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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mario Lemieux Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.66 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 0.95 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 1.61 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.30 a game, 99th percentileWayne 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 percentile
05010020406080Mario Lemieux 122Wayne 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

Mario Lemieux C, PIT 1996-97 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
76 Games played 82
50 Goals 25
72 Assists 72
122 Points 97
1.61 Points per game 1.18
27 Plus/minus 12
327 Shots 286
15.3 Shooting % 8.7
0 Hits 0
65 Penalty minutes 28
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.