VHL Nationality Breakdown
The VHL is the second highest men's hockey league in Russia. Most of the VHL players come from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. The number of players coming from elsewhere in Europe and North America has remained below five percent every season.
The chart below shows the relative proportions of different nationalities in the VHL since the 2010-2011 season. The data used in the chart can be found on the nationality totals statistics pages.
Russia
Regular Season
Russian VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Russian VHL playersSeason records for Russian VHL playersPlayoffs
Russian VHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Russian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Russian VHL players - playoffs
Kazakhstan
Regular Season
Kazakh VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Kazakh VHL playersSeason records for Kazakh VHL playersPlayoffs
Kazakh VHL players - 2023 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Kazakh VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Kazakh VHL players - playoffs
Belarus
Regular Season
Belarussian VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Belarussian VHL playersSeason records for Belarussian VHL playersPlayoffs
Belarussian VHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Belarussian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Belarussian VHL players - playoffs
Ukraine
Regular Season
Ukrainian VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Ukrainian VHL playersSeason records for Ukrainian VHL playersPlayoffs
Ukrainian VHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Ukrainian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Ukrainian VHL players - playoffs
Latvia
Regular Season
Latvian VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Latvian VHL playersSeason records for Latvian VHL playersPlayoffs
Latvian VHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Latvian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Latvian VHL players - playoffs
Canada
Regular Season
Canadian VHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Canadian VHL playersSeason records for Canadian VHL playersPlayoffs
Canadian VHL players - 2018 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Canadian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Canadian VHL players - playoffs
China
Regular Season
Chinese VHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Chinese VHL playersSeason records for Chinese VHL players
Slovakia
Regular Season
Slovak VHL players - 2021-2022 leadersAll-time records for Slovak VHL playersSeason records for Slovak VHL playersPlayoffs
Slovak VHL players - 2021 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovak VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovak VHL players - playoffs
Estonia
Regular Season
Estonian VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Estonian VHL playersSeason records for Estonian VHL playersPlayoffs
Estonian VHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Estonian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Estonian VHL players - playoffs
Finland
Regular Season
Finnish VHL players - 2018-2019 leadersAll-time records for Finnish VHL playersSeason records for Finnish VHL playersPlayoffs
Finnish VHL players - 2018 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Finnish VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Finnish VHL players - playoffs
Sweden
Regular Season
Swedish VHL players - 2022-2023 leadersAll-time records for Swedish VHL playersSeason records for Swedish VHL playersPlayoffs
Swedish VHL players - 2022 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swedish VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swedish VHL players - playoffs
Czech Republic
Regular Season
Czech VHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Czech VHL playersSeason records for Czech VHL playersPlayoffs
Czech VHL players - 2015 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Czech VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Czech VHL players - playoffs
United States
Regular Season
American VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for American VHL playersSeason records for American VHL playersPlayoffs
American VHL players - 2018 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for American VHL players - playoffsSeason records for American VHL players - playoffs
Kyrgyzstan
Regular Season
Kyrgyz VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Kyrgyz VHL playersSeason records for Kyrgyz VHL playersPlayoffs
Kyrgyz VHL players - 2015 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Kyrgyz VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Kyrgyz VHL players - playoffs
Lithuania
Regular Season
Lithuanian VHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Lithuanian VHL playersSeason records for Lithuanian VHL playersPlayoffs
Lithuanian VHL players - 2020 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Lithuanian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Lithuanian VHL players - playoffs
Slovenia
Regular Season
Slovenian VHL players - 2014-2015 leadersAll-time records for Slovenian VHL playersSeason records for Slovenian VHL playersPlayoffs
Slovenian VHL players - 2015 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovenian VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovenian VHL players - playoffs
Germany
Regular Season
German VHL players - 2020-2021 leadersAll-time records for German VHL playersSeason records for German VHL playersPlayoffs
German VHL players - 2014 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for German VHL players - playoffsSeason records for German VHL players - playoffs
Japan
Regular Season
Japanese VHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Japanese VHL playersSeason records for Japanese VHL players
Taiwan
Regular Season
Taiwanese VHL players - 2018-2019 leadersAll-time records for Taiwanese VHL playersSeason records for Taiwanese VHL players
Norway
Regular Season
Norwegian VHL players - 2018-2019 leadersAll-time records for Norwegian VHL playersSeason records for Norwegian VHL players
Netherlands
Regular Season
Dutch VHL players - 2017-2018 leadersAll-time records for Dutch VHL playersSeason records for Dutch VHL playersPlayoffs
Dutch VHL players - 2018 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Dutch VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Dutch VHL players - playoffs
Uzbekistan
Regular Season
Uzbek VHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Uzbek VHL playersSeason records for Uzbek VHL playersPlayoffs
Uzbek VHL players - 2020 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Uzbek VHL players - playoffsSeason records for Uzbek VHL players - playoffs
Denmark
Regular Season
Danish VHL players - 2013-2014 leadersAll-time records for Danish VHL playersSeason records for Danish VHL players