This list of National Hockey League (NHL) players is divided into the following lists:

By name

A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z

By team

Current

Defunct

By a statistic

• List of NHL statistical leaders
• List of goaltenders who have scored a goal in an NHL game
• List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game
• List of players with eight or more points in an NHL game
• List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons
• List of NHL players with 100-point seasons
• List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins
• List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played
• List of NHL players with 500 goals
• List of NHL players with 1,000 assists
• List of NHL players with 1,000 games played
• List of NHL players with 1,000 points
• List of NHL players with 2,000 career penalty minutes

By specific group

• List of first overall NHL draft picks
• List of undrafted NHL players with 100 games played
• List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise
• List of players who played only one game in the NHL
• List of oldest National Hockey League players
• List of NHL players who have signed offer sheets

By demographics

• List of black NHL players
• List of Latvians in the NHL
• List of Slovaks in the NHL
• List of National Hockey League players born in the United Kingdom
• List of NHL statistical leaders by country
• List of countries with their first National Hockey League player