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Alex Ovechkin

Captain

age39

posLW

shotr

h6'2"

w236lbs

Depth Chart LW1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$9,500,000$9.50M

Year 5 of 5

21/22

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 40

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick1

Year2004

Agent Stephen Screnci

Birthdate Sep 17, 1985

Birthplace Moscow

Nationality Russia

Stick CCM Ribcor Trigger ASY

UFA Year 2012

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $165.45M

Regular Season

GP65

G44

A29

P73

PPG1.12

PIM14

EV TOI/GM 12.64

G60 1.53

P60 2.78

GF% 59.00

DFF% 46.00

REL DFF% -6.50

CF% 48.60

REL CF% -1.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP1491

G897

A726

P1623

NHL POINTS PER GAME 1.09

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.60

Career Statline Details

2021-2026 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$47,500,000$47.50M

cap hit$9,500,000$9.50M

Alex Ovechkin is signed to a 5 year, $47,500,000 contract with a cap hit of $9,500,000 per season, playing for the Washington Capitals. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, making Ovechkin an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 27 2021

Signing Agent Stephen Screnci

Signed By

Signing GM Brian MacLellan

% Cap Contract Start 11.66%

Signing Status UFAage 35

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	UFAage 40
AAV	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$12,500,000$12.50M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$12,500,000$12.50M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Clauses	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out					Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP65

G44

A29

P73

PPG1.12

PIM14

EV TOI/GM 12.64

G60 1.53

P60 2.78

GF% 59.00

DFF% 46.00

REL DFF% -6.50

CF% 48.60

REL CF% -1.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP1491

G897

A726

P1623

NHL POINTS PER GAME 1.09

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.60

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	39	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	65	44	29	73	14	821	59.00	46.00	-6.50	48.60	-1.70	1.53	2.78	Playoffs	10	5	1	6	0
2023-24	38	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	31	34	65	20	1,100	41.00	46.40	-1.70	48.10	2.20	0.76	1.58	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2022-23	37	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	73	42	33	75	48	1,042	48.10	48.30	-3.20	49.30	-1.40	1.15	2.30
2021-22	36	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	77	50	40	90	18	1,129	55.60	49.70	-2.50	49.90	-1.00	1.28	2.55	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	0
2020-21	35	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	45	24	18	42	12	640	56.10	47.20	-5.40	47.90	-3.70	1.31	2.25	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	0
2019-20	34	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	68	48	19	67	30	980	47.50	49.60	-2.20	51.40	-0.40	1.65	2.27	Playoffs	8	4	1	5	0
2018-19	33	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	12	3	4	7	2
2018-19	33	$9,538,462 $9.54M	EHT	Russia	2	1	3	4	0
2018-19	33	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	10	2	1	3	2
2018-19	33	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	51	38	89	40	1,231	55.97	45.19	-3.14	48.97	-0.24	1.36	2.39	Playoffs	7	4	5	9	0
2017-18	32	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	49	38	87	32	1,223	55.37	48.85	3.33	50.88	3.82	1.37	2.40	Playoffs	24	15	12	27	0
2016-17	31	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	7	2	2	4	8
2016-17	31	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	33	36	69	50	1,136	57.84	49.79	-1.70	51.74	-2.48	0.74	2.17	Playoffs	13	5	3	8	0
2016-17	31	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WCup	Russia	4	1	2	3	6
2015-16	30	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	6	1	1	2	2
2015-16	30	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	6	1	1	2	2
2015-16	30	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	50	21	71	53	1,184	63.44	56.43	4.87	53.92	3.34	1.37	2.03	Playoffs	12	5	7	12	0
2014-15	29	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	2	1	1	2	0
2014-15	29	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	2	1	1	2	0
2014-15	29	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	53	28	81	58	1,223	51.92	52.57	-1.05	54.06	3.00	1.03	1.82	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	0
2013-14	28	$9,538,462 $9.54M	EHT	Russia	3	0	2	2	2
2013-14	28	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	18	5	10	15	10
2013-14	28	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	9	4	7	11	8
2013-14	28	$9,538,462 $9.54M	OG	Russia	5	1	1	2	0
2013-14	28	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	78	51	28	79	48	1,124	35.79	43.15	-5.74	48.97	2.31	1.12	1.60
2012-13	27	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	4	2	2	4	0
2012-13	27	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	1	1	1	2	0
2012-13	27	$9,538,462 $9.54M	EHT	Russia	3	1	1	2	0
2012-13	27	$9,538,462 $9.54M	KHL	Dynamo Moskva	31	19	21	40	14
2012-13	27	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	48	32	24	56	36	736	53.62	50.65	1.70	49.11	0.19	1.14	2.20	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
2011-12	26	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	3	2	2	4	2
2011-12	26	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	3	2	2	4	2
2011-12	26	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	78	38	27	65	26	1,194	49.00	49.70	-0.53	46.85	-2.73	1.01	1.76	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	0
2010-11	25	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	5	0	0	0	4
2010-11	25	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	5	0	0	0	4
2010-11	25	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	32	53	85	41	1,231	57.73	55.50	6.11	53.57	3.59	0.78	2.29	Playoffs	9	5	5	10	0
2009-10	24	$9,538,462 $9.54M	International	Russia (all)	13	7	3	10	6
2009-10	24	$9,538,462 $9.54M	WC	Russia	9	5	1	6	4
2009-10	24	$9,538,462 $9.54M	OG	Russia	4	2	2	4	2
2009-10	24	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	72	50	59	109	89	1,125	70.27	57.00	8.01	58.64	7.05	1.65	3.41	Playoffs	7	5	5	10	0
2008-09	23	$9,538,462 $9.54M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	56	54	110	72	1,222	54.55	54.46	-1.10	57.87	3.42	1.33	2.45	Playoffs	14	11	10	21	0
2007-08	22	$984,200 $984K	WC	Russia	9	6	6	12	8
2007-08	22	$984,200 $984K	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	65	47	112	40	1,317	61.42	57.72	4.78	58.32	3.94	1.55	2.78	Playoffs	7	4	5	9	0
2006-07	21	$984,200 $984K	WC	Russia	8	1	2	3	29
2006-07	21	$984,200 $984K	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	46	46	92	52
2005-06	20	$984,200 $984K	EHT	Russia	1	0	1	1	0
2005-06	20	$984,200 $984K	WC	Russia	7	6	3	9	6
2005-06	20	$984,200 $984K	OG	Russia	8	5	0	5	8
2005-06	20	$984,200 $984K	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	52	54	106	52
2004-05	19		EHT	Russia	5	2	3	5	4
2004-05	19		WC	Russia	8	5	3	8	4
2004-05	19		WJC-20	Russia U20	6	7	4	11	4
2004-05	19		WCup	Russia	2	1	0	1	0
2004-05	19		Russia	Dynamo Moskva	37	13	13	26	32									Playoffs	10	2	4	6	0
2003-04	18		EHT	Russia	8	4	2	6	0
2003-04	18		WC	Russia	6	1	1	2	0
2003-04	18		WJC-20	Russia U20	6	5	2	7	25
2003-04	18		Russia	Dynamo Moskva	53	13	11	24	40									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2002-03	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Russia U18	5	7	5	12	0
2002-03	17		WJC-20	Russia U20	6	6	1	7	4
2002-03	17		WJC-18	Russia U18	6	9	4	13	6
2002-03	17		Russia	Dynamo Moskva	40	8	7	15	28									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2001-02	16		Russia3	Dynamo Moskva-2	19	18	8	26	20
2001-02	16		WJC-18	Russia U18	8	14	4	18	0
2001-02	16		WHC-17	Russia U17	5	12	2	14	17
2001-02	16		Russia	Dynamo Moskva	22	2	2	4	4									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2000-01	15		EYOF	Russia U17	4	0	1	1	0
2000-01	15		International-Jr	Russia U16 (all)	3	2	1	3	2
1999-00	14		Russia U16 Finals	Dynamo Moskva U16	6	1	0	1	4
NHL Totals					1491	897	726	1623
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Signings & Trades

07/27

2021

Ovechkin, Alex

5yrs

$9,500,000

Cap Hit

01/10

2008

Ovechkin, Alex

13yrs

'21

$9,538,462

Cap Hit

08/31

2005

Ovechkin, Alex

3yrs

$3,834,200

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

May

Ovechkin, Alex

Ovechkin, who was held to just one goal in five games against the Carolina Hurricanes, will return to the NHL in 2025-26 for his 21st season, reports Greg Wyshynksi of ESPN.com.

May

Ovechkin, Alex

Ovechkin scored a power-play goal on six shots and added three hits in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 5.

Apr

Ovechkin, Alex

Ovechkin scored a goal in Friday's 6-3 loss to Montreal in Game 3. He added two shots on goal and recorded a hit.

Apr

Ovechkin, Alex

Ovechkin scored two goals, one on the power play and the other the game-winner in overtime, and added an even-strength assist in Monday's 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Apr

Ovechkin, Alex

Ovechkin scored a power-play goal on two shots in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Contract History

2008-2021 Standard Contract

term13yrs

value$124,000,000$124.00M

cap hit$9,538,462$9.54M

expiry 2021 UFA age 35

Signed On Jan 10 2008

Signing Agent Stephen Screnci

Signed By

Signing GM George McPhee

% Cap Contract Start 16.82%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	UFAage 35
AAV	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M	$9,538,462$9.54M
Base	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M
Minors Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M
Clauses							M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2005-2008 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$11,502,600$11.50M

cap hit$3,834,200$3.83M

expiry 2008 RFA age 22

Signed On Aug 31 2005

Signed By

Signing GM George McPhee

% Cap Contract Start 2.52%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008
Cap Hit	$984,200$984K	$984,200$984K	$984,200$984K	RFAage 22
AAV	$3,834,200$3.83M	$3,834,200$3.83M	$3,834,200$3.83M
Base	$688,940$689K	$688,940$689K	$984,200$984K
Performance Bonuses	$2,850,000$2.85M	$2,850,000$2.85M	$2,850,000$2.85M
Signing Bonuses	$295,260$295K	$295,260$295K	-
Total Salary	$984,200$984K	$984,200$984K	$984,200$984K
Minors Salary	$70,300$70K	$70,300$70K	$70,300$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year