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Former WorldTour rider · born 1992 · retired 2026
Simon Yates
No figure on this page was confirmed by a team. Every euro on it is either a number the press published, with its source beside it, or an estimate from our season model, which starts in 2021. For the years before that we publish only what was reported. Methodology.
Simon Yates: career by season
Teams and level for the whole professional career. Salary estimates only for WorldTeam seasons from 2021, which is as far back as the season model goes.
| Season | Team | Level | Est. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 100% ME | club/Continental level | not modelled |
| 2014–2015 | Orica–GreenEDGE | WorldTeam | not modelled |
| 2016 | Orica–BikeExchange | WorldTeam | not modelled |
| 2017 | Orica–Scott | WorldTeam | not modelled |
| 2018–2020 | Mitchelton–Scott | WorldTeam | not modelled |
| 2021 | Team BikeExchange | WorldTeam | €800k Model |
| 2022 | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | WorldTeam | €740k Model |
| 2023–2024 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTeam | €1.1M–€1.5M Model |
| 2025 | Team Visma–Lease a Bike | WorldTeam | €2M Model |
| 2026 | contracted to Visma–Lease a Bike; retired 7 Jan 2026 before racing | — | not modelled |
Base salary 2021–2025: €6.1M in total over 5 WorldTeam seasons, before tax.
Reported salaries and contracts
Every published figure we found for Simon Yates, with its source and what it actually says. Figures that contradict each other are both here; amounts are reproduced in the currency of the source.
| Period | Figure | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019Mitchelton-Scott | 2 milioni di euro (unofficial list)annual salary (unofficial)“8) Simon Yates e Adam Yates 2 milioni di euro”secondary, unattributed; treat as rumour-level | SuperNews / superscommesse.it (matches July-2019 Gazzetta ranking, not opened)2019-07-21 | medium-low |
| 2020 (COVID)Mitchelton-Scott | cut "close to 70 per cent" (team-wide)temporary wage cut“SBS: Adam and Simon Yates, Jack Haig… will now seek state benefits”percentage is a report; team did not confirm | Cyclingnews / SBS2020-04-06 | high |
| 2025–2026 (2-yr deal)Visma–Lease a Bike | took a pay cut (no amount)salary direction“I took a pay cut to go to Visma.”also Cycling Weekly 2024-09-14, WielerFlits 2024-09-15; earlier extension to end-2024 signed Jul 2022 (Cyclingnews 2022-07-23) | Cyclingnews2024-09-14 | high |
| 2025Visma–Lease a Bike | below the top-10 tier (€2–3m); "súper gregarios" tiersalary tier (no figure)“Más abajo estarían los 'súper gregarios', como Sepp Kuss, Simon Yates y Joao Almeida”no number | Eurosport España citing Andrew Hood/Velo2025-08-08 | high |
| 2026 (contract forfeited on retirement)Visma–Lease a Bike | "getting paid a lot of money" (Owain Doull)no figure“He's also getting paid a lot of money to race his bike and he's saying, 'Actually, no, I'll pass on that.'”Simon never appears in the L'Équipe 2020/21, Calcio e Finanza 2022, Gazzetta 2024/2026 or Cyclingnews 2025 lists (Adam Yates does) | Cycling Weekly2026-01-13 | high |
| Giro d'Italia 2025 win (prize)Visma–Lease a Bike | 275.933 euro total (overall-winner prize 265.558 within a €1.6m purse)race prize money (shared with team)“un assegno complessivo di 275.933 euro” | fanpage.it2025-06-01 | high |
6 published figures, collected 22 September 2026. A figure being here means it was published, not that it is right.
Simon Yates net worth and career earnings
There is no reliable public figure for Simon Yates's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The numbers on net-worth websites are guesses: endorsements, image rights, investments and tax are not public.
What can be documented is income. Our model puts his base salary for 2021–2025 at about €6.1M before tax over 5 WorldTeam seasons, and the table above lists 6 figures published by the press across his whole career.
Prize money generated since 2022: €471k. In cycling it is paid to the team and shared with team-mates and staff, so it is not income the rider keeps.
Where Simon Yates is now
Retirement announced 7 Jan 2026, while under contract to end-2026 (never raced in 2026). Last race: 2025 season (Giro d'Italia 2025 winner).
reason per Visma DS Mørkøv: lost the desire. Source ↗
Simon Yates: salary and career earnings
How much did Simon Yates earn at his peak?
Our model, which covers WorldTeam seasons from 2021 only, peaks at €2M in 2025. For the years before that the only figures are the ones the press published, in the table above — several of them contradict each other, and all of them are in it.
What was Simon Yates's last salary?
For the last of his seasons we cover, 2025 with Team Visma–Lease a Bike, we estimate €2M before tax. Late-career contracts are the ones the press covers least.
When did Simon Yates retire?
Retirement announced 7 Jan 2026, while under contract to end-2026 (never raced in 2026). Last race: 2025 season (Giro d'Italia 2025 winner).
What is Simon Yates's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Simon Yates's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: the published figures in the table above and, for 2021–2025, our model's estimates.
Salary is a gross base-salary figure in euros, before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors. Published figures are reproduced as they appeared, in the currency of the source.