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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Steve Yzerman

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 percentileSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.81 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 1.13 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 1.94 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 4.85 a game, 99th percentile
05010015020406080Wayne Gretzky 168Steve Yzerman 155

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 Steve Yzerman C, DET
78 Games played 80
54 Goals 65
114 Assists 90
168 Points 155
2.15 Points per game 1.94
15 Plus/minus 17
303 Shots 388
17.8 Shooting % 16.8
0 Hits 0
26 Penalty minutes 61
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.