Larry Robinson has the highest career plus/minus, at +722.

Interpreted as:

best career +/- by a player in NHL histor

	NAME	+/-	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	+722	1,384	208	750	958	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
2	Bobby Orr B. Orr	+582	657	270	645	915	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	+527	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	+520	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
5	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	+507	1,144	358	852	1,210	1,453	99	234	32	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
6	Serge Savard S. Savard	+462	1,040	106	333	439	590	23	67	9	12	14		1,390	7.6
7	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	+456	1,060	310	742	1,052	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
8	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+450	1,564	264	878	1,142	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
9	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	+449	1,279	524	901	1,425	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
10	Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	+448	1,222	81	322	403	1,416	15	62	8	21	15	0	1,562	5.2
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	+446	1,126	560	793	1,353	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
12	Mark Howe M. Howe	+400	929	197	545	742	455	58	204	28	23	23	0	2,132	9.2
13	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	+395	1,635	196	712	908	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
14	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	+394	930	424	393	817	410	95	82	0	1	50	0	2,403	17.6
15	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	+380	752	573	553	1,126	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
16	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	+371	1,416	340	934	1,274	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
17	Brad Park B. Park	+363	1,113	213	683	896	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
18	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	+351	1,651	185	763	948	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
19	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	+344	853	366	469	835	217	88	128	4	2	58		3,052	12.0
20	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	+329	884	171	451	622	893	59	199	4	11	22	0	2,479	6.9
21	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	+329	1,393	541	925	1,466	1,260	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
22	Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	+324	1,070	252	420	672	201	17	48	27	20	32	0	1,617	15.6
23	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	+322	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
24	Bill Hajt B. Hajt	+320	854	42	202	244	433	2	9	4	6	3	0	857	4.9
25	Dallas Smith D. Smith	+318	889	55	252	307	955	1	6	5	12	5		1,408	3.9