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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Jimmy Carson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 87th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.96 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.44 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.36 a game, 79th percentileJimmy Carson: Goals, 0.69 a game, 98th percentileJimmy Carson: Assists, 0.65 a game, 91st percentileJimmy Carson: Points, 1.34 a game, 97th percentileJimmy Carson: Shots, 3.30 a game, 95th percentile
05010020406080Mark Messier 111Jimmy Carson 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

Mark Messier C, NYR 1987-88 Jimmy Carson C, HFD
77 Games played 80
37 Goals 55
74 Assists 52
111 Points 107
1.44 Points per game 1.34
21 Plus/minus -19
182 Shots 264
20.3 Shooting % 20.8
0 Hits 0
103 Penalty minutes 45
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.