Dirk Nowitzki had the highest plus/minus in the 2011 playoffs, at +172.

Interpreted as:

highest plus-minus by a player 2011 NBA playoffs

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	+172	2010-11	DAL	21	39.3	27.7	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	9.1	18.9	48.5	1.1	2.4	46.0	8.3	8.9	94.1	60.9	0.6	7.6	3.1	826	582	171	53	12	13	65	46
2	Jason Terry J. Terry	+146	2010-11	DAL	21	32.6	17.5	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	6.1	12.8	47.8	2.0	4.5	44.2	3.3	4.0	84.3	60.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	684	368	40	67	26	3	32	44
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	+135	2010-11	DAL	21	35.4	9.3	4.5	7.3	1.9	0.5	3.0	7.7	39.8	2.0	5.5	37.4	1.1	1.4	80.0	56.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	744	195	95	153	40	10	56	36
4	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	+98	2010-11	DAL	21	32.4	8.0	9.2	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	4.7	58.2	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.7	67.9	63.1	3.8	5.4	0.7	680	167	193	8	13	19	14	77
5	Luol Deng L. Deng	+96	2010-11	CHI	16	42.9	16.9	6.6	2.7	1.5	0.6	6.1	14.4	42.6	1.4	4.3	32.4	3.3	3.9	83.9	52.5	1.7	4.9	1.6	687	270	106	43	24	10	26	40
6	James Harden J. Harden	+81	2010-11	OKC	17	31.6	13.0	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	3.9	8.2	47.5	1.4	4.5	30.3	3.9	4.7	82.5	63.4	0.6	4.8	1.6	537	221	91	61	21	13	28	48
7	Derrick Rose D. Rose	+81	2010-11	CHI	16	40.6	27.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	9.3	23.5	39.6	1.6	6.3	24.8	6.9	8.4	82.8	49.9	1.3	3.1	3.7	649	434	69	123	22	11	59	33
8	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	+79	2010-11	MIA	21	24.3	7.8	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.0	2.6	5.9	43.5	1.5	4.0	38.1	1.1	1.5	71.9	59.0	0.2	1.7	1.3	511	163	40	44	27	1	28	48
9	Nick Collison N. Collison	+79	2010-11	OKC	17	24.3	6.7	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.8	4.5	63.2	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.4	78.3	66.2	2.8	3.0	0.8	413	114	98	15	15	15	13	63
10	Shawn Marion S. Marion	+69	2010-11	DAL	21	32.9	11.9	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	5.0	10.7	46.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.9	2.2	85.1	50.9	2.2	4.1	1.7	690	250	133	45	21	19	36	53
11	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	+68	2010-11	MIA	21	39.7	18.6	8.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	6.6	13.9	47.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.4	6.7	81.4	55.3	2.2	6.2	1.9	834	390	178	23	14	19	40	48
12	Joel Anthony J. Anthony	+67	2010-11	MIA	21	27.4	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.4	1.8	0.9	2.3	36.7	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	71.0	46.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	575	58	97	10	8	38	13	54
13	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	+64	2010-11	CHI	16	31.7	12.6	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	4.8	11.1	43.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	3.8	80.0	49.4	2.5	7.2	1.8	507	202	155	28	9	7	28	49
14	James Jones J. Jones	+62	2010-11	MIA	12	22.7	6.5	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.2	2.0	4.3	47.1	1.4	3.1	45.9	1.1	1.1	100.0	68.8	0.3	2.3	0.3	272	78	30	2	6	2	4	24
15	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	+60	2010-11	BOS	9	21.9	5.8	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.3	4.8	48.8	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.2	90.9	54.3	1.7	2.6	0.9	197	52	38	8	2	16	8	34
16	Joakim Noah J. Noah	+58	2010-11	CHI	16	33.1	8.7	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.8	41.1	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.2	72.5	47.5	4.3	5.9	1.2	529	139	163	40	16	33	19	63
17	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	+57	2010-11	BOS	9	38.3	14.0	5.4	9.6	1.1	0.0	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	4.2	63.2	50.9	1.2	4.2	3.7	345	126	49	86	10	0	33	16
18	Ray Allen R. Allen	+54	2010-11	BOS	9	40.1	18.9	3.8	2.4	1.2	0.1	6.3	12.1	52.3	3.6	6.2	57.1	2.7	2.8	96.0	70.8	0.6	3.2	1.1	361	170	34	22	11	1	10	21
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	+50	2010-11	OKC	17	42.5	28.6	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	9.1	20.3	44.9	2.2	6.4	33.9	8.2	9.8	83.8	58.2	1.1	7.1	2.5	722	487	139	48	16	19	42	52
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	+46	2010-11	MIA	21	39.4	24.5	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	8.6	17.8	48.5	0.7	2.5	26.9	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.0	2.0	5.1	3.0	828	515	150	92	34	28	64	53
21	Kyle Korver K. Korver	+44	2010-11	CHI	16	17.3	6.6	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	2.4	6.1	38.8	1.4	3.3	42.3	0.4	0.4	100.0	51.9	0.1	1.1	1.0	276	105	19	17	8	3	16	35
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	+43	2010-11	BOS	9	36.4	14.9	10.9	2.6	1.9	1.0	6.2	14.1	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.2	75.9	47.9	2.3	8.6	2.1	328	134	98	23	17	9	19	27
23	Mike Miller M. Miller	+40	2010-11	MIA	18	11.9	2.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.9	34.0	0.6	2.1	29.7	0.0	0.0		44.3	0.5	2.2	0.4	215	47	49	13	7	1	8	26
24	O.J. Mayo	+37	2010-11	MEM	13	27.8	11.3	3.2	2.4	0.8	0.3	4.0	10.3	38.8	1.5	3.8	40.8	1.8	2.2	79.3	50.1	0.8	2.4	1.3	362	147	41	31	11	4	17	42
25	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	+37	2010-11	DAL	19	18.4	7.1	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	2.6	6.3	40.8	1.5	4.1	37.7	0.4	0.5	77.8	54.0	0.2	1.5	0.5	350	134	32	7	12	2	9	21