Sports Gods: which Toronto pro athletes are truly worth their salaries?

Paid: $16 million ($32,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: Often injured but still one of the best offensive shortstops in the league, and is known to make the female fans cry.

Paid: $14 million ($28,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: The top player on the Jays, hands down, he is regarded as the best right fielder in the entire league.

Paid: $12 million ($63,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: He’s been key in transforming the Raps into the most electrifying franchise in Toronto.

Paid: $9.5 million ($50,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: Bounds up and down the court like it’s only 10 feet long.

Paid: $8 million ($157,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: The British star was signed with huge fanfare, but he’s always injured and has failed to lead the team to glory.

Paid: $8 million ($42,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: Incredibly consistent, he’s the most valuable player on the team and, last year, was the sixth best scorer in the league.

Paid: $7 million ($37,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: A good player, not quite a star, but has endeared himself to fans with his expressions of love for the city.

Paid: $7 million ($37,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: Never became an inspiring leader like Wendel Clark or Mats Sundin.

Paid: $6.5 million ($127,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: Another blockbuster player whose game has stalled.

Paid: $5.25 million ($28,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: After outperforming all expectations in 2012, he has spent a lot of time injured.

Paid: $1.205 million ($24,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: He’s a high scorer and practically a bargain.

(Photographs courtesy of MLSE)