Salary by season
Reported
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €8.2M base salary per year, as reported by Gazzetta Jan 2026 (€8.0–8.4M base; €10–12M with bonuses); Cyclingnews. Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model. 4 published figures for this rider ↓
Career
Turned pro in 2017. 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: €3.5M.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG WorldTour | 4881 | 22 | €809k | €8.2M Reported |
| 2025 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG WorldTour | 4796 | 20 | €827k | €8.2M Reported |
| 2024 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 4483 | 25 | €1.1M | €6M Reported |
| 2023 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 3309 | 17 | €378k | €6M Reported |
| 2022 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 3403 | 16 | €418k | €6M Reported |
| 2021 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 3228 | 13 | n/a | €5M Reported |
| 2020 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 1963 | 9 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | UAE Team Emirates WorldTour | 1495 | 8 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum Continental | 103 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | ROG-Ljubljana Continental | 32 | — | 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 46 published figures for Tadej Pogačar, with the quote each rests on →
Sources
- €8M, 2025–2030 — Daniel Benson (Substack), 2024-11 reported €8M a year base (up from €7M) on the 2024 extension to 2030, €200M buyout clause. Gazzetta Jan 2026 puts the 2026 base at €8.2M, over €10M with bonuses (Tour win €1M, Giro/Vuelta €500k, Worlds €250k). Sept 2026 extension to 2032 reportedly leaves the fixed salary unchanged (Ekipa/Gazzetta) Open
- €8M, 2026–2026 — La Gazzetta dello Sport via CyclingUpToDate (Kieran Wood), 2026-08 reported €8M gross base for 2026, bonuses on top (Tour win €1M). We keep €8.2M, the middle of the €8.0–8.4M the sources give Open
- €8M, 2027–2032 — Velo (Andrew Hood), bonuses via Gazzetta, 2026-09 reported €8M gross base a season on the extension to 2032 Open
- €8.4M, 2026–2026 — Escape Collective (Chris Marshall-Bell), from agents, 2026-07 press estimate (agents) €8.4M gross base, from agents - the top of the reported range Open
- Market value €6.3M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2032 — announced 2026-09 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page
- ~6.9 W/kg (TdF 2026 st.19) — Velo, Zach Nehr, 2026-07-25 Open
- ~450 W (~6.8 W/kg) (TdF 2026 st.15) — FasCat Coaching (stage 15 page) Open
- ~500 W (7.5 W/kg) (TdF 2026 st.14) — FasCat Coaching, Frank Overton, 2026-07-20 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 Tadej Pogačar earn?
Tadej Pogačar's base salary for 2026 is €8.2M a year, as reported in the press: about €683k a month or €158k 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. #1 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Tadej Pogačar costs €1,680 per PCS point in 2026: 10 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Tadej Pogačar's contract?
Until the end of 2032, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
Who is Tadej Pogačar's agent?
A&J All Sports (source: FirstCycling agency page).
What is Tadej Pogačar's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Tadej Pogačar's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €39.4M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €3.5M in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.