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Brandon McNulty vs Sam Welsford

Brandon McNultySam Welsford
Salary 2026€1.4M Model€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.9M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-51%+23%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGNetcompany INEOS
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age2830
NationalityUnited StatesAustralia
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Apr 2026)end of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€6,182€15k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€113k€5,956
PCS rank#33#254

Salary: gross base salary, before tax. Reported or Press estimate when the press published it, Model when it is our estimate; market value is always our model. How the model works · How wrong it is. Prize money generated: what the rider won at WorldTour and ProSeries races, pooled with the team, not kept.

Brandon McNulty earns more: €1.4M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 8% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Brandon McNulty is younger: 28 against 30. Sam Welsford's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Brandon McNulty's runs to the end of 2030. Brandon McNulty has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 51% below his market value, against 23% above for Sam Welsford.

Questions

Who earns more, Brandon McNulty or Sam Welsford?

Brandon McNulty earns more: €1.4M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 8% more.

Who has the higher market value, Brandon McNulty or Sam Welsford?

Brandon McNulty: €2.9M against €1.1M for Sam Welsford. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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