Washington Capitals Goals per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Capitals and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 31: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Alex Ovechkin holds the Capitals career record with 0.59 goals per game. The single-season record is 0.79, by Alex Ovechkin in 2007.

P G A P/GP PPG GWG PIM +/- SHG PPP S S% G/GP GP

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs half a season played with the club, a career 400+ games with the club.

All-time Capitals leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	G/GP	G
1	Alex Ovechkin	2005–2026	0.59	1,585
2	Mike Gartner	1979–1988	0.52	758
3	Peter Bondra	1990–2003	0.49	961
4	Alexander Semin	2003–2011	0.42	469
5	Bobby Carpenter	1981–1992	0.38	490
6	Dave Christian	1983–1989	0.38	504
7	Mike Ridley	1986–1993	0.37	588
8	T.J. Oshie	2015–2023	0.34	567
9	Dmitri Khristich	1990–2001	0.33	419
10	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	1979–1988	0.31	629
11	Craig Laughlin	1982–1987	0.26	428
12	Nicklas Backstrom	2007–2023	0.25	1,105
13	Evgeny Kuznetsov	2013–2023	0.24	723
14	Tom Wilson	2013–2026	0.23	919
15	Bobby Gould	1981–1988	0.22	600
16	Sergei Gonchar	1994–2003	0.22	654
17	Michal Pivonka	1986–1998	0.22	825
18	Kevin Hatcher	1984–1993	0.22	685
19	Steve Konowalchuk	1991–2003	0.21	693
20	Eric Fehr	2005–2014	0.21	419
21	Dale Hunter	1987–1998	0.21	872
22	Marcus Johansson	2010–2022	0.20	579
23	Mike Green	2005–2014	0.20	575
24	Gaetan Duchesne	1981–1986	0.19	451
25	Larry Murphy	1983–1988	0.19	453

Single-season Capitals records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	G/GP	G
1	Alex Ovechkin	2007	0.79	82
2	Peter Bondra	1995	0.78	67
3	Dennis Maruk	1981	0.75	80
4	Peter Bondra	1994	0.72	47
5	Alex Ovechkin	2008	0.71	79
6	Alex Ovechkin	2019	0.71	68
7	Alex Ovechkin	2009	0.69	72
8	Peter Bondra	1997	0.68	76
9	Alex Ovechkin	2024	0.68	65
10	Alex Ovechkin	2012	0.67	48
11	Bobby Carpenter	1984	0.66	80
12	Alex Ovechkin	2014	0.65	81
13	Alex Ovechkin	2013	0.65	78
14	Alex Ovechkin	2021	0.65	77
15	Alex Ovechkin	2005	0.64	81
16	Alex Ovechkin	2015	0.63	79
17	Alex Ovechkin	2018	0.63	81
18	Mike Gartner	1984	0.63	80
18	Dennis Maruk	1980	0.63	80
20	Mike Gartner	1987	0.60	80
20	Mike Gartner	1980	0.60	80
22	Alex Ovechkin	2017	0.60	82
23	Peter Bondra	1996	0.60	77
24	Alex Ovechkin	2022	0.58	73
25	Alex Ovechkin	2006	0.56	82