Player Nationality Trends in the WPHL
WPHL (Western Professional Hockey League) was a North American professional hockey league that ceased operations in 2001 after five seasons. The majority of the players were Canadian and American, with the proportion of European players remaining below 20 percent throughout all seasons.
The highest scoring European player was Alexander Kholomeyev from Russia, who scored 175 points (83 goals, 92 assists) in 195 games.
The chart below shows the relative proportions of different nationalities in the WPHL between the 1996-1997 and 2000-2001 seasons. The data used in the chart can be found on the nationality totals statistics pages.
Last Season

Canada
Regular Season
Canadian WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Canadian WPHL playersSeason records for Canadian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Canadian WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Canadian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Canadian WPHL players - playoffs
United States
Regular Season
American WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for American WPHL playersSeason records for American WPHL playersPlayoffs
American WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for American WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for American WPHL players - playoffs
Russia
Regular Season
Russian WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Russian WPHL playersSeason records for Russian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Russian WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Russian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Russian WPHL players - playoffs
Czech Republic
Regular Season
Czech WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Czech WPHL playersSeason records for Czech WPHL playersPlayoffs
Czech WPHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Czech WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Czech WPHL players - playoffs
Sweden
Regular Season
Swedish WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Swedish WPHL playersSeason records for Swedish WPHL playersPlayoffs
Swedish WPHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swedish WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swedish WPHL players - playoffs
Ukraine
Regular Season
Ukrainian WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Ukrainian WPHL playersSeason records for Ukrainian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Ukrainian WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Ukrainian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Ukrainian WPHL players - playoffs
Germany
Regular Season
German WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for German WPHL playersSeason records for German WPHL playersPlayoffs
German WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for German WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for German WPHL players - playoffs
Latvia
Regular Season
Latvian WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Latvian WPHL playersSeason records for Latvian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Latvian WPHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Latvian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Latvian WPHL players - playoffs
Slovakia
Regular Season
Slovak WPHL players - 2000-2001 leadersAll-time records for Slovak WPHL playersSeason records for Slovak WPHL playersPlayoffs
Slovak WPHL players - 2001 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovak WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovak WPHL players - playoffsOther Seasons

Belarus
Regular Season
Belarussian WPHL players - 1999-2000 leadersAll-time records for Belarussian WPHL playersSeason records for Belarussian WPHL players
Kazakhstan
Regular Season
Kazakh WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Kazakh WPHL playersSeason records for Kazakh WPHL players
Italy
Regular Season
Italian WPHL players - 1999-2000 leadersAll-time records for Italian WPHL playersSeason records for Italian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Italian WPHL players - 1999 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Italian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Italian WPHL players - playoffs
Estonia
Regular Season
Estonian WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Estonian WPHL playersSeason records for Estonian WPHL players
Switzerland
Regular Season
Swiss WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Swiss WPHL playersSeason records for Swiss WPHL players
Austria
Regular Season
Austrian WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Austrian WPHL playersSeason records for Austrian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Austrian WPHL players - 1999 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Austrian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Austrian WPHL players - playoffs
Jamaica
Regular Season
Jamaican WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Jamaican WPHL playersSeason records for Jamaican WPHL playersPlayoffs
Jamaican WPHL players - 1999 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Jamaican WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Jamaican WPHL players - playoffs
Poland
Regular Season
Polish WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Polish WPHL playersSeason records for Polish WPHL players
Japan
Regular Season
Japanese WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Japanese WPHL playersSeason records for Japanese WPHL players
Finland
Regular Season
Finnish WPHL players - 1999-2000 leadersAll-time records for Finnish WPHL playersSeason records for Finnish WPHL playersPlayoffs
Finnish WPHL players - 1999 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Finnish WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Finnish WPHL players - playoffs
Serbia
Regular Season
Serbian WPHL players - 1999-2000 leadersAll-time records for Serbian WPHL playersSeason records for Serbian WPHL playersPlayoffs
Serbian WPHL players - 2000 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Serbian WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for Serbian WPHL players - playoffs
Denmark
Regular Season
Danish WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for Danish WPHL playersSeason records for Danish WPHL players
Ireland
Regular Season
Irish WPHL players - 1999-2000 leadersAll-time records for Irish WPHL playersSeason records for Irish WPHL players
France
Regular Season
French WPHL players - 1998-1999 leadersAll-time records for French WPHL playersSeason records for French WPHL playersPlayoffs
French WPHL players - 1998 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for French WPHL players - playoffsSeason records for French WPHL players - playoffs
Vietnam
Regular Season
Vietnamese WPHL players - 1996-1997 leadersAll-time records for Vietnamese WPHL playersSeason records for Vietnamese WPHL players