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Michael Matthews
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 0.9 at age 35. 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 2011. 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: €156k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 274 | 39 | 1 | 1 | €6,800 |
| 2025 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 801 | 27 | 1 | 1 | €23k |
| 2024 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 901 | 56 | 2 | 4 | €37k |
| 2023 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 590 | 55 | 1 | 5 | €35k |
| 2022 | Team BikeExchange - Jayco | WorldTour | 1171 | 59 | 2 | 8 | €55k |
| 2021 | Team BikeExchange | WorldTour | 896 | 69 | — | 6 | n/a |
| 2020 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 656 | 29 | 1 | 5 | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 1102 | 51 | 3 | 7 | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 1441 | 48 | 4 | 7 | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 1628 | 64 | 4 | 10 | n/a |
| 2016 | ORICA-BikeExchange | WorldTour | 1146 | 60 | 4 | 7 | n/a |
| 2015 | Orica GreenEDGE | WorldTour | 1227 | 72 | 5 | 13 | n/a |
| 2014 | Orica GreenEDGE | WorldTour | 916 | 71 | 5 | 14 | n/a |
| 2013 | Orica GreenEDGE | WorldTour | 468 | 77 | 4 | 12 | n/a |
| 2012 | Rabobank Cycling Team | WorldTour | 379 | 64 | 2 | 5 | n/a |
| 2011 | Rabobank Cycling Team | WorldTour | 546 | 62 | 3 | 10 | n/a |
| 2010 | Team Jayco Skins | Continental | 97 | 14 | 2 | 3 | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Matthews 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
- Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious · 557 pts€962k
- Mathias VacekLidl-Trek · 642 pts€939k
- Florian VermeerschUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 619 pts€932k
- Michał KwiatkowskiNetcompany INEOS · 222 pts€921k
- Corbin StrongNSN Cycling Team · 543 pts€909k
- Ilan van WilderSoudal Quick-Step · 406 pts€904k
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.