Toni Kukoc had the highest plus/minus in the 1997 NBA Finals, at +40.

Interpreted as:

highest 1997 NBA finals plus minus by a player

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	+40	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	23.3	8.0	3.2	2.7	0.2	0.5	2.5	6.2	40.5	1.7	3.0	55.6	1.3	1.7	80.0	58.0	0.3	2.8	0.8	140	48	19	16	1	3	5	8
2	Howard Eisley H. Eisley	+33	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	10.5	5.3	0.7	2.5	0.2	0.0	1.8	3.7	50.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	1.5	1.7	90.0	60.6	0.0	0.7	1.2	63	32	4	15	1	0	7	6
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	+14	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	27.0	4.8	4.5	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.8	5.3	34.4	0.5	1.8	27.3	0.7	1.0	66.7	41.9	1.3	3.2	0.3	162	29	27	14	6	6	2	16
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	+12	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	40.8	23.8	10.3	3.5	1.7	0.3	9.0	20.3	44.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	9.7	60.3	48.5	3.2	7.2	2.3	245	143	62	21	10	2	14	19
5	Luc Longley L. Longley	+11	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	21.8	6.8	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	3.3	5.5	60.6	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.8	20.0	58.2	1.8	2.0	1.8	131	41	23	7	4	3	11	16
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	+10	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.8	20.0	8.3	3.5	1.7	1.8	6.7	15.8	42.1	2.0	5.3	37.5	4.7	6.0	77.8	54.1	2.0	6.3	3.5	257	120	50	21	10	11	21	17
7	Bryon Russell B. Russell	+9	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	38.7	11.3	5.8	0.7	0.8	0.2	3.8	9.8	39.0	2.5	5.7	44.1	1.2	1.3	87.5	54.4	1.0	4.8	1.0	232	68	35	4	5	1	6	19
8	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	+7	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	21.8	4.3	7.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.7	4.2	40.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	42.9	3.0	4.3	1.0	131	26	44	2	3	9	6	19
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	+6	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	32.3	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14
10	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	+3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	19.5	4.3	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	4.2	36.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	48.6	0.2	0.7	0.3	117	26	5	6	4	1	2	10
11	Adam Keefe A. Keefe	-1	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	7.5	0.8	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	38.7	0.3	1.5	0.3	30	3	7	1	1	1	1	3
12	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	-1	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	34.3	12.0	3.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	3.7	9.7	37.9	1.0	2.7	37.5	3.7	4.3	84.6	51.8	0.7	2.8	1.5	206	72	21	13	4	0	9	20
13	Bison Dele B. Dele	-6	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	20.2	6.8	3.3	0.8	1.0	0.2	2.8	6.0	47.2	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.2	53.8	49.1	1.0	2.3	0.8	121	41	20	5	6	1	5	19
14	Chris Morris C. Morris	-7	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	11.5	3.5	1.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.8	47.1	0.8	1.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		61.8	0.2	1.5	0.2	69	21	10	1	2	3	1	9
15	Jud Buechler J. Buechler	-8	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	8.7	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.2	0.7	25.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	56.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	52	10	7	2	3	0	1	5
16	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	-10	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	21.0	4.3	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	39.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	84	17	7	2	4	0	2	8
17	Greg Foster G. Foster	-10	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	16.0	5.5	3.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.5	47.6	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.0	2.2	92.3	61.8	0.7	2.8	0.7	96	33	21	4	2	2	4	13
18	Jason Caffey J. Caffey	-11	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	5	3.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.4	0.0	0.4	17	0	2	1	0	0	2	8
19	Antoine Carr A. Carr	-15	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	9.8	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.7	40.9	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		40.9	0.3	1.3	0.7	59	18	10	5	0	0	4	10
20	Randy Brown R. Brown	-16	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	5	4.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.4	100.0	34.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	24	4	1	1	1	1	0	6
21	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	-23	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	27.2	2.3	7.7	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.8	3.3	25.0	0.2	1.0	16.7	0.5	1.3	37.5	29.8	1.7	6.0	1.0	163	14	46	9	4	1	6	21
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	-37	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	37.5	15.0	4.0	8.8	2.0	0.5	5.2	10.3	50.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	3.7	4.3	84.6	61.3	0.5	3.5	3.8	225	90	24	53	12	3	23	11

StatMuse has game-level data for +/- going back to the 1997 Finals.

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