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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Dave Christian

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.56 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.78 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.33 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.14 a game, 94th percentileDave Christian: Goals, 0.51 a game, 91st percentileDave Christian: Assists, 0.53 a game, 77th percentileDave Christian: Points, 1.04 a game, 89th percentileDave Christian: Shots, 2.73 a game, 88th percentile
02040608020406080Mark Messier 84Dave Christian 83

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 1985-86 Dave Christian R, CHI
63 Games played 80
35 Goals 41
49 Assists 42
84 Points 83
1.33 Points per game 1.04
35 Plus/minus 2
198 Shots 218
17.7 Shooting % 18.8
0 Hits 0
70 Penalty minutes 15
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.