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Drew Stafford Buffalo Sabres 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Drew Stafford played right winger for the Buffalo Sabres, wearing number 21. He reportedly earned $2,300,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Buffalo Sabres was reportedly $56,255,000, so his salary was about 4.1% 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 62 games that he played that season, he scored 31 goals and had 21 assists - a total of 52 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $37,096.77 per game played. Drew Stafford had a plus/minus of 13, 34 PIM (penalties in minutes), 11 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 4 GWG (game winning goals), and took 179 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 17.30%. 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 $74,194 and his salary per point was $44,231.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $2,300,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $780,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 96 median high school teachers, 109 median police officers, or 155 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $1,519,716 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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