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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Bill Barber

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil 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 percentileBill Barber: Goals, 0.43 a game, 87th percentileBill Barber: Assists, 0.58 a game, 89th percentileBill Barber: Points, 1.01 a game, 90th percentileBill Barber: Shots, 3.27 a game, 95th percentile
02040608020406080Bill Barber 80Phil 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

Phil Esposito C, NYR 1978-79 Bill Barber L, PHI
80 Games played 79
42 Goals 34
36 Assists 46
78 Points 80
0.98 Points per game 1.01
-1 Plus/minus 20
215 Shots 258
19.5 Shooting % 13.2
0 Hits 0
37 Penalty minutes 22
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.