RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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The season-long race to see which players can earn the most cash on the PGA Tour is off and running. With more than $400 million in combined purses up for grabs in 2026, there's plenty of money to go around.
Scottie Scheffler concluded the 2025 season by leading the Tour with $27.7 million in winnings and after posting a win in the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs , he's well in front of the pack again. Last year, Scheffler was followed by Tommy Fleetwood ($18.5 million) and Rory McIlroy ($17 million). Here's a look at where the top pros stand on the season money list as of August 18, 2026.
PGA Tour 2026 Season Money Rankings: See the full leaderboard here
2026 PGA Tour top 25 earners
Earnings are accurate as of Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at 6:02 a.m.
Rank Player Earnings 1 Scottie Scheffler $20.5 million 2 Cameron Young $14.3 million 3 Matt Fitzpatrick $14.1 million 4 Wyndham Clark $10.6 million 5 Si Woo Kim $9.6 million 6 Sam Burns $8.7 million 7 Collin Morikawa $8.6 million 8 Rory McIlroy $8.5 million 9 Chris Gotterup $7.9 million 10 Jacob Bridgeman $7.7 million 11 Akshay Bhatia $7.5 million 12 Xander Schauffele $7.3 million 13 Tommy Fleetwood $7.0 million 14 Ludvig Aberg $6.8 million 15 Viktor Hovland $6.4 million 16 Kristoffer Reitan $6.2 million 17 Russell Henley $6.0 million 18 Ryan Gerard $6.0 million 19 J.T. Poston $5.8 million 20 Min Woo Lee $5.7 million 21 Hideki Matsuyama $5.5 million 22 Ryan Fox $5.5 million 23 Alex Smalley $5.1 million 24 Aaron Rai $5.1 million 25 Kurt Kitayama $5.0 million
See the full PGA Tour career money list here
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler extends his PGA Tour season money lead
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