The degeneracy of a graph. The degeneracy of a graph $G$ is the maximum of the minimum degrees of the (vertex induced) subgraphs of $G$.

The treewidth of a graph. A graph has treewidth zero if and only if it has no edges. A connected graph has treewidth at most one if and only if it is a tree. A connected graph has treewidth at most two if and only if it is a series-parallel graph.

The acyclic chromatic number of a graph. This is the smallest size of a vertex partition $\{V_1,\dots,V_k\}$ such that each $V_i$ is an independent set and for all $i,j$ the subgraph inducted by $V_i\cup V_j$ does not contain a cycle.

The acyclic chromatic index of a graph. An acyclic edge coloring of a graph is a proper colouring of the edges of a graph such that the union of the edges colored with any two given colours is a forest. The smallest number of colours such that such a colouring exists is the acyclic chromatic index.

The Hadwiger number of the graph. Also known as clique contraction number, this is the size of the largest complete minor.

The dimension of a graph. The dimension of a graph is the least integer $n$ such that there exists a representation of the graph in the Euclidean space of dimension $n$ with all vertices distinct and all edges having unit length. Edges are allowed to intersect, however.

The largest eigenvalue of a graph if it is integral. If a graph is $d$-regular, then its largest eigenvalue equals $d$. One can show that the largest eigenvalue always lies between the average degree and the maximal degree. This statistic is undefined if the largest eigenvalue of the graph is not integral.

The hat guessing number of a graph. Suppose that each vertex of a graph corresponds to a player, wearing a hat whose color is arbitrarily chosen from a set of $q$ possible colors. Each player can see the hat colors of his neighbors, but not his own hat color. All of the players are asked to guess their own hat colors simultaneously, according to a predetermined guessing strategy and the hat colors they see, where no communication between them is allowed. The hat guessing number $HG(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the largest integer $q$ such that there exists a guessing strategy guaranteeing at least one correct guess for any hat assignment of $q$ possible colors. Because it suffices that a single player guesses correctly, the hat guessing number of a graph is the maximum of the hat guessing numbers of its connected components.