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Anthony Stewart Winnipeg Jets 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 22, Anthony Stewart played the position of center while playing for the Winnipeg Jets during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $632,500. The total team salary for the Winnipeg Jets was reportedly $39,035,750, so his salary was about 1.6% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Winnipeg Jets was $1,000,000. The average salary was $1,697,206. During the 80 games that he played that season, he scored 14 goals and had 25 assists - a total of 39 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $7,906.25 per game played. Anthony Stewart had a plus/minus of -10, 55 PIM (penalties in minutes), 5 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 141 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 9.90%. 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 $45,179 and his salary per point was $16,218.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $632,500 we can estimate that he would have to pay $196,659 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 24 median high school teachers, 27 median police officers, or 39 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $435,841 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.