NHL +/- Leaders 2024-25? | Player Rankings

When talking about the 2025-26 season, Nathan MacKinnon leads all players in +/- with 49. In second is Martin Necas, acquiring a plus-minus total of 41. Sitting with a tally of 37, J.J. Moser is sitting in the 3rd spot. Finishing out the top 5 are Artturi Lehkonen (33) as well as Josh Manson (32).

2025-26 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Nathan MacKinnon	49
2nd	Martin Necas	41
3rd	J.J. Moser	37
4th	Artturi Lehkonen	33
5th	Josh Manson	32
6th	Cale Makar	30
7th	Jakob Chychrun	26
8th	Anthony Cirelli	26
9th	Brent Burns	26
10th	Devon Toews	26
11th	Brandon Hagel	25
12th	John Marino	25
13th	Sam Malinski	24
14th	Esa Lindell	23
15th	Jake McCabe	23
16th	Nikita Kucherov	22
17th	Aliaksei Protas	21
18th	Jason Robertson	20
19th	Tom Wilson	20
20th	Nate Schmidt	20
21st	Mattias Samuelsson	19
22nd	Darren Raddysh	18
23rd	Gabriel Landeskog	18
24th	Nick Suzuki	17
25th	Marcus Johansson	17
26th	Matt Roy	17
27th	Lane Hutson	16
28th	Roope Hintz	16
29th	Ian Cole	16
30th	Nikita Zadorov	16
31st	Jonathan Aspirot	16
32nd	Noah Cates	15

2022 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	64
2nd	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	61
3rd	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	57
4th	Devon Toews – Colorado Avalanche	52
5th	Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche	48
6th	Justin Faulk – St. Louis Blues	41
7th	Gustav Forsling – Florida Panthers	41
8th	Alex Goligoski – Minnesota Wild	41
9th	MacKenzie Weegar – Florida Panthers	40
10th	Aaron Ekblad – Florida Panthers	38
11th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	36
12th	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	35
13th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	35
14th	Jaccob Slavin – Carolina Hurricanes	35
15th	Chris Tanev – Calgary Flames	35
16th	Oliver Kylington – Calgary Flames	34
17th	Anton Lundell – Florida Panthers	33
18th	Jared Spurgeon – Minnesota Wild	32
19th	Nick Jensen – Washington Capitals	32
20th	Ryan Hartman – Minnesota Wild	31
21st	Charlie McAvoy – Boston Bruins	31
22nd	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	30
23rd	Anthony DeAngelo – Carolina Hurricanes	30
24th	Rasmus Andersson – Calgary Flames	30
25th	Pavel Buchnevich – St. Louis Blues	29
26th	Mason Marchment – Florida Panthers	29
27th	Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes	29
28th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	28
29th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	27
30th	Michael Bunting – Toronto Maple Leafs	27
31st	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	27
32nd	Sam Bennett – Florida Panthers	27

2021 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	30
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	29
3rd	MacKenzie Weegar – Florida Panthers	29
4th	Devon Toews – Colorado Avalanche	29
5th	Joel Edmundson – Montreal Canadiens	28
6th	Shea Theodore – Vegas Golden Knights	28
7th	Darnell Nurse – Edmonton Oilers	27
8th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	27
9th	Anthony Duclair – Florida Panthers	27
10th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	26
11th	Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights	26
12th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	26
13th	Alec Martinez – Vegas Golden Knights	26
14th	Martin Necas – Carolina Hurricanes	25
15th	Carter Verhaeghe – Florida Panthers	24
16th	T.J. Brodie – Toronto Maple Leafs	23
17th	Joe Pavelski – Dallas Stars	22
18th	Jaccob Slavin – Carolina Hurricanes	22
19th	Charlie McAvoy – Boston Bruins	22
20th	Chandler Stephenson – Vegas Golden Knights	22
21st	Carson Soucy – Minnesota Wild	22
22nd	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	22
23rd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	21
24th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	21
25th	Ian Cole – 2 Teams	21
26th	Craig Smith – Boston Bruins	21
27th	Jake Muzzin – Toronto Maple Leafs	21
28th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	21
29th	Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes	20
30th	Dougie Hamilton – Carolina Hurricanes	20
31st	Ryan Lindgren – New York Rangers	20
32nd	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	20

2020 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Ryan Graves – Colorado Avalanche	40
2nd	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	36
3rd	Jaccob Slavin – Carolina Hurricanes	30
4th	Dougie Hamilton – Carolina Hurricanes	30
5th	Anthony Cirelli – Tampa Bay Lightning	28
6th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	28
7th	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	27
8th	Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins	26
9th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
10th	Valeri Nichushkin – Colorado Avalanche	26
11th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	25
12th	Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning	25
13th	Charlie McAvoy – Boston Bruins	24
14th	Chandler Stephenson – 2 Teams	24
15th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	23
16th	Adam Fox – New York Rangers	22
17th	Kevin Shattenkirk – Tampa Bay Lightning	22
18th	Roman Josi – Nashville Predators	22
19th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	21
20th	Ryan Strome – New York Rangers	21
21st	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	21
22nd	Ian Cole – Colorado Avalanche	21
23rd	Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes	20
24th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	19
25th	Alex Killorn – Tampa Bay Lightning	19
26th	Michal Kempny – Washington Capitals	19
27th	Phillip Danault – Montreal Canadiens	18
28th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	18
29th	Craig Smith – Nashville Predators	18
30th	Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights	17
31st	Nick Bonino – Nashville Predators	17
32nd	John Marino – Pittsburgh Penguins	17

2019 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Mark Giordano – Calgary Flames	39
2nd	Ryan McDonagh – Tampa Bay Lightning	38
3rd	Brett Pesce – Carolina Hurricanes	35
4th	Mikael Backlund – Calgary Flames	34
5th	Brian Dumoulin – Pittsburgh Penguins	31
6th	Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes	30
7th	Ron Hainsey – Toronto Maple Leafs	30
8th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	30
9th	T.J. Brodie – Calgary Flames	29
10th	Nick Bonino – Nashville Predators	27
11th	Mattias Ekholm – Nashville Predators	27
12th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	27
13th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	25
14th	Josh Anderson – Columbus Blue Jackets	25
15th	Anthony Cirelli – Tampa Bay Lightning	25
16th	Erik Cernak – Tampa Bay Lightning	25
17th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	24
18th	Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs	24
19th	Michal Kempny – Washington Capitals	24
20th	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	24
21st	Michael Frolik – Calgary Flames	24
22nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	23
23rd	Alex Killorn – Tampa Bay Lightning	22
24th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	22
25th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	22
26th	Adam Pelech – New York Islanders	22
27th	Casey Cizikas – New York Islanders	22
28th	Brandon Carlo – Boston Bruins	22
29th	Alexander Radulov – Dallas Stars	22
30th	Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins	22
31st	Nate Schmidt – Vegas Golden Knights	22
32nd	Ryan Ellis – Nashville Predators	21

2018 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	William Karlsson – Vegas Golden Knights	49
2nd	Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights	36
3rd	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	34
4th	Yanni Gourde – Tampa Bay Lightning	34
5th	Josh Manson – Anaheim Ducks	34
6th	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	32
7th	Dustin Brown – Los Angeles Kings	31
8th	Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights	31
9th	Anton Stralman – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
10th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	28
11th	Patrik Nemeth – Colorado Avalanche	27
12th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	27
13th	Brayden McNabb – Vegas Golden Knights	26
14th	Ryan Ellis – Nashville Predators	26
15th	Mattias Ekholm – Nashville Predators	25
16th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	25
17th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	25
18th	Roman Josi – Nashville Predators	24
19th	Matt Niskanen – Washington Capitals	24
20th	Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings	23
21st	Artemi Panarin – Columbus Blue Jackets	23
22nd	Jonas Brodin – Minnesota Wild	23
23rd	Zach Hyman – Toronto Maple Leafs	22
24th	Alex Killorn – Tampa Bay Lightning	22
25th	Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins	22
26th	Alexander Wennberg – Columbus Blue Jackets	22
27th	Justin Schultz – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
28th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	21
29th	Radek Faksa – Dallas Stars	21
30th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	21
31st	Matt Grzelcyk – Boston Bruins	21
32nd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	20

2017 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Ryan Suter – Minnesota Wild	34
2nd	Jason Zucker – Minnesota Wild	34
3rd	Jared Spurgeon – Minnesota Wild	33
4th	David Savard – Columbus Blue Jackets	33
5th	Brooks Orpik – Washington Capitals	32
6th	Dmitry Orlov – Washington Capitals	30
7th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	28
8th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	27
9th	Mikko Koivu – Minnesota Wild	27
10th	Justin Schultz – Pittsburgh Penguins	27
11th	Ian Cole – Pittsburgh Penguins	26
12th	Marcus Johansson – Washington Capitals	25
13th	Dennis Seidenberg – New York Islanders	25
14th	Jake Gardiner – Toronto Maple Leafs	24
15th	Conor Sheary – Pittsburgh Penguins	24
16th	Karl Alzner – Washington Capitals	23
17th	Jack Johnson – Columbus Blue Jackets	23
18th	Brett Pesce – Carolina Hurricanes	23
19th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	23
20th	Jaccob Slavin – Carolina Hurricanes	23
21st	Mikael Granlund – Minnesota Wild	23
22nd	Mark Giordano – Calgary Flames	22
23rd	Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks	22
24th	Michael Grabner – New York Rangers	22
25th	Nate Schmidt – Washington Capitals	22
26th	Paul Byron – Montreal Canadiens	21
27th	Adam Larsson – Edmonton Oilers	21
28th	Jay Beagle – Washington Capitals	20
29th	Matt Niskanen – Washington Capitals	20
30th	Shea Weber – Montreal Canadiens	20
31st	Ryan McDonagh – New York Rangers	20
32nd	Brett Connolly – Washington Capitals	20

2016 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Tyler Toffoli – Los Angeles Kings	35
2nd	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	34
3rd	Brian Campbell – Florida Panthers	31
4th	Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh Penguins	29
5th	Colton Parayko – St. Louis Blues	28
6th	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	27
7th	James Neal – Nashville Predators	27
8th	Olli Maatta – Pittsburgh Penguins	27
9th	Milan Lucic – Los Angeles Kings	26
10th	Ryan McDonagh – New York Rangers	26
11th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	25
12th	Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks	25
13th	Jussi Jokinen – Florida Panthers	25
14th	Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings	24
15th	Jaromír Jágr – Florida Panthers	23
16th	John Klingberg – Dallas Stars	22
17th	Alex Goligoski – Dallas Stars	21
18th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	21
19th	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	21
20th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	21
21st	Erik Haula – Minnesota Wild	21
22nd	Reilly Smith – Florida Panthers	19
23rd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	19
24th	Aaron Ekblad – Florida Panthers	18
25th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	18
26th	Dan Girardi – New York Rangers	18
27th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	18
28th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	17
29th	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Ottawa Senators	17
30th	Vladislav Namestnikov – Tampa Bay Lightning	17
31st	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	17
32nd	Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals	17

2015 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	38
2nd	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	38
3rd	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	33
4th	Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning	31
5th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	30
6th	Rick Nash – New York Rangers	29
7th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	27
8th	Jason Garrison – Tampa Bay Lightning	27
9th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	26
10th	Derek Stepan – New York Rangers	26
11th	Niklas Hjalmarsson – Chicago Blackhawks	25
12th	Hampus Lindholm – Anaheim Ducks	25
13th	Tyler Toffoli – Los Angeles Kings	25
14th	Chris Kreider – New York Rangers	24
15th	Kevin Klein – New York Rangers	24
16th	Ryan Strome – New York Islanders	23
17th	Daniel Winnik – 2 Teams	23
18th	Ryan McDonagh – New York Rangers	23
19th	David Desharnais – Montreal Canadiens	22
20th	Anton Stralman – Tampa Bay Lightning	22
21st	Andrei Markov – Montreal Canadiens	22
22nd	Marc Methot – Ottawa Senators	22
23rd	P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens	21
24th	Mark Stone – Ottawa Senators	21
25th	Dale Weise – Montreal Canadiens	21
26th	Jori Lehtera – St. Louis Blues	21
27th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	21
28th	Jonas Brodin – Minnesota Wild	21
29th	Kevan Miller – Boston Bruins	20
30th	Colin Wilson – Nashville Predators	19
31st	Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis Blues	19
32nd	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	18

2014 NHL +/- Leaders

+/- Rank	Player	+/-
1st	David Krejci – Boston Bruins	39
2nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	38
3rd	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	36
4th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	34
5th	Jarome Iginla – Boston Bruins	34
6th	Matt Niskanen – Pittsburgh Penguins	33
7th	Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning	32
8th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	32
9th	Marc-Edouard Vlasic – San Jose Sharks	31
10th	Johnny Boychuk – Boston Bruins	31
11th	Milan Lucic – Boston Bruins	30
12th	Hampus Lindholm – Anaheim Ducks	29
13th	Reilly Smith – Boston Bruins	28
14th	Jaden Schwartz – St. Louis Blues	28
15th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	28
16th	Marián Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks	28
17th	Jay Bouwmeester – St. Louis Blues	26
18th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	26
19th	Francois Beauchemin – Anaheim Ducks	26
20th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	26
21st	Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh Penguins	25
22nd	Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins	25
23rd	Dustin Penner – 2 Teams	25
24th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	23
25th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	23
26th	Brent Seabrook – Chicago Blackhawks	23
27th	Kyle Turris – Ottawa Senators	22
28th	Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks	22
29th	Matt Bartkowski – Boston Bruins	22
30th	Dougie Hamilton – Boston Bruins	22
31st	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	21
32nd	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	21