The Capitals' best defensemen

John Carlson has the most points of the 201 defensemen who played with the Capitals, 771 in 1,143 games. Calle Johansson is 2nd with 474.

The Capitals' defensemen this season

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The Capitals' best defensemen
Place	Player	points	goals	assists
1	John Carlson2009 – 2026 · 1,143 games	771	166	605
2	Calle Johansson1988 – 2003 · 983 games	474	113	361
3	Scott Stevens1982 – 1990 · 601 games	429	98	331
4	Kevin Hatcher1984 – 1994 · 685 games	426	149	277
5	Sergei Gonchar1994 – 2004 · 654 games	416	144	272
6	Mike Green2005 – 2015 · 575 games	360	113	247
7	Larry Murphy1983 – 1989 · 453 games	345	86	259
8	Sylvain Cote1991 – 2003 · 622 games	270	75	195
9	Dmitry Orlov2011 – 2023 · 686 games	256	60	196
10	Rod Langway1982 – 1993 · 726 games	202	25	177
11	Al Iafrate1990 – 1994 · 256 games	176	58	118
12	Rick Green1976 – 1982 · 377 games	158	31	127
T13	Robert Picard1977 – 1980 · 230 games	156	42	114
T13	Matt Niskanen2014 – 2019 · 390 games	156	29	127
15	Darren Veitch1980 – 1986 · 319 games	143	25	118
16	Jakob Chychrun2024 – 2027 · still playing	118	48	70
	+11 this season
17	Karl Alzner2008 – 2017 · 591 games	117	19	98
18	Ken Klee1994 – 2003 · 570 games	111	43	68
19	Martin Fehervary2019 – 2027 · still playing	106	27	79
	+4 this season
20	Rasmus Sandin2022 – 2026 · 242 games	97	15	82
21	Yvon Labre1974 – 1981 · 334 games	96	12	84
22	Trevor van Riemsdyk2020 – 2026 · 387 games	92	13	79
23	Nick Jensen2018 – 2024 · 372 games	91	13	78
24	Brendan Witt1995 – 2006 · 626 games	83	20	63
25	Greg Theberge1979 – 1984 · 153 games	78	15	63

Every defenseman who played with the Capitals, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
A decade counts his points with the Capitals in its seasons.