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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Bernie Nicholls Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerBernie Nicholls: Goals, 0.89 a game, 99th percentileBernie Nicholls: Assists, 1.01 a game, 98th percentileBernie Nicholls: Points, 1.90 a game, 99th percentileBernie Nicholls: Shots, 4.87 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.69 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 1.46 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 2.15 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.88 a game, 98th percentile
050100150204060Wayne Gretzky 168Bernie Nicholls 150

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

Bernie Nicholls C, SJS 1988-89 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
79 Games played 78
70 Goals 54
80 Assists 114
150 Points 168
1.90 Points per game 2.15
30 Plus/minus 15
385 Shots 303
18.2 Shooting % 17.8
0 Hits 0
96 Penalty minutes 26
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.