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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Jeff Carter

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.74 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.05 a game, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.70 a game, 47th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.99 a game, 50th percentileJeff Carter: Goals, 0.56 a game, 99th percentileJeff Carter: Assists, 0.46 a game, 84th percentileJeff Carter: Points, 1.02 a game, 97th percentileJeff Carter: Shots, 4.17 a game, 99th percentileJeff Carter: Hits, 0.66 a game, 29th percentile
02040608020406080Joe Thornton 86Jeff Carter 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

Joe Thornton C, FLA 2008-09 Jeff Carter C, PIT
82 Games played 82
25 Goals 46
61 Assists 38
86 Points 84
1.05 Points per game 1.02
16 Plus/minus 23
139 Shots 342
18.0 Shooting % 13.5
81 Hits 54
56 Penalty minutes 68
19:28 Average ice time 20:57
Contract
$7.2M Cap hit $5M
$84K Cap dollars per point $60K

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.