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Compare players, 1981-82 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Keith Acton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.64 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.49 a game, 69th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.13 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.01 a game, 91st percentileKeith Acton: Goals, 0.46 a game, 83rd percentileKeith Acton: Assists, 0.67 a game, 87th percentileKeith Acton: Points, 1.13 a game, 86th percentileKeith Acton: Shots, 2.79 a game, 87th percentile
020406080204060Mark Messier 88Keith Acton 88

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

Mark Messier C, NYR 1981-82 Keith Acton C, NYI
78 Games played 78
50 Goals 36
38 Assists 52
88 Points 88
1.13 Points per game 1.13
20 Plus/minus 47
235 Shots 218
21.3 Shooting % 16.5
0 Hits 0
119 Penalty minutes 88
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.