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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Ilya Kovalchuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.25 a game, 70th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.87 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.13 a game, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.78 a game, 53rd percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 1.43 a game, 70th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Goals, 0.54 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Assists, 0.58 a game, 95th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Points, 1.12 a game, 97th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Shots, 3.82 a game, 98th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Hits, 0.39 a game, 8th percentile
020406080204060Joe Thornton 89Ilya Kovalchuk 85

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

Joe Thornton C, FLA 2009-10 Ilya Kovalchuk L, WSH
79 Games played 76
20 Goals 41
69 Assists 44
89 Points 85
1.13 Points per game 1.12
17 Plus/minus 10
141 Shots 290
14.2 Shooting % 14.1
113 Hits 30
54 Penalty minutes 53
19:51 Average ice time 22:02
Contract
$7.2M Cap hit $6.389M
$81K Cap dollars per point $75K

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.