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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Jarome Iginla Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJarome Iginla: Goals, 0.43 a game, 95th percentileJarome Iginla: Assists, 0.66 a game, 97th percentileJarome Iginla: Points, 1.09 a game, 98th percentileJarome Iginla: Shots, 3.52 a game, 97th percentileJarome Iginla: Hits, 1.00 a game, 50th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.27 a game, 72nd percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.80 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 1.07 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 2.12 a game, 68th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 0.63 a game, 28th percentile
02040608020406080Jarome Iginla 89Nicklas Backstrom 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

Jarome Iginla R, LAK 2008-09 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
82 Games played 82
35 Goals 22
54 Assists 66
89 Points 88
1.09 Points per game 1.07
-2 Plus/minus 16
289 Shots 174
12.1 Shooting % 12.6
82 Hits 52
37 Penalty minutes 46
21:37 Average ice time 19:57
Contract
$7M Cap hit $850K
$79K Cap dollars per point $10K

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.