- NHL Rookie of the Year 2005-2006 season with Washington Capitals.
- Drafted 1st overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals.
- Has an older brother, Mikhael. Another older brother, Sergei, died in a car accident in 1996.
- His father, Mikhail Ovechkin, was a professional soccer player, and his mother, Tatyana Ovechkina, won gold medals with the Soviet women's basketball team in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
- He holds or shares 23 NHL records, including most career power play goals, and holds 16 Washington Capital records.
- Signed a 13-year, $124 million dollar contract extension with the Washington Capitals in 2008, the first $100 million dollar deal in NHL history.
- Maria Kirilenko calls off her wedding to Ovechkin, saying in comments distributed by the Russian Tennis Federation that there were "a lot of reasons" behind her decision. [July 21, 2014].
- Son-in-law of Vera Glagoleva.
- Most Valuable Player of 2018 Stanley Cup Finals (2018).
- Wife Anastasia gave birth to their first child: Sergei Aleksandrovich Ovechkin was born on August 18, 2018 at 9:34 AM, weighing 9 lbs, 6 oz. The child is named after his father's late brother.
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