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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Jeff Carter Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJeff 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 percentileJoe 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 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

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

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.