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Compare players, 1995-96 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.29 a game, 72nd percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.99 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.28 a game, 96th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 2.44 a game, 78th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.64 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.70 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.34 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.26 a game, 92nd percentile
05010020406080Wayne Gretzky 102Mark Messier 99

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 1995-96 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 74
23 Goals 47
79 Assists 52
102 Points 99
1.28 Points per game 1.34
-13 Plus/minus 29
195 Shots 241
11.8 Shooting % 19.5
0 Hits 0
34 Penalty minutes 122
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.