page_title: NHL Plus-Minus Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: NHL Plus-Minus Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Thomas Vanek, Ice hockey player of the Buffalo Sabres
context_page_description: The NHL Plus-Minus Award was a trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League to the ice hockey "player, having played a minimum of 60 games, who leads the league in plus-minus statistics." It was sponsored by a commercial business, and it had been known under five different names. First given for performance during the 1982–83 season, Wayne Gretzky won the award the most times, with three. Gretzky also led the league once prior to the inception of the award. Bobby Orr has led the NHL the most times in plus-minus, with six, all prior to the inception of the award. The award was discontinued after being awarded to Pavel Datsyuk following the 2007–08 season.
context_section_description: * Season shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout
  Bold Player with the best plus-minus ever recorded in a season.
caption: Thomas Vanek, one-time winner
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