Washington Capitals defensemans

123 players

123 defensemans have played for the Washington Capitals. John Carlson stayed the longest: 17 seasons. On a roster now: John Carlson, Dmitry Orlov, Martin Fehervary, Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Nick Jensen.

Washington Capitals defensemans
Player	Pos	With club	Seasons
John Carlson	D	2009–2026	17
Calle Johansson	D	1989–2003	14
Dmitry Orlov	D	2011–2023	11
Mike Green	D	2005–2015	10
Brendan Witt	D	1995–2006	10
Sergei Gonchar	D	1994–2004	10
Sylvain Cote	D	1991–2003	10
Kevin Hatcher	D	1984–1994	10
Karl Alzner	D	2008–2017	9
Ken Klee	D	1994–2003	9
John Erskine	D	2006–2014	8
Joe Reekie	D	1994–2002	8
Scott Stevens	D	1982–1990	8
Jeff Schultz	D	2006–2013	7
Martin Fehervary	D	2019–2026	6
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	2020–2026	6
Nick Jensen	D	2018–2024	6
Shaone Morrisonn	D	2003–2010	6
Brooks Orpik	D	2014–2019	5
Matt Niskanen	D	2014–2019	5
Tom Poti	D	2007–2013	5
Steve Eminger	D	2002–2008	5
Mark Tinordi	D	1994–1999	5
Dylan McIlrath	D	2022–2026	4
Rasmus Sandin	D	2022–2026	4
Nate Schmidt	D	2013–2017	4
Brian Pothier	D	2006–2010	4
Milan Jurcina	D	2006–2010	4
Nolan Baumgartner	D	1995–2000	4
Stewart Malgunas	D	1995–1999	4
Larry Murphy	D	1984–1988	4
Lucas Johansen	D	2021–2024	3
Michal Kempny	D	2018–2022	3
Jonas Siegenthaler	D	2018–2021	3
Aaron Ness	D	2015–2018	3
Taylor Chorney	D	2015–2018	3
Sean Collins	D	2010–2016	3
Jack Hillen	D	2012–2015	3
Nolan Yonkman	D	2001–2006	3
Jakub Cutta	D	2000–2004	3
Jean-Francois Fortin	D	2001–2004	3
Patrick Boileau	D	1996–2002	3
Dmitri Mironov	D	1998–2001	3
Jason Woolley	D	1991–1994	3
Bill Houlder	D	1987–1990	3
Jakob Chychrun	D	2024–2026	2
Matt Roy	D	2024–2026	2
Vincent Iorio	D	2022–2024	2
Matt Irwin	D	2021–2023	2
Justin Schultz	D	2020–2022	2
Brenden Dillon	D	2019–2021	2
Roman Hamrlik	D	2011–2013	2
Tomas Kundratek	D	2011–2013	2
Dennis Wideman	D	2010–2012	2
Sami Lepisto	D	2007–2009	2
Bryan Muir	D	2005–2007	2
Jamie Heward	D	2005–2007	2
Jason Doig	D	2002–2004	2
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	2002–2004	2
Josef Boumedienne	D	2002–2004	2
Rick Berry	D	2002–2004	2
Todd Rohloff	D	2001–2004	2
Alexei Tezikov	D	1998–2000	2
Steve Poapst	D	1995–1999	2
Phil Housley	D	1996–1998	2
Eric Charron	D	1995–1997	2
Jim Johnson	D	1994–1996	2
John Slaney	D	1993–1995	2
Shawn Anderson	D	1992–1994	2
Al Iafrate	D	1991–1993	2
Brad Schlegel	D	1991–1993	2
Kent Paynter	D	1989–1991	2
Mark Ferner	D	1989–1991	2
Cole Hutson	D	2025–2026	1
Declan Chisholm	D	2025–2026	1
Timothy Liljegren	D	2025–2026	1
Ethan Bear	D	2023–2024	1
Joel Edmundson	D	2023–2024	1
Dennis Cholowski	D	2021–2022	1
Zdeno Chara	D	2020–2021	1
Radko Gudas	D	2019–2020	1
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	2016–2017	1
Mike Weber	D	2015–2016	1
Ryan Stanton	D	2015–2016	1
Tim Gleason	D	2014–2015	1
Alexander Urbom	D	2013–2014	1
Tyson Strachan	D	2013–2014	1
Brian Fahey	D	2010–2011	1
Scott Hannan	D	2010–2011	1
Joe Corvo	D	2009–2010	1
Bryan Helmer	D	2008–2009	1
Staffan Kronwall	D	2008–2009	1
Jamie Hunt	D	2006–2007	1
Lawrence Nycholat	D	2006–2007	1
Timo Helbling	D	2006–2007	1
Ivan Majesky	D	2005–2006	1
Mathieu Biron	D	2005–2006	1
Brad Norton	D	2003–2004	1
Chris Hajt	D	2003–2004	1
Dwayne Zinger	D	2003–2004	1
John Gruden	D	2003–2004	1
Alex Henry	D	2002–2003	1
Dean Melanson	D	2001–2002	1
Frantisek Kucera	D	2001–2002	1
Jason Marshall	D	2000–2001	1
Jamie Huscroft	D	1999–2000	1
Brad Shaw	D	1998–1999	1
Enrico Ciccone	D	1998–1999	1
David Harlock	D	1997–1998	1
Jeff Randall Brown	D	1997–1998	1
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	1996–1997	1
Rob Pearson	D	1994–1995	1
Brian Curran	D	1993–1994	1
Todd Nelson	D	1993–1994	1
Shawn Chambers	D	1991–1992	1
Mike Lalor	D	1990–1991	1
Mikhail Tatarinov	D	1990–1991	1
Alain Cote	D	1989–1990	1
Bob Rouse	D	1989–1990	1
Shawn Cronin	D	1988–1989	1
Garry Galley	D	1987–1988	1
Paul Cavallini	D	1986–1987	1
Lee Norwood	D	1982–1983	1

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Positions as ESPN lists them: a player who moved is filed under the one he played last. Seasons are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are, so an older name can be missing.

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