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Compare players, 1982-83 season

At a glance

Mike Bossy Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMike Bossy: Goals, 0.76 a game, 99th percentileMike Bossy: Assists, 0.73 a game, 95th percentileMike Bossy: Points, 1.49 a game, 99th percentileMike Bossy: Shots, 3.47 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.62 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.75 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.38 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.08 a game, 95th percentile
050100204060Mike Bossy 118Mark Messier 106

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

Mike Bossy R, NYI 1982-83 Mark Messier C, NYR
79 Games played 77
60 Goals 48
58 Assists 58
118 Points 106
1.49 Points per game 1.38
27 Plus/minus 18
274 Shots 237
21.9 Shooting % 20.3
0 Hits 0
20 Penalty minutes 72
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.