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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Mario Lemieux Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 1.27 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 2.18 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.96 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.63 a game, 96th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.70 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.33 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.30 a game, 94th percentile
050100150204060Mario Lemieux 168Wayne Gretzky 149

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

Mario Lemieux C, PIT 1987-88 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
77 Games played 64
70 Goals 40
98 Assists 109
168 Points 149
2.18 Points per game 2.33
23 Plus/minus 39
382 Shots 211
18.3 Shooting % 19.0
0 Hits 0
92 Penalty minutes 24
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.