NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Plus/Minus
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | +/- |
---|---|---|
2024-25 | Dmitry Orlov | 19 |
2023-24 | Gustav Forsling | 56 |
2022-23 | Hampus Lindholm | 49 |
2021-22 | Johnny Gaudreau | 64 |
2020-21 | Mikko Rantanen | 30 |
2019-20 | Ryan Graves | 40 |
2018-19 | Mark Giordano | 39 |
2017-18 | William Karlsson | 49 |
2016-17 | Jason Zucker | 34 |
  | Ryan Suter | 34 |
2015-16 | Tyler Toffoli | 35 |
2014-15 | Max Pacioretty | 38 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 38 |
2013-14 | David Krejčí | 39 |
2012-13 | Pascal Dupuis | 31 |
2011-12 | Patrice Bergeron | 36 |
2010-11 | Zdeno Chára | 33 |
2009-10 | Jeff Schultz | 50 |
2008-09 | David Krejčí | 37 |
2007-08 | Pavel Datsyuk* | 41 |
2006-07 | Thomas Vanek | 47 |
2005-06 | Michal Rozsíval | 35 |
  | Wade Redden | 35 |
2003-04 | Martin St. Louis* | 35 |
  | Marek Malík | 35 |
2002-03 | Milan Hejduk | 52 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 52 |
2001-02 | Chris Chelios* | 40 |
2000-01 | Joe Sakic* | 45 |
  | Patrik Eliáš | 45 |
1999-00 | Chris Pronger* | 52 |
1998-99 | Alexander Karpovtsev | 39 |
1997-98 | Chris Pronger* | 47 |
1996-97 | John LeClair | 44 |
1995-96 | Vladimir Konstantinov | 60 |
1994-95 | Ron Francis* | 30 |
1993-94 | Scott Stevens* | 53 |
1992-93 | Mario Lemieux* | 55 |
1991-92 | Paul Ysebaert | 44 |
1990-91 | Marty McSorley | 48 |
  | Theo Fleury | 48 |
1989-90 | Paul Cavallini | 38 |
1988-89 | Joe Mullen* | 51 |
1987-88 | Brad McCrimmon | 48 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 69 |
1985-86 | Mark Howe* | 87 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 100 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 78 |
1982-83 | Charlie Huddy | 61 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 61 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 80 |
1980-81 | Brian Engblom | 63 |
1979-80 | Jim Schoenfeld | 60 |
1978-79 | Bryan Trottier* | 76 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 73 |
1976-77 | Larry Robinson* | 120 |
1975-76 | Bobby Clarke* | 83 |
1974-75 | Bobby Orr* | 80 |
1973-74 | Bobby Orr* | 84 |
1972-73 | Jacques Laperrière* | 77 |
1971-72 | Bobby Orr* | 83 |
1970-71 | Bobby Orr* | 124 |
1969-70 | Bobby Orr* | 54 |
1968-69 | Bobby Orr* | 55 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 55 |
1967-68 | Dallas Smith | 33 |
1966-67 | Pierre Pilote* | 54 |
1965-66 | Ted Harris | 34 |
1964-65 | Carl Brewer | 33 |
1963-64 | Pierre Pilote* | 31 |
1962-63 | Carl Brewer | 32 |
1961-62 | Lou Fontinato | 55 |
1960-61 | Tim Horton* | 31 |
1959-60 | Doug Harvey* | 37 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | +/- |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Paul Shmyr | 37 |
1977-78 | Lars-Erik Sjöberg | 60 |
  | Anders Hedberg | 60 |
1976-77 | Ron Plumb | 64 |
1975-76 | Ulf Nilsson | 65 |
1974-75 | Bobby Hull* | 55 |
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