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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Steve Yzerman Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.78 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.82 a game, 96th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 1.61 a game, 99th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 4.20 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 1.06 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.63 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentile
050100204060Mark Messier 129Steve Yzerman 127

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

Steve Yzerman C, DET 1989-90 Mark Messier C, NYR
79 Games played 79
62 Goals 45
65 Assists 84
127 Points 129
1.61 Points per game 1.63
-6 Plus/minus 19
332 Shots 211
18.7 Shooting % 21.3
0 Hits 0
79 Penalty minutes 79
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.