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DOUNOBALL Team History

Washington Capitols

The franchise story: championships, record holders, retired jerseys, identities and the seasons that shaped it.

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1946

Archive begins

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Championships

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Retired jerseys

In the rafters

Retired jerseys

The numbers and people permanently honoured by this franchise.

Retired-jersey information is still being added for this franchise.

League-wide honour

Retired across the NBA

League-wide retired numbers are shown separately from this franchise's own rafters.

Title history

Championship banners

Every NBA championship season in the franchise archive.

This franchise has no NBA championships.

Franchise record book

All-time leaders

Regular-season totals credited to this franchise in the DOUNOBALL stats archive. Historical categories begin when the NBA officially started recording that statistic.

STL

Steals

Official NBA steals have been recorded since 1973–74.

BLK

Blocks

Official NBA blocks have been recorded since 1973–74.

3PM

Three-pointers made

The NBA introduced the three-point line in 1979–80.

Team names

Through the years

Washington Capitols

WSC

1946-47 → 1950-51

Franchise archive

History timeline

1946

Franchise origin

Washington Capitols founded

Earliest canonical team identity season currently recorded for this franchise is 1946.

1946

Team identity

Washington Capitols era begins

Team identity era begins in 1946-47. Runs through 1950-51. Abbreviation: WSC.