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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Marcel Dionne

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.48 a game, 93rd percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.54 a game, 91st percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 1.03 a game, 92nd percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 3.30 a game, 96th percentileMarcel Dionne: Goals, 0.51 a game, 96th percentileMarcel Dionne: Assists, 0.61 a game, 94th percentileMarcel Dionne: Points, 1.13 a game, 96th percentileMarcel Dionne: Shots, 4.20 a game, 99th percentile
020406080204060Phil Esposito 81Marcel Dionne 79

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 1977-78 Marcel Dionne C, NYR
79 Games played 70
38 Goals 36
43 Assists 43
81 Points 79
1.03 Points per game 1.13
-21 Plus/minus -7
261 Shots 294
14.6 Shooting % 12.2
0 Hits 0
53 Penalty minutes 37
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.