nhl defensemen best plus minus 1986-87 to 2000-01 include playoffs

Between the 1986-87 and 2000-01 seasons, Scott Stevens had the highest plus/minus by a defenseman in the regular-season and playoffs, at +322.

	NAME	+/-	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	+322	1,303	148	610	758	2,201	56	212	5	17	26	1	2,753	5.4	0	0		499	370	271	206	24:00
2	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	+304	1,179	308	783	1,091	1,390	153	469	9	23	40	4	4,449	6.9	0	0		122	176	86	164	26:55
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	+285	1,274	287	907	1,194	835	130	483	11	19	39	4	5,052	5.7	1	2	50.0	349	262	188	171	27:03
4	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	+257	1,197	175	651	826	2,524	72	312	12	28	34	2	3,131	5.6	0	0		179	143	72	161	24:28
5	Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	+256	779	45	177	222	907	12	35	8	10	10	0	795	5.7
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	+227	904	163	495	658	236	77	262	9	18	19	1	2,273	7.2	0	0		133	213	121	186	28:43
7	Mark Howe M. Howe	+215	487	71	255	326	254	28	104	7	17	7	0	873	8.1
8	Vladimir Konstantinov V. Konstantinov	+201	528	52	142	194	945	5	21	5	4	9	1	770	6.8
9	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	+194	1,323	217	751	968	853	94	349	9	12	35	4	3,016	7.2	3	3	100.0	76	169	47	148	20:45
10	Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	+189	1,081	56	275	331	2,446	10	63	0	11	9	1	1,255	4.5	0	0		69	81	16	34	15:40
11	Craig Muni C. Muni	+182	913	28	134	162	877	0	3	4	13	6	0	569	4.9
12	Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	+182	994	56	340	396	1,549	21	147	2	7	11	1	1,289	4.3	0	1	0.0	91	155	37	58	22:07
13	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	+175	1,058	137	417	554	699	59	178	4	12	26	5	2,224	6.2	3	4	75.0	77	320	138	221	26:53
14	Kjell Samuelsson K. Samuelsson	+174	918	52	157	209	1,385	5	22	1	5	8	0	901	5.8
15	Steve Smith S. Smith	+158	875	79	323	402	2,245	28	128	2	8	11	2	1,228	6.4	0	0		54	52	8	22	20:17
16	Joe Reekie J. Reekie	+153	894	26	137	163	1,304	1	4	1	9	6	0	826	3.1	0	1	0.0	226	168	37	114	17:56
17	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	+142	742	110	441	551	231	49	226	5	12	15	2	1,652	6.7	0	0		125	157	125	355	27:45
18	Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	+138	838	58	139	197	1,602	4	6	4	7	7	1	1,047	5.5
19	Sylvain Lefebvre S. Lefebvre	+134	998	34	161	195	742	4	25	0	12	1	1	1,069	3.2	0	0		381	245	65	123	18:24
20	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	+131	765	90	303	393	414	43	117	3	6	17	1	1,416	6.4	3	13	23.1	246	180	220	191	24:06
21	Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	+131	902	33	145	178	2,083	3	10	0	11	3	0	631	5.2
22	Jamie Macoun J. Macoun	+127	1,000	53	228	281	1,074	10	31	1	6	9	1	1,360	3.9
23	Paul Cavallini P. Cavallini	+122	633	64	204	268	864	18	53	3	8	7	1	1,020	6.3
24	Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	+121	853	52	179	231	1,107	7	16	6	17	6	1	733	7.1
25	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	+120	452	43	197	240	230	11	67	0	4	5	0	586	7.3