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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Peter Forsberg

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.28 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.82 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.10 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 2.45 a game, 84th percentileWayne Gretzky: Hits, 0.05 a game, 1st percentilePeter Forsberg: Goals, 0.35 a game, 89th percentilePeter Forsberg: Assists, 0.92 a game, 99th percentilePeter Forsberg: Points, 1.26 a game, 99th percentilePeter Forsberg: Shots, 2.81 a game, 93rd percentilePeter Forsberg: Hits, 0.71 a game, 43rd percentile
02040608020406080Peter Forsberg 91Wayne Gretzky 90

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 1997-98 Peter Forsberg C, COL
82 Games played 72
23 Goals 25
67 Assists 66
90 Points 91
1.10 Points per game 1.26
-11 Plus/minus 6
201 Shots 202
11.4 Shooting % 12.4
4 Hits 51
28 Penalty minutes 94
21:25 Average ice time 22:13

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.