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. Scottie Scheffler, $130,390,661
2. Tiger Woods, $120,999,166
3. Rory McIlroy, $119,555,515
4. Phil Mickelson, $96,727,968
5. Justin Rose, $79,356,373
6. Dustin Johnson, $75,995,670
7. Adam Scott, $74,880,596
8. Justin Thomas, $74,568,294
9. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
10. Vijay Singh, $71,312,738
11. Xander Schauffele, $70,124,484
12. Jordan Spieth, $69,044,203
13. Hideki Matsuyama, $68,160,524
14. Jason Day, $66,736,267
15. Patrick Cantlay, $64,237,604
16. Matt Kuchar, $62,078,202
17. Rickie Fowler, $59,113,971
18. Keegan Bradley, $58,350,061
19. Jon Rahm, $55,555,703
20. Sergio Garcia, $55,151,412
21. Russell Henley, $54,853,988
22. Collin Morikawa, $52,769,682
23. Tommy Fleetwood, $51,145,274
24. Zach Johnson, $50,249,848
25. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
26. Viktor Hovland, $48,626,571
27. Bubba Watson, $48,385,778
28. Tony Finau, $47,258,874
29. Webb Simpson, $46,346,733
30. Brian Harman, $46,112,078
31. Brooks Koepka, $45,434,400
32. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
33. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
34. Matt Fitzpatrick, $44,476,688
35. Wyndham Clark, $44,108,999
36. Sam Burns, $44,088,145
37. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
38. Brandt Snedeker, $43,340,393
39. Lucas Glover, $43,111,000
40. Billy Horschel, $43,066,095
41. Harris English, $43,007,198
42. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
43. Gary Woodland, $42,010,211
44. David Toms, $41,901,709
45. Patrick Reed, $41,308,956
46. Si Woo Kim, $41,169,934
47. Cameron Young, $39,829,078
48. Sungjae Im, $38,712,481
49. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
50. Luke Donald, $37,738,664

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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