To the surprise of absolutely no one, Tiger Woods is the highest earning golfer of all time, and it’s not even close.
Woods has made nearly $25 million more than the PGA Tour’s second-highest all-time earner, Phil Mickelson. For further context, Woods’ PGA Tour earnings are more than twice those of Dustin Johnson, the tour’s fifth-highest all-time earner himself.
However, fortunately for Woods’ competitors, there has still been plenty of prize money in golf to go around. Below, we take a look at the highest earners on the PGA Tour of all time.
25 — Kenny Perry
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $32,123,130
PGA Tour wins: 14
One thing to know: Perry is a fan of drag racing and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
24— K.J. Choi
Nationality: South Korea
Earnings: $32,282,347
PGA Tour wins: 8
One thing to know: Choi was a powerlifter as a teenager before turning to golf
23 — Brandt Snedeker
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $32,603,444
PGA Tour wins: 8
One thing to know: Graduated from Vanderbilt with a degree in Communications.
22 — Justin Leonard
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $33,884,793
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 12
One thing to know: He ran the White Rock Marathon in Dallas in under four hours
21 — Charles Howell
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $34,793,023
PGA Tour wins: 2
One thing to know: Howell was born and raised in August, Georgia, the home of The Masters.
20 — Stewart Cink
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $35,813,621
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 6
One thing to know: Cink is an avid outdoorsman who loves camping and hiking
19 — Luke Donald
Nationality: England
Earnings: $35,944,517
PGA Tour wins: 5
One thing to know: Released his own collection of wines in 2008.
18 — Jordan Spieth
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $36,375,582
Major championships: 3
PGA Tour wins: 11
One thing to know: Has a special-needs sister, Ellie, whom he's called his hero.
17 — Rory McIlroy
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Earnings: $38,284,065
Major championships: 4
PGA Tour wins: 14
One thing to know: McIlroy is a Manchester United supporter.
16 — Bubba Watson
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $39,936,543
Major championships: 2
PGA Tour wins: 11
One thing to know: Opened his own candy store in Penascola, Florida, called Bubba's Sweet Shop, and his Mom sometimes works behind the counter there.
15 — Jason Day
Nationality: Australia
Earnings: $40,272,953
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 11
One thing to know: Day's father, who got him into the sport, passed away when Day was 12.
14 — David Toms
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $41,840,270
Major championships: 1
Overall wins: 13 wins
One thing to know: Opened his own training center, the David Toms Academy, in his hometown of Shreveport
13 — Matt Kuchar
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $42,827,943
PGA Tour wins: 7
One thing to know: His wife was a tennis player at Georgia Tech
12 — Zach Johnson
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $43,296,713
Major championships: 2
PGA Tour wins: 12
One thing to know: He is a huge fan of both Drake University and the University of Iowa athletics
11 — Steve Stricker
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $43,586,344
PGA Tour wins: 14 (12 PGA Tour wins, 2 PGA Tour Champions wins)
One thing to know: His wife served as his caddie for portions of his career.
10 — Justin Rose
Nationality: England
Earnings: $43,792,365
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 8
One thing to know: Rose was originally born in South Africa. He moved to England at age five.
9 — Davis Love III
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $44,614,145
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 21
One thing to know: In 2013 the USGA gave him the Bob Jones award, the organization's highest honor
8 — Adam Scott
Nationality: Australia
Earnings: $47,229,313
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 13
One thing to know: Scott's charitable foundation endowed has endowed a scholarship to study Business and Sports Management at Griffith University in Australia.
7 — Sergio Garcia
Nationality: Spain
Earnings: $47,952,884
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 10
One thing to know: Garcia is the club president of a fourth-division soccer team in Spain.
6 — Ernie Els
Nationality: South Africa
Earnings: $48,978,472
Major championships: 4
PGA Tour wins: 19
One thing to know: His son, Ben, is autistic, which inspired him to start the Els for Autism Foundation
5 — Dustin Johnson
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $50,593,604
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 17
One thing to know: His younger brother and caddie, Austin, was a basketball player for Charleston Southern University
4 —Jim Furyk
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $67,977,577
Major championships: 1
PGA Tour wins: 17
One thing to know: Furyk has only ever had one swing instructor - his father, Mike.
3 — Vijay Singh
Nationality: Fiji
Earnings: $70,889,890
Major championships: 3
PGA Tour wins: 36 (34 PGA Tour victories, 2 PGA Tour Champions Victories)
One thing to know: Singh learned golf from his father
2 — Phil Mickelson
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $86,889,213
Major championships: 5
PGA Tour wins: 43
One thing to know: He is biologically right-handed, but plays golf left-handed, because when his father would demonstrate golf with his right hand Mickelson followed along with his left.
1 — Tiger Woods
Nationality: United States
Earnings: $111,182,697
Major championships: 14
PGA Tour wins: 79
One thing to know: Woods also designs golf courses.