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, $90,130,223
4. Dustin Johnson, $75,466,806
5. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
6. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
7. Scottie Scheffler, $70,262,087
8. Adam Scott, $64,879,798
9. Justin Rose, $63,259,042
10. Jordan Spieth, $62,512,553
11. Jason Day, $60,503,929
12. Matt Kuchar, $59,234,367
13. Justin Thomas, $58,612,464
14. Sergio Garcia, $54,985,969
15. Hideki Matsuyama, $51,761,527
16. Jon Rahm, $51,603,851
17. Xander Schauffele, $51,546,683
18. Rickie Fowler, $50,025,665
19. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
20. Zach Johnson, $48,904,251
21. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
22. Patrick Cantlay, $47,429,598
23. Webb Simpson, $45,719,028
24. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
25. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
26. Stewart Cink, $43,736,979
27. Keegan Bradley, $43,675,777
28. Brooks Koepka, $43,368,892
29. Tony Finau, $42,260,064
30. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
31. David Toms, $41,901,709
32. Brandt Snedeker, $40,764,866
33. Patrick Reed, $38,590,103
34. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
35. Billy Horschel, $37,778,192
36. Luke Donald, $37,686,580
37. Brian Harman, $37,629,284
38. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
39. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
40. Lucas Glover, $36,085,682
41. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
42. Charley Hoffman, $34,826,500
43. Bryson DeChambeau, $34,472,287
44. Ryan Moore, $34,247,851
45. Collin Morikawa, $33,985,387
46. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
47. Gary Woodland, $33,852,667
48. Ryan Palmer, $33,641,502
49. K.J. Choi, $32,803,596
50. Henrik Stenson, $32,224,921

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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