players with best plus minus season in nhl last 40 years

Between October 18, 1985 and October 18, 2025, Mark Howe has the highest plus/minus in a season, at +83 in 1985-86.

	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	Mark Howe M. Howe	+83	1985-86	PHI	73	24	53	77	36	4	18	7	3	3	0	185	13.0
2	Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	+81	1985-86	PHI	76	13	42	55	81	2	13	0	3	2	0	157	8.3
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	+69	1986-87	EDM	79	62	121	183	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	+69	1985-86	EDM	77	50	159	209	44	10	42	3	14	6	1	340	14.7
5	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
6	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
7	Vladimir Konstantinov V. Konstantinov	+60	1995-96	DET	81	14	20	34	139	3	5	1	0	3	0	168	8.3
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	+60	1985-86	EDM	76	46	87	133	115	9	25	9	4	2	0	298	15.4
9	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
10	Mark Howe M. Howe	+57	1986-87	PHI	69	15	43	58	37	2	19	4	3	0	0	150	10.0
11	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
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	+55	1992-93	PIT	60	69	91	160	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
13	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	+53	1993-94	NJD	83	18	60	78	112	5	21	1	1	4	0	215	8.4
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	+51	1988-89	CGY	79	51	59	110	16	13	27	1	1	7	0	270	18.9
19	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
20	Craig Muni C. Muni	+50	1986-87	EDM	79	7	22	29	85	0	2	0	0	2	0	69	10.1
21	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
22	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
23	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	+49	1995-96	DET	78	39	68	107	48	11	26	3	2	11	1	306	12.7
24	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
25	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