Who is Alexander Ovechkin?

Alexander Ovechkin is a forward from Russia who plays for Washington Capitals in the NHL.

What team does Alexander Ovechkin play for?

Alexander plays for Washington Capitals in the NHL.

How tall is Alexander Ovechkin?

Alexander Ovechkin is 187 cm (6'2") tall.

How much does Alexander Ovechkin weigh?

Alexander Ovechkin weighs 107 kg (236 lbs).

When was Alexander Ovechkin born?

Alexander Ovechkin was born on 1985-09-17 in Moskva, RUS.

How old is Alexander Ovechkin?

Alexander Ovechkin is 40 years old.

What is Alexander Ovechkin's nationality?

Alexander Ovechkin is from Russia.

Does Alexander Ovechkin shoot left or right?

Alexander Ovechkin shoots right.

Alexander Ovechkin

a.k.a. "Alex Ovechkin"

#8 Washington Capitals / NHL - 26/27

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Date of Birth: Sep 17, 1985
Age: 40
Place of Birth: Moskva, RUS
Nation: Russia
Youth Team: Dynamo Moskva
Position: LW/RW
Height: 187 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 107 kg / 236 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: 26/27

Player Type: Heavy Shooter
Power Forward
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NHL Rights: Washington Capitals / Signed
Drafted: 2004 round 1 #1 overall by Washington Capitals
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One of the best players in the world. Ovechkin's offensive arsenal is fantastic and includes excellent skating, intensity, finishing, physical game, a good shot and a strong will to win. Very difficult to stop in high speeds. (Matias Strozyk)

Cousin: Leonid Ovechkin

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
00-01	Russia U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	2	1	3	2	-
01-02	Dynamo Moskva	Russia	22	2	2	4	4	-3	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-3
	Dynamo Moskva-2	Russia3	19	18	8	26	20	-
	Russia U17	WHC-17	5	12	2	14	17	-
	Russia U18	WJC-18	8	14	4	18	0	14
02-03	Dynamo Moskva	Russia	40	8	7	15	28	2	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	1
	Russia U18	WJC-18	6	9	4	13	6	13
	Russia U20	WJC-20	6	6	1	7	4	8
03-04	Dynamo Moskva	Russia	53	13	11	24	40	7	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	0
	Russia U20	WJC-20	6	5	2	7	25	2
	Russia	WC	6	1	1	2	0	0
04-05	Dynamo Moskva	Russia	37	13	13	26	32	26	Playoffs	10	2	4	6	31	4
	Russia	WCup	2	1	0	1	0	2
	Russia U20	WJC-20	6	7	4	11	4	6
	Russia	WC	8	5	3	8	4	7
05-06	Washington Capitals	NHL	81	52	54	106	52	2
	Russia Olympics	OG	8	5	0	5	8	3
	Russia	WC	7	6	3	9	6	6
06-07	Washington Capitals"A"	NHL	82	46	46	92	52	-19
	Russia	WC	8	1	2	3	29	1
07-08	Washington Capitals"A"	NHL	82	65	47	112	40	28	Playoffs	7	4	5	9	0	-1
	Russia	WC	9	6	6	12	8	11
08-09	Washington Capitals"A"	NHL	79	56	54	110	72	8	Playoffs	14	11	10	21	8	10
09-10	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	72	50	59	109	89	45	Playoffs	7	5	5	10	0	5
	Russia Olympics"A"	OG	4	2	2	4	2	1
	Russia"A"	WC	9	5	1	6	4	3
	Russia (all)	International	13	7	3	10	6	4
10-11	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	79	32	53	85	41	24	Playoffs	9	5	5	10	10	-1
	Russia	WC	5	0	0	0	4	-3
	Russia (all)	International	5	0	0	0	4	-3
11-12	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	78	38	27	65	26	-8	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	8	-2
	Russia	WC	3	2	2	4	2	5
	Russia (all)	International	3	2	2	4	2	5
12-13	Dynamo Moskva"C"Lockout	KHL	31	19	21	40	14	13
	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	48	32	24	56	36	2	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	4	-2
	Russia	WC	1	1	1	2	0	-2
	Russia (all)	International	4	2	2	4	0	-1
13-14	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	78	51	28	79	48	-35
	Russia Olympics"A"	OG	5	1	1	2	0	2
	Russia"C"	WC	9	4	7	11	8	6
	Russia (all)"A"	International	18	5	10	15	10	-
14-15	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	81	53	28	81	58	10	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	6	-3
	Russia	WC	2	1	1	2	0	1
	Russia (all)	International	2	1	1	2	0	-
15-16	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	79	50	21	71	53	21	Playoffs	12	5	7	12	2	3
	Russia	WC	6	1	1	2	2	3
	Russia (all)	International	6	1	1	2	2	3
16-17	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	82	33	36	69	50	6	Playoffs	13	5	3	8	8	-4
	Russia"C"	WCup	4	1	2	3	6	1
	Russia (all)"C"	International	7	2	2	4	8	1
17-18	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	82	49	38	87	32	3	Playoffs	24	15	12	27	8	8
18-19	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	81	51	38	89	40	7	Playoffs	7	4	5	9	19	-2
	Russia"A"	WC	10	2	1	3	2	6
	Russia (all)"A"	International	12	3	4	7	2	10
19-20	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	68	48	19	67	30	-12	Playoffs	8	4	1	5	2	-1
20-21	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	45	24	18	42	12	-7	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	2	-2
21-22	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	77	50	40	90	18	8	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	0	-3
22-23	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	73	42	33	75	48	-16
23-24	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	79	31	34	65	20	-22	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-2
24-25	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	65	44	29	73	14	15	Playoffs	10	5	1	6	6	0
25-26	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	82	32	32	64	26	-5
26-27	Washington Capitals"C"	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
99-00	Dynamo Moskva U16	Russia U16 Finals	6	1	0	1	4	-
00-01	Russia U17	EYOF	4	0	1	1	0	0
02-03	Russia U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	7	5	12	-	-
03-04	Russia	EHT	8	4	2	6	0	-
04-05	Russia	EHT	5	2	3	5	4	-
05-06	Russia	EHT	1	0	1	1	0	-
12-13	Russia	EHT	3	1	1	2	0	1
13-14	Russia"C"	EHT	3	0	2	2	2	0
18-19	Russia"A"	EHT	2	1	3	4	0	4

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
EHT	6	22	8	12	20	0.91	6	5*	0
EYOF	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	0	0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup	1	5	7	5	12	2.40	-	-	0
International	9	70	23	25	48	0.69	34	19*	0
International-Jr	1	3	2	1	3	1.00	2	-	0
KHL	1	31	19	21	40	1.29	14	13	0
NHL	22	1573	929	758	1687	1.07	857	55	16	161	77	70	147	0.91	83	3
OG	3	17	8	3	11	0.65	10	6	0
Russia	4	152	36	33	69	0.45	104	32	4	21	2	4	6	0.29	35	2
Russia U16 Finals	1	6	1	0	1	0.17	4	-	0
Russia3	1	19	18	8	26	1.37	20	-	0
WC	13	83	35	29	64	0.77	69	44	0
WCup	2	6	2	2	4	0.67	6	3	0
WHC-17	1	5	12	2	14	2.80	17	-	0
WJC-18	2	14	23	8	31	2.21	6	27	0
WJC-20	3	18	18	7	25	1.39	33	16	0

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929

758

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152

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Alexander Ovechkin Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
2001-2002	U18 WJC All-Star Team U18 WJC Best Plus/Minus (+14) U18 WJC Most Goals (14) U18 WJC Most Points (18) U18 WJC Silver Medal
2002-2003	Hlinka Gretzky Cup Most Points (12) Hlinka Gretzky Cup Most Valuable Player U18 WJC All-Star Team U18 WJC Best Forward U18 WJC Best Plus/Minus (+13) U18 WJC Bronze Medal U18 WJC Most Goals (9) U20 WJC Gold Medal U20 WJC Most Goals (6)
2004-2005	RSL Champion U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Best Forward U20 WJC Most Goals (7) U20 WJC Silver Medal World Championship Bronze Medal World Championship Most Points by U20 Junior (8)
2005-2006	NHL All-Rookie Team NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals by Rookie (52) NHL Most Points by Rookie (106) NHL Rookie of the Month (December) NHL Rookie of the Month (January) NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy) NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy) Finalist Olympic All-Star Team Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship All-Star Team
2006-2007	NHL All-Star Game NHL First All-Star Team Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship Bronze Medal
2007-2008	NHL All-Star Game NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Game Winning Goals (11) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (65) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (110) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Gold Medal World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2008-2009	NHL All-Star Game NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (56) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH)
2009-2010	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship Silver Medal
2010-2011	NHL All-Star Game NHL Most Game Winning Goals (11) NHL Second All-Star Team
2011-2012	NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play) World Championship Gold Medal
2012-2013	KHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play) KHL Gagarin Cup Champion NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (32) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Second All-Star Team
2013-2014	NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (51) NHL Second All-Star Team Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship Gold Medal World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2014-2015	NHL All-Star Game NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Game Winning Goals (11) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (53) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH) World Championship Silver Medal
2015-2016	NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (50) NHL Second All-Star Team World Championship Bronze Medal
2016-2017	NHL All-Star Game
2017-2018	NHL All-Star Game (C) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (49) NHL Playoffs Most Goals (15) NHL Stanley Cup Champion NHL Stanley Cup MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy) Russian Player of the Year (Valeri Kharlamov Trophy) (WSH)
2018-2019	NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play) NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (51) World Championship Bronze Medal
2019-2020	NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (48)
2021-2022	NHL All-Star Game (Selected, did not play)
2022-2023	NHL All-Star Game
2024-2025	NHL Mark Messier Leadership Award (WSH)

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Alexander Ovechkin Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Dynamo Moskva
Cult/Star player for Russia
Cult/Star player for Washington Capitals

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- 2012-09-19 • Signed to a lockout contract by Dynamo Moscow

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- 2008-01-10 • Signed to a 13-year contract extension by the Washington Capitals

* | $124,000,000 | Full story
- 2005-08-05 • Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Washington Capitals

| $11,502,600 | Full story

*Including a NTC (no-trade clause) starting July 1, 2014, Ovechkin can list up to 10 teams each year he will not accept a trade to and can modify said list in September of every following year. According to capgeek.com.

Other memorable dates
- 2018-06-07 • Stanley Cup Champion with the Washington Capitals.
- 2010-01-05 • Named Captain by the Washington Capitals. Full story.
- 2006-01-13 • Scored his first NHL hat trick (vs. the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim).
- 2005-10-05 • Made his NHL debut (vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets) and scored his first NHL goal.

Wears #8 in honour of his mother Tatyana Ovechkina, who won back-to-back gold medals in women's basketball at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, and is known as one of the greatest Russian basketball players of all time.