Washington Capitals Plus/Minus 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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Rod Langway holds the Capitals career record with 116 plus/minus. The single-season record is 50, by Jeff Schultz in 2009.

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

All-time Capitals leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	+/-	G
1	Rod Langway	1982–1992	116	726
2	John Carlson	2009–2025	114	1,143
3	Dmitry Orlov	2011–2022	104	686
4	Scott Stevens	1982–1989	90	601
5	Joe Reekie	1993–2001	86	515
6	Nicklas Backstrom	2007–2023	83	1,105
7	Jeff Schultz	2006–2012	78	399
8	Kelly Miller	1986–1998	75	940
9	Peter Bondra	1990–2003	74	961
10	Gaetan Duchesne	1981–1986	69	451
11	Alan Haworth	1982–1986	68	346
12	Alexander Semin	2003–2011	65	469
13	Steve Konowalchuk	1991–2003	62	693
14	Karl Alzner	2008–2016	61	591
14	Mike Gartner	1979–1988	61	758
16	Sylvain Cote	1991–2002	60	622
17	Mike Green	2005–2014	58	575
17	Matt Niskanen	2014–2018	58	390
19	Larry Murphy	1983–1988	56	453
19	Alex Ovechkin	2005–2026	56	1,585
21	Eric Fehr	2005–2014	55	419
21	Aliaksei Protas	2021–2026	55	333
23	Sergei Gonchar	1994–2003	51	654
24	Mike Ridley	1986–1993	49	588
24	Tom Wilson	2013–2026	49	919

Single-season Capitals records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	+/-	G
1	Jeff Schultz	2009	50	73
2	Alex Ovechkin	2009	45	72
3	Aliaksei Protas	2024	40	76
4	Mike Green	2009	39	75
5	Nicklas Backstrom	2009	37	82
6	Alan Haworth	1985	36	71
6	Rod Langway	1984	36	79
6	Alexander Semin	2009	36	73
9	Darren Veitch	1984	33	75
10	Nick Jensen	2021	32	76
10	Brooks Orpik	2016	32	79
12	Sylvain Cote	1993	30	84
12	Dmitry Orlov	2016	30	82
14	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	1983	29	69
14	Dmitri Khristich	1992	29	64
16	Dave Christian	1983	28	80
16	Sylvain Cote	1992	28	77
16	Viktor Kozlov	2007	28	81
16	T.J. Oshie	2016	28	68
16	Alex Ovechkin	2007	28	82
21	Geoff Courtnall	1989	27	80
21	Pierre-Luc Dubois	2024	27	82
21	Evgeny Kuznetsov	2015	27	82
21	Rod Langway	1985	27	71
25	Mark Tinordi	1995	26	71