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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Jean Ratelle

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 percentileJean Ratelle: Goals, 0.31 a game, 74th percentileJean Ratelle: Assists, 0.74 a game, 97th percentileJean Ratelle: Points, 1.05 a game, 92nd percentileJean Ratelle: Shots, 1.95 a game, 65th percentile
02040608020406080Jean Ratelle 84Phil Esposito 81

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 Jean Ratelle C, BOS
79 Games played 80
38 Goals 25
43 Assists 59
81 Points 84
1.03 Points per game 1.05
-21 Plus/minus 48
261 Shots 156
14.6 Shooting % 16.0
0 Hits 0
53 Penalty minutes 10
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.