who won the most pga tour money in the 80s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Curtis Strange had the highest earnings, with $4,819,861.

NAME MONEY EVENTS TOP 10 WINS ROUNDS
1 Curtis Strange
C. Strange
$4,819,861
972
87
16
1,030
2 Tom Kite
T. Kite
$4,809,132
926
110
11
987
3 Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
$3,606,706
766
70
5
857
4 Tom Watson
T. Watson
$3,488,811
700
86
19
740
5 Ben Crenshaw
B. Crenshaw
$3,181,672
835
71
7
903
6 Greg Norman
G. Norman
$3,162,738
374
53
8
502
7 Lanny Wadkins
L. Wadkins
$3,008,086
878
69
11
916
8 Chip Beck
C. Beck
$2,857,035
922
51
2
958
9 Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
$2,801,884
864
76
8
933
10 Paul Azinger
P. Azinger
$2,742,654
552
43
5
653
11 Hal Sutton
H. Sutton
$2,724,820
791
61
7
824
12 Mark O'Meara
M. O'Meara
$2,618,033
872
54
4
923
13 Fred Couples
F. Couples
$2,572,979
841
58
3
908
14 Scott Hoch
S. Hoch
$2,526,141
884
61
4
993
15 Bruce Lietzke
B. Lietzke
$2,502,823
791
63
7
811
16 Raymond Floyd
R. Floyd
$2,376,953
796
62
10
840
17 John Mahaffey
J. Mahaffey
$2,331,720
966
50
6
1,046
18 Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
$2,324,461
500
39
6
644
19 Mark McCumber
M. McCumber
$2,303,548
856
39
6
915
20 Dan Pohl
D. Pohl
$2,288,924
922
60
2
972
21 Andy Bean
A. Bean
$2,229,331
837
62
6
929
22 Mike Reid
M. Reid
$2,218,464
899
53
2
929
23 Fuzzy Zoeller
F. Zoeller
$2,201,016
797
56
8
850
24 Larry Nelson
L. Nelson
$2,196,024
766
51
8
811
25 Scott Simpson
S. Simpson
$2,191,493
899
46
5
931
StatMuse has season-level data for dollars in earnings going back to the 1980 season.