Alexander Ovechkin

**Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin** (born September 17, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger. He plays for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) and serves as their captain.

Ovechkin was picked first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He also played for the Dynamo Moscow of the RSL from 2001 to 2005 and again in 2012 because of the 2012-13 NHL lockout.

### Regular season and playoffs

<small>**Bold** indicates led league</small>
|colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"||rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001–02|Dynamo-2 Moscow|RUS.3|19|18|8|26|20|—|—|—|—|—|
|2001–02|Dynamo Moscow|RSL|21|2|2|4|4|3|0|0|0|0|
|2002–03|Dynamo Moscow|RSL|40|8|7|15|29|5|0|0|0|2|
|2003–04|Dynamo Moscow|RSL|53|13|11|24|40|3|0|0|0|2|
|2004–05|Dynamo Moscow|RSL|37|13|13|26|32|10|2|4|6|31|
|2005–06|Washington Capitals|NHL|81|52|54|106|52|—|—|—|—|—|
|2006–07|Washington Capitals|NHL|82|46|46|92|52|—|—|—|—|—|
|2007–08|Washington Capitals|NHL|82|**65**|47|**112**|40|7|4|5|9|0|
|2008–09|Washington Capitals|NHL|79|**56**|54|110|72|14|11|10|21|8|
|2009–10|Washington Capitals|NHL|72|50|59|109|89|7|5|5|10|0|
|2010–11|Washington Capitals|NHL|79|32|53|85|41|9|5|5|10|10|
|2011–12|Washington Capitals|NHL|78|38|27|65|26|14|5|4|9|8|
|2012–13|Dynamo Moscow|KHL|31|19|21|40|14|—|—|—|—|—|
|2012–13|Washington Capitals|NHL|48|**32**|24|56|36|7|1|1|2|4|
|2013–14|Washington Capitals|NHL|75|**51**|28|79|49|—|—|—|—|—|
|2014–15|Washington Capitals|NHL|81|**53**|28|81|58|14|5|4|9|6|
|2015–16|Washington Capitals|NHL|79|**50**|21|71|53|12|5|7|12|2|
|2016–17|Washington Capitals|NHL|82|33|36|69|50|13|5|3|8|8|
|2017–18|Washington Capitals|NHL|82|**49**|38|87|32|24|**15**|12|27|8|
|2018–19|Washington Capitals|NHL|81|**51**|38|89|40|7|4|5|9|19|
|2019–20|Washington Capitals|NHL|68|**48**|19|67|30|8|4|1|5|2|
|2020–21|Washington Capitals|NHL|45|24|18|42|12|5|2|2|4|2|
|2021–22|Washington Capitals|NHL|77|50|40|90|18|6|1|5|6|0|
|2022–23|Washington Capitals|NHL|73|42|33|75|48|—|—|—|—|—|
|2023–24|Washington Capitals|NHL|79|31|34|65|20|4|0|0|0|0|

### International

|Year|Team|Event|Result|rowspan="100" style="background:#fff;"||GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|Russia|U17|6th|5|12|2|14|17|||
|2002|Russia|U18||8|14|4|18|0|||
|2003|Russia|WJC||6|6|1|7|4|||
|2003|Russia|U18||6|9|4|13|6|||
|2004|Russia|WJC|5th|6|5|2|7|25|||
|2004|Russia|WC|10th|6|1|1|2|0|||
|2004|Russia|WCH|6th|2|1|0|1|0|||
|2005|Russia|WJC||6|7|4|11|4|||
|2005|Russia|WC||8|5|3|8|4|||
|2006|Russia|OG|4th|8|5|0|5|8|||
|2006|Russia|WC|5th|7|6|3|9|6|||
|2007|Russia|WC||8|1|2|3|29|||
|2008|Russia|WC||9|6|6|12|8|||
|2010|Russia|OG|6th|4|2|2|4|2|||
|2010|Russia|WC||9|5|1|6|4|||
|2011|Russia|WC|4th|5|0|0|0|4|||
|2012|Russia|WC||3|2|2|4|2|||
|2013|Russia|WC|6th|1|1|1|2|0|||
|2014|Russia|OG|5th|5|1|1|2|0|||
|2014|Russia|WC||9|4|7|11|8|||
|2015|Russia|WC||2|1|1|2|0|||
|2016|Russia|WC||6|1|1|2|2|||
|2016|Russia|WCH|4th|4|1|2|3|6|||
|2019|Russia|WC||10|2|1|3|2|||

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Alexander Ovechkin (49479646361) (1).jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Ovechkin with the Capitals in 2020
- **birth place**: Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 3
- **weight lb**: 236
- **position**: Winger (ice hockey), Left wing
- **shoots**: Right
- **league**: NHL
- **team**: Washington Capitals
- **former teams**: HC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow
- **ntl team**: RUS
- **draft**: 1st overall
- **draft year**: 2004
- **draft team**: Washington Capitals
- **career start**: 2001