2026 Golf Draft Kit: Projected Earnings

2026 Golf Draft Kit: Projected Earnings

This article is part of our Golf Draft Kit series.

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
47Brooks Koepka (E)354$349,741$4,025,000
48Davis Riley2927$2,496,448$4,000,000
49Davis Thompson2625$2,439,587$3,950,000
50Sam Stevens2929$4,392,752$3,900,000
51Marco Penge (D)273$903,995$3,850,000
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
59Ryan Gerard2627$3,872,916$3,450,000
60Garrick Higgo2614$2,448,383$3,400,000
61Chris Kirk4022$2,964,600$3,350,000
62Max Greyserman3027$3,798,185$3,325,000
63Ryan Fox3823$3,981,947$3,300,000
64J.T. Poston3225$3,233,502$3,250,000
65Nicolai Hojgaard2419$1,897,477$3,225,000
66Jake Knapp3123$3,012,401$3,200,000
67Jacob Bridgeman2628$4,437,269$3,150,000
68Will Zalatoris (E)2912$1,001,003$3,100,000
69Billy Horschel (E)3913$1,483,614$3,050,000
70Christiaan Bezuidenhout3127$2,434,490$3,000,000
71Tom Hoge3626$4,201,600$2,950,000
72Max McGreevy3027$2,522,721$2,900,000
73Adam Scott (E)4519$1,803,164$2,800,000
74Stephan Jaeger3624$2,684,801$2,750,000
75Kevin Yu2726$2,536,810$2,700,000
76Keith Mitchell3323$2,014,835$2,650,000
77Michael Brennan234$1,192,399$2,600,000
78Lucas Glover4622$4,397,743$2,550,000
79Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (D)265$866,941$2,525,000
80Mackenzie Hughes3526$2,497,976$2,500,000
81Sahith Theegala (E)2820$977,539$2,450,000
82Pierceson Coody (K)2513$1,171,494$2,425,000
83Emiliano Grillo3326$2,315,983$2,400,000
84Patrick Rodgers3327$2,793,088$2,350,000
85Matti Schmid2826$2,303,222$2,300,000
86Vince Whaley3026$1,869,447$2,250,000
87Kristoffer Reitan (D)272$258,300$2,225,000
88Aldrich Potgieter2122$3,038,146$2,200,000
89Haotong Li (D)303$730,667$2,150,000
90Thorbjorn Olesen3624$1,438,925$2,100,000
91Tom Kim (E)2326$1,496,889$2,050,000
92Neal Shipley (K)242$23,701$2,025,000
93Bryson DeChambeau (L)324$2,521,317$2,000,000
94Mac Meissner2625$1,762,863$1,975,000
95Chandler Blanchet (R)291$0$1,950,000
96Jhonattan Vegas4121$2,795,198$1,900,000
97Max Homa (E)3524$1,636,827$1,850,000
98Gary Woodland4122$2,044,795$1,825,000
99Nick Dunlap (E)2223$1,170,325$1,800,000
100William Mouw2521$1,597,314$1,750,000
101Christo Lamprecht (R)241$0$1,725,000
102Eric Cole3729$2,369,702$1,700,000
103Alex Smalley2925$2,337,573$1,675,000
104Chandler Phillips2924$1,518,764$1,650,000
105Austin Eckroat (E)2625$1,675,705$1,625,000
106Jon Rahm (L)304$1,493,084$1,600,000
107Jordan Smith (D)334$175,355$1,575,000
108Joe Highsmith2528$2,820,859$1,550,000
109Luke Clanton (E)2214$251,429$1,540,000
110Lee Hodges (C)3021$1,617,203$1,525,000
111Brian Campbell3224$3,370,767$1,510,000
112Ricky Castillo (C)2424$1,444,455$1,500,000
113Matt Kuchar (E)4715$1,310,380$1,475,000
114Adrien Dumont de Chassart (K)253$29,450$1,460,000
115Erik van Rooyen3526$2,142,196$1,450,000
116Cam Davis3025$2,093,245$1,425,000
117Steven Fisk2823$1,804,525$1,400,000
118Matt Wallace (C)3523$1,570,460$1,375,000
119Mark Hubbard3627$1,763,551$1,350,000
120Austin Smotherman (K)310$0$1,340,000
121Patrick Fishburn (C)3326$1,408,119$1,325,000
122S.H. Kim (K)272$28,000$1,310,000
123Chad Ramey3325$1,490,602$1,300,000
124Emilio Gonzalez (R)281$0$1,290,000
125Kris Ventura (C)3024$1,180,201$1,275,000
126Adam Schenk3325$2,016,294$1,250,000
127Hank Lebioda (K)310$0$1,240,000
128Takumi Kanaya2725$1,463,762$1,225,000
129Ryo Hisatsune2327$1,835,136$1,210,000
130Tyrrell Hatton (L)344$1,427,086$1,200,000
131Keita Nakajima (D)253$54,400$1,190,000
132Alejandro Tosti (Q)2920$1,010,144$1,180,000
133Kevin Roy3525$1,734,139$1,175,000
134Adam Svensson (Q)3225$487,188$1,160,000
135Seamus Power (C)3823$1,318,706$1,150,000
136Zecheng Dou (K)280$0$1,140,000
137Karl Vilips2420$1,479,028$1,125,000
138Trace Crowe (K)295$279,315$1,110,000
139Danny Walker3023$1,561,918$1,100,000
140Adrien Saddier (D)332$44,350$1,090,000
141Beau Hossler (C)3025$1,533,612$1,075,000
142Taylor Moore (C)3223$1,424,004$1,050,000
143Zach Bauchou (R)291$0$1,040,000
144Andrew Putnam (C)3624$1,371,617$1,025,000
145Charley Hoffman (E)4915$715,102$1,010,000
146Sam Ryder (C)3624$1,314,035$1,000,000
147Daniel Brown (D)312$23,220$990,000
148Dylan Wu (Q)2913$486,226$980,000
149Doug Ghim (C)2923$1,190,108$975,000
150John Parry (D)393$211,177$960,000
151David Lipsky (C)3726$1,411,093$950,000
152Davis Chatfield (R)260$0$940,000
153Isaiah Salinda (C)2822$1,363,322$925,000
154S.T. Lee (R)300$0$910,000
155Joel Dahmen (C)3825$1,208,852$900,000
156Kensei Hirata (R)241$80,088$890,000
157Jackson Suber (C)2623$1,254,486$875,000
158John VanDerLaan (R)290$0$860,000
159Jeffrey Kang (R)340$0$850,000
160Justin Lower (C)3625$1,299,525$840,000
161Gordon Sargent (E)2211$113,848$825,000
162Pontus Nyholm (R)270$0$810,000
163David Ford (E)2313$319,398$800,000
164Sudarshan Yellamaraju (R)241$0$790,000
165Jesper Svensson (C)2923$1,292,826$775,000
166Matthieu Pavon (E)3323$634,425$760,000
167Brice Garnett (E)4221$631,678$750,000
168Marcelo Rozo (Q)360$0$740,000
169Henrik Norlander (N)3824$1,015,479$725,000
170A.J. Ewart (Q)261$0$710,000
171Lanto Griffin (C)3725$1,037,926$700,000
172Cameron Champ (N)3013$761,464$690,000
173Webb Simpson (E)4010$382,319$675,000
174Brandt Snedeker (E)4521$1,192,940$625,000
175Adam Hadwin (N)3825$1,079,946$575,000
176Patton Kizzire (E)3923$317,724$550,000
177Joaquin Niemann (L)264$597,581$525,000
178Peter Malnati (E)3823$282,493$500,000
179Patrick Reed (L)354$1,589,489$475,000
180Rafael Campos (E)3727$216,757$450,000
181Carson Young (N)3123$1,060,007$425,000
182Taylor Montgomery (N)3019$824,353$410,000
183Zach Johnson (E)4916$918,478$400,000
184Tom McKibbin (L)222$40,674$350,000
185Carlos Ortiz (L)342$878,815$300,000
186Cameron Smith (L)324$0$200,000
187Dustin Johnson (L)414$138,040$175,000
188David Puig (L)231$27,014$150,000
189Sergio Garcia (L)453$111,444$125,000
190Laurie Canter (L)367$99,133$100,000
191Bubba Watson (L)461$336,000$80,000
192Phil Mickelson (L)554$42,333$75,000
193Charl Schwartzel (L)411$101,063$70,000
194Louis Oosthuizen (L)431$0$60,000
195Marc Leishman (L)412$134,958$50,000
196Victor Perez (L)3325$1,341,741$45,000
197Henrik Stenson (L)491$51,186$40,000
199Thomas Detry (L)3225$3,651,876$0
199Richard Bland (L)522$75,423$0
200Dean Burmester (L)362$41,100$0
201Lucas Herbert (L)291$0$0
202Martin Kaymer (L)401$0$0
203Adrian Meronk (L)314$45,238$0
204Tiger Woods (E)500$0$0

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