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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Butch Goring

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.43 a game, 86th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.55 a game, 84th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.98 a game, 86th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 3.06 a game, 93rd percentileButch Goring: Goals, 0.32 a game, 71st percentileButch Goring: Assists, 0.65 a game, 93rd percentileButch Goring: Points, 0.98 a game, 86th percentileButch Goring: Shots, 2.22 a game, 74th percentile
020406020406080Butch Goring 79Phil 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 1979-80 Butch Goring C, BOS
80 Games played 81
34 Goals 26
44 Assists 53
78 Points 79
0.98 Points per game 0.98
-14 Plus/minus -13
245 Shots 180
13.9 Shooting % 14.4
0 Hits 0
73 Penalty minutes 14
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.