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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Steve Yzerman

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.55 a game, 94th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.40 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.95 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.23 a game, 94th percentileSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.78 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.82 a game, 96th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 1.61 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 4.20 a game, 99th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 142Steve Yzerman 127

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 1989-90 Steve Yzerman C, DET
73 Games played 79
40 Goals 62
102 Assists 65
142 Points 127
1.95 Points per game 1.61
8 Plus/minus -6
236 Shots 332
16.9 Shooting % 18.7
0 Hits 0
42 Penalty minutes 79
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.