players with best plus minus season in nhl last 30 years

Between October 18, 1995 and October 18, 2025, Johnny Gaudreau has the highest plus/minus in a season, at +64 in 2021-22.

	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	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	+64	2021-22	CGY	82	40	75	115	26	6	19	0	0	9	2	262	15.3	1	1	100.0	10	9	50	81	18:34
2	Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	+61	2021-22	CGY	82	42	40	82	22	10	9	1	1	9	2	235	17.9	842	1,592	52.9	66	52	55	41	19:57
3	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	+57	2021-22	CGY	82	42	62	104	68	12	17	0	0	6	0	253	16.6	20	43	46.5	93	20	41	91	17:54
4	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
5	Vladimir Konstantinov V. Konstantinov	+56	1995-96	DET	75	11	18	29	133	3	3	1	0	3	0	158	7.0
6	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
7	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	+52	2002-03	COL	75	29	77	106	70	8	25	0	0	2	1	166	17.5	333	709	47.0	39	9	23	31	19:20
8	Milan Hejduk M. Hejduk	+52	2002-03	COL	82	50	48	98	32	18	17	0	0	4	2	244	20.5	19	43	44.2	16	7	21	13	19:50
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	William Karlsson W. Karlsson	+49	2017-18	VGK	82	43	35	78	12	8	8	4	1	6	1	184	23.4	402	837	48.0	48	45	78	46	18:43
13	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
14	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
15	Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	+47	2006-07	BUF	82	43	41	84	40	15	7	0	0	5	1	237	18.1	11	39	28.2	30	36	45	95	16:47
16	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	+47	1997-98	STL	81	9	27	36	180	1	8	0	2	2	0	145	6.2
17	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	+47	1995-96	DET	75	36	66	102	48	10	25	3	2	11	1	296	12.2
18	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
19	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
20	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	+45	2009-10	WSH	72	50	59	109	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
21	Patrik Elias P. Elias	+45	2000-01	NJD	82	40	56	96	51	8	21	3	0	6	3	220	18.2	64	155	41.3	85	20	61	86	18:44
22	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	+45	2000-01	COL	82	54	64	118	30	19	27	3	3	12	2	332	16.3	1,214	2,292	53.0	44	54	79	54	23:01
23	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
24	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
25	John LeClair J. LeClair	+44	1996-97	PHI	82	50	47	97	58	10	6	0	0	5	0	324	15.4