Before 1997-98, Steve Smith had the highest plus/minus in a game, at +49 against the 76ers on April 19, 1997.

Interpreted as:

highest +/- by a player in a regular-season game before 1998 NBA

	NAME	+/-	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Steve Smith S. Smith	+49	4/19/1997	ATL	vs	PHI	28	21	4	7	1	0	9	12	75.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		87.5	0	4	0	0
2	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	+47	4/19/1997	ATL	vs	PHI	26	13	9	2	0	5	6	8	75.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	69.7	2	7	0	1
3	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	+42	2/12/1997	PHX	vs	BOS	32	14	5	3	0	3	5	9	55.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	65.1	1	4	2	2
4	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	+41	4/19/1997	ATL	vs	PHI	28	15	11	6	1	1	7	11	63.6	1	1	100.0	0	0		68.2	2	9	2	2
5	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	+40	4/11/1997	WAS	vs	NJN	30	14	7	0	1	1	7	10	70.0	0	0		0	0		70.0	1	6	2	3
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	+40	3/25/1997	SEA	@	GSW	31	23	6	8	1	0	9	12	75.0	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	78.6	2	4	2	1
7	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	+40	2/13/1997	UTA	vs	POR	23	3	10	1	0	4	1	3	33.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	38.7	0	10	0	2
8	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	+39	4/16/1997	POR	vs	DEN	30	10	4	1	1	0	4	10	40.0	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	44.2	1	3	5	5
9	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	+39	2/13/1997	UTA	vs	POR	29	16	2	3	1	2	6	11	54.5	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	62.7	0	2	3	1
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	+39	2/12/1997	PHX	vs	BOS	34	22	11	17	5	0	7	9	77.8	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	94.5	1	10	5	4
11	Calbert Cheaney C. Cheaney	+38	4/11/1997	WAS	vs	NJN	28	14	3	3	0	2	7	10	70.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		70.0	1	2	0	1
12	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	+38	4/11/1997	WAS	vs	NJN	33	16	4	15	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		4	7	57.1	66.2	1	3	3	2
13	Calbert Cheaney C. Cheaney	+38	3/28/1997	WAS	vs	TOR	29	14	7	2	1	1	6	11	54.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.9	4	3	1	1
14	Joe Smith J. Smith	+38	12/1/1996	GSW	vs	POR	36	10	11	0	1	4	3	12	25.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	36.3	3	8	3	4
15	Mario Elie M. Elie	+38	11/19/1996	HOU	vs	MIN	29	17	4	7	2	0	6	11	54.5	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	71.5	0	4	0	2
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	+37	3/20/1997	SEA	vs	DEN	29	11	2	12	3	0	5	15	33.3	1	4	25.0	0	0		36.7	1	1	0	2
17	Bryon Russell B. Russell	+37	2/13/1997	UTA	vs	POR	30	16	4	1	1	2	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	2	4	50.0	82.0	0	4	1	2
18	Wesley Person W. Person	+37	2/12/1997	PHX	vs	BOS	36	33	6	0	1	0	13	14	92.9	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	94.2	2	4	1	0
19	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	+37	1/31/1997	CHI	@	GSW	28	18	9	3	1	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	73.8	2	7	0	1
20	Grant Hill G. Hill	+37	12/18/1996	DET	vs	NYK	34	17	10	11	5	0	6	13	46.2	0	0		5	10	50.0	48.9	1	9	1	3
21	Derrick McKey D. McKey	+37	12/4/1996	IND	@	VAN	26	10	4	3	2	1	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	105.0	1	3	1	1
22	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	+36	4/16/1997	POR	vs	DEN	27	16	1	10	5	0	4	14	28.6	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	48.1	0	1	0	0
23	Mitchell Butler M. Butler	+36	4/16/1997	POR	vs	DEN	27	11	4	1	1	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	79.9	2	2	2	1
24	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	+36	1/15/1997	SEA	vs	TOR	33	25	12	5	2	0	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	71.8	4	8	1	2
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	+36	1/15/1997	SEA	vs	TOR	33	15	3	10	3	0	6	15	40.0	2	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	47.2	0	3	3	0

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