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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Dale Hawerchuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.63 a game, 96th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.70 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.33 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.30 a game, 94th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Goals, 0.55 a game, 93rd percentileDale Hawerchuk: Assists, 0.96 a game, 99th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Points, 1.51 a game, 98th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Shots, 3.65 a game, 98th percentile
05010020406080Wayne Gretzky 149Dale Hawerchuk 121

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 1987-88 Dale Hawerchuk C, PHI
64 Games played 80
40 Goals 44
109 Assists 77
149 Points 121
2.33 Points per game 1.51
39 Plus/minus -9
211 Shots 292
19.0 Shooting % 15.1
0 Hits 0
24 Penalty minutes 59
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.