Great Britain · 24 · Puncheur · PCS rank 348
Samuel Watson
€464k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
199
career 1433 · 42.9 pts per €100k (below the WT median)
Contract
No contract for 2027
until end of 2026 (PCS)
Team wage bill
€22.6M
INEOS Grenadiers · budget est. €52M · this rider ≈ 2.1% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. INEOS Grenadiers's riders' wage pool is €23.4M (budget €52M × 45%). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score (0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15) with an age factor of 0.9 for age 24; half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €60k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.
Watson in context
INEOS Grenadiers — top earners
- Egan Bernal€2.5M Reported
- Carlos Rodríguez€2.5M Reported
- Filippo Ganna€2M Reported
- Thymen Arensman€1.9M Model
- Dorian Godon€1.7M Model
- Samuel Watson (#16 of 28)€464k
Similar salary band
- Pierre Gautherat Decathlon CMA CGM€477k · 297 pts
- Axel Zingle Visma | Lease a Bike€474k · 184 pts
- Georg Steinhauser EF Education-EasyPost€469k · 313 pts
- Pau Miquel Bahrain Victorious€460k · 358 pts
- Andrea Raccagni Noviero Soudal Quick-Step€453k · 405 pts
- Kim Heiduk INEOS Grenadiers€452k · 285 pts
Snapshot 9 September 2026. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.