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Compare players, 2001-02 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Steve Rucchin

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.17 a game, 55th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.39 a game, 78th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.56 a game, 70th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.68 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.85 a game, 42nd percentileSteve Rucchin: Goals, 0.18 a game, 60th percentileSteve Rucchin: Assists, 0.42 a game, 83rd percentileSteve Rucchin: Points, 0.61 a game, 75th percentileSteve Rucchin: Shots, 1.50 a game, 51st percentileSteve Rucchin: Hits, 0.74 a game, 34th percentile
051015202040Mark Messier 23Steve Rucchin 23

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 2001-02 Steve Rucchin C, ATL
41 Games played 38
7 Goals 7
16 Assists 16
23 Points 23
0.56 Points per game 0.61
-1 Plus/minus -3
69 Shots 57
10.1 Shooting % 12.3
35 Hits 28
32 Penalty minutes 6
18:31 Average ice time 19:17

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.