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, $107,981,766
3. Scottie Scheffler, $98,373,136
4. Phil Mickelson, $96,727,968
5. Dustin Johnson, $75,695,066
6. Justin Rose, $73,736,017
7. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
8. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
9. Justin Thomas, $70,588,860
10. Adam Scott, $69,705,648
11. Jordan Spieth, $65,901,630
12. Jason Day, $64,808,524
13. Hideki Matsuyama, $61,990,809
14. Matt Kuchar, $61,166,988
15. Xander Schauffele, $60,695,509
16. Patrick Cantlay, $57,708,433
17. Keegan Bradley, $56,124,514
18. Sergio Garcia, $55,097,412
19. Rickie Fowler, $54,137,235
20. Jon Rahm, $53,548,768
21. Zach Johnson, $49,935,318
22. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
23. Bubba Watson, $48,385,778
24. Russell Henley, $46,626,746
25. Webb Simpson, $46,085,168
26. Tony Finau, $45,636,964
27. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
28. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
29. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
30. Brooks Koepka, $43,775,833
31. Brian Harman, $43,647,340
32. Tommy Fleetwood, $43,430,669
33. Collin Morikawa, $42,614,434
34. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
35. David Toms, $41,901,709
36. Brandt Snedeker, $41,839,162
37. Lucas Glover, $41,677,395
38. Billy Horschel, $41,553,491
39. Harris English, $40,221,364
40. Patrick Reed, $40,179,592
41. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
42. Luke Donald, $37,713,594
43. Viktor Hovland, $37,130,745
44. Bryson DeChambeau, $36,993,603
45. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
46. Gary Woodland, $36,296,058
47. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
48. Charley Hoffman, $35,999,645
49. Marc Leishman, $35,351,783
50. Chris Kirk, $35,093,591

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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