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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier

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 percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 92nd percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.39 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.73 a game, 89th percentile
050100150204060Wayne Gretzky 183Mark Messier 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 Mark Messier C, NYR
79 Games played 77
62 Goals 37
121 Assists 70
183 Points 107
2.32 Points per game 1.39
69 Plus/minus 22
288 Shots 210
21.5 Shooting % 17.6
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 73
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.