NHL API – Player Nationality

We’ve added a nationality attribute to our NHL API.

This is the country the player represents internationally, which may differ from the existing birth_place data point. The value is a three-letter ISO country code (e.g., CAN), matching the country code used in birth_place.

⭐ Benefit

Use nationality to display the country a player represents internationally, distinct from their birthplace.

📋 Recommended Actions

Capture the new nationality field from the Player and Team Profile endpoints. Note that this is an optional field, and may not be present for every player.
Use it wherever you display player origin, keeping in mind it may differ from birth_place.

☑️ Sample Requests:

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/players/{player_id}/profile.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

🔢 Products

Sport	Product	Version(s)
Ice Hockey	NHL API	v7

🔁 Endpoints Affected

⚙️ Return Samples

<player xmlns="http://feed.elasticstats.com/schema/hockey/profile-v7.0.xsd" id="433de553-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" status="ACT" full_name="Sidney Crosby" first_name="Sidney" last_name="Crosby" abbr_name="S.Crosby" height="71" weight="200" handedness="L" position="F" primary_position="C" jersey_number="87" experience="20" birth_place="Cole Harbour, NS, CAN" birthdate="1987-08-07" updated="2026-03-18T16:03:01+00:00" sr_id="sr:player:31007" reference="8471675" rookie_year="2005" salary="8700000" nationality="CAN">

{
    "id": "433de553-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
    "status": "ACT",
    "full_name": "Sidney Crosby",
    "first_name": "Sidney",
    "last_name": "Crosby",
    "abbr_name": "S.Crosby",
    "height": 71,
    "weight": 200,
    "handedness": "L",
    "position": "F",
    "primary_position": "C",
    "jersey_number": "87",
    "experience": "20",
    "birth_place": "Cole Harbour, NS, CAN",
    "birthdate": "1987-08-07",
    "updated": "2026-03-18T16:03:01+00:00",
    "sr_id": "sr:player:31007",
    "reference": "8471675",
    "rookie_year": 2005,
    "salary": 8700000,
    "nationality": "CAN",