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Compare players, 2003-04 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Ray Whitney

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.24 a game, 74th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.33 a game, 72nd percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.57 a game, 72nd percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.37 a game, 39th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.26 a game, 13th percentileRay Whitney: Goals, 0.21 a game, 65th percentileRay Whitney: Assists, 0.43 a game, 86th percentileRay Whitney: Points, 0.64 a game, 80th percentileRay Whitney: Shots, 1.78 a game, 62nd percentileRay Whitney: Hits, 0.10 a game, 1st percentile
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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 2003-04 Ray Whitney L, DAL
76 Games played 67
18 Goals 14
25 Assists 29
43 Points 43
0.57 Points per game 0.64
3 Plus/minus 7
104 Shots 119
17.3 Shooting % 11.8
20 Hits 7
42 Penalty minutes 22
16:29 Average ice time 16:24

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.