most assists by a player in a season in capitals histeoy

Dennis Maruk has the most assists for the Capitals in a season, with 76 assists in 1981-82.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	76	1981-82	WSH	80	60	136	-7	128	20	37	2	1	1		268	22.4
2	Adam Oates A. Oates	69	2000-01	WSH	81	13	82	-9	28	5	37	0	2	4	1	72	18.1	1,081	1,836	58.9	16	49	74	99	21:00
3	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	68	2009-10	WSH	82	33	101	+37	50	11	26	0	0	4	1	222	14.9	667	1,336	49.9	90	62	54	52	20:27
4	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	66	2008-09	WSH	82	22	88	+16	46	14	28	0	0	1	0	174	12.6	570	1,171	48.7	52	46	77	62	19:57
5	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	65	1995-96	WSH	73	16	81	+18	36	6	18	2	2	5	2	168	9.5
6	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	63	2016-17	WSH	82	23	86	+17	38	8	27	0	0	5	2	162	14.2	685	1,333	51.4	45	33	61	54	18:16
7	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	61	2013-14	WSH	82	18	79	-20	54	6	38	1	0	1	0	196	9.2	714	1,415	50.5	89	54	54	24	19:48
8	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	61	1988-89	WSH	80	7	68	+1	225	6	33	0	0	3	0	195	3.6
9	John Carlson J. Carlson	60	2019-20	WSH	69	15	75	+12	26	2	24	0	0	6	0	189	7.9	0	1	0.0	55	108	42	80	24:38
10	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	60	2014-15	WSH	82	18	78	+5	40	3	30	0	0	3	1	153	11.8	862	1,609	53.6	91	52	55	36	20:32
11	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	60	1987-88	WSH	80	12	72	+14	184	5	31	1	0	2	0	231	5.2
12	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	59	2009-10	WSH	72	50	109	+45	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
13	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	59	1992-93	WSH	84	20	79	+3	198	10	22	0	0	2	0	120	16.7
14	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	59	1978-79	WSH	76	31	90	-14	71	6	20	2	0	3		189	16.4
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	58	1997-98	WSH	82	18	76	+6	36	3	23	2	4	3	0	121	14.9
16	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	58	1986-87	WSH	80	23	81	+25	39	8	20	0	1	4	1	224	10.3
17	John Carlson J. Carlson	57	2018-19	WSH	80	13	70	+21	34	3	30	0	0	1	0	185	7.0	0	0		54	164	55	87	25:04
18	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	57	2015-16	WSH	82	20	77	+27	32	5	13	0	0	4	2	193	10.4	543	1,137	47.8	73	29	61	54	17:25
19	Mike Green M. Green	57	2009-10	WSH	75	19	76	+39	54	10	25	0	1	4	1	205	9.3	0	0		133	105	44	73	25:29
20	Adam Oates A. Oates	57	2001-02	WSH	66	11	68	-2	22	3	22	0	0	1	0	85	12.9	928	1,642	56.5	3	29	43	81	22:06
21	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	57	1991-92	WSH	80	23	80	+10	47	7	16	4	1	2	0	177	13.0
22	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	56	2017-18	WSH	79	27	83	+3	48	7	23	1	0	8	2	187	14.4	450	1,018	44.2	50	26	44	66	18:49
23	Adam Oates A. Oates	56	1999-00	WSH	82	15	71	+13	14	5	16	0	0	6	2	93	16.1	1,235	2,176	56.8	19	45	49	121	22:20
24	Mike Ridley M. Ridley	56	1992-93	WSH	84	26	82	+5	44	6	24	2	2	3	1	148	17.6
25	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	55	2007-08	WSH	82	14	69	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00