2026 Golf Draft Kit: Projected Earnings

Scottie Scheffler has led the PGA Tour in Official Money in four consecutive seasons, and RotoWire's golf writers aren't expecting anything different in 2026.
2026 Golf Draft Kit: Projected Earnings

Below are RotoWire's projected earnings for the 2026 season.

The list is not limited to those with a PGA Tour card, and golfers without one are noted as such.

  • The top 100 finishers in the FedExCup Standings
  • Conditional Status Players who finished 101-125 in the Standings (C)
  • Notable Exempt Players not in the top 100 (E) 
  • Non-Rookie Korn Ferry Tour Graduates (K) 
  • Rookie Korn Ferry Tour Graduates (R)
  • DP World Tour Graduates (D)
  • Players now part of LIV Golf (L)
  • Players gaining status via PGA Tour Q-School (Q)
  • No status for 2026 (N)
RankGolfer NameAge2025 Events2025 Earnings2026 Projected
1Scottie Scheffler2921$27,659,550$22,000,000
2Rory McIlroy3618$16,992,418$16,000,000
3Tommy Fleetwood3421$18,496,238$14,000,000
4Xander Schauffele3217$4,839,866$12,000,000
5Russell Henley3620$14,707,570$10,500,000
6Ludvig Aberg2621$8,276,973$10,000,000
7Patrick Cantlay3321$9,441,931$9,500,000
8Collin Morikawa2822$7,915,347$9,000,000
9Sam Burns2926$6,801,982$8,700,000
10Viktor Hovland2819$5,824,239$8,500,000
11Robert MacIntyre2925$8,467,191$8,200,000
12Cameron Young2826$8,789,813$8,000,000
13Ben Griffin2930$11,724,352$7,800,000
14Sepp Straka3223$10,650,894$7,500,000
15J.J. Spaun3525$13,138,722$7,300,000
16Harris English3623$8,840,132$7,200,000
17Hideki Matsuyama3323$6,650,152$7,100,000
18Corey Conners3322$8,167,903$7,000,000
19Keegan Bradley3921$8,702,812$6,900,000
20Justin Thomas3222$10,896,155$6,700,000
21Maverick McNealy3025$8,322,575$6,500,000

Below are RotoWire's projected earnings for the 2026 season.

The list is not limited to those with a PGA Tour card, and golfers without one are noted as such.

  • The top 100 finishers in the FedExCup Standings
  • Conditional Status Players who finished 101-125 in the Standings (C)
  • Notable Exempt Players not in the top 100 (E) 
  • Non-Rookie Korn Ferry Tour Graduates (K) 
  • Rookie Korn Ferry Tour Graduates (R)
  • DP World Tour Graduates (D)
  • Players now part of LIV Golf (L)
  • Players gaining status via PGA Tour Q-School (Q)
  • No status for 2026 (N)
RankGolfer NameAge2025 Events2025 Earnings2026 Projected
1Scottie Scheffler2921$27,659,550$22,000,000
2Rory McIlroy3618$16,992,418$16,000,000
3Tommy Fleetwood3421$18,496,238$14,000,000
4Xander Schauffele3217$4,839,866$12,000,000
5Russell Henley3620$14,707,570$10,500,000
6Ludvig Aberg2621$8,276,973$10,000,000
7Patrick Cantlay3321$9,441,931$9,500,000
8Collin Morikawa2822$7,915,347$9,000,000
9Sam Burns2926$6,801,982$8,700,000
10Viktor Hovland2819$5,824,239$8,500,000
11Robert MacIntyre2925$8,467,191$8,200,000
12Cameron Young2826$8,789,813$8,000,000
13Ben Griffin2930$11,724,352$7,800,000
14Sepp Straka3223$10,650,894$7,500,000
15J.J. Spaun3525$13,138,722$7,300,000
16Harris English3623$8,840,132$7,200,000
17Hideki Matsuyama3323$6,650,152$7,100,000
18Corey Conners3322$8,167,903$7,000,000
19Keegan Bradley3921$8,702,812$6,900,000
20Justin Thomas3222$10,896,155$6,700,000
21Maverick McNealy3025$8,322,575$6,500,000
22Shane Lowry3821$7,082,794$6,300,000
23Matt Fitzpatrick3122$3,831,413$6,200,000
24Daniel Berger3221$4,115,448$6,000,000
25Michael Thorbjornsen2423$2,286,658$5,700,000
26Sungjae Im2728$5,082,896$5,500,000
27Akshay Bhatia2327$4,882,187$5,400,000
28Chris Gotterup2628$4,844,784$5,300,000
29Tony Finau3620$2,551,493$5,100,000
30Taylor Pendrith3423$3,978,452$5,000,000
31Jordan Spieth3219$3,159,660$4,900,000
32Brian Harman3823$5,547,660$4,850,000
33Denny McCarthy3222$3,871,251$4,800,000
34Si Woo Kim3029$4,184,686$4,700,000
35Alex Noren (D)4310$1,346,680$4,650,000
36Nick Taylor3723$5,431,209$4,600,000
37Wyndham Clark3223$2,883,112$4,500,000
38Rasmus Hojgaard2422$2,103,443$4,450,000
39Aaron Rai3021$3,274,601$4,400,000
40Min Woo Lee2722$3,301,286$4,350,000
41Jason Day3817$3,740,375$4,300,000
42Kurt Kitayama3223$3,476,376$4,250,000
43Harry Hall2825$4,309,601$4,200,000
44Michael Kim3227$4,105,211$4,150,000
45Bud Cauley3521$3,321,090$4,100,000
46Rickie Fowler3721$3,441,954$4,050,000
47Davis Riley2927$2,496,448$4,000,000
48Davis Thompson2625$2,439,587$3,950,000
49Sam Stevens2929$4,392,752$3,900,000
50Marco Penge (D)273$903,995$3,850,000
51Byeong Hun An3426$2,652,079$3,800,000
52Sami Valimaki2724$3,388,761$3,750,000
53Justin Rose4519$8,857,976$3,725,000
54Andrew Novak3026$7,788,219$3,700,000
55Nico Echavarria3124$2,891,343$3,650,000
56Johnny Keefer (R)243$43,544$3,600,000
57Matt McCarty2825$2,308,452$3,550,000
58Rico Hoey3027$2,536,072$3,525,000
59Thomas Detry3225$3,651,876$3,500,000
60Ryan Gerard2627$3,872,916$3,450,000
61Garrick Higgo2614$2,448,383$3,400,000
62Chris Kirk4022$2,964,600$3,350,000
63Max Greyserman3027$3,798,185$3,325,000
64Ryan Fox3823$3,981,947$3,300,000
65J.T. Poston3225$3,233,502$3,250,000
66Nicolai Hojgaard2419$1,897,477$3,225,000
67Jake Knapp3123$3,012,401$3,200,000
68Jacob Bridgeman2628$4,437,269$3,150,000
69Will Zalatoris (E)2912$1,001,003$3,100,000
70Billy Horschel (E)3913$1,483,614$3,050,000
71Christiaan Bezuidenhout3127$2,434,490$3,000,000
72Tom Hoge3626$4,201,600$2,950,000
73Max McGreevy3027$2,522,721$2,900,000
74Adam Scott (E)4519$1,803,164$2,800,000
75Stephan Jaeger3624$2,684,801$2,750,000
76Kevin Yu2726$2,536,810$2,700,000
77Keith Mitchell3323$2,014,835$2,650,000
78Michael Brennan234$1,192,399$2,600,000
79Lucas Glover4622$4,397,743$2,550,000
80Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (D)265$866,941$2,525,000
81Mackenzie Hughes3526$2,497,976$2,500,000
82Sahith Theegala (E)2820$977,539$2,450,000
83Pierceson Coody (K)2513$1,171,494$2,425,000
84Emiliano Grillo3326$2,315,983$2,400,000
85Patrick Rodgers3327$2,793,088$2,350,000
86Matti Schmid2826$2,303,222$2,300,000
87Vince Whaley3026$1,869,447$2,250,000
88Kristoffer Reitan (D)272$258,300$2,225,000
89Aldrich Potgieter2122$3,038,146$2,200,000
90Haotong Li (D)303$730,667$2,150,000
91Thorbjorn Olesen3624$1,438,925$2,100,000
92Tom Kim (E)2326$1,496,889$2,050,000
93Neal Shipley (K)242$23,701$2,025,000
94Bryson DeChambeau (L)324$2,521,317$2,000,000
95Mac Meissner2625$1,762,863$1,975,000
96Chandler Blanchet (R)291$0$1,950,000
97Jhonattan Vegas4121$2,795,198$1,900,000
98Max Homa (E)3524$1,636,827$1,850,000
99Gary Woodland4122$2,044,795$1,825,000
100Nick Dunlap (E)2223$1,170,325$1,800,000
101William Mouw2521$1,597,314$1,750,000
102Christo Lamprecht (R)241$0$1,725,000
103Eric Cole3729$2,369,702$1,700,000
104Alex Smalley2925$2,337,573$1,675,000
105Chandler Phillips2924$1,518,764$1,650,000
106Austin Eckroat (E)2625$1,675,705$1,625,000
107Jon Rahm (L)304$1,493,084$1,600,000
108Jordan Smith (D)334$175,355$1,575,000
109Joe Highsmith2528$2,820,859$1,550,000
110Luke Clanton (E)2214$251,429$1,540,000
111Lee Hodges (C)3021$1,617,203$1,525,000
112Brian Campbell3224$3,370,767$1,510,000
113Ricky Castillo (C)2424$1,444,455$1,500,000
114Matt Kuchar (E)4715$1,310,380$1,475,000
115Adrien Dumont de Chassart (K)253$29,450$1,460,000
116Erik van Rooyen3526$2,142,196$1,450,000
117Cam Davis3025$2,093,245$1,425,000
118Steven Fisk2823$1,804,525$1,400,000
119Matt Wallace (C)3523$1,570,460$1,375,000
120Mark Hubbard3627$1,763,551$1,350,000
121Austin Smotherman (K)310$0$1,340,000
122Patrick Fishburn (C)3326$1,408,119$1,325,000
123S.H. Kim (K)272$28,000$1,310,000
124Chad Ramey3325$1,490,602$1,300,000
125Emilio Gonzalez (R)281$0$1,290,000
126Kris Ventura (C)3024$1,180,201$1,275,000
127Adam Schenk3325$2,016,294$1,250,000
128Hank Lebioda (K)310$0$1,240,000
129Takumi Kanaya2725$1,463,762$1,225,000
130Ryo Hisatsune2327$1,835,136$1,210,000
131Tyrrell Hatton (L)344$1,427,086$1,200,000
132Keita Nakajima (D)253$54,400$1,190,000
133Alejandro Tosti (Q)2920$1,010,144$1,180,000
134Kevin Roy3525$1,734,139$1,175,000
135Adam Svensson (Q)3225$487,188$1,160,000
136Seamus Power (C)3823$1,318,706$1,150,000
137Zecheng Dou (K)280$0$1,140,000
138Karl Vilips2420$1,479,028$1,125,000
139Trace Crowe (K)295$279,315$1,110,000
140Danny Walker3023$1,561,918$1,100,000
141Adrien Saddier (D)332$44,350$1,090,000
142Beau Hossler (C)3025$1,533,612$1,075,000
143Taylor Moore (C)3223$1,424,004$1,050,000
144Zach Bauchou (R)291$0$1,040,000
145Andrew Putnam (C)3624$1,371,617$1,025,000
146Charley Hoffman (E)4915$715,102$1,010,000
147Sam Ryder (C)3624$1,314,035$1,000,000
148Daniel Brown (D)312$23,220$990,000
149Dylan Wu (Q)2913$486,226$980,000
150Doug Ghim (C)2923$1,190,108$975,000
151John Parry (D)393$211,177$960,000
152David Lipsky (C)3726$1,411,093$950,000
153Davis Chatfield (R)260$0$940,000
154Isaiah Salinda (C)2822$1,363,322$925,000
155S.T. Lee (R)300$0$910,000
156Joel Dahmen (C)3825$1,208,852$900,000
157Kensei Hirata (R)241$80,088$890,000
158Jackson Suber (C)2623$1,254,486$875,000
159John VanDerLaan (R)290$0$860,000
160Jeffrey Kang (R)340$0$850,000
161Justin Lower (C)3625$1,299,525$840,000
162Gordon Sargent (E)2211$113,848$825,000
163Pontus Nyholm (R)270$0$810,000
164David Ford (E)2313$319,398$800,000
165Sudarshan Yellamaraju (R)241$0$790,000
166Jesper Svensson (C)2923$1,292,826$775,000
167Matthieu Pavon (E)3323$634,425$760,000
168Brice Garnett (E)4221$631,678$750,000
169Marcelo Rozo (Q)360$0$740,000
170Henrik Norlander (N)3824$1,015,479$725,000
171A.J. Ewart (Q)261$0$710,000
172Lanto Griffin (C)3725$1,037,926$700,000
173Cameron Champ (N)3013$761,464$690,000
174Webb Simpson (E)4010$382,319$675,000
175Brandt Snedeker (E)4521$1,192,940$625,000
176Brooks Koepka (L)354$349,741$600,000
177Adam Hadwin (N)3825$1,079,946$575,000
178Patton Kizzire (E)3923$317,724$550,000
179Joaquin Niemann (L)264$597,581$525,000
180Peter Malnati (E)3823$282,493$500,000
181Patrick Reed (L)354$1,589,489$475,000
182Rafael Campos (E)3727$216,757$450,000
183Carson Young (N)3123$1,060,007$425,000
184Taylor Montgomery (N)3019$824,353$410,000
185Zach Johnson (E)4916$918,478$400,000
186Tom McKibbin (L)222$40,674$350,000
187Carlos Ortiz (L)342$878,815$300,000
188Cameron Smith (L)324$0$200,000
189Dustin Johnson (L)414$138,040$175,000
190David Puig (L)231$27,014$150,000
191Sergio Garcia (L)453$111,444$125,000
192Laurie Canter (L)367$99,133$100,000
193Bubba Watson (L)461$336,000$80,000
194Phil Mickelson (L)554$42,333$75,000
195Charl Schwartzel (L)411$101,063$70,000
196Louis Oosthuizen (L)431$0$60,000
197Marc Leishman (L)412$134,958$50,000
198Victor Perez (L)3325$1,341,741$45,000
199Henrik Stenson (L)491$51,186$40,000
200Richard Bland (L)522$75,423$0
201Dean Burmester (L)362$41,100$0
202Lucas Herbert (L)291$0$0
203Martin Kaymer (L)401$0$0
204Adrian Meronk (L)314$45,238$0
205Tiger Woods (E)500$0$0

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