The 2016-17 regular season got off to a rocky start for the Washington Wizards. Three weeks into the season, they were 2-8, but now - five months later - they are breaking barriers that have not been broken in 38 years.

For the first time since 1978-19, when the Bullets won 54 regular season games and made it to the NBA Finals, Washington has at least 47 wins, won their division, and will host Game 1 of the Playoffs.

The regular season hasn't just been a historic one for the Wizards as a franchise, but for their players as well.

John Wall

Washington's point guard had a career-high in points per game (23.1), assists per game (10.7), steals per game (2.1), and field goal percentage (45.1%). Wall took over the franchise highs in both assists, passing Wes Unseld’s 3,822, and steals, passing Greg Ballard’s 762.

He also has the team’s season-high is assists with 831, passing Rod Strickland. Moreover, Wall had his career-high in assists for a single game with 20 against Chicago in mid-March.

Double-doubles? Why not. Wall set a new career-best with 50 of this season. He'll finish with more double-doubles than Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving, Isaiah Thomas, Kemba Walker, and Kyle Lowry combined this year.

Here are some more tidbits that allows you to see just how great a year Wall truly had, which as a side note should earn him a second team All-NBA selection.

• John Wall joins Russell Westbrook (15-16), Chris Paul (07-08, 08-09), and Isiah Thomas (84-85) as only players to average 20 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals per game.

• John Wall has become the first player in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game.

• John Wall is the first player in NBA history to have 1,800 points, 800 assists, 150 steals, and 50 blocks in a season.

Bradley Beal

First and foremost, statistically Beal had a career-year, but he and the rest of his teammates would agree that this is just him finally able to live up to his potential. The reason he was not able to before was unfortunately due to injury, but let’s hope that all those “fluke” occurrences - according to Randy Wittman last year - are in the rear view mirror now. Watching Beal develop over the next four-plus years could be something special.

In a career-high 77 games played and started, Beal had a career-high in points (23.1), assists, an underrated part of his game (3.5), and field goal shooting (48.2%). Beal shattered the the Wizards' single-season record 3-point field goals made this season by hitting 223 to surpass Gibert Arenas' 205. Beal also climbed to second on the team's franchise 3-point gield goals made leader board ahead of Antawn Jamison, but 205 behind Arenas (so the record should fall next season).

Beal joins the likes of Kevin Durant and Vince Carter - very, very good company - as the only players in NBA history to average at least 23 points per game and 40 percent shooting from beyond the arc in a season at the age of 23 or younger. Scott Brooks thinks Wall is young at 26, but Beal is super young and has not even come close to hitting his ceiling. Moreover, Bradley Beal has the second most 3-pointers (223) in a season in NBA history for a player 23 or younger. Kyle Korver had 226 in 04-05. As much as Beal “hates” when Korver touches the ball as he said in the 2015 playoffs against Atlanta, to be in his company is not too shabby.

For the first time since 1962-63, the second year of the franchise’s existence and back when they were known as the Chicago Zephyrs, Washington has two players that have averaged more than 23 points per game. It was 54 years ago that Walt Bellamy and Terry Dischinger did the same as what John Wall and Bradley Beal are currently doing.

Otto Porter

The 2013 NBA Draft was quite head shaking with Anthony Bennett starting things off, but Porter started to show glimpses of his worth as a number three overall pick this season. At the All-Star Break, Porter led the NBA in 3-point shooting, which makes it so odd to us, as well as Wal,l as to why he did not receive a 3-point shooting contest invite. Porter will finish with a shooting percentage of 43.7 from beyond the arc, which is a whopping 7 percent improvement from his previous career-high from last year at 36.7 percent. Porter also averaged a career-high in points (13.5), rebounds (6.4), field goal shooting (51.6%), and free throw shooting (82.8%). Washington will have a big decision to make on the Georgetown product this summer as he is a restricted free agent, but likely to land a contract in the nine-figures even if it is not necessarily the max.

Markieff Morris

A lot of what Morris brings to the Wizards cannot be quantified in statistics, but his contribution is unquestioned. He brings a level of toughness, attitude, and grit that this team previously did not have. His athleticism to defend, arguably, the 1 through 5 positions is a weapon that allows Washington not to be consistently burned on pick and roll coverages. As a stretch-four himself, he is able to defend in the paint without giving up ground or fouling, but also contesting at the three-point line. Morris set a career-high in 3-point shooting percentage at 36.2 percent, but will certainly still be hungry for more as his goal at the beginning of the season was 40 percent, part of his understanding of how many open shots Wall creates for him. Morris also quietly averaged 14 points and 6.5 rebounds, but sure, “he's not a top 30 power forward.”

Marcin Gortat

For some reason, the Polish Machine takes a lot of hate, which we do not understand why. Like Morris, Gortat does a lot that does not show up in a standard box score. For the second time in three years, Gortat will start in all 82 games of the regular season. In the past eight seasons, Washington has only had that happen one other time when Wall did so in 2013-14. This year, Gortat is one of only five players, joining Jeff Teague, Karl-Anthony Town, Andrew Wiggins, and Gorgui Dieng, as the only players in the NBA to start all 82 games. In his four seasons with Washington, Gortat has played in 320 games and missed eight. LeBron James has “rested” in eight games this season alone!

Gortat might not be a Rudy Gobert-level rim protector, but he knows his role well and excels at it. For the second time in his career, Gortat will average a double-double for the season with 10.7 points and 10 .4 rebounds, the latter being a career-high. The Machine shoots 57.5 percent from the field, which was even higher before his recent slump, but most importantly is a monster screener. The NBA has started tracking hustle stats including screen assists, a non-passing assist where the result of one player setting a screen for a teammate results in a basket. Gortat leads the entire NBA in the category with a whopping 6.2 screen assists per game. Wall and Beal have both commended their center for allowing them open jump shots so remember that even when he is not stuffing the typical box score, he is likely contributing in other ways.

The Bench

Two words that made Wizards fans shiver in November, but has all of a sudden become a respectable unit for Washington.

Brooks described the offense he gets out of Kelly Oubre Jr. as “bonus.” The biggest contribution the second-year player makes, which is most desired by his teammates and coaches, is defense. In the past month, Oubre has been a force on defense by using his 7-foot-2 wingspan to harass opposing point guards. He has learned to stay down on pump fakes for the most part and is now even finishing around the rim on the offensive end of the court. At just 21, his best basketball is clearly ahead of him, but he will be a useful weapon in Brooks' arsenal in the playoffs.

It is a shame that Jason Victor Smith does not have an e anywhere in his name because he has been making three-pointers left and right over the past month. Coming to Washington, Jason Smith made 34 three-pointers in his first eight years in the NBA. With the Wizards, Smith has made 37 with a game still to play. 24 of those 37 have come in the past month alone when Smith kidded he actually started shooting the deep ball. “Evolve or die,” Smith said to describe the work he has put in during the season to add an additional facet to his game.

Brandon Jennings, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Ian Mahinmi did not have the full benefit of a full regular season with Washington, but the assist making ability, three-point shooting as well as crafty play, and defense that each brings, respectively, helped in the second half of the season.