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GOLF · ALL-TIME EARNERS · 1996-2025

BMW Championship all-time earners

Patrick Cantlay has taken $6,680,256 out of the BMW Championship in nine starts, winning it twice. That is the most of the 311 golfers we hold a cheque for here, across 29 editions from 1996 to 2025, ahead of Scottie Scheffler on $6,551,447.

TOP EARNER Patrick Cantlay
THEIR TOTAL $6.7m
GOLFERS PAID 311
EDITIONS 29 1996-2025

The BMW Championship money list

The top 100 of the 311 golfers paid here, every edition added together

1,447 cheques held
The golfers paid most at the BMW Championship across every edition we hold, with their starts, paid finishes, wins, best finish and total prize money.
# PLAYER STARTS PAID WINS BEST PRIZE MONEY
1 Patrick Cantlay 9 9 2 1 $6,680,256$6.7m
2 Scottie Scheffler 6 6 1 1 $6,551,447$6.6m
3 Tiger Woods 17 16 5 1 $6,434,878$6.4m
4 Keegan Bradley 13 12 2 1 $6,176,786$6.2m
5 Rory McIlroy 15 15 1 1 $5,584,253$5.6m
6 Dustin Johnson 12 12 2 1 $4,989,262$5.0m
7 Viktor Hovland 6 6 1 1 $4,657,450$4.7m
8 Justin Rose 15 14 1 1 $4,405,657$4.4m
9 Jim Furyk 18 17 1 1 $4,194,031$4.2m
10 Adam Scott 14 14 - T2 $3,844,361$3.8m
11 Jon Rahm 7 7 1 1 $3,284,200$3.3m
12 Sam Burns 5 5 - T2 $3,228,080$3.2m
13 Xander Schauffele 9 9 - T3 $3,201,399$3.2m
14 Rickie Fowler 12 12 - T2 $2,830,090$2.8m
15 Marc Leishman 13 13 1 1 $2,823,120$2.8m
16 Jason Day 14 12 1 1 $2,800,863$2.8m
17 Billy Horschel 11 11 1 1 $2,751,121$2.8m
18 Matthew Fitzpatrick 5 5 - T2 $2,627,950$2.6m
19 Justin Thomas 10 10 1 1 $2,491,145$2.5m
20 Zach Johnson 14 12 1 1 $2,485,042$2.5m
21 Sungjae Im 7 7 - 3 $2,404,070$2.4m
22 Camilo Villegas 9 7 1 1 $2,284,833$2.3m
23 Tommy Fleetwood 5 5 - T4 $2,266,600$2.3m
24 Robert MacIntyre 2 1 - 2 $2,160,000$2.2m
25 Ludvig Aberg 2 2 - T2 $2,148,330$2.1m
26 Tony Finau 10 10 - 4 $2,126,409$2.1m
27 Paul Casey 9 7 - 2 $2,110,781$2.1m
28 Hideki Matsuyama 12 10 - T3 $2,058,715$2.1m
29 Bubba Watson 13 12 - 2 $1,987,961$2.0m
30 Brian Harman 12 12 - T5 $1,871,680$1.9m
31 Steve Stricker 17 14 1 1 $1,867,261$1.9m
32 Corey Conners 7 7 - T5 $1,803,541$1.8m
33 Sergio Garcia 11 11 - T4 $1,758,350$1.8m
34 Scott Stallings 3 3 - 2 $1,653,360$1.7m
35 Matt Kuchar 13 13 - T3 $1,517,756$1.5m
36 Luke Donald 13 12 - T3 $1,516,715$1.5m
37 Maverick McNealy 4 4 - 3 $1,503,090$1.5m
38 Russell Henley 10 10 - T8 $1,473,371$1.5m
39 Jordan Spieth 10 10 - T7 $1,460,021$1.5m
40 Phil Mickelson 18 16 - T2 $1,457,735$1.5m
41 Jerry Kelly 16 14 1 1 $1,451,704$1.5m
42 Si Woo Kim 9 9 - T5 $1,451,388$1.5m
43 Chris Kirk 11 11 - T9 $1,372,505$1.4m
44 Kevin Na 13 11 - T3 $1,365,234$1.4m
45 Robert Allenby 13 11 1 1 $1,331,025$1.3m
46 Daniel Berger 7 5 - 2 $1,291,369
47 Webb Simpson 10 10 - 5 $1,286,689
48 Lucas Glover 13 12 - T7 $1,259,557
49 Nick Watney 9 8 - 2 $1,243,027
50 Brandt Snedeker 12 11 - T5 $1,228,764
51 Bryson DeChambeau 5 5 - 2 $1,228,135
52 Ryan Moore 13 12 - T3 $1,227,257
53 Harris English 8 8 - T10 $1,223,622
54 John Senden 12 11 - 2 $1,196,360
55 Vijay Singh 15 14 - T4 $1,141,850
56 Taylor Pendrith 3 3 - T8 $1,136,111
57 Max Homa 6 6 - T5 $1,104,090
58 Joaquin Niemann 4 4 - T3 $1,086,400
59 Cameron Young 4 4 - 11 $1,071,500
60 Davis Love III 7 7 - 2 $1,060,768
61 Trevor Immelman 3 3 1 1 $1,059,250
62 Aaron Baddeley 8 5 - 2 $1,028,365
63 Charl Schwartzel 7 7 - T4 $992,063
64 Geoff Ogilvy 12 10 - 3 $990,352
65 Alex Noren 5 5 - T9 $981,100
66 Shane Lowry 5 5 - T12 $969,126
67 J.B. Holmes 8 8 - T4 $958,740
68 Cameron Davis 4 4 - T5 $958,250
69 K.J. Choi 12 10 - T3 $939,518
70 Ryan Palmer 13 12 - T4 $909,676
71 Jason Kokrak 6 6 - T6 $877,054
72 Mike Weir 10 8 - 2 $858,093
73 Rory Sabbatini 12 10 - T5 $839,633
74 Denny McCarthy 3 3 - T10 $821,600
75 Tom Hoge 6 6 - T13 $808,558
76 Hunter Mahan 13 11 - T4 $792,903
77 Andrew Putnam 4 4 - T10 $788,625
78 Scott Piercy 8 8 - 3 $779,109
79 Lee Westwood 3 3 - T2 $770,593
80 Wyndham Clark 4 4 - T13 $761,561
81 Carl Pettersson 10 8 - T4 $759,881
82 David Toms 11 10 - T9 $756,539
83 Byeong Hun An 5 5 - T12 $750,011
84 Harry Hall 1 1 - 6 $750,000
85 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 2 2 - T5 $747,000
86 Bill Haas 10 10 - T10 $731,920
87 J.T. Poston 6 6 - T16 $731,127
88 Ian Poulter 9 9 - T10 $727,399
89 Gary Woodland 9 9 - T12 $725,949
90 Stuart Appleby 14 12 - T5 $725,322
91 Roberto Castro 2 2 - 3 $722,000
92 Louis Oosthuizen 8 8 - T11 $681,825
93 Stewart Cink 8 7 - T4 $673,128
94 Collin Morikawa 7 7 - T20 $658,202
95 Sahith Theegala 3 3 - T15 $649,500
96 Pat Perez 11 10 - T5 $638,019
97 Sean O'Hair 9 9 - 4 $627,953
98 Ernie Els 8 8 - T13 $594,663
99 Charles Howell III 16 13 - T13 $566,748
100 Rich Beem 7 5 - 2 $564,555

Starts are the editions we hold a result for the golfer at, paid or not. Best is the best finish in those editions, and a T is a tie.

The top twenty

Prize money at the BMW Championship, 1996 to 2025

Patrick Cantlay $6.7m Scottie Scheffler $6.6m Tiger Woods $6.4m Keegan Bradley $6.2m Rory McIlroy $5.6m Dustin Johnson $5.0m Viktor Hovland $4.7m Justin Rose $4.4m Jim Furyk $4.2m Adam Scott $3.8m Jon Rahm $3.3m Sam Burns $3.2m Xander Schauffele $3.2m Rickie Fowler $2.8m Marc Leishman $2.8m Jason Day $2.8m Billy Horschel $2.8m Matthew Fitzpatrick $2.6m Justin Thomas $2.5m Zach Johnson $2.5m

The top ten took $53,518,381, 25% of the $212,945,999 we hold across 1,447 cheques here. The best paid golfer never to have won it is Adam Scott, 10th on the list.

Paid most per start

Golfers with five or more starts here, total over starts

The golfers with the most prize money per start at the BMW Championship, among those with five or more starts.
PLAYER STARTS TOTAL PER START
Scottie Scheffler 6 $6,551,447$6.6m $1,091,908
Viktor Hovland 6 $4,657,450$4.7m $776,242
Patrick Cantlay 9 $6,680,256$6.7m $742,251
Sam Burns 5 $3,228,080$3.2m $645,616
Matthew Fitzpatrick 5 $2,627,950$2.6m $525,590
Keegan Bradley 13 $6,176,786$6.2m $475,137
Jon Rahm 7 $3,284,200$3.3m $469,171
Tommy Fleetwood 5 $2,266,600$2.3m $453,320
Dustin Johnson 12 $4,989,262$5.0m $415,772
Tiger Woods 17 $6,434,878$6.4m $378,522

Jim Furyk has the most starts here, eighteen, and was paid at seventeen of them for $4,194,031.

Frequently asked questions

Who has won the most prize money at the BMW Championship?

Patrick Cantlay, with $6,680,256 from nine paid finishes in nine starts. Best finish a win, most recently paid here in 2025.

Who has won the most at the BMW Championship without winning it?

Adam Scott, 10th on the list with $3,844,361. Best finish T2 in 2024.

Who has won the BMW Championship the most times?

Tiger Woods, five times in the editions we hold. Across all seventeen starts here that is $6,434,878, 3rd on the money list.

How many golfers have been paid at the BMW Championship?

311 across the 29 editions we hold, 1,447 cheques between them. The top ten took 25% of the money.

Where to next

The same list at the tournaments either side of this one

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