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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Bernie Nicholls

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.69 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.46 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.15 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.88 a game, 98th percentileBernie Nicholls: Goals, 0.89 a game, 99th percentileBernie Nicholls: Assists, 1.01 a game, 98th percentileBernie Nicholls: Points, 1.90 a game, 99th percentileBernie Nicholls: Shots, 4.87 a game, 99th percentile
050100150204060Wayne Gretzky 168Bernie Nicholls 150

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 1988-89 Bernie Nicholls C, SJS
78 Games played 79
54 Goals 70
114 Assists 80
168 Points 150
2.15 Points per game 1.90
15 Plus/minus 30
303 Shots 385
17.8 Shooting % 18.2
0 Hits 0
26 Penalty minutes 96
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.