best plus minus by a rookie in the last 25 years

Between October 27, 2000 and October 27, 2025, Elena Delle Donne has the highest plus/minus by a rookie, at +282 in 2013.

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	+282	2013	CHI	30	31.4	18.1	5.6	1.8	0.7	1.8	5.7	13.5	42.6	1.4	3.2	43.8	5.2	5.6	92.9	56.8	1.4	4.2	1.3	941	543	167	53	20	54	39	47
2	Leonie Fiebich L. Fiebich	+279	2024	NYL	40	20.9	6.7	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.2	2.4	5.1	47.8	1.4	3.2	43.3	0.5	0.6	72.0	62.4	1.0	2.1	1.0	837	267	121	70	38	7	41	88
3	Maya Moore M. Moore	+274	2011	MIN	34	28.0	13.2	4.6	2.6	1.4	0.5	4.8	11.0	43.9	1.7	4.6	36.9	1.9	2.4	78.8	54.9	1.7	2.9	1.5	951	449	157	90	48	16	50	92
4	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	+237	2012	LAS	33	27.9	14.0	7.5	1.2	1.4	0.9	5.4	10.1	53.5	0.0	0.2	14.3	3.2	4.3	73.4	58.3	3.0	4.5	1.3	920	462	247	40	46	29	42	87
5	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	+192	2018	WAS	29	22.5	11.3	2.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	4.1	9.6	43.2	1.6	4.3	35.7	1.4	1.8	82.4	54.4	1.0	1.4	1.3	652	327	69	60	38	10	38	73
6	Te-Hina Paopao T. Paopao	+171	2025	ATL	43	16.7	5.8	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.1	44.0	1.2	3.1	38.6	0.2	0.3	53.8	55.9	0.2	1.4	1.0	720	250	69	105	20	9	44	48
7	Erin Phillips E. Phillips	+167	2006	CON	34	18.1	5.4	2.1	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.7	4.3	39.3	0.7	2.1	34.3	1.3	1.5	88.0	54.5	0.6	1.6	1.1	617	182	73	80	29	2	38	38
8	Monique Akoa Makani M. Akoa Makani	+163	2025	PHX	41	21.5	7.7	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.1	2.8	6.5	43.0	1.2	3.0	39.8	0.9	1.0	92.7	55.6	0.6	1.6	1.3	881	315	91	111	32	3	55	101
9	Nikki Teasley N. Teasley	+157	2002	LAS	32	27.6	6.4	2.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	2.1	5.2	40.4	1.3	3.1	40.0	0.9	1.3	75.0	55.6	0.5	2.1	2.1	882	204	84	140	25	9	68	63
10	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	+132	2019	MIN	34	33.3	13.1	6.6	2.6	1.9	0.9	4.9	10.0	49.0	0.9	2.4	36.1	2.4	3.0	79.2	57.6	1.8	4.8	1.9	1,131	444	223	87	65	32	65	99
11	Kara Lawson K. Lawson	+130	2003	SAC	34	22.7	7.7	3.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.6	6.7	39.2	1.6	4.0	40.0	0.9	1.2	77.5	53.8	0.9	2.3	1.2	771	263	107	56	15	5	42	45
12	Alexis Hornbuckle A. Hornbuckle	+121	2008	DET	34	22.0	5.4	4.1	2.1	2.3	0.3	1.9	5.2	35.4	0.5	1.3	35.6	1.2	1.9	63.6	44.4	1.6	2.5	1.4	747	184	138	71	79	10	49	97
13	Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	+120	2015	NYL	34	24.9	5.8	6.4	0.8	0.7	2.0	2.4	4.4	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.4	68.8	57.6	1.8	4.7	1.1	846	197	219	26	24	67	37	76
14	Candace Parker C. Parker	+115	2008	LAS	33	33.6	18.5	9.5	3.4	1.3	2.3	7.0	13.4	52.3	0.3	0.8	42.3	4.2	5.7	73.3	58.2	2.5	6.9	2.8	1,109	610	313	113	42	75	93	91
15	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	+111	2016	SEA	34	34.7	18.3	9.3	3.4	1.2	1.9	6.1	13.4	45.7	1.3	3.9	33.8	4.7	5.6	83.3	57.6	1.2	8.1	2.4	1,179	621	317	114	42	64	81	82
16	Laura Macchi L. Macchi	+108	2004	LAS	25	16.5	6.1	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.1	4.2	49.1	0.3	1.0	26.9	1.6	2.2	74.5	58.4	0.9	1.5	1.2	412	152	61	14	21	6	29	56
17	Damiris Dantas D. Dantas	+104	2014	MIN	30	21.8	6.0	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	2.4	4.6	51.1	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.3	1.7	76.0	56.2	1.5	3.5	0.8	655	181	152	36	15	11	24	62
18	Shakira Austin S. Austin	+100	2022	WAS	36	21.6	8.7	6.4	0.9	0.8	0.8	3.4	6.2	54.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.0	62.4	57.6	1.8	4.7	1.5	776	312	232	33	27	30	54	84
19	Devereaux Peters D. Peters	+98	2012	MIN	30	14.1	5.3	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.6	56.0	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.7	70.6	60.1	1.5	2.3	1.3	424	158	113	33	14	23	39	74
20	Brittany Boyd-Jones B. Boyd-Jones	+96	2015	NYL	30	13.8	6.6	2.7	2.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	5.0	39.1	0.3	1.0	26.7	2.4	3.4	71.3	50.7	0.6	2.1	1.6	413	198	81	70	35	2	48	58
21	Cheryl Ford C. Ford	+95	2003	DET	32	29.9	10.8	10.4	0.8	1.0	1.0	4.0	8.4	47.4	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.0	68.2	52.6	3.1	7.3	2.5	956	344	334	27	32	31	79	109
22	Danielle Adams D. Adams	+92	2011	SAN	23	20.9	12.4	4.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	4.3	10.0	43.0	1.5	4.3	35.0	2.3	3.1	74.6	54.7	1.5	2.7	1.2	480	286	98	13	12	15	27	60
23	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	+91	2008	NYL	34	15.2	3.9	1.7	2.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	3.1	37.1	0.6	1.4	40.4	1.0	1.2	81.0	53.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	518	131	57	97	17	3	39	43
24	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	+83	2001	CLE	32	17.5	7.2	3.5	1.4	1.1	0.3	2.7	7.0	38.2	0.7	2.3	30.1	1.1	1.4	78.3	46.9	1.1	2.4	1.2	560	230	112	44	35	11	38	46
25	Sue Bird S. Bird	+82	2002	SEA	32	35.1	14.4	2.6	6.0	1.7	0.1	4.7	11.7	40.3	1.8	4.4	40.1	3.2	3.5	91.1	54.3	0.5	2.1	3.4	1,122	461	83	191	55	3	109	48