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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Dale Hawerchuk Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDale Hawerchuk: Goals, 0.55 a game, 95th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Assists, 0.73 a game, 95th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Points, 1.28 a game, 97th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Shots, 3.19 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.46 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.85 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.31 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.28 a game, 76th percentile
020406080204060Dale Hawerchuk 96Mark Messier 94

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 1988-89 Mark Messier C, NYR
75 Games played 72
41 Goals 33
55 Assists 61
96 Points 94
1.28 Points per game 1.31
-30 Plus/minus -5
239 Shots 164
17.2 Shooting % 20.1
0 Hits 0
28 Penalty minutes 130
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.