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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Wayne Gretzky Paul Kariya

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.88 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.49 a game, 95th percentilePaul Kariya: Goals, 0.64 a game, 99th percentilePaul Kariya: Assists, 0.80 a game, 98th percentilePaul Kariya: Points, 1.43 a game, 99th percentilePaul Kariya: Shots, 4.93 a game, 99th percentile
02040608020406080Paul Kariya 99Wayne Gretzky 97

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 1996-97 Paul Kariya L, STL
82 Games played 69
25 Goals 44
72 Assists 55
97 Points 99
1.18 Points per game 1.43
12 Plus/minus 36
286 Shots 340
8.7 Shooting % 12.9
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 6
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.