best plus/minus by a rookie defenseman in a season

Al Sims has the highest plus/minus by a rookie defenseman, at +63 in 1973-74.

	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	Al Sims A. Sims	+63	1973-74	BOS	77	3	9	12	22	0	0	0	0	1		111	2.7
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	+52	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	65	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
3	Bill Hajt B. Hajt	+46	1974-75	BUF	76	3	26	29	68	1	1	0	2	0		107	2.8
4	Larry Goodenough L. Goodenough	+45	1975-76	PHI	77	8	34	42	83	5	15	0	0	2		149	5.4
5	Bill Nyrop B. Nyrop	+42	1976-77	MTL	74	3	19	22	21	0	0	0	0	1		49	6.1
6	Mike Busniuk M. Busniuk	+39	1979-80	PHI	71	2	18	20	93	0	0	0	0	1		56	3.6
7	Bob Murdoch B. Murdoch	+39	1972-73	MTL	69	2	22	24	55	0	2	0	0	2		54	3.7
8	Borje Salming B. Salming	+38	1973-74	TOR	76	5	34	39	48	3	8	0	0	0		130	3.8
9	Keith Magnuson K. Magnuson	+38	1969-70	CHI	76	0	24	24	213	0	1	0	1	0		77	0.0
10	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+36	1991-92	DET	80	11	49	60	22	5	26	0	1	1	0	168	6.5
11	Andrej Meszaros A. Meszaros	+34	2005-06	OTT	82	10	29	39	61	5	19	0	1	2	0	137	7.3	0	1	0.0	128	124	24	46	18:11
12	Greg Fox G. Fox	+34	1978-79	TOT	78	0	17	17	86	0	0	0	0	0		57	0.0
13	Jimmy Watson J. Watson	+33	1973-74	PHI	78	2	18	20	44	1	4	0	2	1		113	1.8
14	Colin White C. White	+32	2000-01	NJD	82	1	19	20	155	0	4	0	2	1	0	114	0.9	0	0		163	116	52	62	19:06
15	Phil Russell P. Russell	+31	1972-73	CHI	76	6	19	25	156	1	2	0	0	0		119	5.0
16	Adam McQuaid A. McQuaid	+30	2010-11	BOS	67	3	12	15	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	6.5	0	0		102	131	5	15	14:52
17	Bruce Bell B. Bell	+30	1984-85	QUE	75	6	31	37	44	2	9	0	0	1	0	117	5.1
18	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	+29	2013-14	ANA	78	6	24	30	36	1	3	0	0	1	0	116	5.2	0	1	0.0	54	61	22	45	19:26
19	Thomas Eriksson T. Eriksson	+29	1983-84	PHI	68	11	33	44	37	2	12	0	0	1	0	108	10.2
20	Kevin McCarthy K. McCarthy	+29	1977-78	PHI	62	2	15	17	32	0	0	0	1	0		91	2.2
21	Ed Van Impe E. Van Impe	+29	1966-67	CHI	61	8	11	19	111	0	0	0	0	3		87	9.2
22	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	+28	2015-16	STL	79	9	24	33	29	3	4	0	0	3	0	165	5.5	0	0		102	122	33	21	19:23
23	Steve Smith S. Smith	+28	1985-86	EDM	55	4	20	24	166	1	4	0	1	1	0	74	5.4
24	Miroslav Dvorak M. Dvorak	+28	1982-83	PHI	80	4	33	37	20	2	10	1	2	0		112	3.6
25	Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	+28	1978-79	NYI	67	3	18	21	42	0	0	0	0	0		64	4.7