Michael Jordan had the highest plus/minus in 1996-97, at +818.

Interpreted as:

most +/- by a player 1997

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	+818	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	+807	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	467	154	45	214	213
3	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	+775	1996-97	UTA	82	31.6	14.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.9	2.4	36.9	3.6	4.0	89.9	59.6	0.7	2.2	1.6	2,592	1,191	241	361	124	26	134	188
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	+768	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217
5	Bryon Russell B. Russell	+682	1996-97	UTA	81	31.2	10.8	4.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	3.7	7.7	47.9	1.3	3.3	40.9	2.1	3.0	70.1	60.0	1.0	3.1	1.2	2,525	873	331	123	129	27	94	237
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	+658	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	860	166	15	248	194
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	+624	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208
8	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	+585	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141
9	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	+582	1996-97	ATL	82	38.3	18.1	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.8	48.6	0.4	1.1	35.2	4.4	5.4	81.6	56.2	2.6	6.2	2.7	3,140	1,486	720	223	102	64	218	277
10	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	+573	1996-97	CHI	55	35.4	5.7	16.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.3	5.2	44.8	0.1	0.3	26.3	0.9	1.6	56.8	47.9	5.8	10.2	2.0	1,947	311	883	170	32	19	111	172
11	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	+562	1996-97	UTA	77	23.6	7.3	7.3	0.4	0.3	2.0	2.7	5.3	51.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.7	67.8	56.1	2.3	5.0	1.0	1,818	559	565	27	24	152	74	233
12	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	+540	1996-97	SEA	82	33.6	13.9	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.4	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.1	3.6	87.5	61.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	2,755	1,139	320	250	159	12	130	146
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	+535	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165
14	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	+495	1996-97	SEA	61	35.9	16.8	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	5.8	11.9	49.2	0.9	2.6	35.4	4.1	5.2	80.1	59.2	1.4	5.0	2.5	2,192	1,022	394	266	63	16	150	151
15	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	+475	1996-97	CHI	57	28.2	13.2	4.6	4.5	1.1	0.5	5.0	10.6	47.1	0.9	2.6	33.1	2.4	3.1	77.0	55.3	1.6	2.9	1.6	1,610	754	261	256	60	29	91	97
16	Terry Mills T. Mills	+472	1996-97	DET	79	25.3	10.8	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	3.9	8.9	44.4	2.2	5.3	42.2	0.7	0.9	82.9	58.5	0.9	3.9	1.1	1,997	857	377	99	35	27	85	161
17	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	+465	1996-97	MIA	66	35.2	19.8	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	7.2	13.4	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	5.5	8.6	64.2	57.8	2.9	7.1	3.4	2,320	1,310	656	104	56	189	226	272
18	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	+462	1996-97	SEA	81	34.0	18.7	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.5	12.7	51.0	0.1	0.4	36.4	5.6	7.5	74.2	58.3	3.4	6.6	3.5	2,750	1,516	807	156	125	81	280	320
19	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	+432	1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	13.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249
20	Ron Harper R. Harper	+422	1996-97	CHI	76	22.9	6.3	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	5.3	43.6	0.9	2.5	36.2	0.8	1.1	70.7	54.3	0.6	1.9	0.7	1,740	480	193	191	86	38	50	138
21	Tyrone Corbin T. Corbin	+421	1996-97	ATL	70	32.9	9.5	4.2	1.8	1.3	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.2	1.1	3.0	35.6	1.2	1.5	79.6	51.4	1.1	3.1	1.2	2,305	666	294	124	90	7	85	176
22	Grant Hill G. Hill	+413	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186
23	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	+397	1996-97	CHI	82	22.7	8.1	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	3.0	5.7	53.3	1.3	2.9	46.4	0.7	0.8	80.6	66.7	0.4	1.2	0.5	1,861	662	130	175	67	3	43	98
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	+391	1996-97	SEA	81	24.4	11.0	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	3.6	8.2	43.9	1.5	3.8	39.5	2.3	2.8	81.7	58.4	0.9	2.8	1.0	1,976	889	300	103	69	49	77	134
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	+382	1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	23.2	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	9.3	18.3	51.0	0.1	0.2	31.3	4.5	5.7	78.7	55.8	2.2	7.0	3.6	2,852	1,810	716	236	117	173	281	249