nhl defensemen plus minus leaders each season since 2000

Since 1999-00, Gustav Forsling has the highest plus/minus by a defenseman in a season, at +56 in 2023-24.

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	+56	2023-24	FLA	79	10	29	39	43	1	1	0	0	1	1	160	6.3	0	0		111	102	41	48	22:09
2	Devon Toews D. Toews	+52	2021-22	COL	66	13	44	57	20	2	10	0	0	3	1	158	8.2	0	0		54	85	45	34	25:22
3	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	+52	1999-00	STL	79	14	48	62	92	8	18	0	3	3	0	192	7.3	0	1	0.0	106	185	61	93	30:14
4	Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	+50	2009-10	WSH	73	3	20	23	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	7.0	0	0		66	129	13	42	19:52
5	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	+49	2022-23	BOS	80	10	43	53	56	1	16	0	0	2	1	158	6.3	0	0		78	100	31	65	23:11
6	Cale Makar C. Makar	+48	2021-22	COL	77	28	58	86	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0		95	110	49	40	25:40
7	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	+48	1999-00	DET	81	3	31	34	103	0	4	0	2	0	0	135	2.2	0	0		120	86	47	113	25:16
8	Dylan DeMelo D. DeMelo	+46	2023-24	WPG	82	3	28	31	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	83	3.6	0	0		168	139	14	60	21:44
9	Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	+46	2022-23	BOS	75	4	22	26	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	102	3.9	0	0		51	78	13	33	17:14
10	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	+44	2023-24	EDM	79	11	34	45	47	2	1	1	0	3	0	177	6.2	0	0		136	93	40	58	21:03
11	Brandon Carlo B. Carlo	+44	2022-23	BOS	75	3	13	16	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	94	3.2	0	0		128	116	28	21	18:50
12	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	+41	2021-22	STL	76	16	31	47	43	1	6	0	0	6	1	167	9.6	0	0		149	101	37	40	23:12
13	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	+41	2021-22	FLA	71	10	27	37	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	145	6.9	0	0		45	86	51	53	21:13
14	Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	+41	2021-22	MIN	72	2	28	30	34	0	4	0	0	0	0	80	2.5	0	0		56	96	6	31	18:56
15	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	+40	2021-22	FLA	80	8	36	44	81	1	2	1	1	2	0	203	3.9	0	0		179	156	74	85	23:22
16	Ryan Graves R. Graves	+40	2019-20	COL	69	9	17	26	45	0	0	0	2	0	0	134	6.7	0	0		112	150	19	40	18:57
17	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+40	2007-08	DET	76	10	60	70	40	5	29	0	1	4	0	188	5.3	0	0		23	70	23	39	26:43
18	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+40	2006-07	DET	80	13	49	62	46	10	23	0	3	1	0	224	5.8	0	0		24	95	40	83	27:29
19	Tom Preissing T. Preissing	+40	2006-07	OTT	80	7	31	38	18	3	15	0	0	0	0	94	7.4	0	0		20	52	12	32	15:15
20	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+40	2002-03	DET	82	18	44	62	38	8	22	1	1	4	1	175	10.3	0	0		14	26	11	17	29:20
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	+40	2001-02	DET	79	6	33	39	126	1	6	0	3	1	1	128	4.7	0	0		106	110	72	101	25:18
22	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	+40	2000-01	NJD	81	9	22	31	71	3	7	0	1	2	0	171	5.3	0	0		175	142	84	84	24:37
23	Devon Toews D. Toews	+39	2022-23	COL	80	7	43	50	26	1	6	0	0	0	0	165	4.2	0	0		93	138	45	39	25:06
24	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	+39	2018-19	CGY	78	17	57	74	69	3	18	4	2	2	0	221	7.7	0	0		58	144	73	65	24:14
25	Mike Green M. Green	+39	2009-10	WSH	75	19	57	76	54	10	25	0	1	4	1	205	9.3	0	0		133	105	44	73	25:29