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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Guy Lafleur

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.65 a game, 97th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.09 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.73 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.59 a game, 96th percentileGuy Lafleur: Goals, 0.68 a game, 98th percentileGuy Lafleur: Assists, 1.01 a game, 99th percentileGuy Lafleur: Points, 1.69 a game, 99th percentileGuy Lafleur: Shots, 4.36 a game, 99th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 137Guy Lafleur 125

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 1979-80 Guy Lafleur R, QUE
79 Games played 74
51 Goals 50
86 Assists 75
137 Points 125
1.73 Points per game 1.69
14 Plus/minus 40
284 Shots 323
18.0 Shooting % 15.5
0 Hits 0
21 Penalty minutes 12
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.