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Andrej Sekera Buffalo Sabres 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 44, Andrej Sekera played the position of defenseman while playing for the Buffalo Sabres during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the season was reportedly $1,250,000. The total team salary for the Buffalo Sabres was reportedly $56,255,000, so his salary was about 2.2% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Buffalo Sabres was $1,475,000. The average salary was $2,343,958. During the 76 games that he played that season, he scored 3 goals and had 26 assists - a total of 29 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $16,447.37 per game played. Andrej Sekera had a plus/minus of 11, 34 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 88 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 3.40%. If we want to evaluate his performance strictly on offense, we can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists). His salary per goal scored was $416,667 and his salary per point was $43,103.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $1,250,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $412,784 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 51 median high school teachers, 58 median police officers, or 82 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $837,216 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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