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Compare players, 1981-82 season

At a glance

Rick Vaive Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Vaive: Goals, 0.70 a game, 98th percentileRick Vaive: Assists, 0.45 a game, 64th percentileRick Vaive: Points, 1.16 a game, 89th percentileRick Vaive: Shots, 3.47 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.64 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.49 a game, 69th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.13 a game, 86th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.01 a game, 91st percentile
020406080204060Rick Vaive 89Mark Messier 88

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

Rick Vaive R, BUF 1981-82 Mark Messier C, NYR
77 Games played 78
54 Goals 50
35 Assists 38
89 Points 88
1.16 Points per game 1.13
12 Plus/minus 20
267 Shots 235
20.2 Shooting % 21.3
0 Hits 0
157 Penalty minutes 119
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.