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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Dale Hawerchuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.46 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.85 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.31 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.28 a game, 76th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Goals, 0.55 a game, 95th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Assists, 0.73 a game, 95th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Points, 1.28 a game, 97th percentileDale Hawerchuk: Shots, 3.19 a game, 94th percentile
020406080204060Dale Hawerchuk 96Mark Messier 94

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 1988-89 Dale Hawerchuk C, PHI
72 Games played 75
33 Goals 41
61 Assists 55
94 Points 96
1.31 Points per game 1.28
-5 Plus/minus -30
164 Shots 239
20.1 Shooting % 17.2
0 Hits 0
130 Penalty minutes 28
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.