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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Jimmy Carson Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJimmy Carson: Goals, 0.69 a game, 98th percentileJimmy Carson: Assists, 0.65 a game, 91st percentileJimmy Carson: Points, 1.34 a game, 97th percentileJimmy Carson: Shots, 3.30 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 87th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.96 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.44 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.36 a game, 79th percentile
05010020406080Mark Messier 111Jimmy Carson 107

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

Jimmy Carson C, HFD 1987-88 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 77
55 Goals 37
52 Assists 74
107 Points 111
1.34 Points per game 1.44
-19 Plus/minus 21
264 Shots 182
20.8 Shooting % 20.3
0 Hits 0
45 Penalty minutes 103
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.