Prize money is a shift-shaping concept in professional golf and this has been made abundantly clear in the last two years.
While the PGA Tour and LIV Golf tussle for financial supremacy, they are still yet to strike a deal by which both parties can mutually benefit.
The money list is a well-established item, though, since the PGA Tour’s inception and has been historically dominated by the game’s best players.
We have looked back to the start of the millennium when a certain young American was at the peak of his powers.
We’ve not included the huge bonuses that come after the FedEx Cup Playoffs – we want just the raw numbers.
But which players enjoyed great seasons that aren’t called Tiger Woods? Who are the PGA Tour’s historical money list leaders? Here they are:
PGA Tour money leaders by year:
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1. Scottie Scheffler ($29,228,356)
2. Xander Schauffele ($18,355,910)
3. Hideki Matsuyama ($11,237,611)
4. Wyndham Clark ($10,901,416)
5. Rory McIlroy ($10,893,790)
2023
1. Scottie Scheffler ($21,014,342)
2. Jon Rahm ($16,522,608)
3. Viktor Hovland ($14,112,235)
4. Rory McIlroy ($13,921,008)
5. Max Homa ($10,761,517)
2022
1. Scottie Scheffler ($14,046,910)
2. Cameron Smith ($10,107,897)
3. Will Zalatoris ($9,405,082)
4. Patrick Cantlay ($9,369,605
5. Rory McIlroy ($8,654,566)
2021
1. Jon Rahm ($7,705,933)
2. Patrick Cantlay ($7,638,805)
3. Bryson DeChambeau ($7,426,415)
4. Collin Morikawa ($7,059,908)
5. Justin Thomas ($6,537,153)
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2020
1. Justin Thomas ($7,344,040)
2. Jon Rahm ($5,959,819)
3. Dustin Johnson ($5,837,267)
4. Collin Morikawa ($5,250,868)
5. Webb Simpson ($5,097,742)
2019
1. Brooks Koepka ($9,684,006)
2. Rory McIlroy ($7,785,286)
3. Matt Kuchar ($6,294,690)
4. Patrick Cantlay ($6,121,488)
5. Gary Woodland ($5,690,965)
2018
1. Justin Thomas ($8,694,821)
2. Dustin Johnson ($8,457,352)
3. Justin Rose ($8,130,678)
4. Bryson DeChambeau ($8,094,489)
5. Brooks Koepka ($7,094,047)
2017
1. Justin Thomas ($9,921,560)
2. Jordan Spieth ($9,433,033)
3. Dustin Johnson ($8,732,193)
4. Hideki Matsuyama ($8,380,570)
5. Justin Rose ($6,123,247)
2016
1. Dustin Johnson ($9,365,185)
2. Jason Day ($8,045,111)
3. Adam Scott ($6,473,089)
4. Rory McIlroy ($5,790,585)
5. Patrick Reed ($5,679,575)
2015
1. Jordan Spieth ($12,030,465)
2. Jason Day ($9,403,465)
3. Bubba Watson ($6,876,797)
4. Rickie Fowler ($5,773,430)
5. Dustin Johnson ($5,509,465)
2014
1. Rory McIlroy ($8,280,095)
2. Bubba Watson ($6,336,978)
3. Jim Furyk ($5,987,395)
4. Jimmy Walker ($5,787,016)
5. Sergio Garcia ($4,939,606)
2013
1. Tiger Woods ($8,553,439)
2. Henrik Stenson ($6,388,230)
3. Matt Kuchar ($5,616,808)
4. Phil Mickelson ($5,495,793)
5. Brandt Snedeker ($5,318,087)
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2012
1. Rory McIlroy ($8,047,952)
2. Tiger Woods ($6,133,158)
3. Brandt Snedeker ($4,989,739)
4. Jason Dufner ($4,869,303)
5. Bubba Watson ($4,644,996)
2011 – Luke Donald’s year
1. Luke Donald ($6,682,214)
2. Webb Simpson ($6,347,353)
3. Nick Watney ($5,290,673)
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4. KJ Choi ($4,434,690)
5. Dustin Johnson ($4,309,961)
2010
1. Matt Kuchar ($4,910,476)
2. Jim Furyk ($4,809,622)
3. Ernie Els ($4,558,861)
4. Dustin Johnson ($4,473,122)
5. Steve Stricker ($4,190,235)
2009
1. Tiger Woods ($10,508,163)
2. Steve Stricker ($6,332,636)
3. Phil Mickelson ($5,332,754)
4. Zach Johnson ($4,714,812)
5. Kenny Perry ($4,445,562)
2008
1. Vijay Singh ($6,601,094)
2. Tiger Woods ($5,775,000)
3. Phil Mickelson ($5,188,875)
4. Sergio Garcia ($4,858,223)
5. Kenny Perry ($4,663,793)
2007
1. Tiger Woods ($10,867,052)
2. Phil Mickelson ($5,819,988)
3. Vijay Singh ($4,728,376)
4. Steve Stricker ($4,663,077)
5. KJ Choi ($4,587,859)
2006
1. Tiger Woods ($9,941,563)
2. Jim Furyk ($7,213,315)
3. Adam Scott ($4,978,857)
4. Vijay Singh ($4,602,416)
5. Geoff Ogilvy ($4,354,969)
2005
1. Tiger Woods ($10,628,024)
2. Vijay Singh ($8,017,336)
3. Phil Mickelson ($5,699,604)
4. Jim Furyk ($4,255,368)
5. David Toms ($3,962,013)
2004
1. Vijay Singh ($10,905,166)
2. Ernie Els ($5,787,225)
3. Phil Mickelson ($5,784,822)
4. Tiger Woods ($5,365,472)
5. Stewart Cink ($4,450,270)
2003
1. Davis Love III ($5,122,037)
2. Tiger Woods ($4,832,496)
3. Vijay Singh ($4,523,224)
4. Mike Weir ($4,508,938)
5. Jim Furyk ($4,474,313)
2002
1. Tiger Woods ($6,912,625)
2. Phil Mickelson ($4,311,971)
3. Vijay Singh ($3,756,562)
4. David Toms ($3,459,739)
5. Ernie Els ($3,291,894)
2001
1. Tiger Woods ($5,687,777)
2. Phil Mickelson ($4,403,882)
3. David Toms ($3,791,595)
4. Vijay Singh ($3,440,828)
5. David Love III ($3,169,463)
2000 PGA Tour Money Leaders – the beginning of the Tiger Woods years
1. Tiger Woods ($9,188,321)
2. Phil Mickelson ($4,746,457)
3. Ernie Els($3,469,405)
4. Hal Sutton ($3,061,444)
5. Vijay Singh ($2,573,835)
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