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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.78 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.53 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.32 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.65 a game, 98th percentileMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.86 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 0.84 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 1.70 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.24 a game, 99th percentile
050100150204060Wayne Gretzky 183Mario Lemieux 107

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 1986-87 Mario Lemieux C, PIT
79 Games played 63
62 Goals 54
121 Assists 53
183 Points 107
2.32 Points per game 1.70
69 Plus/minus 12
288 Shots 267
21.5 Shooting % 20.2
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 57
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.