Between the 2001-02 and 2021-22 seasons, Rasmus Ristolainen had the lowest plus/minus, at -172.

Interpreted as:

worst plus minus by a player 2001-02 to 2021-22

	NAME	+/-	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	-172	608	48	213	261	329	14	98	0	2	6	4	1,223	3.9	1	2	50.0	1,585	973	139	320	23:37
2	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	-148	1,204	399	557	956	372	117	207	1	0	70	11	3,700	10.8	457	1,095	41.7	192	287	497	815	18:02
3	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	-146	926	443	433	876	544	144	185	10	5	64	17	3,223	13.7	140	388	36.1	501	233	451	1,012	21:20
4	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	-143	853	298	244	542	378	59	70	0	0	40	5	2,733	10.9	554	1,262	43.9	402	210	656	488	17:02
5	Sam Gagner S. Gagner	-133	967	184	321	505	427	54	84	2	3	15	3	1,982	9.3	3,417	7,496	45.6	414	302	319	448	15:57
6	Damon Severson D. Severson	-129	566	51	179	230	350	11	60	0	3	5	0	942	5.4	0	1	0.0	583	536	201	427	21:22
7	Kyle Okposo K. Okposo	-129	909	219	345	564	486	64	112	3	4	31	7	2,111	10.4	742	1,514	49.0	800	378	513	468	17:24
8	Jeff Petry J. Petry	-121	803	87	235	322	325	22	69	2	7	16	4	1,470	5.9	1	4	25.0	1,640	1,237	323	999	22:14
9	Jay McClement J. McClement	-116	906	90	154	244	325	2	10	6	6	16	0	1,042	8.6	5,688	10,964	51.9	816	570	431	283	14:23
10	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	-114	1,024	72	240	312	571	29	92	1	5	11	3	1,488	4.8	4	8	50.0	1,728	1,588	214	493	21:51
11	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	-104	848	133	284	417	534	58	113	4	2	32	7	1,898	7.0	0	2	0.0	1,449	773	286	473	23:20
12	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	-103	1,109	103	516	619	616	39	254	0	4	16	1	2,406	4.3	0	1	0.0	462	1,046	357	924	20:47
13	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	-96	905	294	394	688	234	75	97	2	1	39	9	2,229	13.2	6,141	11,522	53.3	567	509	568	519	18:17
14	Blake Comeau B. Comeau	-96	909	141	193	334	573	12	25	10	6	23	3	1,522	9.3	768	1,755	43.8	1,890	328	431	357	15:19
15	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	-95	245	21	97	118	128	4	29	0	1	0	0	445	4.7	0	0		308	233	51	200	22:27
16	Tyler Bozak T. Bozak	-95	814	170	291	461	236	51	70	9	3	23	1	1,314	12.9	7,164	13,377	53.6	719	393	479	341	17:27
17	Olli Jokinen O. Jokinen	-95	997	295	397	692	835	93	147	10	1	50	11	2,985	9.9	6,824	14,813	46.1	966	382	428	560	18:59
18	Wayne Simmonds W. Simmonds	-93	1,019	263	261	524	1,264	102	68	3	1	44	2	2,121	12.4	100	235	42.6	1,872	459	394	404	15:23
19	Mike Sillinger M. Sillinger	-93	451	125	135	260	311	46	47	10	6	15	1	855	14.6	5,034	8,832	57.0	292	206	214	257	18:53
20	Tobias Rieder T. Rieder	-89	478	64	81	145	52	6	15	5	3	3	1	879	7.3	54	179	30.2	417	263	193	67	14:59
21	Nail Yakupov N. Yakupov	-89	350	62	74	136	142	19	17	0	0	6	1	650	9.5	0	10	0.0	348	103	125	170	13:36
22	Eric Brewer E. Brewer	-89	843	65	172	237	687	15	54	0	8	11	4	1,221	5.3	1	1	100.0	1,300	1,296	309	574	22:47
23	Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	-87	641	27	67	94	708	0	7	0	2	3	0	852	3.2	0	0		1,475	767	81	303	18:11
24	Dick Tarnstrom D. Tarnstrom	-86	306	35	105	140	254	20	62	0	1	0	0	436	8.0	1	1	100.0	131	341	60	136	20:43
25	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	-85	504	147	211	358	327	29	39	5	3	18	7	1,487	9.9	3,463	6,729	51.5	454	217	319	432	19:15