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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Ivan Boldirev

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 percentileIvan Boldirev: Goals, 0.44 a game, 89th percentileIvan Boldirev: Assists, 0.54 a game, 84th percentileIvan Boldirev: Points, 0.99 a game, 89th percentileIvan Boldirev: Shots, 2.85 a game, 90th percentile
020406020406080Phil Esposito 78Ivan Boldirev 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 Ivan Boldirev C, DET
80 Games played 79
42 Goals 35
36 Assists 43
78 Points 78
0.98 Points per game 0.99
-1 Plus/minus 8
215 Shots 225
19.5 Shooting % 15.6
0 Hits 0
37 Penalty minutes 31
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.