Top NHL Forwards by Plus/Minus

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) leads NHL forwards with +57 plus/minus across 80 games, 10 ahead of Martin Necas. Nikita Kucherov rounds out the top three at +43. Rankings cover the 2025-26 NHL season among qualifying forwards.

Position: ForwardsMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	80	53	74	50	127	4.28	15.1%	60.8	56.9	+57	22.3	$12.60M
Martin Necas CCOL#88	COL	C	27	78	38	62	35	100	3.58	18.4%	57.8	55.4	+47	21.5	$6.50M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	76	44	86	51	130	5.05	19.0%	57.0	55.8	+43	20.3	$9.50M
Anthony Cirelli CTBL#71	TBL	C	29	71	23	29	15	52	2.54	18.4%	56.5	55.4	+38	17.3	$6.25M
Nick Suzuki CMTL#14	MTL	C	27	82	29	72	45	101	3.55	15.8%	54.4	52.3	+37	20.8	$7.88M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	71	36	38	26	74	3.16	16.8%	60.1	58.2	+34	19.8	$6.50M
Artturi Lehkonen LCOL#62	COL	L	31	70	21	27	19	48	2.23	13.7%	59.9	54.8	+32	18.5	$4.50M
Cole Caufield RMTL#13	MTL	R	25	81	51	37	23	88	3.58	19.8%	53.7	52.7	+29	18.2	$7.85M
Gabriel Landeskog LCOL#92	COL	L	33	60	14	21	7	35	2.13	10.6%	58.9	54.9	+29	16.4	$7.00M
Zach Benson LBUF#9	BUF	L	21	65	13	30	17	43	2.50	11.2%	52.8	51.8	+27	15.9	$950,000
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	60	28	45	31	73	3.80	21.5%	62.1	55.5	+26	19.2	$9.50M
Noah Cates LPHI#27	PHI	L	27	82	18	29	19	47	2.12	13.6%	53.0	47.5	+26	16.2	$4.00M
Gage Goncalves CTBL#93	TBL	C	25	74	11	22	9	33	2.04	14.3%	58.1	52.3	+26	13.1	$1.20M
Ryan McLeod CBUF#71	BUF	C	27	81	14	40	26	54	2.27	15.6%	52.4	49.8	+25	17.6	$5.00M
Alex Tuch RBUF#89	BUF	R	30	79	33	33	18	66	2.64	16.9%	51.4	50.6	+24	19.0	$4.75M
Jack Eichel CVGK#9	VGK	C	29	74	27	63	30	90	3.44	10.4%	60.4	53.8	+23	21.2	$10.00M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	45	51	24	96	3.47	15.3%	55.2	50.7	+22	20.3	$7.75M
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	64	25	39	23	64	3.16	24.5%	56.6	51.4	+22	19.0	$8.13M
Clayton Keller CUTA#9	UTA	C	28	82	26	62	42	88	3.37	11.6%	56.1	56.4	+21	19.1	$7.15M
Fraser Minten CBOS#93	BOS	C	22	82	17	18	11	35	1.65	14.7%	50.8	49.3	+21	15.6	$816,666
Ivan Barbashev CVGK#49	VGK	C	30	82	23	38	23	61	2.75	17.3%	56.9	51.5	+20	16.2	$5.00M
Viktor Arvidsson LBOS#33	BOS	L	33	69	25	29	13	54	3.22	14.3%	49.4	49.2	+20	14.6	$4.00M
Aliaksei Protas CWSH#21	WSH	C	25	76	25	27	18	52	2.25	15.7%	51.2	53.3	+20	18.2	$3.38M
Claude Giroux ROTT#28	OTT	R	38	82	14	35	21	49	2.20	10.1%	54.1	54.2	+20	16.3	$2.00M
Lawson Crouse LUTA#67	UTA	L	29	81	24	20	14	44	1.96	17.0%	52.1	53.1	+20	16.6	$4.30M
Anze Kopitar CLAK#11	LAK	C	39	67	12	26	16	38	1.78	11.9%	50.0	51.4	+19	19.1	$7.00M
Matt Boldy LMIN#12	MIN	L	25	76	42	43	23	85	3.26	16.5%	53.1	51.2	+18	20.6	$7.00M
Marcus Johansson LMIN#90	MIN	L	36	75	15	34	21	49	2.54	14.0%	52.1	49.7	+18	15.4	$800,000
Parker Kelly CCOL#17	COL	C	27	82	21	14	6	35	2.02	20.2%	58.0	56.8	+18	12.7	$825,000
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	82	48	90	57	138	4.39	15.6%	56.6	54.3	+17	23.0	$12.50M
Mitch Marner RVGK#16	VGK	R	29	81	24	56	38	80	2.97	14.5%	56.3	54.4	+17	20.0	$12.00M
Nick Schmaltz CUTA#8	UTA	C	30	82	33	41	30	74	2.75	16.0%	55.2	55.9	+17	19.7	$5.85M
Mason Marchment LCBJ#27	CBJ	L	31	68	19	26	13	45	2.29	16.0%	52.2	50.3	+17	17.4	$4.50M
Justin Sourdif RWSH#-	WSH	R	24	78	15	20	11	35	1.83	13.9%	53.6	50.2	+17	14.7	$825,000
Joel Eriksson Ek CMIN#14	MIN	C	29	70	19	32	15	51	2.29	9.8%	51.8	49.6	+16	19.1	$5.25M
Jimmy Snuggerud RSTL#21	STL	R	22	70	21	30	16	51	2.62	12.4%	48.5	47.2	+16	16.7	$950,000
Roope Hintz CDAL#24	DAL	C	29	53	15	29	18	44	2.87	11.9%	55.5	49.4	+16	17.3	$8.45M
Vasily Podkolzin REDM#92	EDM	R	25	82	19	18	10	37	1.76	13.7%	52.2	53.3	+16	15.4	$1.00M
Connor Dewar CPIT#19	PIT	C	27	78	14	16	9	30	1.66	12.7%	52.6	50.2	+16	13.9	$1.10M
Brock Nelson CCOL#11	COL	C	34	81	33	32	16	65	2.45	17.7%	60.2	57.3	+15	19.7	$7.50M
Tom Wilson RWSH#43	WSH	R	32	72	30	32	17	62	2.65	19.6%	54.9	53.4	+15	19.5	$6.50M
Jack Drury CCOL#18	COL	C	26	82	10	17	10	27	1.36	10.1%	59.8	58.5	+15	14.5	$1.73M
Adrian Kempe RLAK#9	LAK	R	30	81	36	37	23	73	2.80	15.9%	48.0	52.0	+14	19.3	$5.50M
Travis Konecny RPHI#11	PHI	R	29	77	27	41	24	68	2.78	16.0%	52.1	46.7	+14	19.1	$8.75M
Kaapo Kakko RSEA#84	SEA	R	25	65	13	27	14	40	2.59	16.7%	45.8	45.9	+14	14.3	$4.53M
A.J. Greer LFLA#10	FLA	L	29	78	17	15	10	32	1.98	16.3%	53.3	54.8	+14	12.4	$850,000
Noel Acciari CPIT#55	PIT	C	34	67	13	12	7	25	1.63	14.0%	53.1	47.9	+14	13.7	$2.00M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	65	35	62	40	97	4.15	18.8%	55.2	53.4	+13	21.6	$14.00M
Jake Guentzel CTBL#59	TBL	C	32	81	38	50	29	88	3.22	17.3%	53.9	53.2	+13	20.2	$9.00M
Evgeni Malkin CPIT#71	PIT	C	40	56	19	42	26	61	3.71	12.8%	53.6	47.7	+13	17.6	$6.10M

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Red: Below 50%