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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Kent Nilsson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.69 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.36 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.05 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.26 a game, 93rd percentileKent Nilsson: Goals, 0.61 a game, 96th percentileKent Nilsson: Assists, 1.03 a game, 99th percentileKent Nilsson: Points, 1.64 a game, 99th percentileKent Nilsson: Shots, 2.71 a game, 86th percentile
05010015020406080Wayne Gretzky 164Kent Nilsson 131

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 1980-81 Kent Nilsson C, EDM
80 Games played 80
55 Goals 49
109 Assists 82
164 Points 131
2.05 Points per game 1.64
41 Plus/minus 14
261 Shots 217
21.1 Shooting % 22.6
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 26
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.