7 Countries that Produce the Most NHL Players in the World

5. The Czech Republic

Ice hockey is pretty popular in the Czech Republic, so its position on this list of 7 countries that produce the most NHL players in the world shouldn’t be surprising. They had 7.3% of all NHL players in 2000, but that number got cut almost in half in the last few seasons. The most famous Czech NHL players are: Jaromír Jágr, Patrik Eliáš and Milan Hejduk.

Percentage: 4.2%