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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Bobby Smith Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerBobby Smith: Goals, 0.39 a game, 79th percentileBobby Smith: Assists, 0.70 a game, 93rd percentileBobby Smith: Points, 1.09 a game, 91st percentileBobby Smith: Shots, 2.56 a game, 82nd percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.56 a game, 94th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.78 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.33 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.14 a game, 94th percentile
020406080204060Bobby Smith 86Mark Messier 84

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

Bobby Smith C, MNS 1985-86 Mark Messier C, NYR
79 Games played 63
31 Goals 35
55 Assists 49
86 Points 84
1.09 Points per game 1.33
10 Plus/minus 35
202 Shots 198
15.3 Shooting % 17.7
0 Hits 0
57 Penalty minutes 70
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.