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GOLF · 2020-21 SEASON

The 2020-21 golf money list

$485,280,256 won by 343 players in the 2020-21 season. Patrick Cantlay led it on $23,838,804.

The season is up 48.0% on 2019-20, and is the 6th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 4.9% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 9.3% of it.

PAID OUT $485.3m
TOP EARNER $23.8m
PLAYERS PAID 343
OVER $1M 129
FROM THE MAJORS 9.3%

The twenty biggest earners of 2020-21

Prize money won across the season

343 players paid

Where the 2020-21 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 70.3%
  • The four majors 9.3%
  • Bonus pools 20.4%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2020-21 and pays nothing into this season. It first paid anybody in 2021-22, and it has taken about a third of the sport's money every season since.

What the top ten did the season before

2020-21 against 2019-20

2019-20 comparison

# Player 2019-20 rank 2019-20 2020-21
01 Patrick Cantlay 36 $2.4m $23,838,804$23.8m
02 Jon Rahm 03 $9.4m $16,705,933$16.7m
03 Justin Thomas 02 $12.0m $13,587,153$13.6m
04 Bryson DeChambeau 07 $5.6m $12,926,415$12.9m
05 Jordan Spieth 79 $1.2m $11,967,982$12.0m
06 Collin Morikawa 05 $7.2m $9,484,908$9.5m
07 Dustin Johnson 01 $20.8m $9,101,136$9.1m
08 Phil Mickelson 63 $1.6m $8,707,199$8.7m
09 Brooks Koepka 82 $1.2m $8,599,136$8.6m
10 Rory McIlroy 09 $5.4m $8,475,559$8.5m

A blank in the 2019-20 column is a player we hold no money for that season, which is usually a rookie year or a year out. Golf money moves harder than a salary does, because none of it is contracted: a player earns what the leaderboard says and nothing else.

The full 2020-21 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2020-21 prize figure for

343 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2020-21
001 Patrick Cantlay United States $7.3m $321k $16.2m 15 $23,838,804$23.8m
002 Jon Rahm Spain $6.3m $1.4m $9.0m 3 $16,705,933$16.7m
003 Justin Thomas United States $5.6m $900k $7.0m 8 $13,587,153$13.6m
004 Bryson DeChambeau United States $5.0m $2.4m $5.5m 9 $12,926,415$12.9m
005 Jordan Spieth United States $5.2m $1.3m $5.5m 13 $11,967,982$12.0m
006 Collin Morikawa United States $4.7m $2.4m $2.4m 16 $9,484,908$9.5m
007 Dustin Johnson United States $2.3m $2.7m $4.1m 4 $9,101,136$9.1m
008 Phil Mickelson United States $521k $2.2m $6.0m 6 $8,707,199$8.7m
009 Brooks Koepka United States $3.4m $1.8m $3.4m 12 $8,599,136$8.6m
010 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland $3.6m $798k $4.1m 1 $8,475,559$8.5m
011 Harris English United States $5.5m $658k $2.1m 48 $8,275,481$8.3m
012 Tiger Woods United States $14k $51k $8.0m 5 $8,064,200$8.1m
013 Kevin Na United States $3.4m $216k $4.2m 40 $7,820,982$7.8m
014 Abraham Ancer Mexico $5.3m $534k $1.8m 43 $7,644,065$7.6m
015 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $3.6m $2.7m $1.3m 35 $7,596,262$7.6m
016 Xander Schauffele United States $4.5m $761k $2.2m 7 $7,440,653$7.4m
017 Viktor Hovland Norway $4.6m $452k $2.2m 23 $7,248,772$7.2m
018 Tony Finau United States $5.0m $759k $811k 34 $6,550,930$6.6m
019 Cameron Smith Australia $4.7m $1.1m $679k 14 $6,530,617$6.5m
020 Sam Burns United States $5.1m $26k $1.0m 47 $6,187,529$6.2m
021 Jason Kokrak United States $4.9m $263k $705k 62 $5,823,629$5.8m
022 Hideki Matsuyama Japan $4.5m $477k $425k 22 $5,388,594$5.4m
023 Daniel Berger United States $3.9m $338k $797k 88 $5,056,079$5.1m
024 Billy Horschel United States $3.8m $236k $996k 51 $5,026,738$5.0m
025 Bubba Watson United States $1.8m $121k $3.1m 30 $4,979,214$5.0m
026 Scottie Scheffler United States $3.8m $663k $467k 2 $4,972,256$5.0m
027 Sungjae Im South Korea $2.8m $1.3m $498k 45 $4,654,681$4.7m
028 Corey Conners Canada $3.4m $599k $467k 81 $4,474,236$4.5m
029 Patrick Reed United States $3.4m $666k $445k 18 $4,464,044$4.5m
030 Joaquin Niemann Chile $3.7m $189k $85k 11 $4,021,911$4.0m
031 Will Zalatoris United States $3.2m $687k 114 $3,935,686$3.9m
032 Stewart Cink United States $3.5m $60k 57 $3,596,319$3.6m
033 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.9m $109k $584k 10 $3,582,306$3.6m
034 Max Homa United States $3.4m $45k 58 $3,448,578$3.4m
035 Lee Westwood England $3.1m $309k 70 $3,435,368$3.4m
036 Si Woo Kim South Korea $3.2m $62k 73 $3,245,928$3.2m
037 Brian Harman United States $3.1m $161k 44 $3,221,821$3.2m
038 Marc Leishman Australia $2.9m $216k $95k 27 $3,202,046$3.2m
039 Paul Casey England $2.3m $814k 28 $3,129,666$3.1m
040 Kyoung-Hoon Lee South Korea $3.1m 189 $3,085,133$3.1m
041 Charley Hoffman United States $2.9m $168k 76 $3,049,764$3.0m
042 Kevin Kisner United States $2.9m $26k 86 $2,952,177$3.0m
043 Webb Simpson United States $2.0m $758k 53 $2,783,011$2.8m
044 Cameron Davis Australia $2.7m $21k 157 $2,746,956$2.7m
045 Carlos Ortiz Mexico $2.7m $22k 64 $2,682,104$2.7m
046 Erik van Rooyen South Africa $2.1m $102k $467k 219 $2,677,947$2.7m
047 Shane Lowry Ireland $1.9m $774k 66 $2,636,597$2.6m
048 Matthew Wolff United States $1.2m $1.4m $87k 111 $2,594,824$2.6m
049 Lucas Glover United States $2.4m $158k 61 $2,577,704$2.6m
050 Keegan Bradley United States $2.4m $168k 32 $2,572,088$2.6m
051 Russell Henley United States $2.5m $19k 36 $2,545,330$2.5m
052 Matt Jones Australia $2.4m $60k 77 $2,496,677$2.5m
053 Cameron Tringale United States $2.3m $80k 84 $2,428,609$2.4m
054 Ryan Palmer United States $2.3m $90k 85 $2,366,042$2.4m
055 Talor Gooch United States $2.2m $91k 20 $2,291,437$2.3m
056 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $2.2m $92k 46 $2,264,460$2.3m
057 Cameron Champ United States $2.0m $144k $106k 261 $2,259,936$2.3m
058 Matthew Fitzpatrick England $2.0m $217k 41 $2,252,351$2.3m
059 Branden Grace South Africa $2.2m $42k 38 $2,222,244$2.2m
060 Aaron Wise United States $2.0m $168k 196 $2,207,563$2.2m
061 Sebastián Muñoz Colombia $1.9m $171k $85k 244 $2,182,446$2.2m
062 Chris Kirk United States $2.2m 75 $2,176,116$2.2m
063 Kevin Streelman United States $1.8m $372k 105 $2,162,403$2.2m
064 Harold Varner III United States $2.0m $25k $90k 72 $2,103,460$2.1m
065 Patton Kizzire United States $2.1m 182 $2,102,294$2.1m
066 Emiliano Grillo Argentina $1.9m $223k 113 $2,100,335$2.1m
067 Alex Noren Sweden $1.9m $180k 139 $2,085,051$2.1m
068 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $2.1m 130 $2,069,765$2.1m
069 Maverick McNealy United States $2.1m 120 $2,055,003$2.1m
070 Mackenzie Hughes Canada $1.5m $387k $195k 131 $2,040,825$2.0m
071 Tyrrell Hatton England $2.0m $42k 106 $2,010,280$2.0m
072 Harry Higgs United States $1.4m $462k 322 $1,829,267$1.8m
073 Troy Merritt United States $1.8m $27k 171 $1,827,790$1.8m
074 Martin Laird Scotland $1.7m $104k 127 $1,812,120$1.8m
075 Robert Streb United States $1.8m $21k 193 $1,811,605$1.8m
076 Lanto Griffin United States $1.5m $99k $195k 249 $1,807,446$1.8m
077 Matt Kuchar United States $1.3m $447k 31 $1,796,417$1.8m
078 Hudson Swafford United States $1.8m 213 $1,759,907$1.8m
079 Tom Hoge United States $1.7m $20k 102 $1,690,223$1.7m
080 Keith Mitchell United States $1.7m 145 $1,665,248$1.7m
081 J.T. Poston United States $1.7m 101 $1,663,521$1.7m
082 Ian Poulter England $1.4m $231k 56 $1,641,459$1.6m
083 Brandon Hagy United States $1.6m 401 $1,593,365$1.6m
084 Andrew Putnam United States $1.6m 152 $1,572,704$1.6m
085 Dylan Frittelli South Africa $647k $917k 293 $1,564,494$1.6m
086 Seamus Power Ireland $1.5m 165 $1,547,290$1.5m
087 Adam Scott Australia $1.4m $148k 19 $1,517,533$1.5m
088 Adam Long United States $1.3m $211k 284 $1,496,681$1.5m
089 Brendon Todd United States $1.2m $102k $106k 144 $1,455,638$1.5m
090 Joel Dahmen United States $1.4m $56k 178 $1,452,347$1.5m
091 Peter Malnati United States $1.4m 224 $1,429,713$1.4m
092 Garrick Higgo South Africa $1.4m $20k 287 $1,378,456$1.4m
093 Henrik Norlander Sweden $1.4m 285 $1,377,085$1.4m
094 Matt Wallace England $1.2m $141k 238 $1,369,595$1.4m
095 Doc Redman United States $1.4m 332 $1,361,632$1.4m
096 Brendan Steele United States $1.3m $46k 140 $1,358,525$1.4m
097 Kramer Hickok United States $1.3m 373 $1,348,745
098 Brandt Snedeker United States $1.2m $135k 60 $1,347,790
099 Brian Stuard United States $1.3m 209 $1,343,198
100 Adam Hadwin Canada $1.3m $48k 116 $1,308,757
101 Justin Rose England $893k $412k 17 $1,304,180
102 Gary Woodland United States $1.3m $42k 67 $1,294,062
103 Jason Day Australia $1.2m $83k 25 $1,291,234
104 Hank Lebioda United States $1.3m 377 $1,286,430
105 Doug Ghim United States $1.3m 262 $1,283,807
106 Luke List United States $1.2m 154 $1,243,787
107 Zach Johnson United States $911k $330k 39 $1,241,402
108 C.T. Pan Chinese Taipei $869k $358k 215 $1,227,777
109 Denny McCarthy United States $1.2m $21k 135 $1,212,977
110 Pat Perez United States $1.2m 50 $1,200,834
111 Wyndham Clark United States $1.2m $19k 37 $1,198,799
112 James Hahn United States $1.2m 197 $1,197,328
113 Richy Werenski United States $1.1m $42k 297 $1,180,394
114 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $942k $26k $195k 74 $1,163,716
115 Tommy Fleetwood England $945k $204k 33 $1,149,631
116 Sepp Straka Austria $1.1m 68 $1,136,615
117 Russell Knox Scotland $1.1m 156 $1,130,467
118 Chez Reavie United States $1.0m $103k 125 $1,126,279
119 Matthew NeSmith United States $1.1m 295 $1,111,102
120 Roger Sloan Canada $1.1m 399 $1,107,624
121 Adam Schenk United States $1.1m 174 $1,101,722
122 Rickie Fowler United States $692k $397k 29 $1,089,904
123 Sam Ryder United States $1.1m 228 $1,080,154
124 Scott Piercy United States $1.1m 117 $1,071,702
125 Victor Perez France $1.0m $34k 328 $1,071,391
126 Kyle Stanley United States $1.1m 159 $1,061,178
127 Robert MacIntyre Scotland $728k $307k 132 $1,034,829
128 Scott Stallings United States $1.0m 149 $1,030,867
129 Tyler McCumber United States $1.0m 466 $1,025,909
130 Francesco Molinari Italy $997k 146 $996,977
131 Patrick Rodgers United States $968k 141 $968,100
132 Ryan Armour United States $962k 280 $962,354
133 Anirban Lahiri India $952k 54 $952,131
134 Charles Howell III United States $830k $117k 21 $947,155
135 Camilo Villegas Colombia $946k 115 $945,774
136 Chesson Hadley United States $912k $29k 206 $940,986
137 Brice Garnett United States $927k 264 $926,914
138 Bo Hoag United States $917k 455 $916,522
139 Brian Gay United States $898k $18k 118 $916,158
140 Michael Thompson United States $875k $38k 199 $913,001
141 Austin Cook United States $899k 304 $898,902
142 Nate Lashley United States $880k 270 $879,981
143 Nick Taylor Canada $787k $75k 112 $862,159
144 Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa $672k $167k 181 $839,265
145 Chase Seiffert United States $825k 447 $824,736
146 Cameron Percy Australia $785k 329 $784,607
147 Ryan Moore United States $778k 83 $777,994
148 Mark Hubbard United States $762k 194 $762,137
149 Bo Van Pelt United States $752k 121 $752,234
150 Joseph Bramlett United States $735k 356 $735,440
151 Steve Stricker United States $609k $31k $93k 52 $732,811
152 Vincent Whaley United States $692k 315 $692,292
153 Satoshi Kodaira Japan $672k 380 $671,889
154 Jimmy Walker United States $615k $46k 104 $661,287
155 Beau Hossler United States $660k 172 $660,397
156 Vaughn Taylor United States $649k 150 $648,742
157 Padraig Harrington Ireland $152k $489k 94 $640,513
158 Guido Migliozzi Italy $631k 503 $630,759
159 Sean O'Hair United States $427k $195k 107 $622,268
160 Michael Gligic Canada $620k 467 $620,442
161 Danny Willett England $446k $172k 272 $618,364
162 Andrew Landry United States $594k 298 $594,200
163 John Huh United States $582k 222 $581,646
164 Tom Lewis England $562k $19k 457 $581,245
165 Bernd Wiesberger Austria $480k $93k 301 $573,559
166 Rafael Campos Puerto Rico $565k 396 $565,186
167 Bronson Burgoon United States $559k 359 $558,656
168 Kristoffer Ventura Norway $548k 404 $547,615
169 Byeong Hun An South Korea $436k $105k 129 $540,748
170 Scott Brown United States $532k 226 $531,728
171 Kevin Tway United States $323k $195k 268 $518,098
172 Tyler Duncan United States $446k $64k 288 $509,882
173 Jason Dufner United States $505k 99 $505,269
174 Will Gordon United States $489k 381 $488,887
175 Rafa Cabrera Bello Spain $357k $130k 273 $486,337
176 Robby Shelton United States $464k 360 $463,699
177 Rob Oppenheim United States $448k 451 $448,364
178 Sung Kang South Korea $354k $75k 234 $428,931
179 J.J. Spaun United States $420k 79 $419,752
180 Ben Martin United States $412k 225 $411,673
181 Jim Herman United States $408k 274 $407,995
182 David Hearn Canada $406k 240 $406,435
183 Lucas Herbert Australia $309k $95k 348 $403,929
184 Peter Uihlein United States $399k 71 $399,417
185 Justin Suh United States $388k 378 $388,181
186 Scott Harrington United States $370k 463 $370,388
187 Mito Pereira Chile $370k 138 $370,348
188 Mark Anderson United States $361k 473 $360,642
189 Ted Potter, Jr. United States $356k 314 $355,877
190 Danny Lee New Zealand $348k 173 $347,862
191 Xinjun Zhang China $343k 442 $343,355
192 Luke Donald England $333k 69 $333,336
193 Thomas Pieters Belgium $226k $102k 366 $327,602
194 Wesley Bryan United States $320k 347 $320,427
195 Kevin Chappell United States $283k 155 $282,510
196 Ollie Schniederjans United States $276k 370 $276,000
197 Taylor Pendrith Canada $170k $102k 170 $271,959
198 David Lipsky United States $265k 283 $265,325
199 Akshay Bhatia United States $259k 137 $258,961
200 Fabián Gómez Argentina $259k 389 $258,734
201 D.J. Trahan United States $255k 218 $255,177
202 Grayson Murray United States $255k 312 $255,130
203 Antoine Rozner France $224k $28k 490 $252,299
204 Henrik Stenson Sweden $226k $20k 55 $245,906
205 Chris Baker United States $239k 561 $238,627
206 Ryan Brehm United States $238k 440 $238,198
207 Ben Taylor England $233k 426 $232,604
208 Josh Teater United States $225k 316 $224,952
209 Nelson Ledesma Argentina $216k 635 $215,567
210 Chan Kim United States $80k $133k 406 $213,251
211 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $213k 63 $212,749
212 Michael Gellerman United States $198k 606 $198,087
213 Rhein Gibson Australia $196k 559 $195,664
214 Greyson Sigg United States $190k 353 $189,662
215 Sahith Theegala United States $189k 87 $188,613
216 Jim Furyk United States $185k 24 $184,897
217 Sebastian Cappelen Denmark $179k 556 $179,289
218 MJ Daffue South Africa $177k 487 $176,780
219 David Lingmerth Sweden $176k 217 $175,817
220 Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand $166k 365 $166,496
221 Bill Haas United States $162k 92 $161,963
222 Aaron Baddeley Australia $161k 122 $160,640
223 Lee Hodges United States $160k 235 $160,344
224 Andy Sullivan England $80k $80k 495 $160,267
225 Nick Watney United States $160k 95 $159,575
226 Tain Lee United States $158k 672 $158,240
227 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $158k 361 $157,744
228 Wes Roach United States $156k 443 $156,364
229 Alex Smalley United States $151k 195 $151,353
230 Marcel Siem Germany $143k 501 $143,063
231 Justin Harding South Africa $30k $109k 453 $138,750
232 Kelly Kraft United States $139k 307 $138,616
233 Nick Hardy United States $138k 341 $137,703
234 J.B. Holmes United States $137k 110 $136,546
235 Jonathan Byrd United States $135k 142 $135,425
236 Austin Eckroat United States $134k 243 $133,827
237 Michael Kim United States $133k 190 $132,613
238 Wade Ormsby Australia $130k 318 $130,383
239 K.J. Choi South Korea $122k 89 $122,319
240 Min Woo Lee Australia $120k 176 $119,500
241 Greg Chalmers Australia $113k 223 $112,972
242 Jason Scrivener Australia $104k 571 $103,814
243 Bud Cauley United States $101k 160 $100,650
244 Joohyung Kim South Korea $98k 136 $98,258
245 Jazz Janewattananond Thailand $37k $62k 604 $98,220
246 Stephan Jaeger Germany $28k $64k 186 $92,489
247 Brandon Wu United States $91k 344 $91,125
248 Martin Kaymer Germany $88k 119 $87,941
249 Ricky Barnes United States $87k 257 $86,597
250 Thomas Detry Belgium $55k $30k 241 $85,662
251 Davis Thompson United States $86k 231 $85,612
252 Dawie van der Walt South Africa $83k 555 $82,600
253 Shugo Imahira Japan $15k $67k 632 $81,861
254 Curtis Thompson United States $82k 593 $81,750
255 JC Ritchie South Africa $33k $45k 578 $78,292
256 Jamie Lovemark United States $78k 306 $77,527
257 Johnson Wagner United States $76k 204 $76,464
258 Renato Paratore Italy $76k 698 $75,649
259 Bernhard Langer Germany $75k 201 $74,750
260 Dylan Wu United States $71k 372 $71,030
261 Erik Compton United States $68k 367 $68,438
262 John Augenstein United States $68k 621 $68,438
263 Dean Burmester South Africa $67k 78 $66,817
264 Jonas Blixt Sweden $64k 232 $64,491
265 Romain Langasque France $64k 512 $64,024
266 Chase Koepka United States $61k 281 $60,754
267 Martin Trainer United States $60k 414 $60,284
268 John Senden Australia $60k 133 $59,700
269 Trevor Simsby United States $59k 749 $59,000
270 Hunter Mahan United States $59k 82 $58,600
271 Edoardo Molinari Italy $58k 475 $57,696
272 Roberto Castro United States $52k 290 $52,212
273 Brandon Stone South Africa $49k 600 $48,500
274 Zack Sucher United States $47k 498 $46,656
275 Mike Weir Canada $17k $28k 100 $44,906
276 Bryson Nimmer United States $44k 677 $44,299
277 William McGirt United States $44k 216 $44,290
278 Ryo Ishikawa Japan $15k $29k 342 $43,603
279 Sangmoon Bae South Korea $41k 302 $40,945
280 Richard Johnson Sweden $37k 310 $36,899
281 Robert Garrigus United States $36k 169 $36,243
282 Davis Riley United States $35k 214 $35,297
283 Broc Everett United States $33k 797 $33,337
284 Rick Lamb United States $32k 530 $32,351
285 Kevin Stadler United States $32k 251 $32,191
286 Isaiah Salinda United States $32k 454 $32,002
287 J.J. Henry United States $31k 161 $31,125
288 Erik Barnes United States $30k 491 $29,750
289 José María Olazábal Spain $29k 202 $28,635
290 Andrew Yun United States $28k 728 $28,000
291 Eric Cole United States $28k 180 $28,000
292 Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay $28k 643 $28,000
293 Paul Barjon France $27k 515 $27,330
294 Ryan Fox New Zealand $27k 203 $26,900
295 D.A. Points United States $27k 211 $26,865
296 Taylor Montgomery United States $25k 335 $25,183
297 Sam Horsfield England $25k 187 $24,950
298 Dominic Bozzelli United States $24k 435 $24,035
299 Dylan Meyer United States $23k 580 $23,358
300 Ryan Blaum United States $23k 409 $22,869
301 Kyle Westmoreland United States $23k 599 $22,814
302 Sam Fidone United States $22k 826 $21,853
303 Shawn Stefani United States $21k 311 $21,235
304 Ty Strafaci United States $21k 830 $21,111
305 George McNeill United States $19k 207 $19,012
306 Andres Romero Argentina $19k 253 $18,780
307 Mark Baldwin United States $18k 770 $18,235
308 Seung-Yul Noh South Korea $18k 277 $17,941
309 Harry Hall England $18k 236 $17,777
310 Derek Ernst United States $17k 432 $16,625
311 Gunn Charoenkul Thailand $16k 854 $16,480
312 Andrew Svoboda United States $16k 461 $16,206
313 Tae Hee Lee South Korea $16k 735 $15,795
314 Charlie Beljan United States $15k 382 $15,263
315 Jason Bohn United States $15k 168 $15,230
316 John Pak United States $15k 537 $15,225
317 George Markham United States $15k 866 $15,120
318 Steve Lewton England $15k 795 $14,784
319 Jay McLuen United States $14k 701 $14,454
320 Tommy Gainey United States $14k 324 $14,070
321 Andy Zhang China $13k 716 $13,398
322 Jerry Kelly United States $13k 97 $13,134
323 David Gazzolo United States $12k 887 $12,425
324 Zhengkai Bai China $12k 888 $12,425
325 Michael Miller United States $10k 898 $10,180
326 Alex Cejka Germany $10k 184 $10,050
327 Will Grimmer United States $9k 905 $9,287
328 Matthias Schwab Austria $9k 450 $9,160
329 Fred Funk United States $9k 123 $9,000
330 Willy Pumarol Dominican Republic $8k 845 $8,440
331 Michael Feagles United States $8k 815 $8,155
332 Arjun Atwal India $8k 331 $8,120
333 Zac Blair United States $8k 266 $8,120
334 Roberto Díaz Mexico $8k 478 $7,920
335 David Pastore United States $7k 920 $7,315
336 Trey Shirley United States $7k 921 $7,315
337 Dalton Ward United States $7k 924 $7,062
338 Andrew Loupe United States $7k 441 $6,895
339 Retief Goosen South Africa $7k 90 $6,810
340 Edward Figueroa Puerto Rico $7k 925 $6,750
341 Will Cannon United States $6k 875 $6,360
342 Marcelo Rozo Colombia $6k 738 $6,150
343 Parker McLachlin United States $6k 421 $6,090

The career rank column is where each of these players sits on the all-time money list, which is the fastest way to tell a career year from a career. A player ranked well inside the top fifty on one season and nowhere near it overall had the year of his life.

2020-21 against every other season

What the tour paid the golfers we hold, year by year

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2020-21 money split by the flag on the entry

33 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2020-21
01 United States 206 Patrick Cantlay $314,794,306$314.8m
02 Spain 4 Jon Rahm $20,803,211$20.8m
03 Australia 15 Cameron Smith $19,856,272$19.9m
04 South Africa 14 Louis Oosthuizen $19,141,677$19.1m
05 England 16 Lee Westwood $18,275,857$18.3m
06 South Korea 10 Sungjae Im $12,250,679$12.3m
07 Canada 9 Corey Conners $11,137,343$11.1m
08 Mexico 3 Abraham Ancer $10,334,089$10.3m
09 Northern Ireland 2 Rory McIlroy $8,688,308$8.7m
10 Norway 2 Viktor Hovland $7,796,387$7.8m
11 Japan 4 Hideki Matsuyama $6,185,947$6.2m
12 Ireland 3 Shane Lowry $4,824,400$4.8m
13 Chile 2 Joaquin Niemann $4,392,259$4.4m
14 Sweden 6 Alex Noren $3,985,249$4.0m
15 Scotland 3 Martin Laird $3,977,416$4.0m
16 Colombia 3 Sebastián Muñoz $3,134,370$3.1m
17 Argentina 4 Emiliano Grillo $2,593,416$2.6m
18 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $2,069,765$2.1m
19 Italy 4 Francesco Molinari $1,761,081$1.8m
20 Austria 3 Sepp Straka $1,719,334$1.7m
21 France 4 Victor Perez $1,415,044$1.4m
22 Chinese Taipei 1 C.T. Pan $1,227,777
23 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,163,716
24 India 2 Anirban Lahiri $960,251
25 Puerto Rico 2 Rafael Campos $571,936

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2020-21?

Patrick Cantlay, $23,838,804. That is 4.9% of everything the 343 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2020-21?

$485,280,256 to 343 players. The season is up 48.0% on 2019-20, and is the 6th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2020-21?

129 of the 343 paid that season.

What share of 2020-21 golf money came from the majors?

9.3%. Regular tour purses paid 70.3%, bonus pools 20.4%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2020-21?

United States, $314,794,306 across 206 players, out of 33 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2020-21 field

The 2019-20 money list · The 2021-22 money list