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, $110,124,516
3. Scottie Scheffler, $102,841,316
4. Phil Mickelson, $96,727,968
5. Dustin Johnson, $75,695,066
6. Justin Rose, $75,542,392
7. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
8. Vijay Singh, $71,312,738
9. Adam Scott, $70,928,550
10. Justin Thomas, $70,601,520
11. Jordan Spieth, $66,514,305
12. Jason Day, $65,691,898
13. Hideki Matsuyama, $64,126,287
14. Xander Schauffele, $63,007,789
15. Matt Kuchar, $61,564,114
16. Patrick Cantlay, $58,349,998
17. Keegan Bradley, $56,280,978
18. Sergio Garcia, $55,097,412
19. Rickie Fowler, $54,749,061
20. Jon Rahm, $53,548,768
21. Zach Johnson, $50,010,048
22. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
23. Bubba Watson, $48,385,778
24. Russell Henley, $47,298,299
25. Collin Morikawa, $47,000,526
26. Tony Finau, $46,258,493
27. Webb Simpson, $46,156,537
28. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
29. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
30. Tommy Fleetwood, $44,911,369
31. Brian Harman, $43,953,769
32. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
33. Brooks Koepka, $43,798,009
34. Brandt Snedeker, $42,119,626
35. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
36. David Toms, $41,901,709
37. Billy Horschel, $41,828,646
38. Lucas Glover, $41,713,895
39. Harris English, $40,862,451
40. Patrick Reed, $40,179,592
41. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
42. Luke Donald, $37,713,594
43. Viktor Hovland, $37,490,895
44. Bryson DeChambeau, $36,993,603
45. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
46. Gary Woodland, $36,423,061
47. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
48. Charley Hoffman, $35,999,645
49. Sam Burns, $35,479,523
50. Marc Leishman, $35,351,783

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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