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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Ivan Boldirev Phil Esposito

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerIvan Boldirev: Goals, 0.44 a game, 89th percentileIvan Boldirev: Assists, 0.54 a game, 84th percentileIvan Boldirev: Points, 0.99 a game, 89th percentileIvan Boldirev: Shots, 2.85 a game, 90th percentilePhil Esposito: Goals, 0.53 a game, 95th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.45 a game, 75th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.98 a game, 89th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 2.69 a game, 87th percentile
020406020406080Ivan Boldirev 78Phil Esposito 78

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number. The lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

The numbers

Ivan Boldirev C, DET 1978-79 Phil Esposito C, NYR
79 Games played 80
35 Goals 42
43 Assists 36
78 Points 78
0.99 Points per game 0.98
8 Plus/minus -1
225 Shots 215
15.6 Shooting % 19.5
0 Hits 0
31 Penalty minutes 37
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.