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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Brad Richards

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.40 a game, 94th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.83 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 1.23 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 2.71 a game, 86th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 1.10 a game, 52nd percentileBrad Richards: Goals, 0.30 a game, 81st percentileBrad Richards: Assists, 0.84 a game, 99th percentileBrad Richards: Points, 1.14 a game, 98th percentileBrad Richards: Shots, 3.55 a game, 96th percentileBrad Richards: Hits, 0.20 a game, 1st percentile
05010020406080Nicklas Backstrom 101Brad Richards 91

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 2009-10 Brad Richards C, DET
82 Games played 80
33 Goals 24
68 Assists 67
101 Points 91
1.23 Points per game 1.14
37 Plus/minus -12
222 Shots 284
14.9 Shooting % 8.5
90 Hits 16
50 Penalty minutes 14
20:27 Average ice time 20:52
Contract
$850K Cap hit $7.8M
$8K Cap dollars per point $86K

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.