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Compare players, 1981-82 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Rick Vaive

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.64 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.49 a game, 69th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.13 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.01 a game, 91st percentileRick Vaive: Goals, 0.70 a game, 98th percentileRick Vaive: Assists, 0.45 a game, 64th percentileRick Vaive: Points, 1.16 a game, 89th percentileRick Vaive: Shots, 3.47 a game, 96th percentile
020406080204060Rick Vaive 89Mark Messier 88

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 1981-82 Rick Vaive R, BUF
78 Games played 77
50 Goals 54
38 Assists 35
88 Points 89
1.13 Points per game 1.16
20 Plus/minus 12
235 Shots 267
21.3 Shooting % 20.2
0 Hits 0
119 Penalty minutes 157
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.