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. Phil Mickelson, $96,685,635
3. Rory McIlroy, $90,989,348
4. Dustin Johnson, $75,557,026
5. Scottie Scheffler, $71,793,586
6. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
7. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
8. Adam Scott, $67,956,165
9. Justin Rose, $64,878,042
10. Jordan Spieth, $62,741,970
11. Jason Day, $61,131,363
12. Matt Kuchar, $60,228,357
13. Justin Thomas, $59,705,364
14. Xander Schauffele, $57,295,643
15. Hideki Matsuyama, $55,422,165
16. Sergio Garcia, $54,985,969
17. Jon Rahm, $52,055,684
18. Rickie Fowler, $50,695,281
19. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
20. Zach Johnson, $49,052,873
21. Patrick Cantlay, $48,303,326
22. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
23. Keegan Bradley, $47,421,703
24. Webb Simpson, $45,753,288
25. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
26. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
27. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
28. Brooks Koepka, $43,426,092
29. Tony Finau, $43,085,471
30. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
31. David Toms, $41,901,709
32. Brandt Snedeker, $40,926,686
33. Billy Horschel, $40,219,937
34. Patrick Reed, $38,590,103
35. Brian Harman, $38,099,680
36. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
37. Luke Donald, $37,686,580
38. Lucas Glover, $37,279,652
39. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
40. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
41. Charley Hoffman, $35,284,543
42. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
43. Collin Morikawa, $34,859,707
44. Bryson DeChambeau, $34,472,287
45. Ryan Moore, $34,442,506
46. Gary Woodland, $34,339,037
47. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
48. Ryan Palmer, $33,657,182
49. K.J. Choi, $32,803,596
50. Henrik Stenson, $32,224,921

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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