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Mathieu Schneider (June 12, 1969) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

Schneider was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, the first of two sons born to Jewish American parents Sam and Aline. Schneider lived with his family throughout the state of New Jersey until moving to Woonsocket, Rhode Island for his high school years. In Woonsocket, Schneider attended high school at Mount Saint Charles Academy. Under the tutelage of legendary coach Normand "Bill" Belisle, Schneider and his team won three of the school's 27 straight regional championships. He left "the Mount" after his junior year and joined the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League.

Drafted in the 3rd round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, 44th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens, Schneider was the Canadiens 4th pick (after forwards Andrew Cassels and John LeClair, and fellow defenseman Eric Desjardins). He played his first NHL game a few months later when he suited up opening night at the Philadelphia Flyers. After four games, he was sent back to his junior team (Cornwall Royals) for the rest of the season. He would spend the entire 1988-89 with Cornwall before splitting the next season between Montreal and their American Hockey League farm team, the Sherbrooke Canadiens. Schneider joined the NHL for good in the 1990-91 season. Two years later, he won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens. Schneider was traded to the New York Islanders in April 1994, along with Kirk Muller and Craig Darby, for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov.

In March 1996, Schneider was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Darby Hendrickson, Sean Haggerty, Kenny Jonsson, and a first round selection in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft (eventually Roberto Luongo).

In October 1998, Schneider was traded to the New York Rangers for Alexander Karpovtsev and fourth round selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft (eventually Mirko Murovic).

In June 2000, he was among the players chosen by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, but was never signed by the team and never played a game as a Blue Jacket. Less than a month later, Schneider signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings.

In March 2003, Schneider was traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Sean Avery, Maxim Kuznetsov, a first round selection in the 2003 draft (eventually Jeff Tambellini), and a second round selection in 2004.