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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Sidney Crosby

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 percentileSidney Crosby: Goals, 0.63 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Assists, 0.72 a game, 97th percentileSidney Crosby: Points, 1.35 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Shots, 3.68 a game, 97th percentileSidney Crosby: Hits, 0.78 a game, 33rd percentile
05010020406080Sidney Crosby 109Nicklas Backstrom 101

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 Sidney Crosby C, PIT
82 Games played 81
33 Goals 51
68 Assists 58
101 Points 109
1.23 Points per game 1.35
37 Plus/minus 15
222 Shots 298
14.9 Shooting % 17.1
90 Hits 63
50 Penalty minutes 71
20:27 Average ice time 21:57
Contract
$850K Cap hit $8.7M
$8K Cap dollars per point $80K

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.