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, $120,954,766
2. Phil Mickelson, $96,572,310
3. Dustin Johnson, $74,982,819
4. Rory McIlroy, $72,114,057
5. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
6. Vijay Singh, $71,236,216
7. Adam Scott, $61,826,247
8. Justin Rose, $60,897,759
9. Jordan Spieth, $58,409,093
10. Matt Kuchar, $57,491,861
11. Jason Day, $55,743,620
12. Sergio Garcia, $54,433,395
13. Justin Thomas, $53,420,084
14. Jon Rahm, $49,524,508
15. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
16. Zach Johnson, $48,326,395
17. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
18. Rickie Fowler, $44,963,383
19. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
20. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
21. Webb Simpson, $44,782,559
22. Stewart Cink, $43,082,240
23. Hideki Matsuyama, $42,768,332
24. Brooks Koepka, $42,721,257
25. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
26. David Toms, $41,901,709
27. Brandt Snedeker, $40,539,179
28. Patrick Cantlay, $38,155,989
29. Patrick Reed, $38,023,981
30. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
31. Luke Donald, $37,445,871
32. Xander Schauffele, $37,027,854
33. Tony Finau, $36,814,353
34. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
35. Keegan Bradley, $36,392,068
36. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
37. Scottie Scheffler, $35,950,883
38. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
39. Billy Horschel, $34,555,975
40. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
41. Charley Hoffman, $33,049,437
42. Gary Woodland, $32,934,488
43. Ryan Moore, $32,892,225
44. Ryan Palmer, $32,827,693
45. K.J. Choi, $32,803,596
46. Kenny Perry, $32,123,130
47. Henrik Stenson, $31,992,046
48. Retief Goosen, $31,301,518
49. Bill Haas, $31,011,664
50. Hunter Mahan, $30,786,458

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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