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, $99,709,062
3. Phil Mickelson, $96,685,635
4. Dustin Johnson, $75,557,026
5. Scottie Scheffler, $74,289,284
6. Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
7. Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
8. Adam Scott, $68,599,687
9. Justin Rose, $66,638,708
10. Jordan Spieth, $63,507,120
11. Jason Day, $62,804,310
12. Justin Thomas, $61,976,664
13. Matt Kuchar, $60,438,621
14. Hideki Matsuyama, $59,887,078
15. Xander Schauffele, $57,561,393
16. Sergio Garcia, $54,985,969
17. Jon Rahm, $52,055,684
18. Rickie Fowler, $51,071,908
19. Patrick Cantlay, $50,452,976
20. Ernie Els, $49,385,600
21. Keegan Bradley, $49,315,522
22. Zach Johnson, $49,192,023
23. Bubba Watson, $48,049,778
24. Webb Simpson, $45,885,963
25. Davis Love III, $44,959,243
26. Steve Stricker, $44,936,354
27. Tony Finau, $44,579,221
28. Stewart Cink, $43,905,340
29. Brooks Koepka, $43,426,092
30. Charles Howell III, $42,025,458
31. David Toms, $41,901,709
32. Brandt Snedeker, $41,152,781
33. Billy Horschel, $41,047,166
34. Collin Morikawa, $40,418,671
35. Lucas Glover, $40,067,491
36. Brian Harman, $38,741,817
37. Patrick Reed, $38,590,103
38. Kevin Na, $37,819,638
39. Luke Donald, $37,686,580
40. Russell Henley, $37,636,965
41. Paul Casey, $36,620,072
42. Rory Sabbatini, $36,119,041
43. Charley Hoffman, $35,849,346
44. Marc Leishman, $35,216,825
45. Gary Woodland, $34,730,265
46. Bryson DeChambeau, $34,472,287
47. Ryan Moore, $34,442,506
48. Justin Leonard, $33,884,793
49. Ryan Palmer, $33,728,389
50. Harris English, $33,485,531

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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