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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Mario Lemieux Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.76 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 1.32 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 2.08 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 3.83 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 1.06 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.63 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentile
050100204060Mark Messier 129Mario Lemieux 123

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 1989-90 Mark Messier C, NYR
59 Games played 79
45 Goals 45
78 Assists 84
123 Points 129
2.08 Points per game 1.63
-18 Plus/minus 19
226 Shots 211
19.9 Shooting % 21.3
0 Hits 0
78 Penalty minutes 79
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.