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Compare players, 1968-69 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Gordie Howe

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.66 a game, 99th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 1.04 a game, 99th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 1.70 a game, 99th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 4.74 a game, 99th percentileGordie Howe: Goals, 0.58 a game, 97th percentileGordie Howe: Assists, 0.78 a game, 97th percentileGordie Howe: Points, 1.36 a game, 98th percentileGordie Howe: Shots, 3.74 a game, 92nd percentile
050100204060Phil Esposito 126Gordie Howe 103

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 1968-69 Gordie Howe R, HFD
74 Games played 76
49 Goals 44
77 Assists 59
126 Points 103
1.70 Points per game 1.36
55 Plus/minus 45
351 Shots 284
14.0 Shooting % 15.5
0 Hits 0
79 Penalty minutes 58
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.