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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Nikolay Zherdev Ryan Kesler

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNikolay Zherdev: Goals, 0.28 a game, 76th percentileNikolay Zherdev: Assists, 0.43 a game, 80th percentileNikolay Zherdev: Points, 0.71 a game, 78th percentileNikolay Zherdev: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentileNikolay Zherdev: Hits, 0.60 a game, 25th percentileRyan Kesler: Goals, 0.32 a game, 83rd percentileRyan Kesler: Assists, 0.40 a game, 76th percentileRyan Kesler: Points, 0.72 a game, 79th percentileRyan Kesler: Shots, 2.18 a game, 69th percentileRyan Kesler: Hits, 0.88 a game, 41st percentile
0204020406080Ryan Kesler 59Nikolay Zherdev 58

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

Nikolay Zherdev R, PHI 2008-09 Ryan Kesler C, ANA
82 Games played 82
23 Goals 26
35 Assists 33
58 Points 59
0.71 Points per game 0.72
6 Plus/minus 8
219 Shots 179
10.5 Shooting % 14.5
49 Hits 72
39 Penalty minutes 61
16:50 Average ice time 19:28

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.