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Compare players, 1998-99 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Joe Murphy

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.22 a game, 68th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.59 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.81 a game, 90th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.64 a game, 55th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.49 a game, 15th percentileJoe Murphy: Goals, 0.33 a game, 87th percentileJoe Murphy: Assists, 0.30 a game, 65th percentileJoe Murphy: Points, 0.63 a game, 77th percentileJoe Murphy: Shots, 2.32 a game, 81st percentileJoe Murphy: Hits, 0.38 a game, 10th percentile
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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 1998-99 Joe Murphy R, WSH
59 Games played 76
13 Goals 25
35 Assists 23
48 Points 48
0.81 Points per game 0.63
-12 Plus/minus 10
97 Shots 176
13.4 Shooting % 14.2
29 Hits 29
33 Penalty minutes 73
22:36 Average ice time 14:45

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.