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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Ron Francis Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerRon Francis: Goals, 0.31 a game, 84th percentileRon Francis: Assists, 0.77 a game, 99th percentileRon Francis: Points, 1.07 a game, 97th percentileRon Francis: Shots, 2.33 a game, 79th percentileRon Francis: Hits, 0.26 a game, 7th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.28 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.82 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.10 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 2.45 a game, 84th percentileWayne Gretzky: Hits, 0.05 a game, 1st percentile
02040608020406080Wayne Gretzky 90Ron Francis 87

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

Ron Francis C, TOR 1997-98 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
81 Games played 82
25 Goals 23
62 Assists 67
87 Points 90
1.07 Points per game 1.10
12 Plus/minus -11
189 Shots 201
13.2 Shooting % 11.4
21 Hits 4
20 Penalty minutes 28
22:20 Average ice time 21:25

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.