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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Rick Paterson Derrick Smith

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Paterson: Goals, 0.13 a game, 17th percentileRick Paterson: Assists, 0.04 a game, 2nd percentileRick Paterson: Points, 0.17 a game, 4th percentileRick Paterson: Shots, 0.51 a game, 2nd percentileDerrick Smith: Goals, 0.09 a game, 8th percentileDerrick Smith: Assists, 0.09 a game, 4th percentileDerrick Smith: Points, 0.17 a game, 4th percentileDerrick Smith: Shots, 1.55 a game, 39th percentile
0510204060Rick Paterson 12Derrick Smith 12

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

Rick Paterson C, CHI 1985-86 Derrick Smith L, DAL
70 Games played 69
9 Goals 6
3 Assists 6
12 Points 12
0.17 Points per game 0.17
-1 Plus/minus 14
36 Shots 107
25.0 Shooting % 5.6
0 Hits 0
24 Penalty minutes 57
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.