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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Steve Yzerman Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.27 a game, 74th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.78 a game, 98th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 1.05 a game, 95th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 2.86 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.51 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.68 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.20 a game, 92nd percentile
02040608020406080Steve Yzerman 85Mark 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

Steve Yzerman C, DET 1996-97 Mark Messier C, NYR
81 Games played 71
22 Goals 36
63 Assists 48
85 Points 84
1.05 Points per game 1.18
22 Plus/minus 12
232 Shots 227
9.5 Shooting % 15.9
0 Hits 0
78 Penalty minutes 88
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.