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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Ron Francis

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.88 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.49 a game, 95th percentileRon Francis: Goals, 0.33 a game, 85th percentileRon Francis: Assists, 0.78 a game, 98th percentileRon Francis: Points, 1.11 a game, 96th percentileRon Francis: Shots, 2.26 a game, 73rd percentile
02040608020406080Wayne Gretzky 97Ron Francis 90

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

Wayne Gretzky C, NYR 1996-97 Ron Francis C, TOR
82 Games played 81
25 Goals 27
72 Assists 63
97 Points 90
1.18 Points per game 1.11
12 Plus/minus 7
286 Shots 183
8.7 Shooting % 14.8
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 20
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.