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2016 PGA Tour money list

The 2016 PGA Tour paid $317,543,705 in official prize money across 46 events. Dustin Johnson led the money list with $9,365,185, and the biggest single check was $1,890,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2016.

$320.4MTotal purse
46Official events
109Players over $1M
0Over $10M
37Different winners
232Earned $0

The 2016 money race

Cumulative prize money for the season's top five, event by event.

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M$8.0M$10.0MDustin Johnson · $9.4MJason Day · $8.0MAdam Scott · $6.5MRory McIlroy · $5.8MPatrick Reed · $5.7M10/1511/1201/2803/0303/3105/0506/0907/1408/18

2016 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 18% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

600 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $35,767, and 232 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M$8.0M$10.0M$1M: 109 players aboveMedian $36K1st25%50%75%Last

Biggest checks of 2016

2016 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2016 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Jason Day (3), Dustin Johnson (3), Russell Knox (2), Jordan Spieth (2), Adam Scott (2), Rory McIlroy (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
10/15Frys.com Open historyEmiliano Grillo$6,000,000$1,080,000
10/22Shriners Hospitals for Children Open historySmylie Kaufman$6,400,000$1,152,000
10/29CIMB Classic historyJustin Thomas$7,000,000$1,260,000
11/05Sanderson Farms Championship historyPeter Malnati$4,100,000$738,000
11/05World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions historyRussell Knox$8,500,000$1,400,000
11/12OHL Classic at Mayakoba historyGraeme McDowell$6,200,000$1,116,000
11/19The RSM Classic historyKevin Kisner$5,700,000$1,026,000
12/03Hero World Challenge Unofficial historyBubba Watson$3,500,000$1,000,000
01/07Hyundai Tournament of Champions historyJordan Spieth$5,900,000$1,180,000
01/14Sony Open in Hawaii historyFabián Gómez$5,800,000$1,044,000
01/21CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation historyJason Dufner$5,800,000$1,044,000
01/28Farmers Insurance Open historyBrandt Snedeker$6,500,000$1,170,000
02/04Waste Management Phoenix Open historyHideki Matsuyama$6,500,000$1,170,000
02/11AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am historyVaughn Taylor$7,000,000$1,260,000
02/18Northern Trust Open Playoff historyBubba Watson$6,800,000$1,224,000
02/25The Honda Classic historyAdam Scott$6,100,000$1,098,000
03/03World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship historyAdam Scott$9,500,000$1,620,000
03/10Valspar Championship historyCharl Schwartzel$6,100,000$1,098,000
03/17Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard historyJason Day$6,300,000$1,134,000
03/23World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play historyJason Day$9,500,000$1,620,000
03/24Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach historyTony Finau$3,000,000$540,000
03/31Shell Houston Open historyJim Herman$6,800,000$1,224,000
04/07Masters Tournament Major historyDanny Willett$10,000,000$1,800,000
04/14RBC Heritage historyBranden Grace$5,900,000$1,062,000
04/21Valero Texas Open historyCharley Hoffman$6,200,000$1,116,000
04/28Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyBrian Stuard$7,000,000$1,260,000
05/05Wells Fargo Championship historyJames Hahn$7,300,000$1,314,000
05/12The Players Championship Players historyJason Day$10,500,000$1,890,000
05/19AT&T Byron Nelson historySergio Garcia$7,300,000$1,314,000
05/26Dean & DeLuca Invitational historyJordan Spieth$6,700,000$1,206,000
06/02The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide historyWilliam McGirt$8,500,000$1,530,000
06/09FedEx St. Jude Classic Playoff historyDaniel Berger$6,200,000$1,116,000
06/16U.S. Open Major historyDustin Johnson$10,000,000$1,800,000
06/23Quicken Loans National historyBilly Hurley III$6,900,000$1,242,000
06/30World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyDustin Johnson$9,500,000$1,620,000
06/30Barracuda Championship history—$3,200,000—
07/14The Open Major historyHenrik Stenson$9,300,000$1,549,590
07/14Barbasol Championship historyAaron Baddeley$3,500,000$630,000
07/21RBC Canadian Open historyJhonattan Vegas$5,900,000$1,062,000
07/28PGA Championship Major historyJimmy Walker$10,000,000$1,800,000
08/04Travelers Championship historyRussell Knox$6,600,000$1,188,000
08/11John Deere Classic historyRyan Moore$4,800,000$864,000
08/18Wyndham Championship historySi Woo Kim$5,600,000$1,008,000
08/25The Barclays Playoff historyPatrick Reed$8,500,000$1,530,000
09/02Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyRory McIlroy$8,500,000$1,530,000
09/08BMW Championship Playoff historyDustin Johnson$8,500,000$1,530,000
09/22Tour Championship Playoff historyRory McIlroy$8,500,000$1,530,000
09/30Ryder Cup Unofficial history———

Full 2016 money list

All 368 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Dustin Johnson22213$9,365,185
2Jason Day20173$8,045,112
3Adam Scott20202$6,473,090
4Rory McIlroy18152$5,790,585
5Patrick Reed28241$5,679,575
6Jordan Spieth21192$5,538,470
7Russell Knox25212$4,885,906
8Kevin Chappell27190$4,501,050
9Hideki Matsuyama23161$4,193,954
10Jimmy Walker25181$4,148,546
11Justin Thomas28221$4,126,366
12Phil Mickelson22160$4,022,628
13Brandt Snedeker27201$3,960,142
14Paul Casey22170$3,885,560
15Matt Kuchar26240$3,819,678
16Ryan Moore23191$3,701,034
17William McGirt28201$3,614,972
18Bubba Watson19171$3,492,842
19Kevin Na26220$3,441,291
20Kevin Kisner27221$3,424,354
21Henrik Stenson14101$3,397,373
22Emiliano Grillo25221$3,371,705
23Brooks Koepka21170$3,322,393
24Daniel Berger26221$3,290,764
25Sergio Garcia15121$3,242,156
26Si Woo Kim33221$3,070,929
27J.B. Holmes22170$2,969,608
28Charl Schwartzel19181$2,936,027
29Danny Willett981$2,918,132
30Scott Piercy24200$2,905,349
31Jason Dufner28251$2,879,884
32Branden Grace18141$2,878,868
33Rickie Fowler23180$2,713,563
34Graeme McDowell21111$2,596,170
35Roberto Castro27220$2,520,574
36Smylie Kaufman28181$2,508,174
37Jhonattan Vegas26201$2,471,572
38Louis Oosthuizen17130$2,422,079
39Bill Haas24190$2,390,199
40James Hahn26161$2,367,521
41Charley Hoffman26201$2,350,239
42Fabián Gómez26161$2,227,040
43Jim Herman29171$2,091,274
44Justin Rose18150$2,085,365
45Gary Woodland25210$2,046,444
46Daniel Summerhays28210$2,045,968
47Harris English27220$2,014,283
48Charles Howell III25210$1,974,962
49Jamie Lovemark27190$1,940,890
50Jason Kokrak28170$1,934,250
51Jon Curran30190$1,902,481
52David Lingmerth24180$1,863,783
53Tony Finau28191$1,814,790
54Ryan Palmer23200$1,794,141
55Billy Hurley III20131$1,770,400
56Chris Kirk28170$1,762,335
57Billy Horschel20170$1,744,570
58Zach Johnson24200$1,718,703
59Sean O'Hair27180$1,702,713
60Brian Stuard20131$1,666,014
61Vaughn Taylor24121$1,640,750
62Luke Donald23170$1,634,515
63Rafa Cabrera Bello1090$1,609,350
64Kevin Streelman26150$1,601,177
65Aaron Baddeley27181$1,596,915
66Shane Lowry17120$1,585,436
67Marc Leishman25200$1,566,824
68Alex Cejka21130$1,559,364
69Jim Furyk16120$1,538,204
70Patton Kizzire27200$1,468,624
71Brendan Steele24180$1,467,666
72Kyle Reifers33230$1,453,178
73Webb Simpson20150$1,450,355
74Steve Stricker15110$1,418,648
75Danny Lee28190$1,405,722
76Colt Knost25170$1,376,987
77Jason Bohn21120$1,369,705
78Freddie Jacobson26170$1,354,196
79Bryce Molder25140$1,353,385
80Jerry Kelly23150$1,328,657
81K.J. Choi22140$1,328,448
82Harold Varner III28180$1,327,320
83Brian Harman31210$1,299,801
84Peter Malnati3291$1,298,945
85Patrick Rodgers27160$1,283,264
86Byeong Hun An14100$1,278,797
87Russell Henley25130$1,228,347
88David Hearn29180$1,211,514
89Vijay Singh22140$1,210,104
90Spencer Levin31190$1,173,066
91Chad Campbell28170$1,168,073
92Ricky Barnes28190$1,151,728
93Scott Brown27160$1,143,452
94Lee Westwood760$1,138,810
95Martin Laird23160$1,121,480
96Jonas Blixt25130$1,109,210
97Ben Martin27170$1,102,530
98Brett Stegmaier28150$1,086,714
99Johnson Wagner26160$1,083,787
100Francesco Molinari18140$1,083,155
101Chez Reavie26170$1,077,890
102Andrew Loupe27100$1,075,276
103Adam Hadwin27200$1,067,809
104Cameron Tringale24150$1,048,626
105Hudson Swafford30220$1,027,314
106Tyrone Van Aswegen30200$1,019,392
107John Huh27150$1,007,218
108Robert Streb27170$1,003,363
109Robert Garrigus20130$1,003,140
110Jon Rahm870$997,795
111Boo Weekley26150$991,660
112John Senden27160$989,841
113Sung Kang28150$979,576
114Lucas Glover23150$948,927
115Troy Merritt26120$922,707
116Søren Kjeldsen12100$921,468
117Keegan Bradley26150$899,985
118Derek Fathauer30160$898,430
119Zac Blair30170$896,515
120Graham DeLaet20130$886,797
121Anirban Lahiri21160$835,171
122David Toms19120$774,522
123Ken Duke1980$763,952
124Bud Cauley1590$760,430
125Steve Marino23110$752,760
126Luke List26120$751,001
127Retief Goosen16120$745,735
128Blayne Barber26140$743,065
129Chad Collins26100$734,548
130Matt Fitzpatrick1270$713,917
131Matt Jones27150$712,723
132Morgan Hoffmann24100$708,816
133Martin Kaymer1090$701,140
134Tim Wilkinson21130$699,549
135Shawn Stefani28150$691,542
136Scott Stallings26100$684,954
137Kiradech Aphibarnrat1170$680,450
138Will Wilcox22110$676,841
139Tyrrell Hatton540$674,788
140Whee Kim26110$673,588
141Padraig Harrington16110$654,929
142S.Y. Noh27140$654,511
143Michael Kim28200$649,099
144Hiroshi Iwata28120$634,862
145Nick Taylor25140$609,823
146Mark Hubbard29200$604,329
147Chris Stroud26140$599,176
148Ben Crane26130$582,372
149Andres Gonzales27110$579,667
150Kyle Stanley27170$574,974
151Martin Piller2160$570,740
152Andy Sullivan1190$561,779
153Ernie Els21120$559,024
154Tom Hoge25130$554,999
155Bronson Burgoon26130$525,020
156Jamie Donaldson13100$520,052
157Ross Fisher430$518,643
158Michael Thompson22110$515,871
159Tyler Aldridge27130$510,922
160Chesson Hadley26130$503,993
161Stuart Appleby22130$500,214
162Steve Wheatcroft25150$479,564
163Bryson DeChambeau1270$476,621
164Cameron Smith23110$471,123
165Steven Bowditch2680$458,891
166Rob Oppenheim20110$449,947
167Greg Owen28100$446,342
168Camilo Villegas26130$440,982
169Brice Garnett1450$439,365
170Stewart Cink19110$437,855
171Luke Guthrie1890$427,442
172Sam Saunders2390$423,679
173Brendon de Jonge29110$415,583
174Jason Gore26120$409,246
175Kelly Kraft1990$396,877
176Jeff Overton24100$391,312
177Bernd Wiesberger1160$390,674
178Geoff Ogilvy2180$382,155
179Scott Langley21100$380,025
180Will MacKenzie25140$377,419
181Ian Poulter1390$370,256
182Andrew Landry1760$358,540
183Bobby Wyatt620$353,348
184Chris Wood860$348,340
185Andrew Johnston440$336,762
186Scott Pinckney28140$332,533
187Thongchai Jaidee960$326,950
188Thomas Aiken22110$322,166
189Dawie van der Walt24110$301,697
190Justin Leonard1360$288,428
191Wes Roach2070$282,098
192J.J. Henry23100$280,674
193Brian Gay1340$280,619
194Henrik Norlander20130$278,409
195Ángel Cabrera22100$277,118
196Justin Hicks1460$263,943
197D.A. Points1770$257,250
198Gregory Bourdy330$257,090
199Carlos Ortiz2890$256,058
200Cameron Percy1480$253,456
201Kyung-tae Kim740$251,103
202Erik Compton23100$247,903
203Mark Wilson20110$246,866
204Michael Johnson410$238,000
205Scott Hend550$234,313
206Hunter Mahan2280$230,694
207Thomas Pieters550$230,235
208George Coetzee760$229,822
209Davis Love III1580$222,422
210D.J. Trahan1340$218,343
211George McNeill2340$213,895
212Andres Romero1350$195,262
213Marcus Fraser540$190,950
214Derek Ernst1990$190,736
215Nick Watney530$189,880
216Rodolfo Cazaubòn320$185,904
217Wesley Bryan430$178,729
218Haotong Li310$173,750
219John Merrick1150$162,969
220Matt Every1740$158,453
221Abraham Ancer1850$157,115
222Victor Dubuisson530$156,500
223Miguel Angel Carballo1750$154,109
224Hunter Stewart710$149,977
225Thorbjørn Olesen520$146,000
226Rory Sabbatini1970$144,252
227Yusaku Miyazato430$144,124
228Tim Herron1370$143,638
229Miguel Angel Jiménez220$143,492
230Richard H. Lee1110$137,812
231David Howell220$137,113
232Ryan Ruffels740$134,802
233Rod Pampling1780$133,359
234Rhein Gibson1980$130,058
235Paul Dunne410$125,667
236Matthew Southgate110$122,154
237Greg Chalmers1150$119,188
238Nathan Holman420$117,000
239Rafael Campos220$114,200
240Alex Prugh1240$113,677
241Young-han Song220$113,250
242Tim Clark720$110,361
243Shane Bertsch950$105,493
244Martin Flores220$101,576
245Dicky Pride2070$101,456
246D.H. Lee2170$101,083
247Lucas Lee1550$98,965
248Alex Noren430$97,727
249Tom Gillis1250$93,242
250Bernhard Langer210$89,000
251Hideto Tanihara430$84,235
252Marc Turnesa920$82,384
253Jaco Van Zyl210$74,500
254John Rollins830$74,084
255James Morrison310$72,000
256Brendon Todd2820$69,916
257Aaron Wise210$69,600
258Ollie Schniederjans740$68,586
259Tommy Fleetwood210$68,000
260Carl Pettersson2240$66,986
261Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño210$65,600
262Michael Putnam710$65,600
263S.S.P. Chawrasia220$65,580
264Richard T. Lee220$65,230
265Joe Affrunti410$64,909
266Yuta Ikeda320$64,609
267Ryo Ishikawa620$62,102
268Michio Matsumura110$60,500
269Darron Stiles1640$60,197
270Michael Bradley740$60,114
271Jonathan Byrd640$58,655
272Andrew Dodt220$57,915
273Danny Chia220$56,890
274Yosuke Tsukada210$53,000
275Greg Yates110$52,959
276Cameron Beckman1110$52,855
277Xinjun Zhang110$52,000
278Satoshi Kodaira310$51,958
279Darren Clarke410$51,489
280Haydn Porteous110$51,489
281Jordan Zunic110$49,750
282Trey Mullinax220$49,635
283Zecheng Dou110$49,000
284Kristoffer Broberg310$48,500
285Pat Perez1120$47,840
286Charlie Danielson320$46,080
287Joost Luiten210$45,289
288Nick Cullen210$44,792
289Trevor Fisher Jr110$44,792
290Ashun Wu110$44,792
291WC Liang110$44,792
292Paul Peterson110$44,508
293Ryan Blaum110$42,160
294Ted Purdy830$42,027
295Robby Shelton420$41,630
296Daniel van Tonder110$41,375
297Yi Cao110$41,000
298Steven Jeffress110$40,750
299Marc Warren210$40,375
300Steve Flesch530$36,062
301Matt Dobyns710$35,471
302Matteo Manassero210$34,430
303Brandon Hagy220$33,226
304Ryan Armour110$32,455
305Billy Mayfair630$30,646
306Frank Lickliter II820$28,986
307Daisuke Kataoka110$28,742
308Arjun Atwal520$28,598
309Brian Davis910$27,880
310Robert Allenby2320$25,271
311Richard Sterne210$25,227
312Nicolas Colsaerts210$25,227
313Lee Slattery110$25,131
314Larry Mize110$24,900
315James Driscoll110$24,800
316Brandon Harkins110$24,525
317Matt Richard Marshall110$23,938
318Eric Axley610$23,563
319Romain Wattel110$23,497
320Chase Parker210$23,203
321Ethan Tracy410$22,762
322Ryan Evans110$21,365
323Mark O'Meara210$20,573
324Paul Lawrie110$20,573
325Charlie Wi410$20,556
326Trevor Immelman1020$20,509
327Zander Lombard110$20,244
328Marco Dawson110$19,848
329Colin Montgomerie110$18,727
330Fred Funk410$18,662
331Nick Mason110$18,662
332Soomin Lee210$18,529
333Kodai Ichihara110$18,529
334Shaun Micheel310$17,760
335Rich Beem110$17,450
336Ben Taylor210$16,968
337Bradley Dredge110$16,900
338Jarrod Lyle1020$15,884
339Prayad Marksaeng110$15,540
340Bo Van Pelt510$15,392
341Austin Connelly410$15,050
342Ben Leong110$14,630
343Curtis Reed210$14,012
344Conrad Shindler100$13,797
345Blake Adams410$13,764
346Mardan Mamat110$13,440
347Wes Homan310$13,268
348Arie Irawan110$13,230
349Lance Lopez100$13,213
350John Peterson310$13,020
351Ben Curtis410$12,691
352Matt Atkins110$11,970
353Jin Park100$11,968
354Adam Hart210$11,760
355Dean Burmester110$11,400
356Tim Petrovic610$11,286
357Charlie Beljan1300$11,160
358Mark Hensby510$10,944
359Corey Conners110$10,856
360Kent Jones110$9,792
361Joey Garber310$9,408
362Omar Uresti410$7,910
363Tommy Gainey410$7,872
364Adam Svensson210$7,706
365Jorge Fernández Valdés110$7,706
366Troy Matteson210$7,315
367Matt Bettencourt400$6,195
368Josh Broadaway200$6,195

2016 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2016 PGA Tour money list?

Dustin Johnson, with $9,365,185 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2016?

$317,543,705 across 46 official events, from total purses of $320,400,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2016?

109. Of those, 6 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2016?

$1,890,000 to Jason Day at The Players Championship.

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