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John Tavares New York Islanders 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, John Tavares played center for the New York Islanders, wearing number 91. He reportedly had a salary of $900,000. The total team salary for the New York Islanders was reportedly $29,727,500, so his salary was about 3.0% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the New York Islanders was $765,000, while the average salary was $1,143,365. During the 79 games that he played that season, he scored 29 goals and had 38 assists - a total of 67 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $11,392.41 per game. John Tavares had a plus/minus of -16, 53 PIM (penalties in minutes), 9 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 4 GWG (game winning goals), and took 243 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 11.90%. 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 $31,034 and his salary per point was $13,433.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $900,000 he can expect to pay around $290,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 36 median high school teachers, 41 median police officers, or 58 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $609,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.