Great Britain · 30 · GC rider · PCS rank 552
James Shaw
How this estimate is made. EF Education-EasyPost's riders' wage pool is about €12.6M (budget €30M × 42%, 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: €113k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2016. 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: €4,530.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | EF Education-EasyPost | WorldTour | 74 | 74 | — | 1 | €490 |
| 2025 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 150 | 80 | — | 2 | €1,455 |
| 2024 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 58 | 73 | — | — | €155 |
| 2023 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 171 | 57 | — | 2 | €200 |
| 2022 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 160 | 65 | — | 1 | €2,230 |
| 2021 | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | Continental | 186 | 21 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2020 | Riwal Securitas Cycling Team | ProTeam | 19 | 23 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | Continental | 94 | 18 | — | — | n/a |
| 2018 | — | club / junior | 32 | 58 | — | — | n/a |
| 2017 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 11 | 51 | — | — | n/a |
| 2016 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 0 | 13 | — | — | n/a |
| 2015 | Lotto - Soudal U23 | club / junior | 0 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Shaw in context
EF Education-EasyPost — top earners Team →
- 1Richard Carapaz€2.3M Reported
- 2Alex Baudin€1.2M Model
- 3Ben Healy€1M Model
- 4Michael Valgren€670k Model
- 5Neilson Powless€606k Model
- 19James Shaw€174k Model
Skelde Performance Agency →
- Anders FoldagerJayco AlUla454 pts
- Jakob SöderqvistLidl-Trek401 pts
- Alexander KampUno-X Mobility360 pts
13 WorldTour clients · 1.6% of all points · Denmark
Same salary band
- Casper PedersenSoudal Quick-Step · 84 pts€175k
- Anton SchifferVisma | Lease a Bike · 157 pts€174k
- Pier-André CôtéNSN Cycling Team · 142 pts€174k
- Henri UhligAlpecin-Premier Tech · 190 pts€172k
- Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana · 236 pts€171k
- Matthew DinhamPicnic PostNL · 62 pts€171k
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.