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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Paul Kariya Wayne Gretzky

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPaul Kariya: Goals, 0.64 a game, 99th percentilePaul Kariya: Assists, 0.80 a game, 98th percentilePaul Kariya: Points, 1.43 a game, 99th percentilePaul Kariya: Shots, 4.93 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileWayne Gretzky: Assists, 0.88 a game, 99th percentileWayne Gretzky: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileWayne Gretzky: Shots, 3.49 a game, 95th percentile
02040608020406080Paul Kariya 99Wayne Gretzky 97

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

Paul Kariya L, STL 1996-97 Wayne Gretzky C, NYR
69 Games played 82
44 Goals 25
55 Assists 72
99 Points 97
1.43 Points per game 1.18
36 Plus/minus 12
340 Shots 286
12.9 Shooting % 8.7
0 Hits 0
6 Penalty minutes 28
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.