sports Forecaster. Distributed by XML Team Solutions.