It takes a while to get to the first South Florida sports figure on BusinessWeek’s “Power 100” ranking of the most powerful people in sports, but Heat center Shaquille O’Neal comes in at No. 78. Heat owner Micky Arison is at No. 97.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is ranked No. 1, followed by Tiger Woods and NBA Commissioner David Stern. In fact, league commissioners occupy three of the top five slots, with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig ranked fifth. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is still ranked fairly high at No. 27.

If you stretch the definition of South Floridians to include those with ties to the region, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who grew up in Miami, ranks 28th and former Marlins and current Boston Red Sox owner John Henry is No. 65.

BusinessWeek collaborated with ESPN the Magazine on the package of stories that accompany the list, which was compiled with the help of 21 individuals from sports and media and the votes of 160,000 fans who nominated individuals at BusinessWeek.com.