Shaquille O'Neal had the highest plus/minus in 1997-98, at +649.

Interpreted as:

highest plus minus by a player in 1998

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	+649	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	+622	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195
3	Eddie Jones E. Jones	+610	1997-98	LAL	80	36.4	16.9	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	6.1	12.6	48.4	1.8	4.6	38.9	2.9	3.8	76.5	59.2	1.1	2.7	1.8	2,910	1,349	302	246	160	55	146	164
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	+598	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	+584	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	27.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237
6	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	+539	1997-98	SEA	78	35.2	15.8	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	5.6	11.5	48.7	0.8	1.9	41.5	3.8	4.5	84.4	58.5	1.7	5.4	2.2	2,742	1,232	554	341	60	19	168	205
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	+524	1997-98	IND	81	34.5	19.5	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	6.4	13.3	47.7	2.0	4.7	42.9	4.7	5.4	86.8	61.9	0.6	2.3	1.6	2,795	1,578	232	171	78	11	128	148
8	Robert Horry R. Horry	+508	1997-98	LAL	72	30.4	7.4	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.8	47.6	0.3	1.3	20.4	1.6	2.3	69.2	54.2	2.6	4.9	1.4	2,192	536	542	163	112	94	99	238
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	+498	1997-98	UTA	64	29.0	12.0	2.6	8.5	1.4	0.2	4.2	8.0	52.8	0.6	1.4	42.9	3.0	3.6	82.7	62.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	1,858	770	166	543	89	10	161	138
10	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	+487	1997-98	SEA	82	31.7	10.5	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	3.4	7.8	44.0	1.5	3.7	41.5	2.2	2.5	86.8	59.4	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,597	862	334	221	148	17	102	153
11	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	+467	1997-98	CHI	74	30.2	13.3	4.4	4.2	1.0	0.5	5.2	11.4	45.5	0.9	2.4	36.2	2.1	3.0	70.8	52.5	1.6	2.8	2.1	2,235	984	327	314	76	37	154	149
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	+464	1997-98	CHI	82	27.9	9.3	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	3.6	8.1	44.1	0.2	1.0	19.0	2.0	2.6	75.0	50.3	1.3	2.2	1.1	2,284	764	290	241	108	48	91	181
13	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	+464	1997-98	UTA	80	30.8	14.2	3.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.7	1.6	44.1	3.6	4.0	88.5	58.7	0.8	2.6	1.7	2,460	1,139	270	349	109	15	132	175
14	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	+454	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	136	16	224	200
15	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	+454	1997-98	IND	82	26.5	11.3	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	4.1	8.4	48.1	1.3	3.0	44.0	1.9	2.0	93.9	60.7	0.5	2.6	1.4	2,177	927	249	186	95	39	117	186
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	+443	1997-98	IND	82	29.4	8.3	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	3.0	7.3	41.6	0.5	1.7	31.4	1.7	2.2	76.1	50.1	0.8	3.1	2.1	2,413	678	322	713	84	2	174	132
17	Rik Smits R. Smits	+434	1997-98	IND	73	28.6	16.7	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	7.0	14.2	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.3	53.2	1.7	5.2	1.8	2,085	1,216	505	101	40	88	134	243
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	+429	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254
19	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	+429	1997-98	MIA	58	33.4	19.2	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	6.9	12.6	55.1	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.0	66.5	59.5	3.3	6.3	3.1	1,939	1,115	558	52	40	130	179	208
20	Adam Keefe A. Keefe	+422	1997-98	UTA	80	25.6	7.8	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	81.0	60.5	2.2	3.2	0.9	2,047	620	438	89	52	24	71	172
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	+421	1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	13.4	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	277	168	254
22	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	+415	1997-98	ATL	70	38.6	13.2	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	5.3	13.4	39.2	1.3	4.8	26.9	1.4	1.9	70.9	46.2	1.2	3.7	2.5	2,700	921	341	469	183	21	176	122
23	Vin Baker V. Baker	+412	1997-98	SEA	82	35.9	19.2	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	7.7	14.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.8	6.4	59.1	56.4	3.5	4.5	2.1	2,944	1,574	656	152	91	86	174	278
24	Dale Davis D. Davis	+388	1997-98	IND	78	27.9	8.0	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.5	6.4	54.8	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.2	46.5	54.6	3.0	4.8	0.9	2,174	626	611	70	51	87	73	209
25	Rick Fox R. Fox	+382	1997-98	LAL	82	33.0	12.0	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	4.4	9.4	47.1	1.0	3.2	32.5	2.1	2.8	74.3	56.4	1.0	3.4	2.5	2,709	983	358	276	100	48	201	309