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. Rory McIlroy, $105,905,758
3. Phil Mickelson, $96,685,635
4. Scottie Scheffler, $87,663,070
5. Dustin Johnson, $75,557,026
6. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
7. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
8. Adam Scott, $69,545,914
9. Justin Rose, $69,060,060
10. Justin Thomas, $69,040,885
11. Jordan Spieth, $65,695,080
12. Jason Day, $64,549,724
13. Matt Kuchar, $60,864,786
14. Hideki Matsuyama, $60,702,302
15. Xander Schauffele, $59,660,609
16. Sergio Garcia, $55,010,895
17. Keegan Bradley, $54,465,497
18. Jon Rahm, $53,462,251
19. Patrick Cantlay, $52,650,373
20. Rickie Fowler, $52,379,259
21. Zach Johnson, $49,893,073
22. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
23. Bubba Watson, $48,385,778
24. Webb Simpson, $46,000,139
25. Tony Finau, $45,528,079
26. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
27. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
28. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
29. Brooks Koepka, $43,775,833
30. Brian Harman, $42,284,019
31. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
32. David Toms, $41,901,709
33. Brandt Snedeker, $41,794,222
34. Collin Morikawa, $41,594,500
35. Billy Horschel, $41,553,491
36. Russell Henley, $41,316,596
37. Lucas Glover, $41,098,605
38. Patrick Reed, $40,179,592
39. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
40. Luke Donald, $37,713,594
41. Harris English, $37,316,839
42. Bryson DeChambeau, $36,688,953
43. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
44. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
45. Gary Woodland, $36,067,829
46. Charley Hoffman, $35,999,645
47. Viktor Hovland, $35,484,623
48. Marc Leishman, $35,307,433
49. Ryan Moore, $34,442,506
50. Sungjae Im, $34,047,726

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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