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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux

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 percentileMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 1.27 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 2.18 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.96 a game, 99th percentile
050100150204060Mario Lemieux 168Wayne Gretzky 149

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 Mario Lemieux C, PIT
64 Games played 77
40 Goals 70
109 Assists 98
149 Points 168
2.33 Points per game 2.18
39 Plus/minus 23
211 Shots 382
19.0 Shooting % 18.3
0 Hits 0
24 Penalty minutes 92
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.