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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Dave Christian Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDave Christian: Goals, 0.51 a game, 91st percentileDave Christian: Assists, 0.53 a game, 77th percentileDave Christian: Points, 1.04 a game, 89th percentileDave Christian: Shots, 2.73 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.56 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.78 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.33 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.14 a game, 94th percentile
02040608020406080Mark Messier 84Dave Christian 83

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

Dave Christian R, CHI 1985-86 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 63
41 Goals 35
42 Assists 49
83 Points 84
1.04 Points per game 1.33
2 Plus/minus 35
218 Shots 198
18.8 Shooting % 17.7
0 Hits 0
15 Penalty minutes 70
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.