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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mats Sundin Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMats Sundin: Goals, 0.50 a game, 96th percentileMats Sundin: Assists, 0.65 a game, 95th percentileMats Sundin: Points, 1.15 a game, 97th percentileMats Sundin: Shots, 3.43 a game, 94th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.88 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.49 a game, 95th percentile
02040608020406080Wayne Gretzky 97Mats Sundin 94

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

Mats Sundin C, VAN 1996-97 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
82 Games played 82
41 Goals 25
53 Assists 72
94 Points 97
1.15 Points per game 1.18
6 Plus/minus 12
281 Shots 286
14.6 Shooting % 8.7
0 Hits 0
59 Penalty minutes 28
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.