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Samuel Watson vs Tadej Pogačar

Samuel WatsonTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€543k Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-52%+30%
TeamNetcompany INEOSUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age2427
NationalityGreat BritainSlovenia
Contract toend of 2026 (announced Aug 2024)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€5,100€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€5,379€131k
PCS rank#348#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 €543k for Samuel Watson, 1410% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Samuel Watson's is our model estimate. Samuel Watson is younger: 24 against 27. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Samuel Watson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 52% below his market value, against 30% above for Tadej Pogačar.

Questions

Who earns more, Samuel Watson or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 1410% more.

Who has the higher market value, Samuel Watson or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M against €1.1M for Samuel Watson. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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