Cristiano Ronaldo may have fallen behind Lionel Messi on the pitch in recent months but he certainly hasn't dipped below him in the financial stakes.
The Real Madrid superstar placed third in Forbes' list of the World's Highest Paid Athletes, one spot above his Barcelona adversary.
Over the past 12 months Ronaldo has racked up $79.6m (£51.4m) almost $6m more than Messi who stacked a pretty impressive $73.8m (£47.7m).
Floyd Mayweather tops the list with a staggering $300m (£193.3m) to his name, while Manny Pacquiao finds himself in second having accumulated $160m (£103.4m).
The majority of both boxers' money came from their fight in Las Vegas last month.
Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer completes the top five ahead of basketball's LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Rory McIlroy, who has won two majors in the last year, banked £31m (including £21m from sponsorship deals) to take 12th on the list - just ahead of F1 champion Lewis Hamilton.
The highest-earning British footballer was Gareth Bale, who is 18th on the list thanks in no small part to his £16m salary at Real Madrid.
A long way behind is Wayne Rooney in 34th with £17m while Andy Murray's £14m is only worthy of 64th place.
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