2025 PGA Tour Money Leaders List: All-Time Career Money Leaders

PGA Tour Money List 2025: All-Time PGA Tour Tournament Career Money Leaders List by Year Since 1934..

The golfer who finishes a PGA Tour season with the highest tournament earnings is called the tour's "money leader" or "leading money winner." And that golfer receives the Arnold Palmer Award.

Annual money leaders on the PGA Tour are recognized going back to 1934 when records first started being kept.

Most Times Leading the Money List:
 Tiger Woods was the tour's leading career money-winners 10th times.
Jack Nicklaus in career money list 8th times,
Ben Hogan & Tom Watson are 5 times each.

Most Consecutive Seasons Leading the Money List:
Tiger Woods & Watson share this record. Watson was the leading money winner each year from 1977- 1980. And Woods led from 1999 - 2002.

PGA Tour Money Leaders by Year list.

PGA Tour Money Leaders List 2025, updated players rankings.

RANK -  GOLFER -  EARNINGS

PGA Tour money leaders  (Updated, June, 23: After Travelers Championship) 

1 - Scottie Scheffler - $15,869,483 - 3  

2 - Rory McIlroy - $14,916,410 - 3  

3 - J.J. Spaun - $10,004,182 - 1  

4 - Sepp Straka - $9,682,994 - 2  

5 - Justin Thomas - $9,335,520 - 1  

6 - Russell Henley - $9,323,406 - 1  

7 - Ben Griffin - $7,962,502 - 2  

8 - Keegan Bradley - $7,043,795 - 1  

9 - Collin Morikawa - $6,734,794 - 0  

10 - Ludvig Åberg - $6,337,033 - 1  

11 - Andrew Novak - $6,309,769 - 1  

12 - Tommy Fleetwood - $6,188,031 - 0  

13 - Shane Lowry - $6,186,854 - 0  

14 - Maverick McNealy - $6,093,910 - 0  

15 - Harris English - $5,894,527 - 1  

16 - Hideki Matsuyama - $5,280,137 - 1  

17 - Robert MacIntyre - $5,244,607 - 0  

18 - Corey Conners - $5,058,426 - 0  

19 - Nick Taylor - $4,713,917 - 1  

20 - Sam Burns - $4,410,873 - 0  

21 - Patrick Cantlay - $4,347,046 - 0  

22 - Brian Harman - $4,184,339 - 1  

23 - Justin Rose - $4,182,019 - 0  

24 - Viktor Hovland - $4,178,118 - 1  

25 - Sungjae Im - $4,148,217 - 0  

26 - Tom Hoge - $3,957,533 - 0  

27 - Daniel Berger - $3,927,079 - 0  

28 - Ryan Fox - $3,824,847 - 2  

29 - Lucas Glover - $3,818,953 - 0  

30 - Thomas Detry - $3,421,380 - 1  

31 - Jason Day - $3,418,361 - 0  

32 - Michael Kim - $3,343,543 - 0  

33 - Taylor Pendrith - $3,296,030 - 0  

34 - Denny McCarthy - $3,207,035 - 0  

35 - Cameron Young - $3,168,555 - 0  

36 - Jacob Bridgeman - $3,096,853 - 0  

37 - Akshay Bhatia - $3,062,904 - 0  

38 - Sam Stevens - $3,024,906 - 0  

39 - Jordan Spieth - $2,953,110 - 0  

40 - Si Woo Kim - $2,930,602 - 0  

41 - Min Woo Lee - $2,896,086 - 1  

42 - Ryan Gerard - $2,833,162 - 0  

43 - Bud Cauley - $2,732,983 - 0  

44 - Joe Highsmith - $2,716,887 - 1  

45 - Aaron Rai - $2,650,333 - 0  

46 - J.T. Poston - $2,499,566 - 0  

47 - Stephan Jaeger - $2,477,901 - 0  

48 - Tony Finau - $2,442,608 - 0  

49 - Xander Schauffele - $2,364,967 - 0  

50 - Davis Riley - $2,337,915 - 0  

51 - Harry Hall - $2,332,924 - 0  

52 - Jhonattan Vegas - $2,257,415 - 0  

53 - Byeong Hun An - $2,211,783 - 0  

54 - Mackenzie Hughes - $2,205,658 - 0  

55 - Patrick Rodgers - $2,128,95  

What’s the total PGA Purse, payout & prize money this year in 2025 season?

There will be a record $400 million in prize money up for grabs over the course of the 47 event schedule, including the three in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Purses will increase at virtually every event from the 2025 season, including eight invitational events that will have purses ranging from $15-25 million.

All PGA Tour signature events will have $20 million purses.

Ludvig Aberg is going on the top list of PGA Tour money leaders in 2025 PGA Tour with season victories, See All  200+ Top Finishes players in 2025 PGA Tour Money List Leaders.

PGA Tour Money List Leaders in every tournament / Career Highest Earnings year by year.

2025 -  Scottie Scheffler - $15,869,483 - 3-   (Travelers Cham'ship, June 23)

2024 - Scottie Scheffler  $29,228,356 

2023 - Scottie Scheffler,  $21,014,342 --

2022 - Scottie Scheffler, $14,046,910

2021 - Jon Rahm -- $7,705,933

2020 -  Justin Thomas,  $7,344,040.

2019 -   Brooks Koepka:     $9,684,006.

2018 - Justin Thomas,  $ 8,694,821

2017 - Justin Thomas, $9,921,560

2016 - Dustin Johnson, $9,365,185

2015 - Jordan Spieth, $12,030,465

2014 - Rory McIlroy, $8,280,096

2013 - Tiger Woods, $8,553,439

2012 - Rory McIlroy, $8,047,952

2011 - Luke Donald, $6,683,214

2010 - Matt Kuchar, $4,910,477

2009 - Tiger Woods, $10,508,163

2008 - Vijay Singh, $6,601,094

2007 - Tiger Woods, $10,867,052

2006 - Tiger Woods, $9,941,563

2005 - Tiger Woods, $10,628,024

2004 - Vijay Singh, $10,905,166

2003 - Vijay Singh, $7,573,907

2002 - Tiger Woods, $6,912,625

2001 - Tiger Woods, $5,687,777

2000 - Tiger Woods, $9,188,321

1999 - Tiger Woods, $6,616,585

1998 - David Duval, $2,591,031

1997 - Tiger Woods, $2,066,833

1996 - Tom Lehman, $1,780,159

1995 - Greg Norman, $1,654,959

1994 - Nick Price, $1,499,927

1993 - Nick Price, $1,478,557

1992 - Fred Couples, $1,344,188

1991 - Corey Pavin, $979,430

1990 - Greg Norman, $1,165,477

1989 - Tom Kite, $1,395,278

1988 - Curtis Strange, $1,147,644

1987 - Curtis Strange, $925,941

1986 - Greg Norman, $653,296

1985 - Curtis Strange, $542,321

1984 - Tom Watson, $476,260

1983 - Hal Sutton, $426,668

1982 - Craig Stadler, $446,462

1981 - Tom Kite, $375,698.84

1980 - Tom Watson, $530,808.33

1979 - Tom Watson, $462,636

1978 - Tom Watson, $362,428.93

1977 - Tom Watson, $310,653.16

1976 - Jack Nicklaus, $266,498.57

1975 - Jack Nicklaus, $298,149.17

1974 - Johnny Miller, $353,021.59

1973 - Jack Nicklaus, $308,362.10

1972 - Jack Nicklaus, $320,542.26

1971 - Jack Nicklaus, $244,490.50

1970 - Lee Trevino, $157,037.63

1969 - Frank Beard, $164,707.11

1968 - Billy Casper, $205,168.67

1967 - Jack Nicklaus, $188,998.08

1966 - Billy Casper, $121,944.92

1965 - Jack Nicklaus, $140,752.14

1964 - Jack Nicklaus, $113,284.50

1963 - Arnold Palmer, $128,230

1962 - Arnold Palmer, $81,448.33

1961 - Gary Player, $64,540.45

1960 - Arnold Palmer, $75,262.85

1959 - Art Wall, $58,167.60

1958 - Arnold Palmer, $42,607.50

1957 - Dick Mayer, $65,835

1956 - Ted Kroll, $72,835.83

1955 - Julius Boros, $63,121.55

1954 - Bob Toski, $65,819.81

1953 - Lew Worsham, $34,002

1952 - Julius Boros, $37,032.97

1951 - Lloyd Mangrum, $26,068.83

1950 - Sam Snead, $35,758.83

1949 - Sam Snead, $31,598.83

1948 - Ben Hogan, $32,112

1947 - Jimmy Demaret, $27,936.83

1946 - Ben Hogan, $42,556.16

1945 - Byron Nelson, $63,335.66 (war bonds)

1944 - Byron Nelson, $37,967.69 (war bonds)

1943 - No stats compiled

1942 - Ben Hogan, $13,143

1941 - Ben Hogan, $18,358

1940 - Ben Hogan, $10,655

1939 - Henry Picard, $10,303

1938 - Sam Snead, $19,534.49

1937 - Harry Cooper, $14,138.69

1936 - Horton Smith, $7,682

1935 - Johnny Revolta, $9,543

1934 - Paul Runyan, $6,767

Who was the Money Leader in Last Season: PGA Tour Money List 2023.

RANK -  GOLFER -  EARNINGS

1 Scottie Scheffler $21,014,342

2 Jon Rahm $16,522,608

3 Viktor Hovland $14,112,234

4 Rory McIlroy $13,921,008

5 Wyndham Clark $10,757,489

6 Max Homa $10,506,366

7 Patrick Cantlay $10,372,998

8 Brian Harman $9,151,022

9 Keegan Bradley $8,897,330

10 Xander Schauffle $8,422,856

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