Great Britain · 24 · Puncheur · PCS rank 348
Samuel Watson
How this estimate is made. Netcompany INEOS's riders' wage pool is about €25.5M (budget €52M × 49%, 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 24. 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: €149k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2023. 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: €52k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Netcompany INEOS | WorldTour | 199 | 49 | 2 | 2 | €5,100 |
| 2025 | INEOS Grenadiers | WorldTour | 639 | 81 | 4 | 11 | €34k |
| 2024 | Groupama - FDJ | WorldTour | 260 | 62 | 1 | 3 | €8,142 |
| 2023 | Groupama - FDJ | WorldTour | 203 | 71 | — | 1 | €2,713 |
| 2022 | Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ | Continental | 69 | 18 | — | 1 | €1,930 |
| 2021 | Trinity Racing | Continental | 0 | 5 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Inspired | club / junior | 6 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Watson in context
Netcompany INEOS — top earners Team →
- 1Egan Bernal€2.5M Reported
- 2Carlos Rodríguez€2.5M Reported
- 3Thymen Arensman€2.2M Model
- 4Dorian Godon€2M Model
- 5Filippo Ganna€2M Reported
- 16Samuel Watson€549k Model
Same salary band
- Bart LemmenVisma | Lease a Bike · 438 pts€561k
- Diego UlissiXDS Astana · 450 pts€555k
- Orluis AularMovistar Team · 328 pts€555k
- Edoardo ZambaniniBahrain Victorious · 428 pts€546k
- Gregor MühlbergerDecathlon CMA CGM · 324 pts€546k
- Henok MulubrhanXDS Astana · 527 pts€545k
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.