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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 1.06 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.63 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.55 a game, 94th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.40 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.95 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.23 a game, 94th percentile
050100204060Wayne Gretzky 142Mark Messier 129

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 1989-90 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
79 Games played 73
45 Goals 40
84 Assists 102
129 Points 142
1.63 Points per game 1.95
19 Plus/minus 8
211 Shots 236
21.3 Shooting % 16.9
0 Hits 0
79 Penalty minutes 42
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.