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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.65 a game, 97th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 2.04 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.69 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 4.38 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.61 a game, 97th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 1.18 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 1.78 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 3.49 a game, 96th percentile
05010015020020406080Wayne Gretzky 215Mario Lemieux 141

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 1985-86 Mario Lemieux C, PIT
80 Games played 79
52 Goals 48
163 Assists 93
215 Points 141
2.69 Points per game 1.78
71 Plus/minus -8
350 Shots 276
14.9 Shooting % 17.4
0 Hits 0
46 Penalty minutes 43
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.