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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Luc Robitaille

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.46 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.85 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.31 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.28 a game, 76th percentileLuc Robitaille: Goals, 0.59 a game, 96th percentileLuc Robitaille: Assists, 0.67 a game, 91st percentileLuc Robitaille: Points, 1.26 a game, 96th percentileLuc Robitaille: Shots, 3.04 a game, 92nd percentile
020406080204060Luc Robitaille 98Mark Messier 94

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 1988-89 Luc Robitaille L, LAK
72 Games played 78
33 Goals 46
61 Assists 52
94 Points 98
1.31 Points per game 1.26
-5 Plus/minus 5
164 Shots 237
20.1 Shooting % 19.4
0 Hits 0
130 Penalty minutes 65
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.