Toseland is UK’s richest bike racer

Double World Superbike champion James Toseland is worth £10m according to the Sunday Times rich list, and was the only motorcyclist in the newspaper’s Top 100 UK Sports people rich list.

He was ranked the 16th richest UK sports person under 30 years old.

The 29-year-old is worth the same as premier league footballers Craig Bellamy, Dimitar Berbatov and Cesc Fabregas. Whoever they are.

Formula One World Champion Jenson Button, worth £43million, was ranked number one and Michael Owen was second.

Toseland’s wealth accelerated in 2004 when he first won the WSBK title, and again when he won in 2007.

The Sunday Times says, unsurprisingly, that the following two years in MotoGP earned him the most from sponsors.

Here’s the top 20 richest UK sports people under 30, as calculated by the Sunday Times.

Position	Sports person	Sport	Wealth (£million)
1	Jenson Button	Motor racing	43
2	Michael Owen	Football	40
3	Lewis Hamilton	Motor racing	35
4	Wayne Rooney	Football	33
5	John Terry	Football	20
6	Andy Murray	Tennis	15
7	Joe Cole	Football	14
8=	Petr Cech	Football	13
8=	Luol Deng	Basketball	13
8=	Michael Essien	Football	13
11=	Robbie Keane	Football	12
11=	Fernando Torres	Football	12
11=	Jonny Wilkinson	Rugby Union	12
14=	Ashley Cole	Football	11
14=	Carlos Tevez	Football	11
16=	Craig Bellamy	Football	10
16=	Dimitar Berbatov	Football	10
16=	Cesc Fabregas	Football	10
16=	Ben Gordon	Basketball	10
16=	James Toseland	Motorcycling	10
16=	Jonathan Woodgate	Football	10