Wout van Aert

Visma | Lease a BikeUnder contract

€4M

reported base salary, 2026 Reported

top 1% of WorldTour salaries

Agency

ISEA Sport Management

confidence high · source: FirstCycling agency page

PCS points 2026

1372

career 15810 · 34.3 pts per €100k — around the WT median

Contract

Under contract

no end year on record · Open-ended contract "until the end of his career" (signed Sep 2024) - PCS lists no fixed end year. No retirement announced (Apr 2026: no decision yet).

Prize money generated, 2026

€110k

2.7% of salary · won at 9 races · pooled with the team, not kept

Est. prize share received, 2026

€25k Model

0.6% of salary · equal split of the team's pot at the 10 races he started, after 15% to staff · assumptions

Share of team wages

16.5%

Visma | Lease a Bike wage bill €24.2M · budget est. €50M · #2 of 29 on the team

Reported figure. €4M base salary per year, as reported by Gazzetta Jan 2026 (other reports €2.5–3.8M). Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model.

Career by season

Turned pro in 2019. 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: €615k.

Season	Team	Level	PCS pts	Race days	Wins	Podiums	Prize money generated
2026	Visma \| Lease a Bike	WorldTour	1356	45	8	11	€110k
2025	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	WorldTour	1264	65	2	8	€90k
2024	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	WorldTour	1428	55	5	16	€105k
2023	Jumbo-Visma	WorldTour	2060	54	5	21	€83k
2022	Jumbo-Visma	WorldTour	2762	48	9	25	€227k
2021	Team Jumbo-Visma	WorldTour	2820	49	13	22	n/a
2020	Team Jumbo-Visma	WorldTour	1834	35	6	12	n/a
2019	Team Jumbo-Visma	WorldTour	852	31	4	10	n/a
2018	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	ProTeam	586	26	2	6	n/a
2017	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	ProTeam	456	27	3	8	n/a
2016	Crelan - Vastgoedservice	Continental	254	20	2	4	n/a
2015	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	Continental	39	8	—	—	n/a
2014	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	Continental	18	7	—	—	n/a
2013	Telenet - Fidea	Continental	0	6	—	—	n/a

Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.

Van Aert in context

Visma | Lease a Bike — top earners Team →

1Jonas Vingegaard€5M Reported
2Wout van Aert€4M Reported
3Matteo Jorgenson€1.7M Model
4Matthew Brennan€1.7M Model
5Christophe Laporte€1.5M Model

ISEA Sport Management Agency →

Christophe LaporteVisma | Lease a Bike942 pts
Jenno BerckmoesLotto Intermarché781 pts

17 WorldTour clients · 3.6% of all points · Belgium

Same salary band

Tadej PogačarUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 4881 pts€8.2M
Remco EvenepoelRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 3241 pts€6.6M
Jonas VingegaardVisma | Lease a Bike · 2424 pts€5M
Primož RogličRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 633 pts€4M
Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Premier Tech · 1230 pts€4M
Jasper PhilipsenAlpecin-Premier Tech · 2162 pts€3.2M

Correct this data Results on PCS ↗ FirstCycling ↗

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Contract source: teamvismaleaseabike.com. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.