- ESPN The Magazine's 2015 survey estimates world sport's top earners
- Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are way ahead of the game
- Lionel Messi and Cristiano are closest and the highest-earning footballers
- F1's Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso are next after the team moves
- Lewis Hamilton's new Mercedes contract is yet to be factored into the list
'Money' Mayweather's estimated earnings of £161million or £3.86m a minute to duck and weave his way to victory over Pac-Man will see the American pocket almost four and a half times the top footballer, Barcelona ace Lionel Messi, in 2015.
Pacquiao will make much less than Mayweather, a paltry £96.5m for the Filipino, but that's still almost three times the fourth highest earner in world sport, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, according to ESPN The Magazine's 2015 survey.
Floyd Mayweather arrives in Atlanta on his private jet to watch Cleveland against the Hawks in NBA's playoffs
Mayweather (left) is world's sport's highest earner in 2015 with £161m coming from his Manny Pacquiao win
Pacquiao (left), who lost on a majority points decision, didn't do too badly out of it with £96.5m coming to him
The figures factor in annual gross salaries and prize money from this year from their sport, not including endorsements, appearance fees, sponsorships or other means of income.
Formula One takes up the next two places on the list, with Sebastian Vettel's defection from Red Bull to Ferrari leading him to rake in £32.2m and come fifth on the list while Fernando Alonso's return to McLaren netted an income of £25.7m and sixth place.
PSG's Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic is seventh with annual earnings of £22.6m to round out the footballers in the top 10, with Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney the next best in 12th with £16.7m.
Lewis Hamilton's current estimated income of £20 places the British F1 world champion in eighth, but doesn't factor in the new deal that has been struck with Mercedes until 2018 that is speculated to be worth £30m a year, which which would see him split his driver rivals on the list.
Mayweather's earnings of £3.86m a minute for the fight is almost four and a half times Lionel Messi's earnings
Messi is third in ESPN's list ahead of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo but it doesn't include endorsements
F1's Sebastian Vettel raked in £32.2m and fifth place when he defected from Red Bull to Ferrari while Fernando Alonso's return to McLaren netted an income of £25.7m and sixth place
Lewis Hamilton's current estimated income of £20m came before his new deal apparently worth £30m a year
Rounding out the top 10 are baseball players, with Clayton Kershaw of the LA Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander earning £20m and £18m respectively.
Major League Baseball makes up 14 of the top 25 earners while only three NBA players make the list led by Kobe Bryant's £15.13m.
Serena Williams' £5.99m income, reports ESPN, makes her the top-earning women in world sport.
Forbes' 2014 ranking, which includes endorsements along with pay and salary had Mayweather at No 1 ahead of Ronaldo, basketball's LeBron James and then Messi.
The rankings golfers and tennis stars, including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who don't make ESPN's rankings, are elevated significantly by sponsors and endorsements.
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