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Compare players, 1995-96 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.64 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.70 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.34 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.26 a game, 92nd percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.29 a game, 72nd percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.99 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.28 a game, 96th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 2.44 a game, 78th percentile
05010020406080Wayne Gretzky 102Mark Messier 99

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 1995-96 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
74 Games played 80
47 Goals 23
52 Assists 79
99 Points 102
1.34 Points per game 1.28
29 Plus/minus -13
241 Shots 195
19.5 Shooting % 11.8
0 Hits 0
122 Penalty minutes 34
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.