Scottie Scheffler chasing Tiger Woods on career money list, but new $10M payday doesn't help

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Scottie Scheffler's impressive 2026 season has already netted him a major payday, and there's plenty more at stake over the next few weeks.

For the fourth time in five years, Scheffler finished the season atop the PGA Tour's regular-season money standings, a distinction that comes with a $10 million bonus in 2026. Although Scheffler (along with Rory McIlroy) is nearing Tiger Woods as the Tour's career money leader, this bonus is considered unofficial and doesn’t count towards his earnings.

According to the Tour, the FedEx Cup Playoffs offer up nearly $100 million in total bonus money and event purses. The first two playoff events feature $20 million purses each (and $3.6 million in first-place money), the season-ending Tour Championship offers a $40 million purse with a $10 million top prize for the champion, and an additional bonus pool distributes huge payouts based on final standings.

In terms of the career earnings list, the 2026 season began with Woods still holding firm in the top spot with $120.99 million, but Rory McIlroy ($107.98 million) and Scottie Scheffler ($99.45 million) were closing in on him fast.

Here's a look at where the top pros stand on the career money list as of Aug. 10, 2026.

PGA Tour 2026 season money rankings: See the full leaderboard here

PGA Tour Top 20 career earners​


Earnings are accurate as of Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at 5:13 a.m. and rounded to the second decimal place.

RankPlayerCareer Earnings
1Tiger Woods$121.0M
2Rory McIlroy$116.4M
3Scottie Scheffler$116.4M
4Justin Rose$78.6M
5Justin Thomas$74.1M
6Adam Scott$73.5M
7Jim Furyk$71.5M
8Vijay Singh$71.3M
9Xander Schauffele$68.8M
10Jordan Spieth$68.7M
11Hideki Matsuyama$66.8M
12Jason Day$66.7M
13Matt Kuchar$62.1M
14Patrick Cantlay$61.3M
15Rickie Fowler$58.9M
16Keegan Bradley$58.3M
17Russell Henley$52.6M
18Collin Morikawa$51.3M
19Zach Johnson$50.2M
20Tommy Fleetwood$49.8M

See the full PGA Tour career money list here

And here's a look at the Tour's regular-season top 10 and how much each earned in bonus money:

RankPlayerBonus money
1Scottie Scheffler$10,000,000
2Matt Fitzpatrick$4,000,000
3Cameron Young$1,200,000
4Wyndham Clark$1,000,000
5Chris Gotterup$800,000
6Collin Morikawa$700,000
7Si Woo Kim$650,000
8Sam Burns$600,000
9Tommy Fleetwood$550,000
10Ludvig Aberg$500,000

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler chasing Tiger Woods on career money list, but new $10M payday doesn't help

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