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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Bobby Smith

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.56 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.78 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.33 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.14 a game, 94th percentileBobby Smith: Goals, 0.39 a game, 79th percentileBobby Smith: Assists, 0.70 a game, 93rd percentileBobby Smith: Points, 1.09 a game, 91st percentileBobby Smith: Shots, 2.56 a game, 82nd percentile
020406080204060Bobby Smith 86Mark Messier 84

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 1985-86 Bobby Smith C, MNS
63 Games played 79
35 Goals 31
49 Assists 55
84 Points 86
1.33 Points per game 1.09
35 Plus/minus 10
198 Shots 202
17.7 Shooting % 15.3
0 Hits 0
70 Penalty minutes 57
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.