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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky John LeClair

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 percentileJohn LeClair: Goals, 0.62 a game, 99th percentileJohn LeClair: Assists, 0.44 a game, 86th percentileJohn LeClair: Points, 1.06 a game, 97th percentileJohn LeClair: Shots, 3.70 a game, 99th percentileJohn LeClair: Hits, 0.95 a game, 63rd percentile
02040608020406080Wayne Gretzky 90John LeClair 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 John LeClair L, PIT
82 Games played 82
23 Goals 51
67 Assists 36
90 Points 87
1.10 Points per game 1.06
-11 Plus/minus 30
201 Shots 303
11.4 Shooting % 16.8
4 Hits 78
28 Penalty minutes 32
21:25 Average ice time 21:12

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.