NHL players from Russia

231 NHL players on file were born in Russia. 122 are on NHL rosters now, among them Nikita Zadorov, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Andrei Vasilevskiy. Alex Kovalev has played the most NHL seasons of them, 19. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NHL rosters now (122)

NHL players from Russia on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsBorn
Nikita ZadorovBOSD2013–202613Moscow, RUS
Vladislav NamestnikovWPGC2013–202613Zhukovskiy, RUS
Andrei VasilevskiyTBG2014–202612Tyumen, RUS
Nikita KucherovTBRW2013–202612Maikop, RUS
Valeri NichushkinCBJRW2013–202611Chelyabinsk, RUS
Ivan BarbashevVGKLW2016–202610Moscow, RUS
Ivan ProvorovCBJD2016–202610Yaroslavl, RUS
Mikhail SergachevUTAHD2016–202610Nizhnekamsk, RUS
Pavel BuchnevichSTLLW2016–202610Cherepovets, RUS
Andrei SvechnikovCARLW2018–20268Barnaul, RUS
Ilya LyubushkinNSHD2018–20268Moscow, RUS
Igor ShesterkinNYRG2019–20267Moscow, RUS
Ilya MikheyevTBRW2019–20267Omsk, RUS
Vladislav GavrikovNYRD2019–20267Yaroslavl, RUS
Yakov TreninMINC2019–20267Chelyabinsk, RUS
Alexander RomanovNYID2020–20266Moscow, RUS
Egor ZamulaCBJD2020–20266Chelyabinsk, RUS
Ilya SamsonovSJG2019–20256Magnitogorsk, RUS
Ilya SorokinNYIG2020–20266Mezhdurechensk, RUS
Kirill KaprizovMINLW2020–20266Novokuznetsk, RUS
Alexey ToropchenkoSTLRW2021–20265Moscow, RUS
Daniil TarasovDETG2021–20265Novosibirsk, RUS
Egor ChinakhovPITRW2021–20265Omsk, RUS
Pavel DorofeyevNYRRW2021–20265Nizhny Tagil, RUS
Pyotr KochetkovCARG2021–20265Penza, RUS
Vasily PodkolzinEDMRW2021–20265Moscow, RUS
Andrei KuzmenkoPITLW2022–20264Yakutsk, RUS
Kirill MarchenkoCBJRW2022–20264Barnaul, RUS
Yaroslav AskarovSJG2022–20264Omsk, RUS
Dmitri VoronkovCBJLW2023–20263Angarsk, RUS
Georgii MerkulovCOLC2023–20263Ryazan, RUS
Ivan MiroshnichenkoWSHLW2023–20263Ussuriysk, RUS
Marat KhusnutdinovBOSC2023–20263Moscow, RUS
Nikita ChibrikovWPGRW2023–20263Moscow, RUS
Pavel MintyukovANAD2023–20263Moscow, RUS
Shakir MukhamadullinEDMD2023–20263Ufa, RUS
Fedor SvechkovCOLC2024–20262Togliatti, RUS
Ivan DemidovMTLRW2024–20262Sergiyev Posad, RUS
Matvei MichkovPHIRW2024–20262Perm, RUS
Maxim TsyplakovCGYRW2024–20262Moscow, RUS
Nikita GrebenkinPHIRW2024–20262Serov, RUS
Yan KuznetsovCGYD2023–20262Murmansk, RUS
Artur AkhtyamovTORG2025–20261Kazan, RUS
Bogdan TrineyevWSHRW2025–20261Voronezh, RUS
Daniil ButUTAHLW2025–20261Yaroslavl, RUS
Danila YurovMINRW2025–20261Chelyabinsk, RUS
Dmitri SimashevUTAHD2025–20261Kostroma, RUS
Matvei GridinCGYRW2025–20261Kurgan, RUS
Maxim GroshevTBD2025–20261Agvali, RUS
Maxim ShabanovMINRW2025–20261Chelyabinsk, RUS
Nikita PrishchepovCOLC2024–20251Orenburg, RUS
Sergei MurashovPITG2025–20261Yaroslavl, RUS
Aleksei MedvedevVANGNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Alexander GordinMTLRWNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Andrei TrofimovOTTGNo games yet—Magnitogorsk, RUS
Arseni KoromyslovSTLCNo games yet—Zelenograd, RUS
Artem BaraboshaNJDNo games yet—Omsk, RUS
Artem DudaUTAHDNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Artem KriukovBUFDNo games yet—Novosibirsk, RUS
Artur KayumovCHILWNo games yet—Podolsk, RUS
Artyom GalimovANALWNo games yet—Samara, RUS
Daniil OrlovNJDNo games yet—Elektrostal, RUS
Daniil ProkhorovNYIRWNo games yet—Krasnodar, RUS
Daniil PylenkovTBDNo games yet—Yegoryevsk, RUS
Daniil SobolevMTLDNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Denis GabdrakhmanovFLAGNo games yet—Nizhny Tagil, RUS
Dmitri BorichevNSHGNo games yet—Vologda, RUS
Dmitri BuchelnikovSTLLWNo games yet—Nizhny Tagil, RUS
Dmitri KostenkoMTLDNo games yet—Togliatti, RUS
Dmitri RashevskyWPGRWNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Dmitry GamzinNYIGNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Egor ShilovCOLCNo games yet—Tyumen, RUS
Egor ZavraginPHIGNo games yet—Novosibirsk, RUS
Ilya FedotovUTAHLWNo games yet—Saratov, RUS
Ilya KanarskyCHIGNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Ilya NabokovCOLGNo games yet—Kasli, RUS
Ilya PautovPHIRWNo games yet—Novosibirsk, RUS
Ivan Tkach-TkachenkoUTAHGNo games yet—Ufa, RUS
Ivan VorobyovSTLRWNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Ivan YuninCOLGNo games yet—Omsk, RUS
Kirill GerasimyukFLAGNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Kirill ZarubinCGYGNo games yet—Penza, RUS
Konstantin VolkovNSHGNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Lavr GashilovNJCNo games yet—Perm, RUS
Maksim BerezkinEDMLWNo games yet—Chita, RUS
Matvei ShuravinFLADNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Matvey GuskovMINCNo games yet—Nizhnekamsk, RUS
Maxim AgafonovSEADNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Maxim DenezhkinEDMCNo games yet—Yaroslavl, RUS
Maxim MayorovDALGNo games yet—Togliatti, RUS
Mikhail GulyayevCOLDNo games yet—Novosibirsk, RUS
Mikhail ShalaginTBLWNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Mikhail YegorovNJGNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS
Nikita IshimnikovCOLDNo games yet—Serverlosk, RUS
Nikita PopugaevNJLWNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Nikita ShcherbakovNJDNo games yet—Chelyabinsk, RUS
Nikita SusuyevSTLRWNo games yet—Ussuriysk, RUS
Nikita YevseyevEDMDNo games yet—Arkhangelsk, RUS
Nikolai ChebykinTORLWNo games yet—Moscow, RUS
Oleg KulebiakinTBRWNo games yet—Saint Petersburg, RUS

Former NHL players (109)

Former NHL players from Russia
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsBorn
Alex KovalevRW1992–201319Tolyatti, RUS
Nikolai KhabibulinG1994–201418Sverdlovsk, RUS
Sergei ZubovD1992–200916Moscow, RUS
Igor UlanovD1991–200614Krasnokamsk, RUS
Pavel DatsyukC2001–201614Serverlosk, RUS
Viktor KozlovRW1994–200914Tolyatti, RUS
Vladimir TarasenkoRW2012–202614Yaroslavl, RUS
Alexei ZhamnovC1992–200613Moscow, RUS
Artem AnisimovC2008–202113Yaroslavl, RUS
Sergei BrylinLW1994–200813Moscow, RUS
Sergei SamsonovLW1997–201113Moscow, RUS
Alexander KarpovtsevD1993–200612Moscow, RUS
Alexei YashinC1993–200712Serverlosk, RUS
Anton VolchenkovD2002–201512Moscow, RUS
Evgenii DadonovLW2009–202612Chelyabinsk, RUS
Igor KorolevC1992–200412Moscow, RUS
Igor KravchukD1991–200312Ufa, RUS
Ilya BryzgalovG2001–201512Tolyatti, RUS
Pavel BureLW1991–200312Moscow, RUS
Alexei GusarovD1990–200111Saint Petersburg, RUS
Boris MironovD1993–200411Moscow, RUS
Dmitry YushkevichD1992–200311Cherepovets, RUS
Evgeny KuznetsovC2013–202411Chelyabinsk, RUS
Sergei NemchinovC1991–200211Moscow, RUS
Andrei NikolishinC1994–200410Vorkuta, RUS
Andrei ZyuzinD1997–200810Ufa, RUS
Dmitri MironovD1991–200110Moscow, RUS
Maxim AfinogenovRW1999–201010Moscow, RUS
Valeri BureRW1994–200410Moscow, RUS
Andrei KovalenkoRW1992–20019Balakovo, RUS
Danny MarkovD1997–20079Moscow, RUS
German TitovLW1993–20029Moscow, RUS
Viacheslav FetisovD1989–19989Moscow, RUS
Alexander FrolovLW2002–20118Moscow, RUS
Oleg PetrovRW1992–20038Moscow, RUS
Alexander SelivanovRW1994–20017Moscow, RUS
Alexei KasatonovD1989–19967Saint Petersburg, RUS
Alexei MorozovRW1997–20047Moscow, RUS
Anatoli SemenovD1990–19977Moscow, RUS
Mikhail ShtalenkovG1993–20007Moscow, RUS
Oleg KvashaLW1998–20067Moscow, RUS
Oleg SaprykinLW1999–20077Moscow, RUS
Alexander BurmistrovC2010–20186Kazan, RUS
Alexander KorolyukRW1997–20046Moscow, RUS
Alexander SemakC1991–19976Ufa, RUS
Alexei SemenovD2002–20096Murmansk, RUS
Denis GrebeshkovD2003–20146Yaroslavl, RUS
Nikita NikitinD2010–20166Omsk, RUS
Viacheslav ButsayevC1992–20006Tolyatti, RUS
Vladimir KonstantinovD1991–19976Murmansk, RUS
Alex KhavanovD2000–20065Moscow, RUS
Artem ChubarovC1999–20045Veliky Novgorod, RUS
Denis ArkhipovC2000–20075Kazan, RUS
Dmitry AfanasenkovRW2000–20075Arkhangelsk, RUS
Ivan NovoseltsevLW1999–20045Golitsino, RUS
John NamestnikovD1993–20005Novgorod, RUS
Vladimir ChebaturkinD1997–20025Tyumen, RUS
Yuri KhmylevLW1992–19975Moscow, RUS
Enver LisinRW2006–20104Moscow, RUS
Maxim KuznetsovD2000–20044Pavlodar, RUS
Nikita FilatovLW2008–20124Moscow, RUS
Roman LyashenkoC1999–20034Murmansk, RUS
Roman OksiutaLW1993–19974Murmansk, RUS
Yan GolubovskyD1997–20014Novosibirsk, RUS
Yuri ButsayevLW1999–20034Tolyatti, RUS
Alexander SuglobovRW2003–20073Elektrostal, RUS
Alexander SvitovC2002–20073Omsk, RUS
Alexei TezikovD1998–20023Tolyatti, RUS
Andrei BashkirovLW1998–20013Chelehov, RUS
Andrei SkopintsevD1998–20013Elektrostal, RUS
Dmitri NabokovLW1997–20003Novosibirsk, RUS
Evgeny ArtyukhinRW2005–20103Moscow, RUS
Evgeny KorolevD1999–20023Moscow, RUS
Fedor FedorovLW2002–20063Moscow, RUS
Maxim KondratievD2003–20083Tolyatti, RUS
Nikita AlexeevRW2001–20073Murmansk, RUS
Vadim SharifijanovRW1996–20003Ufa, RUS
Vitali KaramnovLW1992–19953Moscow, RUS
Vitali ProkhorovLW1992–19953Moscow, RUS
Vladimir VorobievRW1996–19993Cherepovets, RUS
Vladimir ZharkovRW2009–20123Elektrostal, RUS
Alexander KharitonovLW2000–20022Moscow, RUS
Alexander NikulinC2007–20092Moscow, RUS
Evgeny KonstantinovG2000–20032Kazan, RUS
Ilya ByakinD1993–19952Sverdlovsk, RUS
Ivan VishnevskiyD2008–20102Barnaul, RUS
Kirill SafronovD2001–20032Saint Petersburg, RUS
Mikhail YakubovC2003–20062Barnaul, RUS
Sergei ShirokovLW2009–20112Moscow, RUS
Sergei VyshedkevichD1999–20012Dedovask, RUS
Stanislav GalievRW2014–20162Moscow, RUS
Timofei ShishkanovLW2003–20062Moscow, RUS
Yan KaminskyRW1993–19952Penza, RUS
Alexander KerchLW1993–19941Arkhangelsk, RUS
Alexander VasyunovLW2010–20111Yaroslavl, RUS
Alexandre VolchkovLW1999–20001Moscow, RUS
Alexei KudashovC1993–19941Elektrostal, RUS
Alexei VasilievD1999–20001Yaroslavl, RUS
Andrey ZubarevD2010–20111Ufa, RUS
Anton KlementyevD2009–20101Tolyatti, RUS

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