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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Mario Lemieux

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.48 a game, 92nd percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.39 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.73 a game, 89th percentileMario Lemieux: Goals, 0.86 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Assists, 0.84 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Points, 1.70 a game, 99th percentileMario Lemieux: Shots, 4.24 a game, 99th percentile
050100204060Mark Messier 107Mario Lemieux 107

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 1986-87 Mario Lemieux C, PIT
77 Games played 63
37 Goals 54
70 Assists 53
107 Points 107
1.39 Points per game 1.70
22 Plus/minus 12
210 Shots 267
17.6 Shooting % 20.2
0 Hits 0
73 Penalty minutes 57
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.