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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Ziggy Palffy

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 percentileZiggy Palffy: Goals, 0.55 a game, 98th percentileZiggy Palffy: Assists, 0.51 a game, 92nd percentileZiggy Palffy: Points, 1.06 a game, 97th percentileZiggy Palffy: Shots, 3.38 a game, 97th percentileZiggy Palffy: Hits, 0.63 a game, 36th percentile
02040608020406080Wayne Gretzky 90Ziggy Palffy 87

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 Ziggy Palffy R, PIT
82 Games played 82
23 Goals 45
67 Assists 42
90 Points 87
1.10 Points per game 1.06
-11 Plus/minus -2
201 Shots 277
11.4 Shooting % 16.2
4 Hits 52
28 Penalty minutes 34
21:25 Average ice time 21:39

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.