Ireland · 35 · Sprinter · ProTeam
Sam Bennett
How this estimate is made. Pinarello Q36.5's riders' wage pool is about €7.33M (budget €19M × 39%, 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 across all 16 ProTeams, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €104k (ProTeam floors start at the UCI minimum of €35,392). Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2010. 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: €111k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pinarello Q36.5 | ProTeam | 48 | 35 | — | 2 | €2,670 |
| 2025 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | WorldTour | 186 | 53 | 4 | 5 | €4,144 |
| 2024 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | WorldTour | 571 | 70 | 5 | 12 | €45k |
| 2023 | BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 316 | 69 | 3 | 13 | €12k |
| 2022 | BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 738 | 59 | 3 | 7 | €46k |
| 2021 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | WorldTour | 630 | 28 | 7 | 9 | n/a |
| 2020 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | WorldTour | 986 | 69 | 7 | 16 | n/a |
| 2019 | BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 1318 | 76 | 13 | 25 | n/a |
| 2018 | BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 876 | 52 | 7 | 15 | n/a |
| 2017 | BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 857 | 68 | 10 | 15 | n/a |
| 2016 | Bora - Argon 18 | ProTeam | 549 | 78 | 3 | 6 | n/a |
| 2015 | Bora - Argon 18 | ProTeam | 439 | 66 | 5 | 9 | n/a |
| 2014 | Team NetApp - Endura | ProTeam | 436 | 52 | 3 | 7 | n/a |
| 2013 | An Post - Chain Reaction | Continental | 100 | 23 | 1 | 3 | n/a |
| 2012 | An Post - Sean Kelly | Continental | 25 | 16 | — | — | n/a |
| 2011 | An Post-M.Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team | Continental | 3 | 19 | — | — | n/a |
| 2010 | Française des Jeux | WorldTour | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Bennett in context
Pinarello Q36.5 — top earners Team →
- 1Tom Pidcock€4M Reported
- 2Quinten Hermans€315k Model
- 3Matteo Moschetti€191k Model
- 4Fred Wright€180k Model
- 5Mark Donovan€164k Model
- 8Sam Bennett€138k Model
Same salary band
- Eric Antonio FagúndezBurgos-Burpellet BH · 420 pts€144k
- Filippo TurconiBardiani-CSF-7 Saber · 171 pts€140k
- Alex TolioBardiani-CSF-7 Saber · 224 pts€139k
- Pierre ThierryTotalEnergies · 188 pts€138k
- Luca CoviliBardiani-CSF-7 Saber · 219 pts€137k
- Martin MarcellusiBardiani-CSF-7 Saber · 203 pts€137k
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.