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Sheldon Brookbank Anaheim Ducks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Playing defenseman and wearing number 21, Sheldon Brookbank played for the Anaheim Ducks during the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the season was reportedly $700,000. The total team salary for the Anaheim Ducks was reportedly $53,977,500, so his salary represented 1.3% of that total team payroll. That season, the average salary for a player on the Anaheim Ducks was $2,076,057, while the median salary was $1,275,000. He played a total of 40 games that season, with 0 goals and 0 assists - a total of 0 points. To find out how much he earned per game played, we can divide his reported salary by the number of games played. He earned $17,500.00 per game. Sheldon Brookbank had a plus/minus of -8, 63 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 29 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%.
Don't forget about taxes. Although each NHL season is composed of months two separate calendar years, having a salary in the United States of $700,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $220,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 27 median high school teachers, 31 median police officers, or 44 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $479,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.