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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Steve Payne Wayne Merrick

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerSteve Payne: Goals, 0.33 a game, 72nd percentileSteve Payne: Assists, 0.24 a game, 33rd percentileSteve Payne: Points, 0.57 a game, 54th percentileSteve Payne: Shots, 2.36 a game, 78th percentileWayne Merrick: Goals, 0.27 a game, 61st percentileWayne Merrick: Assists, 0.28 a game, 45th percentileWayne Merrick: Points, 0.55 a game, 50th percentileWayne Merrick: Shots, 1.71 a game, 48th percentile
010203040204060Wayne Merrick 41Steve Payne 40

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

Steve Payne L, MNS 1978-79 Wayne Merrick C, NYI
70 Games played 75
23 Goals 20
17 Assists 21
40 Points 41
0.57 Points per game 0.55
-5 Plus/minus 13
165 Shots 128
13.9 Shooting % 15.6
0 Hits 0
29 Penalty minutes 24
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.