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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Jimmy Carson Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJimmy Carson: Goals, 0.61 a game, 97th percentileJimmy Carson: Assists, 0.64 a game, 90th percentileJimmy Carson: Points, 1.25 a game, 96th percentileJimmy Carson: Shots, 3.00 a game, 91st percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.46 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.85 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.31 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.28 a game, 76th percentile
02040608010020406080Jimmy Carson 100Mark Messier 94

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 1988-89 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 72
49 Goals 33
51 Assists 61
100 Points 94
1.25 Points per game 1.31
3 Plus/minus -5
240 Shots 164
20.4 Shooting % 20.1
0 Hits 0
36 Penalty minutes 130
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.