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Compare players, 1991-92 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.42 a game, 87th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.22 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.64 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 2.91 a game, 89th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.44 a game, 90th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.91 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.35 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.68 a game, 85th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 121Mark 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 1991-92 Mark Messier C, NYR
74 Games played 79
31 Goals 35
90 Assists 72
121 Points 107
1.64 Points per game 1.35
-12 Plus/minus 31
215 Shots 212
14.4 Shooting % 16.5
0 Hits 0
34 Penalty minutes 76
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.