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. Rory McIlroy, $80,095,557
4. Dustin Johnson, $75,417,837
5. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
6. Vijay Singh, $71,236,216
7. Adam Scott, $63,202,992
8. Justin Rose, $61,819,359
9. Jordan Spieth, $60,009,379
10. Matt Kuchar, $58,758,691
11. Jason Day, $57,013,845
12. Sergio Garcia, $54,576,690
13. Justin Thomas, $54,481,804
14. Jon Rahm, $51,546,651
15. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
16. Rickie Fowler, $48,927,572
17. Zach Johnson, $48,556,493
18. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
19. Webb Simpson, $45,147,277
20. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
21. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
22. Hideki Matsuyama, $44,164,196
23. Stewart Cink, $43,526,864
24. Brooks Koepka, $43,044,449
25. Scottie Scheffler, $42,565,229
26. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
27. Patrick Cantlay, $42,023,361
28. David Toms, $41,901,709
29. Brandt Snedeker, $40,688,452
30. Keegan Bradley, $40,542,248
31. Xander Schauffele, $38,910,322
32. Patrick Reed, $38,152,515
33. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
34. Luke Donald, $37,663,042
35. Tony Finau, $37,379,004
36. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
37. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
38. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
39. Billy Horschel, $35,182,660
40. Lucas Glover, $34,403,451
41. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
42. Ryan Moore, $33,739,917
43. Ryan Palmer, $33,493,465
44. Charley Hoffman, $33,478,884
45. Gary Woodland, $33,423,884
46. Brian Harman, $32,897,910
47. K.J. Choi, $32,803,596
48. Henrik Stenson, $32,224,921
49. Kenny Perry, $32,123,130
50. Retief Goosen, $31,301,518

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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