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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Jean Ratelle Phil Esposito

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJean Ratelle: Goals, 0.31 a game, 74th percentileJean Ratelle: Assists, 0.74 a game, 97th percentileJean Ratelle: Points, 1.05 a game, 92nd percentileJean Ratelle: Shots, 1.95 a game, 65th percentilePhil Esposito: Goals, 0.48 a game, 93rd percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.54 a game, 91st percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 1.03 a game, 92nd percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 3.30 a game, 96th percentile
02040608020406080Jean Ratelle 84Phil Esposito 81

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

Jean Ratelle C, BOS 1977-78 Phil Esposito C, NYR
80 Games played 79
25 Goals 38
59 Assists 43
84 Points 81
1.05 Points per game 1.03
48 Plus/minus -21
156 Shots 261
16.0 Shooting % 14.6
0 Hits 0
10 Penalty minutes 53
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.