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Johnny Oduya Winnipeg Jets 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Johnny Oduya played defenseman for the Winnipeg Jets, wearing number 29. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $3,500,000. The total team salary for the Winnipeg Jets was reportedly $39,035,750, so his salary was about 9.0% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Winnipeg Jets was $1,000,000, while the average salary was $1,697,206. During the 82 games that he played that season, he scored 2 goals and had 15 assists - a total of 17 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $42,682.93 per game. Johnny Oduya had a plus/minus of -15, 22 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 90 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 2.20%. 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 $1,750,000 and his salary per point was $205,882.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $3,500,000 he can expect to pay around $1,200,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 147 median high school teachers, 168 median police officers, or 238 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $2,299,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.
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