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2021 PGA Tour money list

The 2021 PGA Tour paid $361,907,880 in official prize money across 49 events. Jon Rahm led the money list with $7,556,083, and the biggest single check was $2,700,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2021.

$387.9MTotal purse
49Official events
117Players over $1M
0Over $10M
38Different winners
253Earned $0

The 2021 money race

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

2021 PGA Tour money list: top 25

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

How the money was spread

621 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $25,183, and 253 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

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Biggest checks of 2021

2021 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2021 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Patrick Cantlay (3), Stewart Cink (2), Bryson DeChambeau (2), Jason Kokrak (2), Harris English (2), Collin Morikawa (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
09/10Safeway Open historyStewart Cink$6,600,000$1,188,000
09/17U.S. Open Major historyBryson DeChambeau$12,500,000$2,250,000
09/24Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship history—$4,000,000—
10/01Sanderson Farms Championship history—$6,600,000—
10/08Shriners Hospitals for Children Open history—$7,000,000—
10/15The CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek historyJason Kokrak$9,750,000$1,755,000
10/22The Zozo Championship historyPatrick Cantlay$8,000,000$1,440,000
10/29Bermuda Championship historyBrian Gay$4,000,000$720,000
11/05Vivint Houston Open historyCarlos Ortiz$7,000,000$1,260,000
11/122020 Masters Tournament Major historyDustin Johnson$11,000,000$2,070,000
11/19The RSM Classic historyRobert Streb$6,600,000$1,188,000
11/27The Match: Champions for Change Unofficial history———
12/03Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by Unifin historyViktor Hovland$7,200,000$1,296,000
01/07Sentry Tournament of Champions historyHarris English$6,700,000$1,340,000
01/14Sony Open in Hawaii historyKevin Na$6,600,000$1,188,000
01/21The American Express historySi Woo Kim$6,700,000$1,206,000
01/28Farmers Insurance Open historyPatrick Reed$7,500,000$1,350,000
02/04Waste Management Phoenix Open historyBrooks Koepka$7,300,000$1,314,000
02/11AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am historyDaniel Berger$7,800,000$1,404,000
02/18The Genesis Invitational historyMax Homa$9,300,000$1,674,000
02/25WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession historyCollin Morikawa$10,500,000$1,820,000
02/25Puerto Rico Open historyBranden Grace$3,000,000$540,000
03/04Arnold Palmer Invitational Pres. By Mastercard historyBryson DeChambeau$9,300,000$1,674,000
03/11The Players Championship Players historyJustin Thomas$15,000,000$2,700,000
03/18The Honda Classic historyMatt Jones$7,000,000$1,260,000
03/24WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play historyBilly Horschel$10,500,000$1,820,000
03/25Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship historyJoel Dahmen$3,000,000$540,000
04/01Valero Texas Open historyJordan Spieth$7,700,000$1,386,000
04/082021 Masters Tournament Major historyHideki Matsuyama$11,500,000$2,070,000
04/15RBC Heritage historyStewart Cink$7,100,000$1,278,000
04/22Zurich Classic of New Orleans history—$7,400,000—
04/29Valspar Championship historySam Burns$6,900,000$1,242,000
05/06Wells Fargo Championship historyRory McIlroy$8,100,000$1,458,000
05/13AT&T Byron Nelson historyK.H. Lee$8,100,000$1,458,000
05/20PGA Championship Major historyPhil Mickelson$12,000,000$2,160,000
05/27Charles Schwab Challenge historyJason Kokrak$7,500,000$1,350,000
06/03The Memorial Tournament pres. by Nationwide historyPatrick Cantlay$9,300,000$1,674,000
06/10Palmetto Championship at CongareeGarrick Higgo$7,300,000$1,314,000
06/17U.S. Open Major historyJon Rahm$12,500,000$2,250,000
06/24Travelers Championship historyHarris English$7,400,000$1,332,000
07/01Rocket Mortgage Classic historyCam Davis$7,500,000$1,350,000
07/06The Match Unofficial history———
07/08John Deere Classic historyLucas Glover$6,200,000$1,116,000
07/15Barbasol Championship historySéamus Power$3,500,000$630,000
07/15The Open Championship Major historyCollin Morikawa$11,500,000$2,070,000
07/223M Open historyCameron Champ$6,600,000$1,188,000
08/05Barracuda Championship historyErik van Rooyen$3,500,000$630,000
08/05WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Playoff historyAbraham Ancer$10,500,000$1,820,000
08/12Wyndham Championship historyKevin Kisner$6,400,000$1,152,000
08/19The Northern Trust Playoff historyTony Finau$9,500,000$1,710,000
08/26BMW Championship Playoff historyPatrick Cantlay$9,500,000$1,710,000
09/02Tour Championship Playoff historyPatrick Cantlay—$15,000,000

Full 2021 money list

All 368 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Jon Rahm20181$7,556,083
2Patrick Cantlay21163$7,395,111
3Bryson DeChambeau20182$7,235,664
4Collin Morikawa20182$7,059,908
5Justin Thomas22201$6,537,153
6Jordan Spieth24201$6,470,482
7Harris English24212$6,200,481
8Louis Oosthuizen18170$5,784,049
9Tony Finau25201$5,702,635
10Abraham Ancer25221$5,473,565
11Brooks Koepka19131$5,214,136
12Xander Schauffele20180$5,177,710
13Jason Kokrak24192$5,100,509
14Viktor Hovland22201$5,030,308
15Dustin Johnson20161$5,011,136
16Hideki Matsuyama25211$4,963,592
17Sam Burns21151$4,889,480
18Cameron Smith21180$4,720,618
19Rory McIlroy20171$4,401,809
20Scottie Scheffler25210$4,330,329
21Daniel Berger22201$4,268,580
22Patrick Reed22171$4,019,043
23Sungjae Im31260$3,995,565
24Corey Conners26230$3,916,819
25Billy Horschel23201$3,821,239
26Joaquín Niemann25240$3,811,496
27Kevin Na24181$3,604,316
28Stewart Cink23162$3,450,189
29Lee Westwood19140$3,445,368
30Max Homa26181$3,431,116
31Will Zalatoris22190$3,186,352
32Paul Casey19180$3,129,667
33Brian Harman26220$3,067,695
34K.H. Lee29201$3,044,880
35Si Woo Kim29181$3,026,468
36Kevin Kisner25161$2,972,177
37Charley Hoffman25200$2,720,522
38Phil Mickelson23141$2,707,199
39Carlos Ortiz26201$2,692,103
40Webb Simpson20170$2,657,597
41Shane Lowry21190$2,636,597
42Lucas Glover28191$2,587,705
43Cam Davis24191$2,528,982
44Russell Henley24180$2,497,381
45Matt Jones26201$2,415,004
46Cameron Tringale24180$2,313,869
47Matt Fitzpatrick20150$2,252,352
48Talor Gooch25190$2,225,265
49Branden Grace24171$2,222,244
50Erik van Rooyen25141$2,183,818
51Kevin Streelman28210$2,162,404
52Chris Kirk23170$2,143,191
53Aaron Wise22160$2,116,814
54Cameron Champ24131$2,116,640
55Ryan Palmer21160$2,092,709
56Jhonattan Vegas23190$2,069,765
57Keegan Bradley24160$2,065,422
58Alex Noren24170$2,056,932
59Marc Leishman23170$2,037,747
60Patton Kizzire26190$2,012,698
61Emiliano Grillo27170$1,992,707
62Sebastián Muñoz30190$1,990,426
63Maverick McNealy23150$1,964,253
64Tyrrell Hatton18120$1,903,729
65Matthew Wolff18110$1,894,324
66Harold Varner III27180$1,888,043
67Harry Higgs26130$1,829,267
68Troy Merritt30180$1,806,124
69Sergio Garcia21120$1,798,890
70Charl Schwartzel24160$1,788,480
71Robert Streb25131$1,782,605
72Bubba Watson21160$1,756,832
73Ian Poulter21170$1,641,460
74Lanto Griffin27190$1,632,447
75Tom Hoge31140$1,582,073
76Brandon Hagy25120$1,576,419
77Mackenzie Hughes27180$1,569,825
78Andrew Putnam29140$1,551,345
79Séamus Power16121$1,547,290
80Dylan Frittelli25100$1,541,011
81Adam Scott19170$1,517,533
82Keith Mitchell24140$1,446,782
83Joel Dahmen25161$1,436,597
84Garrick Higgo841$1,378,456
85Matt Wallace17120$1,347,321
86Brendon Todd27180$1,342,489
87Matt Kuchar24110$1,335,434
88Adam Long28130$1,332,681
89Brian Stuard31180$1,322,748
90Jason Day21120$1,311,234
91Kramer Hickok21110$1,309,745
92Gary Woodland25130$1,304,062
93Adam Hadwin28150$1,285,274
94Doc Redman24130$1,277,970
95Justin Rose16110$1,241,238
96Hank Lebioda21110$1,224,660
97J.T. Poston27130$1,170,170
98Doug Ghim24160$1,161,794
99Tommy Fleetwood18140$1,149,632
100Brendan Steele22160$1,148,860
101Pat Perez28180$1,133,714
102Russell Knox29160$1,130,468
103Luke List27140$1,126,788
104Zach Johnson22160$1,106,304
105Chez Reavie27130$1,092,970
106Rickie Fowler23150$1,089,904
107C.T. Pan23110$1,081,292
108Sepp Straka27160$1,077,998
109Roger Sloan24160$1,068,244
110Hudson Swafford26110$1,049,907
111Henrik Norlander25120$1,036,216
112Sam Ryder28130$1,033,112
113Brandt Snedeker25140$1,025,709
114Wyndham Clark24120$1,021,864
115Kyle Stanley25170$1,011,504
116Francesco Molinari1570$1,006,977
117Victor Perez1260$1,002,391
118Denny McCarthy27140$982,645
119Scott Piercy23150$970,492
120Ryan Armour25110$944,375
121Adam Schenk29180$942,289
122Chesson Hadley24120$940,986
123Brian Gay2691$926,158
124Bo Hoag28150$916,521
125Charles Howell III19130$913,671
126Michael Thompson23160$913,001
127Camilo Villegas24140$886,704
128Richy Werenski28140$879,786
129Patrick Rodgers31180$875,100
130Nick Taylor26180$862,159
131Robert MacIntyre13110$844,329
132Brice Garnett27160$837,602
133Rory Sabbatini23110$821,032
134Matt NeSmith25130$816,740
135James Hahn22100$798,329
136Anirban Lahiri20100$783,421
137Ryan Moore1680$777,994
138Christiaan Bezuidenhout12120$767,265
139Scott Stallings24130$766,625
140Mark Hubbard29190$762,138
141Bo Van Pelt24110$752,234
142Chase Seiffert24120$721,125
143Joseph Bramlett23120$678,142
144Nate Lashley22120$677,307
145Satoshi Kodaira25130$671,889
146Jimmy Walker23110$653,307
147Vaughn Taylor26120$648,743
148Padraig Harrington1680$640,513
149Steve Stricker1170$640,311
150Cameron Percy24140$637,357
151Vince Whaley24140$634,069
152Guido Migliozzi320$630,759
153Beau Hossler26130$598,872
154Rafael Campos2370$565,186
155Andrew Landry22110$556,250
156Byeong Hun An26140$550,749
157Bronson Burgoon23110$542,906
158Bernd Wiesberger1280$537,309
159Michael Gligic25120$527,280
160Scott Brown26110$522,568
161Danny Willett1590$511,814
162Jason Dufner26150$505,269
163Martin Laird23110$497,480
164John Huh19100$495,616
165Will Gordon27140$473,278
166Rafa Cabrera Bello24110$468,357
167Tyler Duncan31150$456,939
168Tom Lewis25140$443,030
169Robby Shelton29100$430,216
170Peter Malnati2680$422,394
171J.J. Spaun23110$410,592
172Jim Herman21110$407,996
173Sung Kang28130$407,266
174Ben Martin1680$402,093
175Tyler McCumber2280$388,609
176Mito Pereira740$370,349
177David Hearn2180$370,223
178Sean O'Hair1870$362,268
179Rob Oppenheim23100$361,500
180Ted Potter Jr.2390$355,877
181Mark Anderson1890$352,202
182Danny Lee2280$347,862
183Luke Donald2150$318,426
184Kristoffer Ventura2570$318,271
185Lucas Herbert1170$312,429
186Kevin Tway2090$310,236
187Scott Harrington26120$305,387
188Ollie Schniederjans410$276,000
189Austin Cook2690$275,902
190Taylor Pendrith650$271,959
191Akshay Bhatia940$258,961
192Antoine Rozner530$252,299
193Xinjun Zhang2470$250,355
194Fabián Gómez2060$245,872
195Ben Taylor1790$232,604
196D.J. Trahan2190$227,617
197Kevin Chappell960$223,440
198Chris Baker1980$222,569
199Grayson Murray1940$221,058
200David Lipsky320$220,825
201Ryan Brehm2090$217,748
202Nelson Ledesma1780$215,567
203Thomas Pieters640$211,052
204Josh Teater1590$208,450
205Graeme McDowell1340$200,475
206Michael Gellerman1770$198,087
207Greyson Sigg750$189,662
208Wesley Bryan1050$189,417
209Sahith Theegala640$188,613
210Jim Furyk740$184,897
211David Lingmerth1050$175,817
212Wilco Nienaber440$169,214
213Aaron Baddeley1980$160,640
214Lee Hodges540$160,344
215Kiradech Aphibarnrat1440$158,376
216Tain Lee430$158,240
217Rhein Gibson2170$156,664
218Wes Roach1270$156,364
219Henrik Stenson1540$153,963
220Tim Wilkinson1360$148,944
221Chan Kim640$148,751
222Justin Harding420$148,750
223Marcel Siem110$143,063
224Nick Hardy220$137,703
225Austin Eckroat740$133,827
226Andy Sullivan630$127,392
227Bill Haas1740$126,818
228J.B. Holmes1660$122,356
229K.J. Choi1860$122,319
230Michael Kim2680$115,666
231Peter Uihlein1060$113,592
232Aaron Rai430$109,000
233Jonathan Byrd1280$108,025
234Jason Scrivener320$103,814
235Rikuya Hoshino420$101,541
236Bud Cauley110$100,650
237Jazz Janewattananond640$98,220
238Greg Chalmers1050$97,506
239Nick Watney2250$96,632
240John Augenstein1030$94,998
241Stephan Jaeger540$92,489
242Brandon Wu410$91,125
243Martin Kaymer510$87,941
244Alex Smalley330$86,352
245Sebastian Cappelen2060$86,289
246Thomas Detry630$85,662
247Davis Thompson840$85,612
248Bernhard Langer210$84,750
249Dawie van der Walt110$82,600
250Shugo Imahira330$81,861
251Curtis Thompson110$81,750
252Tom Kim430$77,808
253Daniel van Tonder330$76,717
254Johnson Wagner1440$76,464
255Renato Paratore110$75,649
256Ricky Barnes1130$73,735
257Dylan Wu110$71,030
258Justin Suh830$69,488
259Jamie Lovemark1340$69,087
260Erik Compton210$68,438
261Dean Burmester220$66,817
262Jonas Blixt830$64,491
263Tiger Woods320$64,200
264Romain Langasque210$64,024
265Chase Koepka320$60,754
266Martin Trainer2440$60,284
267Benjamin Hebert110$60,143
268John Senden1340$59,700
269Edoardo Molinari110$57,696
270Kelly Kraft1430$55,636
271Mike Weir320$54,906
272Richard Bland220$54,227
273Roberto Castro620$52,212
274Sam Horsfield320$51,850
275Shaun Norris310$50,137
276MJ Daffue740$45,770
277JC Ritchie320$45,417
278Bryson Nimmer320$44,299
279William McGirt1030$44,290
280Wade Ormsby330$43,883
281Ryo Ishikawa520$43,603
282Hunter Mahan2330$42,850
283Ryosuke Kinoshita330$41,657
284José María Olazábal210$38,635
285Rasmus Højgaard530$37,700
286Richard S. Johnson640$36,899
287Robert Garrigus520$36,243
288Davis Riley630$35,297
289Johannes Veerman210$33,679
290Broc Everett110$33,337
291Rick Lamb110$32,351
292Kevin Stadler1820$32,191
293Isaiah Salinda220$32,002
294Ben Cook110$31,300
295Zack Sucher1230$30,894
296Erik Barnes110$29,750
297Jonathan Thomson110$29,417
298Marcus Armitage210$29,417
299Willie Mack III420$28,343
300Andrew Yun110$28,000
301Eric Cole310$28,000
302Fabrizio Zanotti110$28,000
303Paul Barjon630$27,330
304Ryan Fox210$26,900
305Jack Senior110$26,900
306Brad Kennedy530$26,880
307Takumi Kanaya610$26,880
308D.A. Points1620$26,865
309Richard Mansell110$26,125
310Poom Saksansin110$25,938
311Taylor Montgomery110$25,183
312Dylan Meyer320$23,358
313Hanbyeol Kim110$23,205
314Ryan Blaum1020$22,869
315Kyle Westmoreland110$22,814
316J.J. Henry920$22,685
317Sam Fidone210$21,853
318Stephen Stallings Jr.520$21,770
319Shawn Stefani1120$21,235
320Tyler Strafaci610$21,111
321Andy Ogletree620$20,952
322S.H. Kim110$20,169
323Fred Couples200$20,000
324Larry Mize200$20,000
325Sandy Lyle200$20,000
326Vijay Singh400$20,000
327Jaekyeong Lee110$19,208
328Brad Marek110$18,800
329Andres Romero510$18,780
330Mark Baldwin110$18,235
331S.Y. Noh610$17,941
332Harry Hall110$17,777
333Jeong-Woo Ham110$16,965
334Derek Ernst410$16,625
335Gunn Charoenkul110$16,480
336Andrew Svoboda110$16,206
337Kyle Mendoza110$15,900
338Taehee Lee110$15,795
339Charlie Beljan510$15,263
340Jason Bohn320$15,230
341John Pak720$15,225
342Dominic Bozzelli1110$14,875
343Mikumu Horikawa110$14,560
344Sangmoon Bae920$13,545
345Andy Zhang110$13,398
346Naoki Sekito110$13,280
347Jerry Kelly310$13,134
348David Gazzolo110$12,425
349Zhengkai Bai110$12,425
350Michael Miller110$10,180
351Alex Cejka410$10,050
352Ian Woosnam100$10,000
353Will Grimmer110$9,287
354Fred Funk110$9,000
355Matthew Borchert110$8,440
356Eric Dugas210$8,360
357Michael Feagles210$8,155
358David Pastore110$7,315
359Trey Shirley110$7,315
360Dalton Ward110$7,062
361Andrew Loupe110$6,895
362Retief Goosen110$6,810
363Edward Figueroa110$6,750
364Will Cannon110$6,360
365George McNeill810$6,150
366Tommy Gainey310$6,150
367Marcelo Rozo210$6,150
368Parker McLachlin810$6,090

2021 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2021 PGA Tour money list?

Jon Rahm, with $7,556,083 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2021?

$361,907,880 across 49 official events, from total purses of $387,950,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2021?

117. Of those, 15 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2021?

$2,700,000 to Justin Thomas at The Players Championship.

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