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NHL Elo Player Rater

This is a community-based project with the goal of rating the best players in NHL history. In the matchup below, choose the player who you believe was the better player. It is up to you to determine how much weight to give to offense versus defense, peak value versus career value, regular season versus playoffs, etc.

Current Top Five (Skaters):
1. Bobby Orr (2068)
2. Gordie Howe (2068)
3. Mario Lemieux (2046)
4. Bobby Hull (2038)
5. Phil Esposito (2027)
 Current Top Five (Goalies):
1. Jacques Plante (1996)
2. Martin Brodeur (1988)
3. Terry Sawchuk (1953)
4. Ken Dryden (1942)
5. Dominik Hasek (1938)

» Read the fine details or view the complete ratings.

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  Tale of the Tape
  Pavol Demitra Bobby Holik
Pos LW C
Height 6-0 6-4
Weight 200 230
Draft 1993 (227th) 1989 (10th)
Debut 1993-94 1990-91
Years 16 18
AS Game 3 2
AS Team 0 0
Hart 0 0
Norris 0 0
Selke 0 0
Vezina 0 0
Cups 0 2
HoF No No
Adjusted Point Shares*
(Best → Worst)
Rk Pavol Demitra Bobby Holik
1 10.9 8.6
2 10.7 7.6
3 10.1 6.7
4 9.7 6.6
5 7.1 6.2
6 7.1 5.0
7 7.0 4.8
8 6.5 3.5
9 6.4 3.5
10 5.6 3.3
11 5.5 3.1
12 1.3 2.7
13 1.3 2.6
14 1.0 2.6
15 0.4 2.5
16 -0.2 2.3
17 1.6
18 0.1
Wt Sum** 69.7 52.1

* Adjusted for schedule length & roster size
** 1 × best + 0.95 × 2nd-best + …
  Regular Season
  Pavol Demitra Bobby Holik
GP 847 1314
G 304 326
A 464 421
PTS 768 747
+/- 124 115
PIM 284 1423
 Goals
EV 204 251
PP 90 74
SH 10 1
GW 59 58
 
S 2160 3345
S% 14.1 9.7
 Per Game
G 0.36 0.25
A 0.55 0.32
PTS 0.91 0.57
GC 0.34 0.22
+/- 0.15 0.09
PIM 0.34 1.08
S 2.55 2.55
 Adjusted
G 338 347
A 503 442
PTS 841 789
GC 322 310
 Point Shares
OPS 67.3 47.8
DPS 22.7 24.3
PS 90.0 72.1

123 ≡ incomplete data
  Playoffs
  Pavol Demitra Bobby Holik
GP 94 141
G 23 20
A 36 39
PTS 59 59
+/- 3 1
PIM 34 120
 Goals
EV 14 15
PP 8 5
SH 1 0
GW 3 5
 
S 213 349
S% 10.8 5.7
 Per Game
G 0.24 0.14
A 0.38 0.28
PTS 0.63 0.42
GC 0.24 0.15
+/- 0.03 0.01
PIM 0.36 0.85
S 2.27 2.48

123 ≡ incomplete data