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Compare players, 2001-02 season

At a glance

Steve Rucchin Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerSteve Rucchin: Goals, 0.18 a game, 60th percentileSteve Rucchin: Assists, 0.42 a game, 83rd percentileSteve Rucchin: Points, 0.61 a game, 75th percentileSteve Rucchin: Shots, 1.50 a game, 51st percentileSteve Rucchin: Hits, 0.74 a game, 34th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.17 a game, 55th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.39 a game, 78th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.56 a game, 70th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.68 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.85 a game, 42nd percentile
051015202040Steve Rucchin 23Mark Messier 23

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 Rucchin C, ATL 2001-02 Mark Messier C, NYR
38 Games played 41
7 Goals 7
16 Assists 16
23 Points 23
0.61 Points per game 0.56
-3 Plus/minus -1
57 Shots 69
12.3 Shooting % 10.1
28 Hits 35
6 Penalty minutes 32
19:17 Average ice time 18:31

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.