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1981 NHL Plus/Minus Leaders

Goal differential while on the ice

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Wayne Gretzky led the NHL in plus/minus in 1981 with 80, 2 ahead of Brian Engblom (78). It stands 12th among all single seasons in NHL history. It was one of 5 times Wayne Gretzky led in plus/minus.

PGAP/GPPPGGWGPIM+/-SHGPPPSS%G/GPGP
Wayne Gretzky Led the NHL in 1981 Wayne Gretzky EDM
80 Plus/Minus 2 clear of Brian Engblom
Showing Plus/Minus and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team +/- GP G A P
1 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky EDM 80 80 92 120 212
2 Brian Engblom MTL 78 76 4 29 33
3 Bryan Trottier Bryan Trottier NYI 70 80 50 79 129
4 Mike Bossy NYI 69 80 64 83 147
5 Rod Langway Rod Langway MTL 66 66 5 34 39
6 Larry Robinson MTL 56 71 12 47 59
7 Ken Morrow Ken Morrow NYI 53 75 1 18 19
8 Mark Napier MTL 48 80 40 41 81
9 John Tonelli John Tonelli NYI 48 80 35 58 93
10 Keith Acton Keith Acton MTL 47 78 36 52 88
11 Glenn Anderson EDM 45 80 38 67 105
12 Kevin Lowe EDM 45 80 9 31 40
13 Lee Fogolin Jr. EDM 39 80 4 25 29
14 Clark Gillies NYI 39 79 38 39 77
15 Jari Kurri Jari Kurri EDM 39 71 32 54 86
16 Denis Potvin Denis Potvin NYI 39 60 24 37 61
17 Bob Gainey MTL 36 79 21 24 45
18 Paul Coffey EDM 35 80 29 60 89
19 Michel Goulet QUE 35 80 42 42 84
20 Doug Jarvis Doug Jarvis MTL 35 80 20 28 48
21 Stefan Persson NYI 34 70 6 37 43
22 Dave Hunter EDM 33 63 16 22 38
23 Dave Langevin NYI 32 73 1 20 21
24 Guy Lafleur Guy Lafleur MTL 32 66 27 57 84
25 Mike McEwen NYI 30 73 10 39 49
26 Garry Lariviere EDM 29 62 1 21 22
27 Bobby Clarke PHI 28 62 17 46 63
28 Barry Pederson Barry Pederson BOS 27 80 44 48 92
29 Real Cloutier QUE 27 67 37 60 97
30 Gord Lane NYI 27 51 0 13 13
31 Brent Sutter NYI 27 43 21 22 43
32 Dale Hunter Dale Hunter QUE 26 80 22 50 72
33 Bob Bourne Bob Bourne NYI 26 76 27 26 53
34 Tomas Jonsson NYI 26 70 9 25 34
35 Steve Shutt MTL 26 57 31 24 55
36 Mario Tremblay MTL 24 80 33 40 73
37 Terry O'Reilly Terry O'Reilly BOS 24 70 22 30 52
38 Duane Sutter NYI 23 77 18 35 53
39 John Van Boxmeer BUF 23 69 14 54 68
40 Doug Risebrough MTL 23 59 15 18 33
41 Ed Kea STL 22 78 2 14 16
42 Yvon Lambert BUF 22 77 25 39 64
43 Pat Hughes EDM 22 68 24 22 46
44 Harold Snepsts VAN 22 68 3 14 17
45 Ivan Hlinka Ivan Hlinka VAN 21 72 23 37 60
46 Ray Bourque Ray Bourque BOS 21 65 17 49 66
47 Mark Messier Mark Messier EDM 20 78 50 38 88
48 Steve Payne Steve Payne MNS 20 74 33 45 78
49 Mario Marois QUE 20 71 11 32 43
50 Robert Picard Robert Picard MTL 20 62 2 26 28
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