NHL Defensemen - Best Plus-Minus in a Single Season

NHL Defensemen - Best Plus-Minus in a Single Season.
		Overall										Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			SOG		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Team	Age	Pos	Season	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Bobby Orr	BOS	22	D	1970‑71	78	37	102	139	91	124					29	5	3	5	0	48	44	10	16	0	77	49	13	21	0	35.3%										0.474	1.308	1.782	392	9.4%
2	Larry Robinson	MTL	25	D	1976‑77	77	19	66	85	45	120					16	3	0	3	0	51	15	0	10	0	67	18	0	13	0	21.2%										0.247	0.857	1.104	196	9.7%
3	Dallas Smith	BOS	29	D	1970‑71	73	7	38	45	68	98					5	0	2	1	0	33	1	4	4	0	38	1	6	5	0	2.2%										0.096	0.521	0.616	159	4.4%
4	Mark Howe	PHI	30	D	1985‑86	77	24	58	82	36	87					13	4	7	3	0	36	19	3	9	0	49	23	10	12	0	28.0%										0.312	0.753	1.065	193	12.4%
5	Brad McCrimmon	PHI	26	D	1985‑86	80	13	43	56	85	86					11	2	0	2	0	27	13	3	7	1	38	15	3	9	1	26.8%										0.163	0.538	0.700	167	7.8%
6	Bobby Orr	BOS	25	D	1973‑74	74	32	90	122	82	84					21	11	0	4	0	62	24	4	15	0	83	35	4	19	0	28.7%										0.432	1.216	1.649	384	8.3%
7	Bobby Orr	BOS	23	D	1971‑72	76	37	80	117	106	83					22	11	4	4	0	51	24	5	11	0	73	35	9	15	0	29.9%										0.487	1.053	1.539	353	10.5%
8	Bobby Orr	BOS	26	D	1974‑75	80	46	89	135	101	80					28	16	2	4	0	51	36	2	13	0	79	52	4	17	0	38.5%										0.575	1.113	1.688	384	12.0%
9	Serge Savard	MTL	30	D	1976‑77	78	9	33	42	35	79					9	0	0	1	0	28	5	0	6	0	37	5	0	7	0	11.9%										0.115	0.423	0.538	118	7.6%
10	Brian Engblom	MTL	26	D	1981‑82	76	4	29	33	76	78					3	1	0	0	0	20	7	2	4	0	23	8	2	4	0	24.2%										0.053	0.382	0.434	109	3.7%
11	Jacques Laperriere	MTL	31	D	1972‑73	58	7	16	23	34	77					5	2	0	0	0	14	1	1	4	0	19	3	1	4	0	13.0%										0.121	0.276	0.397	89	7.9%
12	Serge Savard	MTL	28	D	1974‑75	80	20	40	60	64	72					11	8	1	2	0	23	14	3	4	0	34	22	4	6	0	36.7%										0.250	0.500	0.750	164	12.2%
13	Larry Robinson	MTL	26	D	1977‑78	80	13	52	65	39	71					8	3	2	5	0	36	16	0	6	0	44	19	2	11	0	29.2%										0.163	0.650	0.813	154	8.4%
14	Denis Potvin	NYI	25	D	1978‑79	73	31	70	101	58	71					16	12	3	2	0	39	30	1	11	0	55	42	4	13	0	41.6%										0.425	0.959	1.384	237	13.1%
15	Guy Lapointe	MTL	28	D	1976‑77	77	25	51	76	53	70					15	10	0	6	0	34	16	1	12	0	49	26	1	18	0	34.2%										0.325	0.662	0.987	287	8.7%
16	Serge Savard	MTL	26	D	1972‑73	74	7	32	39	58	70					4	2	1	0	0	27	4	1	7	0	31	6	2	7	0	15.4%										0.095	0.432	0.527	106	6.6%
17	Brad Park	BOS	29	D	1977‑78	80	22	57	79	79	69					13	9	0	3	0	40	16	1	11	0	53	25	1	14	0	31.6%										0.275	0.713	0.988	222	9.9%
18	Rick Smith	BOS	29	D	1977‑78	79	7	29	36	69	68					7	0	0	0	0	27	2	0	7	0	34	2	0	7	0	5.6%										0.089	0.367	0.456	117	6.0%
19	Jim Watson	PHI	23	D	1975‑76	79	2	34	36	66	66					2	0	0	0	0	30	4	0	4	0	32	4	0	4	0	11.1%										0.025	0.430	0.456	89	2.2%
20	Rod Langway	MTL	24	D	1981‑82	66	5	34	39	116	66					4	1	0	1	0	30	3	1	8	0	34	4	1	9	0	10.3%										0.076	0.515	0.591	139	3.6%
21	Guy Lapointe	MTL	27	D	1975‑76	77	21	47	68	78	64					12	8	1	1	0	26	21	0	7	0	38	29	1	8	0	42.6%										0.273	0.610	0.883	317	6.6%
22	Brian Engblom	MTL	25	D	1980‑81	80	3	25	28	96	63					2	1	0	0	0	21	4	0	3	0	23	5	0	3	0	17.9%										0.038	0.313	0.350	120	2.5%
23	Al Sims	BOS	20	D	1973‑74	77	3	9	12	22	63					3	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	2	0	0.0%										0.039	0.117	0.156	111	2.7%
24	Brad Park	NYR	23	D	1971‑72	75	24	49	73	130	63					14	8	2	4	0	32	16	1	6	0	46	24	3	10	0	32.9%										0.320	0.653	0.973	263	9.1%
25	Serge Savard	MTL	31	D	1977‑78	77	8	34	42	24	62					4	4	0	1	0	21	11	2	7	0	25	15	2	8	0	35.7%										0.104	0.442	0.545	102	7.8%
26	Paul Coffey	EDM	24	D	1985‑86	79	48	90	138	120	61					30	9	9	2	0	60	25	5	16	1	90	34	14	18	1	24.6%										0.608	1.139	1.747	308	15.6%
27	Charlie Huddy	EDM	23	D	1982‑83	76	20	37	57	58	61					13	7	0	2	0	26	10	1	5	0	39	17	1	7	0	29.8%										0.263	0.487	0.750	151	13.2%
28	Vladimir Konstantinov	DET	28	D	1995‑96	81	14	20	34	139	60					10	3	1	3	0	15	5	0	2	0	25	8	1	5	0	23.5%										0.173	0.247	0.420	168	8.3%
29	Larry Robinson	MTL	23	D	1974‑75	80	14	47	61	76	60					13	1	0	2	0	38	9	0	6	0	51	10	0	8	0	16.4%										0.175	0.588	0.763	101	13.9%
30	Jim Schoenfeld	BUF	27	D	1979‑80	77	9	27	36	72	60					5	4	0	1	0	24	3	0	5	0	29	7	0	6	0	19.4%										0.117	0.351	0.468	114	7.9%
31	Andre Dupont	PHI	27	D	1976‑77	69	10	19	29	168	58					9	1	0	0	0	15	3	1	4	0	24	4	1	4	0	13.8%										0.145	0.275	0.420	112	8.9%
32	Paul Coffey	EDM	23	D	1984‑85	80	37	84	121	97	57					23	12	2	6	0	53	27	4	8	0	76	39	6	14	0	32.2%										0.463	1.050	1.513	285	13.0%
33	Denis Potvin	NYI	24	D	1977‑78	80	30	64	94	81	57					21	9	0	6	0	29	33	2	9	0	50	42	2	15	0	44.7%										0.375	0.800	1.175	287	10.5%
34	Mark Howe	PHI	31	D	1986‑87	69	15	43	58	37	57					9	2	4	0	0	21	19	3	10	0	30	21	7	10	0	36.2%										0.217	0.623	0.841	150	10.0%
35	Gustav Forsling	FLA	27	D	2023‑24	79	10	29	39	43	56	22:08	18:09	0:34	3:24	9	1	0	1	1	28	1	0	4	0	37	2	0	5	1	5.1%	0.343	0.995	1.338	0.377	1.171	1.548	1.329	1.329	2.658	0.127	0.367	0.494	160	6.3%	111	102	0	0	0.00%
36	Joe Watson	PHI	32	D	1975‑76	78	2	22	24	28	56					2	0	0	2	0	19	1	2	2	0	21	1	2	4	0	4.2%										0.026	0.282	0.308	88	2.3%
37	Bill Nyrop	MTL	25	D	1977‑78	72	5	21	26	37	56					2	1	2	1	0	21	0	0	3	0	23	1	2	4	0	3.8%										0.069	0.292	0.361	71	7.0%
38	Larry Robinson	MTL	30	D	1981‑82	71	12	47	59	41	56					6	5	1	0	0	37	10	0	7	0	43	15	1	7	0	25.4%										0.169	0.662	0.831	141	8.5%
39	Bobby Orr	BOS	20	D	1968‑69	67	21	43	64	133	55					17	4	0	2	0	27	14	2	11	0	44	18	2	13	0	28.1%										0.313	0.642	0.955	285	7.4%
40	Bobby Orr	BOS	24	D	1972‑73	63	29	72	101	99	55					21	7	1	3	0	40	28	4	12	0	61	35	5	15	0	34.7%										0.460	1.143	1.603	282	10.3%
41	Lou Fontinato	MTL	29	D	1961‑62	54	2	13	15	167	55					2	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	14	0	1	1	0	0.0%										0.037	0.241	0.278	63	3.2%
42	Denis Potvin	NYI	30	D	1983‑84	78	22	63	85	87	54					10	11	1	3	0	42	19	2	11	2	52	30	3	14	2	35.3%										0.282	0.808	1.090	247	8.9%
43	Bobby Orr	BOS	21	D	1969‑70	76	33	87	120	125	54					18	11	4	3	0	46	40	1	11	0	64	51	5	14	0	42.5%										0.434	1.145	1.579	413	8.0%
44	Pierre Pilote	CHI	35	D	1966‑67	70	6	46	52	90	54					2	4	0	2	0	30	13	3	2	0	32	17	3	4	0	32.7%										0.086	0.657	0.743	68	8.8%
45	Scott Stevens	NJD	29	D	1993‑94	83	18	60	78	112	53					12	5	1	4	0	38	21	1	9	0	50	26	2	13	0	33.3%										0.217	0.723	0.940	215	8.4%
46	Rod Seiling	NYR	27	D	1971‑72	78	5	36	41	62	53					4	0	1	2	0	31	4	1	4	0	35	4	2	6	0	9.8%										0.064	0.462	0.526	168	3.0%
47	J.C. Tremblay	MTL	32	D	1971‑72	76	6	51	57	24	53					3	3	0	2	0	24	25	2	10	0	27	28	2	12	0	49.1%										0.079	0.671	0.750	130	4.6%
48	Ken Morrow	NYI	25	D	1981‑82	75	1	18	19	56	53					1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	18	1	0	1	0	5.3%										0.013	0.240	0.253	91	1.1%
49	Barry Ashbee	PHI	34	D	1973‑74	69	4	13	17	52	53					4	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	0	14	2	1	1	0	11.8%										0.058	0.188	0.246	70	5.7%
50	Ray Bourque	BOS	19	D	1979‑80	80	17	48	65	73	52					12	3	2	1	0	24	24	0	9	0	36	27	2	10	0	41.5%										0.213	0.600	0.813	185	9.2%

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