Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €3M base salary per year, as reported by NOS (well-informed sources) / Daniel Benson via Wielerkrant (2025-12). Source ↗ Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model. 2 published figures for this rider ↓
Career
Turned pro in 2020. 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: €296k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Decathlon CMA CGM WorldTour | 904 | 5 | €64k | €3M Reported |
| 2025 | Visma | Lease a Bike WorldTour | 1141 | 11 | €89k | €2.3M Model |
| 2024 | Visma | Lease a Bike WorldTour | 1058 | 8 | €71k | €2.4M Model |
| 2023 | Jumbo-Visma WorldTour | 1471 | 13 | €48k | €1.4M Model |
| 2022 | Jumbo-Visma WorldTour | 942 | 12 | €24k | €765k Model |
| 2021 | Team Jumbo-Visma WorldTour | 206 | 2 | n/a | €150k Model |
| 2020 | Jumbo-Visma Development Team Continental | 27 | 1 | 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 1 published figures for Olav Kooij, with the quote each rests on →
Sources
- €3M, 2026–2028 — NOS (well-informed sources) / Daniel Benson via Wielerkrant, 2025-12 reported Over €3M a year from 2026 on a 3-year Decathlon deal, best-paid sprinter in the peloton, Visma salary not published Open
- €3M, 2026–2028 — Daniel Benson via Wielerkrant / Wieler Revue, 2025-09 reported €3M a year, 3-year deal, NOS (Dec 2025) says more than €3M Open
- Market value €2.5M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2028 — announced 2025-09 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page
- ~1,400 W / ~20 W/kg (Tour de France 2026 stage 5 Lannemezan-Pau) — FasCat Coaching Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Top earners at Decathlon CMA CGM
FAQ
How much does Olav Kooij earn?
Olav Kooij's base salary for 2026 is €3M a year, as reported in the press: about €250k a month or €58k 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. #8 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Olav Kooij costs €3,319 per PCS point in 2026: 27 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Olav Kooij's contract?
Until the end of 2028, with Decathlon CMA CGM.
Who is Olav Kooij's agent?
SEG Cycling (source: FirstCycling agency page).
What is Olav Kooij's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Olav Kooij's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €10.1M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €296k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.