Tom Kite led the 1981 Money List standings with $375,699 in 103 events.

	RANK	PLAYER	MONEY	WINS	TOP-10	EVENTS	AVG SCORE
1	1	Tom Kite T. Kite	$375,699	1	21	103	69.8
2	2	Raymond Floyd R. Floyd	$359,360	3	14	90	70.2
3	3	Tom Watson T. Watson	$347,660	3	10	77	70.7
4	4	Bruce Lietzke B. Lietzke	$343,446	3	13	92	70.0
5	5	Bill Rogers B. Rogers	$315,411	4	9	91	71.0
6	6	Jerry Pate J. Pate	$280,627	2	11	95	70.5
7	7	Hale Irwin H. Irwin	$276,499	2	8	86	71.3
8	8	Craig Stadler C. Stadler	$218,829	1	8	99	71.3
9	9	Curtis Strange C. Strange	$201,513		12	101	70.6
10	10	Larry Nelson L. Nelson	$193,342	2	4	95	71.3
11	11	Jack Renner J. Renner	$193,292	1	9	104	71.1
12	12	Johnny Miller J. Miller	$193,167	2	5	62	70.8
13	13	David Graham D. Graham	$188,286	2	7	58	71.6
14	14	Bobby Clampett B. Clampett	$184,710		8	94	70.8
15	15	Jay Haas J. Haas	$181,894	2	6	108	71.3
16	16	Jack Nicklaus J. Nicklaus	$178,213		8	62	70.7
17	17	Tom Weiskopf T. Weiskopf	$177,396	1	4	71	71.3
18	18	Gil Morgan G. Morgan	$171,184		6	85	71.0
19	19	Fuzzy Zoeller F. Zoeller	$151,571	1	4	88	71.0
20	20	Ben Crenshaw B. Crenshaw	$151,038		9	87	71.0
21	21	Keith Fergus K. Fergus	$150,792	1	5	93	71.1
22	22	Lon Hinkle L. Hinkle	$144,307		4	101	71.7
23	23	Lee Trevino L. Trevino	$134,801	1	4	73	71.0
24	24	John Mahaffey J. Mahaffey	$128,795	1	5	80	71.3
25	25	John Cook J. Cook	$127,608	1	3	101	71.4