Great Britain · 30 · GC rider · PCS rank 1139
James Knox
How this estimate is made. Picnic PostNL's riders' wage pool is about €8.7M (budget €22M × 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: €129k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2018. 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: €6,623.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Picnic PostNL | WorldTour | 25 | 54 | — | — | €0 |
| 2025 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 90 | 68 | — | — | €2,863 |
| 2024 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 46 | 70 | — | — | €0 |
| 2023 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 186 | 54 | — | 2 | €2,700 |
| 2022 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | WorldTour | 104 | 73 | — | — | €1,060 |
| 2021 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | WorldTour | 159 | 62 | — | — | n/a |
| 2020 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | WorldTour | 290 | 54 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | WorldTour | 501 | 73 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2018 | Quick-Step Floors | WorldTour | 165 | 63 | — | — | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Wiggins | Continental | 18 | 22 | — | — | n/a |
| 2016 | Team Wiggins | Continental | 0 | 9 | — | — | n/a |
| 2015 | — | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
| 2014 | — | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Knox in context
Picnic PostNL — top earners Team →
- 1Pavel Bittner€1.8M Model
- 2John Degenkolb€900k Model
- 3Warren Barguil€666k Model
- 4Frits Biesterbos€527k Model
- 5Frank van den Broek€465k Model
- 13James Knox€203k Model
Altus Sports Management Agency →
- Jai HindleyRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe1006 pts
- Lewis AskeyNSN Cycling Team595 pts
- Paul DoubleJayco AlUla570 pts
11 WorldTour clients · 1.6% of all points
Same salary band
- Luke TuckwellRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 350 pts€208k
- Žak ErženBahrain Victorious · 157 pts€208k
- Julius JohansenUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 174 pts€204k
- Louis VervaekeSoudal Quick-Step · 127 pts€203k
- Toon AertsLotto Intermarché · 194 pts€203k
- Jake StewartNSN Cycling Team · 95 pts€202k
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.