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Compare players, 1998-99 season

At a glance

Joe Murphy Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Murphy: Goals, 0.33 a game, 87th percentileJoe Murphy: Assists, 0.30 a game, 65th percentileJoe Murphy: Points, 0.63 a game, 77th percentileJoe Murphy: Shots, 2.32 a game, 81st percentileJoe Murphy: Hits, 0.38 a game, 10th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.22 a game, 68th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.59 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.81 a game, 90th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.64 a game, 55th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.49 a game, 15th 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

Joe Murphy R, WSH 1998-99 Mark Messier C, NYR
76 Games played 59
25 Goals 13
23 Assists 35
48 Points 48
0.63 Points per game 0.81
10 Plus/minus -12
176 Shots 97
14.2 Shooting % 13.4
29 Hits 29
73 Penalty minutes 33
14:45 Average ice time 22:36

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.