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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Eric Vail Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerEric Vail: Goals, 0.44 a game, 84th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.56 a game, 86th percentileEric Vail: Points, 1.00 a game, 87th percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.56 a game, 81st percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.32 a game, 61st percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.55 a game, 84th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.86 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.45 a game, 77th percentile
0204060204060Eric Vail 64Mark Messier 63

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

Eric Vail L, DET 1980-81 Mark Messier C, NYR
64 Games played 73
28 Goals 23
36 Assists 40
64 Points 63
1.00 Points per game 0.86
8 Plus/minus -12
164 Shots 179
17.1 Shooting % 12.8
0 Hits 0
23 Penalty minutes 102
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.