PGA Tour Career Money List Leaders

Below are the all-time leaders in earnings on the PGA Tour, the tour's career money list. See the notes at the bottom on how the PGA Tour uses its career money leaders list for exemptions.

(Related article: PGA Tour's yearly money leaders)

Top 50 on the PGA Tour Career Money List

1. Tiger Woods, $120,999,166
2. Phil Mickelson, $96,644,310
3. Rory McIlroy, $81,810,229
4. Dustin Johnson, $75,417,837
5. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
6. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
7. Adam Scott, $64,290,490
8. Justin Rose, $62,481,391
9. Jordan Spieth, $62,180,604
10. Scottie Scheffler, $61,258,464
11. Jason Day, $59,384,085
12. Matt Kuchar, $58,849,967
13. Justin Thomas, $57,057,380
14. Sergio Garcia, $54,576,690
15. Jon Rahm, $51,603,851
16. Hideki Matsuyama, $50,171,691
17. Rickie Fowler, $49,651,954
18. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
19. Zach Johnson, $48,727,671
20. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
21. Webb Simpson, $45,481,008
22. Patrick Cantlay, $45,311,197
23. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
24. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
25. Xander Schauffele, $44,414,631
26. Stewart Cink, $43,671,179
27. Brooks Koepka, $43,101,649
28. Keegan Bradley, $42,142,553
29. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
30. David Toms, $41,901,709
31. Brandt Snedeker, $40,723,772
32. Tony Finau, $39,350,914
33. Patrick Reed, $38,557,515
34. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
35. Luke Donald, $37,663,042
36. Billy Horschel, $36,692,854
37. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
38. Brian Harman, $36,560,928
39. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
40. Lucas Glover, $35,492,078
41. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
42. Charley Hoffman, $34,735,196
43. Ryan Moore, $34,207,958
44. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
45. Gary Woodland, $33,687,459
46. Ryan Palmer, $33,559,270
47. K.J. Choi, $32,803,596
48. Henrik Stenson, $32,224,921
49. Kenny Perry, $32,123,130
50. Retief Goosen, $31,301,518

This Top 50 is updated multiple times throughout the year. On PGATour.com, the tour's stats section includes a weekly updated career money list that extends into the 600s.

How the Career Money List Matters in PGA Tour Eligibility

Does the career money list have any important role to play for current PGA Tour players? Yes — some players are able to retain their playing privileges by virtue of appearing on the list above.

There are two exemption categories relating to the career money list: Top 25 All-Time and Top 50 All-Time. Say there's a player, Golfer X, who has a bad season and loses his tour card. But he's No. 23 on the career money list. He can claim the Top 25 All-Time exemption and keep his tour membership for another year. Same for a golfer who is, say, No. 46: that golfer could claim the Top 50 career earnings exemption to keep his playing card, if need be.

And yes, the same golfer can use both exemptions. David Duval did that in back-to-back years: He used the Top 25 exemption first; the next season, he had fallen out of the Top 25 but was still in the Top 50, so he was able to use that one.

The catch is that each of these exemptions can only be used once.

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