It then applies my "golf earnings inflation index", which brings every player's total career earnings up to current 2005 dollars. This is the ranking that brings the career earnings for all players (past and present) to a level playing field.

One caveat. 1943 was a limited season due to WW II. There were only a few players who cashed checks that year, and those checks were actually war bonds. While you can view the 1943 season in our "Earnings by Year" data, it was not used in this calculation.

There is no database as extensive and complete in the world of professional golf.

Click on the category headings below to sort according to that specific category. Click on the heading a second time to re-sort from the opposite end of the list.

Rank	Name	Total Career Earnings	Adjusted Career Earnings
1	Snead, Sam	$689,010	$289,075,405
2	Hogan, Ben	$330,992	$239,006,787
3	Nelson, Byron	$185,501	$218,269,103
4	Nicklaus, Jack	$5,690,959	$186,988,317
5	Mangrum, Lloyd	$235,966	$164,262,851
6	Palmer, Arnold	$1,784,497	$161,897,799
7	Demaret, Jimmy	$204,054	$141,420,054
8	Harrison, E.J.	$209,888	$134,337,463
9	Casper, Billy	$1,669,363	$134,080,699
10	Middlecoff, Cary	$294,819	$131,821,148
11	Boros, Julius	$988,844	$131,017,182
12	Littler, Gene	$1,570,114	$118,942,868
13	McSpaden, Harold	$90,982	$110,701,817
14	Watson, Tom	$10,003,631	$109,586,019
15	Ferrier, Jim	$211,564	$108,831,847
16	Ford, Doug	$414,369	$105,514,603
17	Woods, Tiger	$70,598,307	$101,841,993
18	Player, Gary	$1,828,296	$99,319,442
19	Kite, Tom	$11,040,589	$97,003,295
20	Trevino, Lee	$3,456,264	$90,693,514
21	Oliver, Ed	$155,209	$89,168,393
22	Floyd, Raymond	$5,220,527	$88,728,582
23	Burke, Jr, Jack	$260,231	$85,368,880
24	Kroll, Ted	$259,736	$84,942,851
25	Irwin, Hale	$5,956,083	$84,580,983
26	Palmer, Johnny	$140,255	$81,807,231
27	Singh, Vijay	$53,101,385	$80,260,470
28	Love, Davis	$35,323,616	$80,217,009
29	Wall, Art	$625,691	$78,834,388
30	Metz, Dick	$70,440	$76,686,455
31	Crenshaw, Ben	$7,139,757	$74,305,556
32	Finsterwald, Dow	$396,089	$74,094,162
33	Heafner, Clayton	$76,734	$73,545,062
34	Bolt, Tommy	$314,991	$73,329,024
35	Mickelson, Phil	$43,634,627	$72,998,679
36	Norman, Greg	$13,495,624	$72,367,204
37	Wadkins, Lanny	$6,351,491	$72,101,800
38	Weiskopf, Tom	$2,224,789	$71,662,483
39	Couples, Fred	$19,185,464	$71,486,595
40	Sanders, Doug	$764,190	$70,376,829
41	January, Don	$1,131,099	$69,906,096
42	Haas, Fred	$162,830	$69,422,705
43	Crampton, Bruce	$1,355,463	$67,919,329
44	Little, Lawson	$58,869	$67,106,733
45	Price, Nick	$20,585,748	$66,159,219
46	Strange, Curtis	$7,599,950	$65,747,053
47	Hoch, Scott	$18,487,116	$65,693,199
48	Harbert, Chick	$106,818	$65,533,395
49	Byrd, Sam	$53,441	$65,213,649
50	Ghezzi, Victor	$70,335	$65,072,429
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