Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Arvydas Sabonis had the highest plus/minus in a loss, at +29 versus the Suns on November 14, 1997.

Interpreted as:

most +- in a regular-season loss by a player alltime 1990s

	NAME	+/-	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	+29	1	11/14/1997	POR	vs	PHX	50	31	10	7	1	2	10	16	62.5	2	3	66.7	9	13	69.2	71.4	3	7	3	6
2	Brian Skinner B. Skinner	+28	1	4/26/1999	LAC	vs	SAS	19	9	7	0	2	1	4	4	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	92.2	1	6	1	1
3	Donald Royal D. Royal	+26	1	4/4/1998	CHA	@	MIA	17	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	64.7	0	4	0	1
4	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	+26	1	11/19/1996	ORL	vs	NYK	25	19	2	8	0	0	4	8	50.0	3	5	60.0	8	8	100.0	82.5	1	1	3	0
5	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	+25	1	4/4/1998	CHA	@	MIA	20	14	2	2	1	0	6	12	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		58.3	0	2	1	1
6	Terry Porter T. Porter	+23	1	3/12/1998	MIN	@	POR	28	16	1	4	2	0	5	12	41.7	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	60.1	0	1	1	2
7	Marko Milic M. Milic	+23	1	12/15/1997	PHX	@	CHI	7	4	6	4	2	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	2	4	0	0
8	Felton Spencer F. Spencer	+23	1	3/19/1997	GSW	@	MIA	21	6	4	1	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	47.5	2	2	0	5
9	Mark Price M. Price	+23	1	12/13/1996	GSW	@	CLE	28	7	6	9	1	0	3	8	37.5	1	3	33.3	0	0		43.8	1	5	2	3
10	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	+22	1	1/10/1997	LAC	@	WAS	22	2	5	7	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	4	2	3
11	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	+22	1	12/7/1996	LAC	@	NYK	30	11	4	0	2	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	70.9	2	2	1	6
12	Dwayne Schintzius D. Schintzius	+21	1	1/10/1997	LAC	@	WAS	19	15	2	0	1	1	6	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	75.9	0	2	0	2
13	Carlos Rogers C. Rogers	+21	1	12/14/1996	TOR	@	MIA	35	15	8	1	4	2	6	10	60.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	66.3	5	3	2	4
14	Derek Harper D. Harper	+21	1	11/16/1996	DAL	vs	UTA	23	12	1	7	1	0	4	10	40.0	2	4	50.0	2	4	50.0	51.0	0	1	2	4
15	Pat Garrity P. Garrity	+20	1	4/20/1999	PHX	@	DAL	30	12	6	0	1	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	1	5	1	2
16	Jason Caffey J. Caffey	+20	1	4/20/1999	GSW	vs	LAL	22	8	8	2	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	2	6	6	0
17	Adonal Foyle A. Foyle	+20	1	12/18/1997	GSW	@	LAC	21	6	2	1	0	2	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	52.1	0	2	0	2
18	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	+20	1	1/13/1997	WAS	@	MIA	24	17	3	0	0	2	8	11	72.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	71.5	1	2	0	4
19	James Robinson J. Robinson	+20	1	12/30/1996	MIN	@	CLE	10	23	1	1	1	0	7	9	77.8	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	111.4	0	1	0	3
20	Ervin Johnson E. Johnson	+19	1	3/21/1999	MIL	vs	CHA	33	12	13	0	1	2	5	8	62.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	67.6	7	6	1	5
21	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	+19	1	3/9/1999	SEA	@	MIN	25	14	5	0	0	0	5	11	45.5	4	6	66.7	0	0		63.6	1	4	0	1
22	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	+19	1	3/9/1998	SAC	vs	GSW	15	2	4	1	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	0		0	4	0.0	14.8	2	2	0	1
23	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	+19	1	3/5/1998	LAC	@	DAL	22	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	2	1	0
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	+19	1	3/30/1997	SEA	@	PHX	28	6	9	3	0	1	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	32.2	1	8	3	2
25	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	+19	1	1/22/1997	POR	@	SEA	25	20	6	0	0	2	8	10	80.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	85.0	2	4	1	4