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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Rich Preston

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.17 a game, 29th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.32 a game, 41st percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.49 a game, 36th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 2.22 a game, 68th percentileRich Preston: Goals, 0.15 a game, 21st percentileRich Preston: Assists, 0.30 a game, 38th percentileRich Preston: Points, 0.45 a game, 29th percentileRich Preston: Shots, 2.13 a game, 65th percentile
051015202040Rich Preston 21Phil Esposito 20

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 1980-81 Rich Preston R, CHI
41 Games played 47
7 Goals 7
13 Assists 14
20 Points 21
0.49 Points per game 0.45
-15 Plus/minus -15
91 Shots 100
7.7 Shooting % 7.0
0 Hits 0
20 Penalty minutes 24
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.