best plus/minus rookie season

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

NAME+/-SEASONTMGPGAPPIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Al Sims
A. Sims
+63
1973-74
77
3
9
12
22
0
0
0
0
1
111
2.7
2Ray Bourque
R. Bourque
+52
1979-80
80
17
48
65
73
3
24
2
0
1
185
9.2
3Bill Hajt
B. Hajt
+46
1974-75
76
3
26
29
68
1
1
0
2
0
107
2.8
4Brian Propp
B. Propp
+45
1979-80
80
34
41
75
54
4
11
0
0
3
209
16.3
5Larry Goodenough
L. Goodenough
+45
1975-76
77
8
34
42
83
5
15
0
0
2
149
5.4
6Steve Larmer
S. Larmer
+44
1982-83
80
43
47
90
28
13
20
0
0
9
195
22.1
7Bill Nyrop
B. Nyrop
+42
1976-77
74
3
19
22
21
0
0
0
0
1
49
6.1
8Mike Busniuk
M. Busniuk
+39
1979-80
71
2
18
20
93
0
0
0
0
1
56
3.6
9Danny Gare
D. Gare
+39
1974-75
78
31
31
62
75
5
4
0
0
2
270
11.5
10Bob Murdoch
B. Murdoch
+39
1972-73
69
2
22
24
55
0
2
0
0
2
54
3.7
11Borje Salming
B. Salming
+38
1973-74
76
5
34
39
48
3
8
0
0
0
130
3.8
12Keith Magnuson
K. Magnuson
+38
1969-70
76
0
24
24
213
0
1
0
1
0
77
0.0
13Mike Krushelnyski
M. Krushelnyski
+37
1982-83
79
23
42
65
43
4
1
2
1
1
153
15.0
14Gregg Sheppard
G. Sheppard
+37
1972-73
64
24
26
50
18
0
0
2
3
3
151
15.9
15Blake Wheeler
B. Wheeler
+36
2008-09
81
21
24
45
46
3
2
2
1
3
0
150
14.0
13
34
38.2
49
26
36
26
13:41
16Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
+36
1991-92
80
11
49
60
22
5
26
0
1
1
0
168
6.5
17Mats Naslund
M. Naslund
+35
1982-83
74
26
45
71
10
1
11
0
0
6
122
21.3
18Chuck Lefley
C. Lefley
+35
1972-73
65
21
25
46
22
1
1
1
0
7
99
21.2
19Steve Vickers
S. Vickers
+35
1972-73
61
30
23
53
37
2
2
0
0
5
131
22.9
20Yanni Gourde
Y. Gourde
+34
2017-18
82
25
39
64
50
7
6
1
1
5
1
136
18.4
158
364
43.4
57
42
52
35
16:09
21Andrej Meszaros
A. Meszaros
+34
2005-06
82
10
29
39
61
5
19
0
1
2
0
137
7.3
0
1
0.0
128
124
24
46
18:11
22Dixon Ward
D. Ward
+34
1992-93
70
22
30
52
82
4
5
1
2
0
0
111
19.8
23Greg Fox
G. Fox
+34
1978-79
TOT
78
0
17
17
86
0
0
0
0
0
57
0.0
24Anton Lundell
A. Lundell
+33
2021-22
65
18
26
44
18
1
3
1
3
4
0
125
14.4
334
748
44.7
26
56
59
35
15:44
25Sergei Makarov
S. Makarov
+33
1989-90
80
24
62
86
55
6
21
0
0
4
0
118
20.3
StatMuse has season-level data for +/- going back to the 1959-60 season.

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