Australia · 30 · GC rider · PCS rank 136
Ben O'Connor
How this estimate is made. Jayco AlUla's riders' wage pool is about €9.6M (budget €24M × 40%, the rider-wage share rising with budget). 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 1.0 at age 30. 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: €135k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2017. PCS points, race days and results per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (PCS per-race prize lists, 2022 onwards) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €232k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 400 | 75 | — | — | €11k |
| 2025 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 675 | 69 | 1 | 2 | €34k |
| 2024 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | WorldTour | 1695 | 66 | 3 | 11 | €146k |
| 2023 | AG2R Citroën Team | WorldTour | 880 | 66 | — | 4 | €17k |
| 2022 | AG2R Citroën Team | WorldTour | 894 | 64 | 2 | 4 | €25k |
| 2021 | AG2R Citroën Team | WorldTour | 863 | 68 | 1 | 3 | n/a |
| 2020 | NTT Pro Cycling | WorldTour | 234 | 52 | 2 | 3 | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Dimension Data | WorldTour | 173 | 80 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Dimension Data | WorldTour | 227 | 64 | 1 | 1 | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Dimension Data | WorldTour | 146 | 61 | 1 | 1 | n/a |
| 2016 | Avanti IsoWhey Sport | Continental | 50 | 5 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2015 | Navitas Satalyst Racing Team | Continental | 16 | 14 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
O'Connor in context
Jayco AlUla — top earners Team →
- 1Mauro Schmid€1.9M Model
- 2Michael Matthews€931k Model
- 3Luke Plapp€799k Model
- 4Ben O'Connor€766k Model
- 5Paul Double€598k Model
THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) Agency →
- Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious1556 pts
- Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility1367 pts
- Tim MerlierSoudal Quick-Step975 pts
29 WorldTour clients · 7.3% of all points · Belgium
Same salary band
- António MorgadoUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 583 pts€802k
- Luke PlappJayco AlUla · 685 pts€799k
- Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step · 502 pts€769k
- Matej MohoričBahrain Victorious · 331 pts€764k
- Paul PenhoëtGroupama-FDJ United · 450 pts€755k
- Louis BarréVisma | Lease a Bike · 522 pts€752k
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.