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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Ron Francis

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerWayne 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 percentileRon 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 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

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

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.