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Christian Scaroni vs Tadej Pogačar

Christian ScaroniTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€1.2M Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€1.9M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-37%+30%
TeamXDS AstanaUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolesecond-tier leadertier-one leader
Age2827
NationalityItalySlovenia
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€184k€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€14k€131k
PCS rank#11#1

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.

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.2M for Christian Scaroni, 597% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Christian Scaroni's is our model estimate. Tadej Pogačar is younger: 27 against 28. Christian Scaroni's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Christian Scaroni has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 37% below his market value, against 30% above for Tadej Pogačar.

Questions

Who earns more, Christian Scaroni or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.2M for Christian Scaroni, 597% more.

Who has the higher market value, Christian Scaroni or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M against €1.9M for Christian Scaroni. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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