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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.55 a game, 94th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.40 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.95 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.23 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 1.06 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.63 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 142Mark Messier 129

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 1989-90 Mark Messier C, NYR
73 Games played 79
40 Goals 45
102 Assists 84
142 Points 129
1.95 Points per game 1.63
8 Plus/minus 19
236 Shots 211
16.9 Shooting % 21.3
0 Hits 0
42 Penalty minutes 79
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.