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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Mike Modano

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.27 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.46 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.73 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.70 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.59 a game, 30th percentileMike Modano: Goals, 0.40 a game, 95th percentileMike Modano: Assists, 0.73 a game, 98th percentileMike Modano: Points, 1.13 a game, 99th percentileMike Modano: Shots, 3.67 a game, 98th percentileMike Modano: Hits, 0.33 a game, 10th percentile
020406020406080Mark Messier 60Mike Modano 59

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 1997-98 Mike Modano C, DET
82 Games played 52
22 Goals 21
38 Assists 38
60 Points 59
0.73 Points per game 1.13
-10 Plus/minus 25
139 Shots 191
15.8 Shooting % 11.0
48 Hits 17
58 Penalty minutes 32
21:26 Average ice time 20:35

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.