Washington Capitals jersey numbers

91 numbers ยท 4 retired

Who wore each number for the Capitals?

617 players have worn 91 different numbers for the Washington Capitals from 1974-75 to 2026-27. The most worn is 23, by 23 players. Retired: 5 (Rod Langway), 7 (Yvon Labre), 11 (Mike Gartner), 32 (Dale Hunter).

Washington Capitals: every number and the players who wore it
No.Worn by
1
2
3
4
5Retired
  • Willie Brossart1974-75 to 1975-76
  • Rick Green1976-77 to 1981-82
  • Pat Ribble1979-80 to 1981-82
  • Rod Langway1982-83 to 1992-93
  • Greg Smith1985-86 to 1987-88
  • Neil Sheehy1988-89 to 1990-91
  • Patrick Boileau1996-97 to 2001-02
6
7Retired
8
  • Bill Riley1974-75 to 1978-79
  • Lew Morrison1974-75
  • Murray Anderson1974-75
  • Robert McLean1975-76
  • Mark Lofthouse1977-78 to 1980-81
  • Nelson Burton1977-78 to 1978-79
  • Dave Shand1983-84 to 1984-85
  • Mike Millar1988-89
  • Alfie Turcotte1989-90 to 1990-91
  • Dmitri Khristich1990-91 to 2001-02
  • Ken Sabourin1990-91 to 1991-92
  • Alex Ovechkin2005-06 to 2026-27
  • Staffan Kronwall2008-09
9
10
  • Gord Brooks1974-75
  • Ron Anderson1974-75
  • Stan Gilbertson1974-75 to 1975-76
  • Bill Clement1975-76
  • Douglas Patey1976-77 to 1978-79
  • Rolf Edberg1978-79 to 1980-81
  • Dennis Ververgaert1980-81
  • Bobby Carpenter1981-82 to 1992-93
  • Kelly Miller1986-87 to 1998-99
  • Dennis Smith1989-90
  • Esa Tikkanen1997-98
  • Matt Bradley2005-06 to 2010-11
  • Martin Erat2012-13 to 2013-14
  • Mike Richards2015-16
  • Brett Connolly2016-17 to 2018-19
  • Daniel Sprong2020-21 to 2021-22
11Retired
12
13
  • Jiri Novotny2006-07
  • Jakub Vrana2016-17 to 2020-21
  • Henrik Borgstrom2022-23
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
  • Greg Joly1974-75 to 1975-76
  • Larry Fullan1974-75
  • Paul Nicholson1974-75 to 1976-77
  • Pete Laframboise1974-75
  • Brian Stapleton1975-76
  • Gord Lane1975-76 to 1979-80
  • Alex Forsyth1976-77
  • Robert Picard1977-78 to 1979-80
  • Eric Calder1981-82 to 1982-83
  • Jeff Greenlaw1986-87 to 1992-93
  • Mark Tinordi1994-95 to 1998-99
  • Rob Zettler1999-00 to 2001-02
  • Alex Henry2002-03
  • Brian Willsie2003-04 to 2010-11
  • Matt Cooke2007-08
  • Scott Walker2009-10
  • Riley Barber2016-17
  • Connor McMichael2020-21 to 2024-25
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32Retired
33
34
35
36
37
  • Brian Tutt1989-90
  • Olie Kolzig1989-90 to 2007-08
  • John Purves1990-91
  • Kenneth Lovsin1990-91
  • Shawn Anderson1992-93 to 1993-94
38
39
40
  • Tony Cassolato1979-80 to 1981-82
  • Steve Seftel1990-91
  • Todd Nelson1993-94
  • Michael Rosati1998-99
  • Michael Farrell2001-02 to 2002-03
  • Nolan Yonkman2001-02 to 2005-06
  • Garrett Pilon2020-21 to 2021-22
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
  • Julien Brouillette2013-14
60
61
  • Steve Oleksy2012-13 to 2014-15
62
63
64
  • Roman Tvrdon2003-04
  • Peter LeBlanc2013-14
  • Brian Pinho2019-20 to 2020-21
65
66
  • Milan Novy1982-83
67
  • Chris Brown2013-14 to 2015-16
68
69
  • Melvin Angelstad2003-04
70
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
82
  • Zachary Sanford2016-17
83
84
85
87
88
89
90
91
  • Sergei Fedorov2007-08 to 2008-09
  • Tyler Graovac2017-18
  • Joe Snively2021-22 to 2022-23
92
94
96

From the NHL's season rosters; an old club's numbers are filed under the franchise that carries it now. Holders are listed by their first season in the number.