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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Peter Forsberg

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 percentilePeter Forsberg: Goals, 0.43 a game, 93rd percentilePeter Forsberg: Assists, 0.89 a game, 99th percentilePeter Forsberg: Points, 1.32 a game, 98th percentilePeter Forsberg: Shots, 2.89 a game, 89th percentile
020406080204060Peter Forsberg 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 1996-97 Peter Forsberg C, COL
71 Games played 65
36 Goals 28
48 Assists 58
84 Points 86
1.18 Points per game 1.32
12 Plus/minus 31
227 Shots 188
15.9 Shooting % 14.9
0 Hits 0
88 Penalty minutes 73
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.