Who are the best-paid stars of the world's other top sports?

This week NFL superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes restructured his already eye-watering deal with the Kansas City Chiefs that will see the two-time Super Bowl winner shoot back up the division's list of highest paid stars.

Mahomes had previously set the record for the biggest contract in NFL history, after he was tied down to a 10-year, £365.6million ($450m) deal that more or less blew the market out of the water, at least where quarterbacks are concerned.

Just like when Neymar joined Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona, the going rate for quarterbacks' services across the NFL has rocketed, with the likes of Joe Burrow (£44.8m), Justin Herbert (£42.7m) and Lamar Jackson (£42.4m) taking home huge annual sums.

Now Mahomes has taken his previous record to a new level, and after restructuring his deal, he is set to rake in some £170m ($210.6m) from 2023-2026, making him the highest paid American Football player in history over a four-year period - although Burrow still out-earns him in terms of a one-year salary.

In light of the 28-year-old's landmark contract, Mail Sport's Dominic Hogan takes you through the biggest earners in some of the world's most popular sports over the last year.

Football is the world's most popular sport, and the fact that one of its greatest ever stars is one of the highest paid athletes in the world, should come as no surprise.

The Portuguese icon's credentials need not be reiterated, but let's indulge ourselves; five Ballon d'Or awards, five Champions Leagues, 19-time top goal scorer, seven-time domestic league winner, a European Champion with Portugal and proud owner of some 34 total winners' medals.

Although synonymous with Real Madrid's dominance of Europe in the 2010s and for his breakout