The Grundy number of a graph. The Grundy number $\Gamma(G)$ is defined to be the largest $k$ such that $G$ admits a greedy $k$-coloring. Any order of the vertices of $G$ induces a greedy coloring by assigning to the $i$-th vertex in this order the smallest positive integer such that the partial coloring remains a proper coloring. In particular, we have that $\chi(G) \leq \Gamma(G) \leq \Delta(G) + 1$, where $\chi(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$ ([[St000098]]), and where $\Delta(G)$ is the maximal degree of a vertex of $G$ ([[St000171]]).

The game chromatic number of a graph. Two players, Alice and Bob, take turns colouring properly any uncolored vertex of the graph. Alice begins. If it is not possible for either player to colour a vertex, then Bob wins. If the graph is completely colored, Alice wins. The game chromatic number is the smallest number of colours such that Alice has a winning strategy.

The tree-depth of a graph. The tree-depth $\operatorname{td}(G)$ of a graph $G$ whose connected components are $G_1,\ldots,G_p$ is recursively defined as $$\operatorname{td}(G)=\begin{cases} 1, & \text{if }|G|=1\\ 1 + \min_{v\in V} \operatorname{td}(G-v), & \text{if } p=1 \text{ and } |G| > 1\\ \max_{i=1}^p \operatorname{td}(G_i), & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$ Nešetřil and Ossona de Mendez [2] proved that the tree-depth of a connected graph is equal to its minimum elimination tree height and its centered chromatic number (fewest colors needed for a vertex coloring where every connected induced subgraph has a color that appears exactly once). Tree-depth is strictly greater than [[St000536|pathwidth]]. A [[St001120|longest path]] in $G$ has at least $\operatorname{td}(G)$ vertices [3].

The 2-dynamic chromatic number of a graph. A $k$-dynamic coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper coloring of $G$ in such a way that each vertex $v$ sees at least $\min\{d(v), k\}$ colors in its neighborhood. The $k$-dynamic chromatic number of a graph is the smallest number of colors needed to find an $k$-dynamic coloring. This statistic records the $2$-dynamic chromatic number of a graph.

The rank-width of a graph.

The Hamming dimension of a graph. Let $H(n, k)$ be the graph whose vertices are the subsets of $\{1,\dots,n\}$, and $(u,v)$ being an edge, for $u\neq v$, if the symmetric difference of $u$ and $v$ has cardinality at most $k$. This statistic is the smallest $n$ such that the graph is an induced subgraph of $H(n, k)$ for some $k$.

The arboricity of a graph. This is the minimum number of forests that covers all edges of the graph.