NHL Totals by Nationality ‑ 1996‑1997 Stats

Leagues

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	525	24 984	3424	5822	9246	28 317	797	148	522
2	United States	143	7038	1187	1730	2917	5772	233	66	179
3	Russia	55	2834	532	952	1484	2089	140	11	74
4	Sweden	36	2197	346	654	1000	1185	74	19	50
5	Czech Republic	38	1551	280	446	726	1021	67	11	39
6	Finland	17	855	163	304	467	413	44	4	25
7	Slovakia	8	456	165	186	351	257	37	8	18
8	Latvia	3	172	35	63	98	115	18	0	4
9	Ukraine	3	133	20	43	63	81	3	0	3
10	Poland	2	77	26	21	47	21	4	0	3
11	Belarus	2	97	16	24	40	49	1	0	2
12	Germany	5	100	6	17	23	56	2	0	1
13	Lithuania	1	68	8	13	21	22	1	0	2
14	France	1	28	2	9	11	2	0	0	0
15	Switzerland	2	29	4	3	7	15	1	0	0
16	United Kingdom	1	11	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
17	Kazakhstan	1	5	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
18	Norway	1	9	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
19	Italy	1	31	0	1	1	18	0	0	0
20	Hungary	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentage of NHL Players by Nationality ‑ 1996‑1997 Stats

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	62.1%	61.4%	55.1%	56.6%	56.0%	71.8%	56.0%	55.4%	56.6%
2	United States	16.9%	17.3%	19.1%	16.8%	17.7%	14.6%	16.4%	24.7%	19.4%
3	Russia	6.5%	7.0%	8.6%	9.2%	9.0%	5.3%	9.8%	4.1%	8.0%
4	Sweden	4.3%	5.4%	5.6%	6.4%	6.1%	3.0%	5.2%	7.1%	5.4%
5	Czech Republic	4.5%	3.8%	4.5%	4.3%	4.4%	2.6%	4.7%	4.1%	4.2%
6	Finland	2.0%	2.1%	2.6%	3.0%	2.8%	1.0%	3.1%	1.5%	2.7%
7	Slovakia	0.9%	1.1%	2.7%	1.8%	2.1%	0.7%	2.6%	3.0%	2.0%
8	Latvia	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.4%
9	Ukraine	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
10	Poland	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
11	Belarus	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
12	Germany	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
13	Lithuania	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
14	France	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
15	Switzerland	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
16	United Kingdom	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
17	Kazakhstan	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
18	Norway	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
19	Italy	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
20	Hungary	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: April 27, 2025
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