Is Alex Steeves Better Than Artemi Panarin? NHL Stats Decide

The career statistics tell a clear story in this C comparison. Artemi Panarin holds the advantage in 6 of 6 key categories, with Assists representing the most decisive gap — a 6833.3% difference that separates these two NHL players. This is not a close debate on the numbers.

Artemi Panarin's Assists of 624 compared to Alex Steeves's 9 represents a 6833.3% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Alex Steeves falls 97.4% below the career average of 350 in this category while Artemi Panarin exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Artemi Panarin's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Penalty Minutes, where Alex Steeves posts 34 against Artemi Panarin's 242 — a gap of just 611.8%. Alex Steeves can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 6-0 tally suggests. In any debate, Penalty Minutes is the statistical ammunition for the Alex Steeves side.

Hockey's greatest players accumulate points through both goal scoring and playmaking. The balance between goals and assists often reveals a player's style — pure scorer versus pass-first playmaker.

Artemi Panarin wins this head to head comparison decisively — 6 categories to 0. The 6833.3% gap in Assists alone makes a compelling case, but the consistency across multiple categories confirms Artemi Panarin's statistical superiority in this NHL career comparison.