David Backes career plus/minus
64Career Regular Season
David Backes has recorded 64 plus/minus over 15 regular seasons, 329th among 1,304 NHL players on file.
| GP: Games the player dressed and took a shift in. | G: Goals scored. | A: Assists — the last one or two passes or shots before a teammate’s goal. | PTS: Goals plus assists. | +/-: Goals for minus goals against while the player was on the ice at even strength or short-handed. | PIM: Penalty minutes — time served in the box. | S: Shots on goal. | HIT: Hits: body checks the arena scorer credited. | BLK: Blocked shots: opponents’ shots stopped before they reached the net. | PPG: Power-play goals, scored with a man advantage. | SHG: Short-handed goals, scored a man down. | GWG: Game-winning goals. | TOI/G: Average time on ice per game, minutes:seconds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07 |  STL | 49 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 37 | 89 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 2007-08 | STL | 72 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -11 | 99 | 129 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 2008-09 | STL | 82 | 31 | 23 | 54 | -3 | 165 | 208 | 204 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 2009-10 | STL | 79 | 17 | 31 | 48 | -4 | 106 | 163 | 266 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 2010-11 | STL | 82 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 32 | 93 | 211 | 213 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 2011-12 | STL | 82 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 15 | 101 | 234 | 226 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 2012-13 | STL | 48 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 62 | 100 | 158 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 2013-14 | STL | 74 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 14 | 119 | 165 | 273 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19:32 |
| 2014-15 | STL | 80 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 7 | 104 | 183 | 227 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 2015-16 | STL | 79 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 83 | 168 | 239 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 2016-17 |  BOS | 74 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 69 | 175 | 226 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 57 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 53 | 160 | 137 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 70 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 129 | 140 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 2019-20 |  BOS/ANA | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 22 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:23 |
| 2020-21 | ANA | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM · S · HIT · BLK · PPG · SHG · GWG
- Best season on file: 32 in 2010-11.
- Most recent: -4 in 2020-21.
Sum of 15 regular seasons, 2006-07 through 2020-21. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 20, 2026.