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David Booth Florida Panthers 2010-2011 NHL statistics
David Booth wore number 10 while playing left winger for the Florida Panthers in the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $3,750,000. The total team salary for the Florida Panthers was reportedly $35,302,500, so his salary represented 10.6% of that total team payroll. The average salary for a player on the Florida Panthers was $1,604,659. The median salary was $900,000. He played a total of 82 games that season, with 23 goals and 17 assists - a total of 40 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $45,731.71 per game. David Booth had a plus/minus of -31, 26 PIM (penalties in minutes), 8 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 3 GWG (game winning goals), and took 280 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 8.20%. We can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists), if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly on offense. His salary per goal scored was $163,043 and his salary per point was $93,750.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $3,750,000 he can expect to pay around $1,287,784 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 158 median high school teachers, 180 median police officers, or 255 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $2,462,216 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.