Home / Compare / Oscar Onley vs Sam Welsford

Oscar Onley vs Sam Welsford

Oscar OnleySam Welsford
Salary 2026€2.8M Model€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.2M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value+29%+23%
TeamNetcompany INEOSNetcompany INEOS
Roleteam leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2330
NationalityGreat BritainAustralia
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€58k€15k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€6,170€5,956
PCS rank#108#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.

Oscar Onley earns more: €2.8M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 110% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Oscar Onley is younger: 23 against 30. Sam Welsford's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Oscar Onley's runs to the end of 2029. Oscar Onley has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 29% above his market value, against 23% above for Sam Welsford.

Questions

Who earns more, Oscar Onley or Sam Welsford?

Oscar Onley earns more: €2.8M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 110% more.

Who has the higher market value, Oscar Onley or Sam Welsford?

Oscar Onley: €2.2M against €1.1M for Sam Welsford. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

More comparisons

Oscar Onley → · Sam Welsford → · All comparisons →