- He has won at least one professional cycling race in all of his 16 seasons as a pro. His counter was never at zero by the end of the cycling season.
- His legs were cast in bronze on the occasion of a statue in his honor on top of the Taaienberg slope in Flanders, Belgium. The Taaienberg is a slope where he used to accelerate a dozen of times during his professional cycling career. Boonen was present at the unveiling 'his legs in bronze' which occurred in January 2023.
- He had his own star comic: "De avonturen van Tommeke" ("The adventures of Tommeke"). Targeting a children's audience, the series was drawn by Patrick Van Oppen and consists of two albums, one from 2007 and one from 2008. It saw Tom Boonen, depicted as a ten year old.
- In addition to racing driver, he became a podcast presenter after his cycling career. He co-hosts the podcast Wielerclub Wattage (2023) with host Ruben Van Gucht and fellow former professional cyclists Jan Bakelants and Dirk De Wolf, starting in the spring of 2023. Wielerclub Wattage instantly got popular in Flanders, Belgium.
- One of his more famous moments is his loss to Fabian Cancellara in the 2010 Tour of Flanders. Whereby it was claimed that Cancellara would have used a motor (mechanical doping) on his bike, a much discussed topic within the cycling world.
- Has twin daughters, Jacqueline and Valentine (born January 17, 2015).
- Tom and his girlfriend Lore Van de Weyer separated in February 2023. They had met in 2003. In 2006, they briefly broke up but reconciled in 2008. They have twin daughters; Jacqueline and Valentine.
- Tom's father André was a professional cyclist from 1979 to 1984.
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