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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Geoff Courtnall

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.27 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.46 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.73 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.70 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.59 a game, 30th percentileGeoff Courtnall: Goals, 0.39 a game, 93rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Assists, 0.39 a game, 83rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Points, 0.78 a game, 88th percentileGeoff Courtnall: Shots, 2.39 a game, 83rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Hits, 1.06 a game, 72nd percentile
020406020406080Geoff Courtnall 62Mark Messier 60

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 1997-98 Geoff Courtnall L, STL
82 Games played 79
22 Goals 31
38 Assists 31
60 Points 62
0.73 Points per game 0.78
-10 Plus/minus 12
139 Shots 189
15.8 Shooting % 16.4
48 Hits 84
58 Penalty minutes 94
21:26 Average ice time 15:39

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.