NHL Plus/Minus Leaders 2025-26

Leaders: Plus/Minus, 2025-26

1stNathan MacKinnonCOL · 80 GP57Share
2ndMartin NecasCOL · 78 GP47Share
3rdSam MalinskiCOL · 82 GP43Share
4thNikita KucherovTBL · 77 GP43Share
5thJohn MarinoUTA · 80 GP42Share
6thJosh MansonCOL · 79 GP42Share
7thJ.J. MoserTBL · 79 GP41Share
8thMattias SamuelssonBUF · 78 GP41Share
9thAnthony CirelliTBL · 71 GP38Share
10thNick SuzukiMTL · 82 GP37Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Plus/Minus measures

This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).

Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.

Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes. In 2025-26, 940 skaters qualify for this board; the median is -1 and Nathan MacKinnon leads at 57.

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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders, 2025-26, All situations
#	Player	Team	+/-	GP	Per game	PTS	G				Pctl
1	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	57	80	0.71	127	53	22:16	99th	96th	100	100%
2	Martin NecasFCOL	COL	47	78	0.60	100	38	21:30	99th	95th	100	100%
3	Sam MalinskiDCOL	COL	43	82	0.52	40	8	17:37	98th	47th	100	41%▼3.5
4	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	43	77	0.56	130	44	20:04	93rd	87th	100	100%
5	John MarinoDUTA	UTA	42	80	0.53	36	4	20:12	85th	71st	100	21%▲5
6	Josh MansonDCOL	COL	42	79	0.53	31	5	17:47	98th	52nd	100	44%▲7.6
7	J.J. MoserDTBL	TBL	41	79	0.52	29	7	21:34	90th	92nd	99	16%▼2.5
8	Mattias SamuelssonDBUF	BUF	41	78	0.53	41	13	22:50	68th	76th	99	81%▲4.9
9	Anthony CirelliFTBL	TBL	38	71	0.54	52	23	17:19	95th	85th	99	44%▼2.2
10	Nick SuzukiFMTL	MTL	37	82	0.45	101	29	20:49	65th	99th	99	100%
11	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	37	68	0.54	24	3	22:22	99th	93rd	99	82%▲8.8
12	Lane HutsonDMTL	MTL	36	82	0.44	78	12	23:46	50th	56th	99	100%▲0.6
13	Brandon HagelFTBL	TBL	34	71	0.48	74	36	19:46	92nd	86th	99	100%
14	Brent BurnsDCOL	COL	33	82	0.40	35	12	18:53	99th	51st	99	44%▼2.7
15	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	32	82	0.39	41	6	20:36	86th	94th	98	68%
16	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	32	75	0.43	79	20	24:51	99th	95th	98	100%
17	Artturi LehkonenFCOL	COL	32	70	0.46	48	21	18:29	99th	94th	98	83%▲6.8
18	Nate SchmidtDUTA	UTA	31	82	0.38	22	5	19:42	85th	65th	98	4.9%
19	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	30	82	0.37	32	6	23:14	82nd	94th	98	28%▼4.1
20	Ryan SheaDPIT	PIT	30	80	0.38	35	6	18:53	68th	44th	98	19%▼2.6
21	Jonathan AspirotDBOS	BOS	30	61	0.49	13	3	16:44	40th	75th	98	4.0%▼0.8
22	Cole CaufieldFMTL	MTL	29	81	0.36	88	51	18:11	68th	99th	98	100%
23	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	29	60	0.48	35	14	16:25	99th	69th	98	51%▲4.6
24	Zach BensonFBUF	BUF	27	65	0.42	43	13	15:53	59th	54th	98	55%▲1.5
25	Noah CatesFPHI	PHI	26	82	0.32	47	18	16:15	82nd	60th	97	11%▼1.7
26	Gage GoncalvesFTBL	TBL	26	74	0.35	33	11	13:05	89th	45th	97	8.8%▼0.8
27	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	26	60	0.43	73	28	19:13	96th	93rd	97	96%▲1.2
28	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	25	82	0.30	95	21	24:41	86th	96th	97	100%
29	Ryan McLeodFBUF	BUF	25	81	0.31	54	14	17:37	61st	56th	97	20%▼1.7
30	Alex TuchFBUF	BUF	24	79	0.30	66	33	19:00	68th	79th	97	94%
31	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	23	74	0.31	90	27	21:12	97th	97th	97	100%
32	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	22	82	0.27	96	45	20:15	84th	87th	97	99%
33	Artem ZubDOTT	OTT	22	81	0.27	30	5	20:48	94th	93rd	97	13%▲4.6
34	Robert ThomasFSTL	STL	22	64	0.34	64	25	19:01	75th	93rd	97	84%▼1.2
35	Clayton KellerFUTA	UTA	21	82	0.26	88	26	19:05	88th	87th	96	100%
36	Fraser MintenFBOS	BOS	21	82	0.26	35	17	15:33	43rd	54th	96	68%▲23
37	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	21	73	0.29	70	22	22:42	91st	88th	96	98%▲0.5
38	Claude GirouxFOTT	OTT	20	82	0.24	49	14	16:18	92nd	75th	96	32%▲0.9
39	Ivan BarbashevFVGK	VGK	20	82	0.24	61	23	16:15	98th	95th	96	63%▼2.1
40	Lawson CrouseFUTA	UTA	20	81	0.25	44	24	16:36	86th	74th	96	32%▼1
41	Jakob ChychrunDWSH	WSH	20	80	0.25	60	26	23:20	54th	56th	96	99%
42	Aliaksei ProtasFWSH	WSH	20	76	0.26	52	25	18:14	62nd	91st	96	47%▼4.9
43	Viktor ArvidssonFBOS	BOS	20	69	0.29	54	25	14:36	38th	74th	96	40%▼1.1
44	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	19	70	0.27	39	10	22:50	92nd	92nd	95	90%▼2.7
45	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	19	67	0.28	38	12	19:07	67th	77th	95	0.4%
46	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	19	62	0.31	18	4	20:17	63rd	85th	95	7.9%▲2.9
47	Parker KellyFCOL	COL	18	82	0.22	35	21	12:42	98th	16th	95	17%▼1.2
48	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	18	81	0.22	22	2	20:53	36th	65th	95	44%▲2.5
49	Alexander NikishinDCAR	CAR	18	81	0.22	33	11	18:11	98th	16th	95	57%▼3.7
50	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	18	80	0.23	51	15	24:41	74th	88th	95	87%▼1.2