worst plus minus by a rookie defenseman in nhl history

Greg Joly has the lowest plus/minus by a rookie defenseman, at -69 in 1974-75.

NAME+/-SEASONTMGPGAPPIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Greg Joly
G. Joly
-69
1974-75
WSH WSH
44
1
7
8
44
1
3
0
0
0
73
1.4
2Dave Babych
D. Babych
-62
1980-81
WIN WIN
69
6
38
44
90
3
17
0
2
0
209
2.9
3Gord Smith
G. Smith
-60
1974-75
WSH WSH
63
3
8
11
56
2
1
0
0
0
58
5.2
4Pat Stapleton
P. Stapleton
-58
1961-62
BOS BOS
69
2
5
7
42
0
0
0
0
0
98
2.0
5Brad Maxwell
B. Maxwell
-56
1977-78
MNS MNS
75
18
29
47
100
12
13
0
0
0
207
8.7
6Dennis Patterson
D. Patterson
-56
1974-75
KCS KCS
66
1
5
6
39
0
0
0
0
0
53
1.9
7Bill Mikkelson
B. Mikkelson
-53
1972-73
NYI NYI
72
1
10
11
45
0
0
0
0
0
39
2.6
8Doug Zmolek
D. Zmolek
-50
1992-93
SJS SJS
84
5
10
15
229
2
3
0
0
0
0
94
5.3
9Chris Luongo
C. Luongo
-47
1992-93
OTT OTT
76
3
9
12
68
1
3
0
0
0
0
76
3.9
10Bryan Fogarty
B. Fogarty
-47
1989-90
QUE QUE
45
4
10
14
31
2
4
0
1
0
0
93
4.3
11Jim McElmury
J. McElmury
-47
1974-75
KCS KCS
78
5
17
22
25
1
8
0
0
1
136
3.7
12Bob Stewart
B. Stewart
-46
1972-73
CGS
63
4
17
21
181
0
0
0
0
0
95
4.2
13Jean Potvin
J. Potvin
-44
1971-72
TOT
68
5
15
20
41
2
13
0
0
2
78
6.4
14Terry Murray
T. Murray
-43
1973-74
CGS
59
0
12
12
48
0
1
0
0
0
57
0.0
15Rob Ramage
R. Ramage
-42
1979-80
CLR CLR
75
8
20
28
135
4
7
0
0
3
218
3.7
16Artyom Levshunov
A. Levshunov
-41
2025-26
CHI CHI
68
2
22
24
44
1
10
0
0
0
0
84
2.4
0
0
98
75
16
88
19:35
17Barry Melrose
B. Melrose
-41
1979-80
WIN WIN
74
4
6
10
124
0
0
0
0
1
101
4.0
18Rick Hampton
R. Hampton
-41
1974-75
CGS
78
8
17
25
39
1
10
1
0
0
99
8.1
19Don Spring
D. Spring
-40
1980-81
WIN WIN
80
1
18
19
18
0
0
0
0
0
51
2.0
20Murray Anderson
M. Anderson
-40
1974-75
WSH WSH
40
0
1
1
68
0
0
0
0
0
23
0.0
21Jim Mair
J. Mair
-40
1972-73
TOT
64
3
11
14
49
0
3
0
0
0
158
1.9
22Kevin Korchinski
K. Korchinski
-39
2023-24
CHI CHI
76
5
10
15
20
0
7
0
0
2
1
93
5.4
0
0
26
82
23
72
19:37
23Bryan Lefley
B. Lefley
-39
1972-73
NYI NYI
63
3
7
10
56
0
1
0
0
0
39
7.7
24Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
-38
1979-80
WIN WIN
63
3
17
20
136
0
5
0
0
2
92
3.3
25Peter Scamurra
P. Scamurra
-38
1975-76
WSH WSH
58
2
13
15
33
1
0
0
0
0
49
4.1
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