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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Dale Hawerchuk Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDale Hawerchuk: Goals, 0.55 a game, 93rd percentileDale Hawerchuk: Assists, 0.96 a game, 99th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Points, 1.51 a game, 98th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Shots, 3.65 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 87th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.96 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.44 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.36 a game, 79th percentile
05010020406080Dale Hawerchuk 121Mark Messier 111

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

Dale Hawerchuk C, PHI 1987-88 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 77
44 Goals 37
77 Assists 74
121 Points 111
1.51 Points per game 1.44
-9 Plus/minus 21
292 Shots 182
15.1 Shooting % 20.3
0 Hits 0
59 Penalty minutes 103
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.