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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Rick Middleton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.51 a game, 91st percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.88 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.38 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.01 a game, 93rd percentileRick Middleton: Goals, 0.59 a game, 95th percentileRick Middleton: Assists, 0.73 a game, 93rd percentileRick Middleton: Points, 1.31 a game, 96th percentileRick Middleton: Shots, 2.61 a game, 86th percentile
05010020406080Rick Middleton 105Mark Messier 101

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 1983-84 Rick Middleton R, BOS
73 Games played 80
37 Goals 47
64 Assists 58
101 Points 105
1.38 Points per game 1.31
40 Plus/minus 26
220 Shots 209
16.8 Shooting % 22.5
0 Hits 0
165 Penalty minutes 14
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.