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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Bernie Nicholls

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 percentileBernie Nicholls: Goals, 0.53 a game, 93rd percentileBernie Nicholls: Assists, 0.69 a game, 92nd percentileBernie Nicholls: Points, 1.22 a game, 94th percentileBernie Nicholls: Shots, 3.27 a game, 96th percentile
050100204060Mark Messier 101Bernie Nicholls 95

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 Bernie Nicholls C, SJS
73 Games played 78
37 Goals 41
64 Assists 54
101 Points 95
1.38 Points per game 1.22
40 Plus/minus -22
220 Shots 255
16.8 Shooting % 16.1
0 Hits 0
165 Penalty minutes 83
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.