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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Mike Modano Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMike Modano: Goals, 0.40 a game, 95th percentileMike Modano: Assists, 0.73 a game, 98th percentileMike Modano: Points, 1.13 a game, 99th percentileMike Modano: Shots, 3.67 a game, 98th percentileMike Modano: Hits, 0.33 a game, 10th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.27 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.46 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.73 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.70 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.59 a game, 30th percentile
020406020406080Mark Messier 60Mike Modano 59

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

Mike Modano C, DET 1997-98 Mark Messier C, NYR
52 Games played 82
21 Goals 22
38 Assists 38
59 Points 60
1.13 Points per game 0.73
25 Plus/minus -10
191 Shots 139
11.0 Shooting % 15.8
17 Hits 48
32 Penalty minutes 58
20:35 Average ice time 21:26

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.