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

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