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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Steve Yzerman

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.51 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.68 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.20 a game, 92nd percentileSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.27 a game, 74th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.78 a game, 98th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 1.05 a game, 95th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 2.86 a game, 88th percentile
02040608020406080Steve Yzerman 85Mark 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 1996-97 Steve Yzerman C, DET
71 Games played 81
36 Goals 22
48 Assists 63
84 Points 85
1.18 Points per game 1.05
12 Plus/minus 22
227 Shots 232
15.9 Shooting % 9.5
0 Hits 0
88 Penalty minutes 78
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.