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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Jarome Iginla

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas 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 percentileJarome 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 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

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

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.