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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier

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 percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 87th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.96 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.44 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.36 a game, 79th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 149Mark Messier 111

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 Mark Messier C, NYR
64 Games played 77
40 Goals 37
109 Assists 74
149 Points 111
2.33 Points per game 1.44
39 Plus/minus 21
211 Shots 182
19.0 Shooting % 20.3
0 Hits 0
24 Penalty minutes 103
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.