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Saku Koivu Anaheim Ducks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 11, Saku Koivu played the position of center while playing for the Anaheim Ducks during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He reportedly had a salary of $2,500,000. The total team salary for the Anaheim Ducks was reportedly $53,977,500, so his salary was about 4.6% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Anaheim Ducks was $1,275,000. The average salary was $2,076,057. During the 75 games that he played that season, he scored 15 goals and had 30 assists - a total of 45 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $33,333.33 per game played. Saku Koivu had a plus/minus of -8, 36 PIM (penalties in minutes), 4 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 3 GWG (game winning goals), and took 104 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 14.40%. 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 $166,667 and his salary per point was $55,556.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $2,500,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $850,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 104 median high school teachers, 119 median police officers, or 169 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $1,649,716 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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