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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Bryan Trottier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.65 a game, 97th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.09 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.73 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.59 a game, 96th percentileBryan Trottier: Goals, 0.53 a game, 93rd percentileBryan Trottier: Assists, 0.78 a game, 97th percentileBryan Trottier: Points, 1.32 a game, 96th percentileBryan Trottier: Shots, 2.35 a game, 77th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 137Bryan Trottier 104

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 1979-80 Bryan Trottier C, PIT
79 Games played 79
51 Goals 42
86 Assists 62
137 Points 104
1.73 Points per game 1.32
14 Plus/minus 31
284 Shots 186
18.0 Shooting % 22.6
0 Hits 0
21 Penalty minutes 68
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.