Roger Waters Net Worth

Roger Waters net worth in 2026 is estimated at $310 million [1][2]. Most published estimates agree on $310 million, and Finance Monthly puts him at the same figure as of October 2026 [1][2]. He is the richest member of Pink Floyd, ahead of David Gilmour at about $180 million [2].

Waters earns an estimated $8 million to $10 million a year in songwriting royalties from Pink Floyd catalogue [1][3]. He wrote most of the band biggest albums, including The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall [3]. The 2024 Sony catalogue sale did not include songwriting, so his publishing income continues [2].

The Wall Live tour in 2010 to 2013 grossed $459 million, making it one of the highest grossing concert tours in history [1][2]. His Us and Them tour grossed more than $180 million, and This Is Not a Drill added about $136 million [3]. Touring has been his biggest single source of income [1].

Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 after a bitter dispute over the band direction and name [1][3]. He believed the band was finished, but Gilmour and Mason kept the name and continued without him [3]. The legal fight lasted years, and the bad feeling between Waters and Gilmour continues today [1].

Pink Floyd sold their recorded music catalogue to Sony Music in October 2024 for a reported $400 million [2][3]. The deal covered recorded music rights but not songwriting, which is still held by the individual writers [2]. Waters kept his publishing, so he still earns from the songs he wrote [1].

Waters still performs, and in 2026 his son Harry Waters assembled a band for a new touring project, Roger Waters Presents Legacy, a Pink Floyd show with more than 100 dates planned [2]. His last major solo tour, This Is Not a Drill, ran in 2022 and 2023 [3]. At 83 he shows no sign of retiring [1].