who earned the most money on the pga tour in 1981

Tom Kite had the highest earnings in 1981, with $375,699.

NAMEMONEYSEASONEVENTSTOP 10WINSSCORING AVGROUNDSGIR%FWY%DRIVING DISTANCE AVGPUTTING AVGSAND SAVE%SCRAMBLING %FEDEXCUP POINTS
1Tom Kite
T. Kite
$375,699
1981
103
21
1
69.8
107
70.5
73.2
257.3
56.7
2Raymond Floyd
R. Floyd
$359,360
1981
90
14
3
70.2
94
68.3
64.8
263.4
58.7
3Tom Watson
T. Watson
$347,660
1981
77
10
3
70.7
81
64.9
60.9
267.2
60.1
4Bruce Lietzke
B. Lietzke
$343,446
1981
92
13
3
70
96
71.2
65.8
265.8
45.3
5Bill Rogers
B. Rogers
$315,411
1981
91
9
4
71
95
69.8
75.0
250.1
48.5
6Jerry Pate
J. Pate
$280,627
1981
95
11
2
70.5
99
69.0
65.3
267.4
51.7
7Hale Irwin
H. Irwin
$276,499
1981
86
8
2
71.3
90
68.3
67.6
251.1
50.3
8Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
$218,829
1981
99
8
1
71.3
108
66.2
60.9
269.1
49.3
9Curtis Strange
C. Strange
$201,513
1981
101
12
70.6
110
68.2
68.8
255.5
50.3
10Larry Nelson
L. Nelson
$193,342
1981
95
4
2
71.3
98
68.1
74.0
256.5
43.8
11Jack Renner
J. Renner
$193,292
1981
104
9
1
71.1
104
68.5
74.7
250.5
46.5
12Johnny Miller
J. Miller
$193,167
1981
62
5
2
70.8
66
70.6
64.9
263.4
42.1
13David Graham
D. Graham
$188,286
1981
58
7
2
71.6
63
64.2
69.5
260.9
50.0
14Bobby Clampett
B. Clampett
$184,710
1981
94
8
70.8
98
67.8
60.3
265
52.9
15Jay Haas
J. Haas
$181,894
1981
108
6
2
71.3
116
67.5
67.6
256.4
50.6
16Jack Nicklaus
J. Nicklaus
$178,213
1981
62
8
70.7
66
72.0
70.7
264.3
45.8
17Tom Weiskopf
T. Weiskopf
$177,396
1981
71
4
1
71.3
72
67.2
60.7
270.2
44.8
18Gil Morgan
G. Morgan
$171,184
1981
85
6
71
92
66.5
68.6
261.4
46.5
19Fuzzy Zoeller
F. Zoeller
$151,571
1981
88
4
1
71
96
68.6
62.9
274.9
39.6
20Ben Crenshaw
B. Crenshaw
$151,038
1981
87
9
71
95
67.8
62.0
261
56.0
21Keith Fergus
K. Fergus
$150,792
1981
93
5
1
71.1
97
68.8
67.7
265.7
43.9
22Lon Hinkle
L. Hinkle
$144,307
1981
101
4
71.7
104
65.1
59.8
272.5
49.1
23Lee Trevino
L. Trevino
$134,801
1981
73
4
1
71
82
66.7
70.7
256.5
49.6
24John Mahaffey
J. Mahaffey
$128,795
1981
80
5
1
71.3
87
68.4
71.8
252.9
46.8
25John Cook
J. Cook
$127,608
1981
101
3
1
71.4
109
67.6
70.0
257.4
47.4
StatMuse has season-level data for dollars in earnings going back to the 1980 season.