Salary by season
Reported
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €2.7M base salary per year, as reported by Cyclingnews rich list / Gazzetta (2025-04). Source ↗ Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model.
Career
Turned pro in 2014. Points and wins per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (from 2022) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €375k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG WorldTour | 838 | 2 | €37k | €2.7M Reported |
| 2025 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG WorldTour | 846 | 3 | €22k | €2.7M Reported |
| 2024 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 1342 | 6 | €95k | €2.7M Reported |
| 2023 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 1947 | 5 | €178k | €2M Reported |
| 2022 | Netcompany INEOS WorldTour | 1132 | 2 | €42k | €2M Reported |
| 2021 | Netcompany INEOS WorldTour | 1500 | 2 | n/a | €2M Reported |
| 2020 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 690 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 1306 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 958 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | ORICA-Scott WorldTour | 950 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | ORICA-BikeExchange WorldTour | 734 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Orica GreenEDGE WorldTour | 680 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | Orica GreenEDGE WorldTour | 612 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | CC Étupes club / junior | 5 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | UVCA Troyes club / junior | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2011 | UVCA Troyes club / junior | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates cover WorldTeam seasons from 2021 (season model v0.1 — that year's budgets, reported salaries and rosters; wider error than 2026, see Salaries by season). ProTeam seasons before 2026 are not modelled.
Reported power
Numbers published by the press. We never measure power ourselves.
All 4 published figures for Adam Yates, with the quote each rests on →
Sources
- €2.7M, 2025–2028 — Cyclingnews rich list / Gazzetta, 2025-04 reported €2.7M base, extension to 2028 announced May 2025. OA Sport/Top Vélo give €2.8M Open
- Market value €1.4M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2028 — announced 2025-05 Open
- Agent — escapecollective.com Open
- 6.74 W/kg (Tour de Suisse 2024) — Lanterne Rouge, Kārlis Ozols, 2024-06-16 Open
- 6.79 W/kg (Tour of Oman 2024) — Lanterne Rouge, Kārlis Ozols, 2024-02-14 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Top earners at UAE Team Emirates-XRG
FAQ
How much does Adam Yates earn?
Adam Yates's base salary for 2026 is €2.7M a year, as reported in the press: about €225k a month or €52k a week, before tax. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page. #12 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Adam Yates costs €3,222 per PCS point in 2026: 25 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Adam Yates's contract?
Until the end of 2028, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
Who is Adam Yates's agent?
He is represented by his family.
What is Adam Yates's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Adam Yates's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €14.1M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €375k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.