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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Mario Lemieux Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.86 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 0.84 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 1.70 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.24 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 92nd percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.39 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.73 a game, 89th percentile
050100204060Mario Lemieux 107Mark Messier 107

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 1986-87 Mark Messier C, NYR
63 Games played 77
54 Goals 37
53 Assists 70
107 Points 107
1.70 Points per game 1.39
12 Plus/minus 22
267 Shots 210
20.2 Shooting % 17.6
0 Hits 0
57 Penalty minutes 73
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.