 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo chikwata chakatanga chinetsekana mushure mekutamira kuWashington, maNational akabudirira zvikuru mukati memakore e2010. Chikwata ichi chaive nemaviri-ekudzoka-kumashure ekutanga-ese sarudzo muMLB dhizaini muna 2009 na2010, kwavakanyora Stephen Strasburg naBryce Harper. Chikwata chakawana nzvimbo yavo yekutanga yekurova uye zita rekutanga rechikamu muna 2012. Vakakunda National League East zvakare muna 2014, 2016, uye 2017, asi vakatadza kufambira mberi kupfuura NLDS nguva imwe neimwe. Muna 2019, chikwata chakapfuurira kuenda kuWorld Seriesuye vakakunda Houston Astros mumitambo minomwe kuti vawane mukombe wavo wokutanga. Kubva muna 2020, Nationals yekukunda kwese kurasikirwa rekodhi ndeye 4,0034,183 .489. 