The ECHL on Sunday announced that Florida Everblades’ defenseman Jordan Sambrook is the recipient of the 2025-26 AMI Graphics ECHL Plus Performer of the Year award after finishing the season with a plus-minus rating of +62.
 
The +62 rating is highest for a player in a single-season in the ECHL’s 38-year history.
 
Kansas City’s Marcus Crawford finished second with a +49 rating, followed by Connor Doherty of Florida at +32 and Fort Wayne’s Dru Krebs and Kansas City’s Casey Carreau at +31.
 
Sambrook, who was second in the league last season with a +37 rating, posted an even or better rating in 64 of his 72 games, while earning a spot on the All-ECHL Second Team.
 
ECHL Plus-Minus Rating Leaders
2025-26           Jordan Sambrook, Florida Everblades                              +62
2024-25           Cade Borchardt, Kansas City Mavericks                                +43
2023-24           Max Andreev, Kansas City Mavericks                                   +34
                          Grant Gabriele, Toledo Walleye                                             +34
2022-23           Cody Haiskanen and Matt Register, Idaho Steelheads          +53
2021-22           Will Graber, Fort Wayne Komets                                          +37
2020-21           John McCarron, Florida Everblades                                       +29
2019-20           Ben Masella, Florida Everblades                                            +40
2018-19           Joe Cox, Florida Everblades                                                   +46
2017-18           Logan Roe, Florida Everblades                                              +43
2016-17           Joel Chouinard, Allen Americans                                           +47
2015-16           Joey Leach, South Carolina Stingrays                                    +40
2014-15           Drew Daniels, Fort Wayne Komets                                       +46
                        Mike Little, Florida Everblades                                              +46
2013-14           Peter Sivak, Alaska Aces                                                        +49
2012-13           Matt Case, Idaho Steelheads                                                  +32
2011-12           Mathieu Aubin, Cincinnati Cyclones                                     +25
2010-11           Trent Daavettila, Kalamazoo Wings                                      +28
                         Brendan Connolly, Greenville Road Warriors                       +28
2009-10           Mark Derlago, Idaho Steelheads                                            +34
2008-09           Travis Morin, South Carolina Stingrays                                 +37
2007-08           Chad Starling, Cincinnati Cyclones                                        +48
2006-07           Matt Shasby, Alaska Aces                                                      +43
2005-06           Peter Metcalf, Alaska Aces                                                    +44
2004-05           Aaron Phillips, Pensacola Ice Pilots                                       +36
2003-04           Tim Smith, Columbia Inferno                                                +40
2002-03           Mike Glumac, Pee Dee Pride                                                 +37
                        Dennis Vial, Columbia Inferno                                              +37
2001-02           Konstantin Kalmikov, Louisiana IceGators                           +43
2000-01           Jay Murphy, Louisiana Ice Gators                                         +32
1999-00           Andy MacIntyre, Florida Everblades                                     +46
1998-99           Jan Vodrazka, Pee Dee Pride                                                 +44
1997-98           Stan Melanson, Louisiana IceGators                                      +36
1996-97           Dominic Maltais, Hampton Roads Admirals                         +44
1995-96           Kim Maier, Knoxville Cherokees                                           +48
1994-95           Jamie Steer, Dayton Bombers                                                +43
1993-94           Sebastien Laplante, Greensboro Monarchs                            +42
1992-93           Victor Gervais, Hampton Roads Admirals                             +59
1991-92           Brad McCaughey, Toledo Storm                                            +51