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Compare players, 2000-01 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Ron Francis

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.29 a game, 79th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.52 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.82 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.60 a game, 56th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.95 a game, 43rd percentileRon Francis: Goals, 0.18 a game, 58th percentileRon Francis: Assists, 0.61 a game, 94th percentileRon Francis: Points, 0.79 a game, 84th percentileRon Francis: Shots, 1.59 a game, 55th percentileRon Francis: Hits, 0.45 a game, 12th percentile
020406020406080Mark Messier 67Ron Francis 65

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 2000-01 Ron Francis C, TOR
82 Games played 82
24 Goals 15
43 Assists 50
67 Points 65
0.82 Points per game 0.79
-25 Plus/minus -15
131 Shots 130
18.3 Shooting % 11.5
78 Hits 37
89 Penalty minutes 32
19:14 Average ice time 20:15

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.