Giancarlo Stanton might be an
unfamiliar name to most people
outside North America, but the
baseball player has been elevated
to one of the highest earners in
sport after signing a £208m
($325m) 13-year contract with the
Miami Marlins.
Under the terms of the most
expensive deal in United States
sporting history, the 25-year-old
slugger will earn £16m per year,
£307,692 per week, £1,831.50 per
hour and £30.53 per minute.
It is a particularly stunning headline
figure given that the Marlins' payroll
for their entire 25-man roster in 2014
was only £33.4m with Stanton's
previous contract with them worth
just over £4m annually.
The value of the deal makes it a
Major League Baseball record,
although the £187m ($292m) 10-year
contract Detroit Tigers' Miguel
Cabrera signed in March pays more
annually.
BBC Sport looks at how Stanton
compares to a selection of sport's
highest earners.
And in the time it's taken you to read
this far, he's earned £26.
Floyd Mayweather
The unbeaten five-division world
champion is known as 'Money
Mayweather' for a reason.
According to the Forbes 2014 list of
the world's highest-paid athletes,
the 37-year-old earned
approximately £67m ($105m) from
fights against Saul Alvarez and
Marcos Maidana.
Floyd Mayweather (left) is
unbeaten in 47 professional
fights
He is only the second sportsman or
sportswoman to break the $100m
(£64m) barrier, after golfer Tiger
Woods, despite having no personal
endorsements.
Mayweather signed a 30-month, six-
fight deal with pay-per-view
broadcasters Showtime in 2013 and
tops the list.
Forbes say he has earned almost
£255m ($400m) in the ring since he
turned professional in 1996.
Cristiano Ronaldo
The Portuguese forward, 29, is
second in the Forbes list, with an
estimated annual salary of £33.2m
topped up by endorsements worth
£17.9m.
Ronaldo signed a new five-year
contract with Real Madrid in
September 2013. He has scored 275
goals in 262 games for the
Champions League holders.
Tiger Woods
Woods, 38, topped the Forbes' list
for 12 consecutive years until 2011
but his earnings have suffered a
significant drop since he was
engulfed by scandal in his personal
life in 2009.
The loss of sponsors such as
Accenture and EA Sports hit his
bottom line, while increasing injury
problems have limited his
tournament play and contributed to
a downturn in results.
However, despite failing to win a
major tournament since 2008,
Woods is still sixth in the Forbes
ranking with a total income of
approximately £39.1m, £35.1m of
which comes from endorsements
and £4m from salary and winnings.
Forbes' 2014 list of world's
highest-paid athletes
Athlete Sport Earnings
1. Floyd
Mayweather Boxing £67m
($105m)
2. Cristiano
Ronaldo Football £51.1m
($80m)
3. LeBron
James Basketball £46.2m
($72.3m)
4. Lionel
Messi Football £41.3m
$64.7m
5. Kobe
Bryant Basketball £39.3m
$61.5m
6. Tiger
Woods Golf £39.1m
($61.2m)
7. Roger
Federer Tennis £35.9m
($56.2m)
8. Phil
Mickelson Golf £34m
($53.2m)
9. Rafael
Nadal Tennis £28.4m
($44.5m)
10. Matt
Ryan American
football £28m
($43.8m)
The Forbes list covers the period
between June 1, 2013 and June 1,
2014
Roger Federer
The winner of 17 Grand Slam titles, it
is a keenly-contested debate as to
whether the 33-year-old Swiss is the
greatest tennis player of all time, but
he is almost certainly the most
beloved and his worldwide
popularity has contributed to his vast
earnings.
Seventh on the Forbes list, Federer's
income was approximately £35.9m,
with £33.2m from endorsements and
£2.7m from his achievements on a
tennis court.
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has won 32
grands prix, the most by a
British driver
The 29-year-old Briton's current
annual salary is $31m (£20.6m)
without including bonuses and
endorsements.
However, if the Mercedes driver wins
his second Formula 1 World
Championship on Sunday, he can
expect his earnings to increase
substantially.
Wayne Rooney
The Manchester United and England
striker's latest contract, signed in
February this year, is relatively close
to the deal signed by Stanton, with
the 29-year-old earning roughly
£46.50 per hour less than the Miami
Marlins man.
Rooney is thought to earn up to
£300,000 a week, £1,785 every hour
and just under £30 every minute.
If he saw out the length of the five-
and-a-half-year deal, it will earn him
more than £70m.
Forbes has his annual income at
£15m, with £11.8m from his salary
and £3.2m from endorsements.
Usain Bolt
The six-time Jamaican Olympic gold
medallist, 28, has estimated earnings
of £14.8m, almost all of which came
through endorsements.
German sportswear company Puma
provide his main sponsorship, worth
approximately £6.4m annually.