List of Slovaks in the NHL

The following is a list of all Slovak ice hockey players who played or are playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is sorted by all-time points scored.
Since the 1958–59 season, 66 Slovak forwards and defencemen have played at least one game in the NHL. Also, four goalies native to Slovakia have appeared in games.
At the top of this list, there is the unranked position of Stan Mikita. Stan Mikita was born in Slovakia, but left at the age of eight. He learned to play hockey in Canada, not Slovakia, so his first place may be disputed by some sources. All other players started their pro-careers in Europe.
Active players currently playing in the NHL are in bold.
==All-time scoring leaders==
 	Player 	Team(s) 	Season(s) 	GP 	Gls	Ast	Pts
1 	Stan Mikita 	Blackhawks 	1958–1980 	1394	541	926	1467
2 	Peter Stastny 	Nordiques, Devils, Blues 	1980–1995 	977 	450	789	1239
3 	Peter Bondra 	Capitals, Senators, Thrashers, Blackhawks 	1990–2007 	1081	503	389	892
4 	Pavol Demitra 	Senators, Blues, Kings, Wild, Canucks 	1993–2009 	819 	301	451	752
5 	Miroslav Satan 	Oilers, Sabres, Islanders, Penguins, Bruins 	1995–2010 	1050	354	367	735
6 	Marian Hossa 	Senators, Thrashers, Penguins, Red Wings, Blackhawks	1997–2009 	775 	339	380	719
7 	Zigmund Palffy 	Islanders, Kings, Penguins 	1993–2006 	684 	329	384	713
8 	Jozef Stumpel 	Bruins, Kings, Panthers 	1991–2007 	957 	196	481	677
9 	Anton Stastny 	Nordiques 	1980–1989 	650 	252	384	636
10	Marian Gaborik 	Wild, Rangers 	2000–2009 	502 	219	218	437
11	Richard Zednik 	Capitals, Islanders, Canadiens, Panthers 	1995–2009 	745 	200	179	379
12	Michal Handzus 	Blues, Coyotes, Flyers, Blackhawks, Kings 	1998–2009 	681 	140	223	363
13	Robert Svehla 	Panthers, Maple Leafs 	1994–2003 	655 	68 	267	335
14	Zdeno Chara 	Islanders, Senators, Bruins 	1997–2009 	767 	104	215	319
15	Lubomir Visnovsky 	Kings, Oilers, Ducks 	2000–2009 	549 	78 	232	310
16	Marian Stastny 	Nordiques, Maple Leafs 	1981–1986 	322 	121	173	294
17	Ladislav Nagy 	Blues, Coyotes, Stars, Kings 	1999–2007 	397 	106	179	285
18	Peter Ihnacak 	Maple Leafs 	1982–1990 	417 	102	165	267
19	Zdeno Ciger 	Devils, Oilers, Rangers, Lightning 	1990–1996, 2001–02 	352 	94 	134	228
20	Marek Svatos 	Avalanche 	2003–2009 	262 	89 	64 	153
21	Andrej Meszaros 	Senators, Lightning 	2005–09 	298 	28 	98 	126
22	Vladimir Orszagh 	Islanders, Predators, Blues 	1997–2000, 2001–2006 	289 	54 	65 	119
23	Lubos Bartecko 	Blues, Thrashers 	1998–2003 	257 	46 	65 	111
24	Branko Radivojevic	Coyotes, Flyers, Wild 	2001–2007 	320 	45 	58 	103
25	Juraj Kolnik 	Islanders, Panthers 	2000–2007 	240 	46 	49 	95
26	Ronald Petrovicky 	Flames, Rangers, Thrashers 	2000–2007 	342 	41 	51 	92
27	Lubomir Sekeras 	Wild, Stars 	2000–2004 	213 	18 	53 	71
28	Radoslav Suchy 	Coyotes, Blue Jackets 	1999–2006 	451 	13 	58 	71
29	Robert Petrovicky 	Whalers, Stars, Blues, Lightning, Islanders 	1992–1997, 1998–2001 	208 	27 	38 	65
30	Marcel Hossa 	Canadiens, Rangers Coyotes 	2001–2008 	237 	31 	30 	61
31	Tomas Surovy 	Penguins 	2002–2006 	126 	27 	32 	59
32	Milan Jurcina 	Bruins, Capitals 	2005–09 	275 	14 	32 	46
33	Tomas Kopecky 	Red Wings, Blackhawks 	2005–09 	183 	12 	20 	32
34	Radovan Somik 	Flyers 	2002–2004 	113 	12 	20 	32
35	Ivan Majesky 	Panthers, Thrashers, Capitals 	2002–2006 	202 	8 	23 	31
36	Marian Cisar 	Predators 	1999–2002 	73 	13 	17 	30
37	Ivan Ciernik 	Senators, Capitals 	1997–98, 2000–2004 	90 	12 	14 	26
38	Igor Liba 	Rangers, Kings 	1988–89 	37 	7 	18 	25
39	Branislav Mezei 	Islanders, Panthers 	2000–2008 	240 	5 	19 	24
40	Martin Cibak 	Lightning 	2001–02, 2003–2006 	154 	5 	18 	23
41	Richard Lintner 	Predators, Rangers, Penguins 	1999–2001, 2002–03 	112 	8 	12 	20
42	Andrej Sekera 	Sabres 	2007–09 	69 	3 	16 	19
43	Miroslav Ihnacak 	Maple Leafs, Red Wings 	1985–1987, 1988–89 	56 	8 	9 	17
44	Milan Bartovic 	Sabres, Blackhawks 	2002–2004, 2005–06 	50 	3 	14 	17
45	Stefan Ruzicka 	Flyers 	2005–07 	55 	4 	13 	17
46	Martin Strbak 	Kings, Penguins 	2003–04 	49 	5 	11 	16
47	Robert Dome 	Penguins, Flames 	1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03	53 	7 	7 	14
48	Dusan Pasek 	North Stars 	1988–89 	48 	4 	10 	14
49	Jiri Bicek 	Devils 	2000–2004 	62 	6 	7 	13
50	Peter Sejna 	Blues 	2002–2007 	49 	7 	4 	11
51	Peter Olvecky 	Wild, Predators 	2008–2009 	31 	2 	5 	7
52	Peter Bartos 	Wild 	2000–01 	13 	4 	2 	6
53	Peter Smrek 	Blues, Rangers, Predators 	2000–2002 	28 	2 	4 	6
54	Jozef Balej 	Canadiens, Rangers, Canucks 	2003–2006 	18 	1 	5 	6
55	Andrej Nedorost 	Blue Jackets 	2001–2004 	28 	2 	3 	5
56	Boris Valábik 	Thrashers 	2007–2009 	50 	0 	5 	5
57	Kristian Kudroc 	Lightning, Panthers 	2000–2002, 2003–04 	26 	2 	2 	4
58	Miroslav Zálešák 	Sharks 	2002–2004 	12 	1 	2 	3
59	Vladimir Mihalik 	Lightning 	2008–2009 	11 	0 	3 	3
60	Lubomir Vaic 	Canucks 	1997–98, 1999–00 	9 	1 	1 	2
61	Jergus Baca 	Whalers 	1990–1992 	10 	0 	2 	2
62	Tomas Malec 	Hurricanes, Senators 	2002–2007 	46 	0 	2 	2
63	Andrej Podkonicky 	Panthers, Capitals 	2000–01, 2003–04 	8 	1 	0 	1
64	Roman Tvrdon 	Capitals 	2003–04 	9 	0 	1 	1
65	Ivan Droppa 	Blackhawks 	1993–94, 1995–96 	19 	0 	1 	1
66	Ivan Baranka 	Rangers 	2007–08 	1 	0 	1 	1
67	Stanislav Gron 	Devils 	2000–01 	1 	0 	0 	0
68	Jozef Cierny 	Oilers 	1993–94 	1 	0 	0 	0
69	Jaroslav Obsut 	Blues, Avalanche 	2000–2002 	7 	0 	0 	0
70	Ladislav Karabin 	Penguins 	1993–94 	9 	0 	0 	0
71	Radoslav Hecl 	Sabres 	2002–03 	14 	0 	0 	0
Stats as of the conclusion of the 2008–09 season
==Goalies==
* Peter Budaj: 201 games - 10 988 minutes - 86W-70L-23OTL - 8 Shutouts - GAA: 2.75
* Jaroslav Halak: 122 games - 6 869 minutes - 65W-44L-7OTL - 9 shutouts - GAA: 2.59
* Rastislav Stana: 6 games - 211 minutes - 1 win - 0 Shutouts - GAA: 3.13
* Jan Lasak: 6 Games - 267 minutes - 0 wins - 0 Shutouts - GAA: 4.04
==See also==
*List of NHL players
*List of NHL statistical leaders by country
*Slovakia national ice hockey team
*List of Slovak Ice hockey players
==External links==
* Slovak NHL Player Leaderboard
Category:Lists of NHL players