Tim Duncan has the highest plus/minus by a rookie, at +429 in 1997-98.

Interpreted as:

rookie highest +/- by a player history

	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	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
2	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	+422	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197
3	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	+387	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	+357	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213
5	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	+347	2001-02	UTA	82	26.2	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	116	159	108	156
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	+344	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170
7	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	+326	1996-97	HOU	82	29.1	9.4	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.0	3.3	7.5	44.1	1.9	4.6	40.4	0.9	1.1	76.3	58.5	0.2	1.7	1.5	2,386	767	160	303	82	1	122	125
8	Brevin Knight B. Knight	+298	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271
9	OG Anunoby	+291	2017-18	TOR	74	20.0	5.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.2	4.7	47.1	1.0	2.7	37.1	0.5	0.8	62.9	58.7	0.6	1.9	0.6	1,481	438	184	55	52	14	45	130
10	Jamario Moon J. Moon	+271	2007-08	TOR	78	27.8	8.5	6.2	1.2	1.0	1.4	3.6	7.4	48.5	0.5	1.6	32.8	0.8	1.1	74.1	54.0	1.2	5.0	0.7	2,166	661	484	90	80	108	51	152
11	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	+264	2023-24	GSW	74	26.6	9.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	3.7	8.1	45.4	1.2	3.2	38.5	0.7	1.1	63.3	54.0	1.6	4.2	1.2	1,968	682	427	273	61	14	88	122
12	Courtney Lee C. Lee	+239	2008-09	ORL	77	25.2	8.4	2.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	1.1	2.6	40.4	1.0	1.2	83.0	55.6	0.2	2.1	0.9	1,939	646	178	91	76	14	69	157
13	Rudy Fernandez R. Fernandez	+236	2008-09	POR	78	25.6	10.4	2.7	2.0	0.9	0.2	3.4	8.1	42.5	2.0	5.1	39.9	1.5	1.8	83.9	58.8	0.6	2.1	1.1	1,993	815	207	159	69	12	86	111
14	Omer Asik O. Asik	+233	2010-11	CHI	82	12.1	2.8	3.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.7	55.3	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	50.3	55.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	989	229	306	32	20	56	64	153
15	Josh Howard J. Howard	+214	2003-04	DAL	67	23.7	8.6	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	3.4	7.9	43.0	0.3	1.0	30.3	1.4	2.1	70.3	48.5	2.2	3.3	1.0	1,589	575	368	97	69	54	67	168
16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	+211	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288
17	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	+208	2009-10	UTA	82	24.7	9.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	3.3	6.9	48.3	0.8	2.0	38.2	2.0	2.4	82.9	59.2	0.6	1.7	1.1	2,025	769	191	124	64	15	93	152
18	Terence Davis T. Davis	+200	2019-20	TOR	72	16.8	7.5	3.3	1.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.1	45.6	1.3	3.4	38.8	0.7	0.8	86.4	58.8	0.7	2.6	1.1	1,209	543	237	115	39	14	76	124
19	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	+195	2017-18	UTA	69	16.7	5.0	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.7	4.1	42.3	0.6	1.7	35.6	0.9	1.1	80.3	54.0	0.4	3.1	0.8	1,149	343	236	95	36	16	55	105
20	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	+195	1999-00	MIN	73	29.7	11.6	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	4.7	9.2	51.1	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.8	2.2	82.6	57.1	1.2	2.5	1.1	2,171	845	272	201	58	23	83	175
21	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	+187	2024-25	MEM	79	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.5	1.7	5.0	35.2	1.4	1.7	82.2	56.0	1.1	2.3	0.9	2,043	823	268	135	44	8	69	146
22	James Harden J. Harden	+184	2009-10	OKC	76	22.9	9.9	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	3.1	7.6	40.3	1.2	3.3	37.5	2.6	3.2	80.8	55.1	0.6	2.6	1.4	1,738	753	244	137	80	20	106	200
23	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	+183	2008-09	POR	79	18.4	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	2.0	4.6	44.6	0.8	2.1	36.9	0.5	0.7	80.8	55.5	1.1	1.7	0.6	1,454	426	220	74	50	40	50	139
24	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	+182	2020-21	NYK	64	19.4	11.4	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	3.6	9.1	39.5	1.8	4.7	38.9	2.4	2.7	89.1	55.7	0.4	1.8	0.9	1,243	731	137	127	30	12	58	114
25	Thaddeus Young T. Young	+181	2007-08	PHI	74	21.0	8.2	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	3.6	6.6	53.9	0.1	0.3	31.6	1.0	1.4	73.8	57.0	1.6	2.6	0.9	1,554	610	312	58	73	8	64	126