Between the 1979 and 1980 seasons, Tom Watson had the highest earnings, with $530,808.

	NAME	MONEY	EVENTS	TOP 10	WINS	ROUNDS
1	Tom Watson T. Watson	$530,808	88	16	7	92
2	Lee Trevino L. Trevino	$385,814	82	13	3	86
3	Curtis Strange C. Strange	$271,888	114	9	2	122
4	Andy Bean A. Bean	$269,033	104	9	1	116
5	Ben Crenshaw B. Crenshaw	$237,727	101	10	1	109
6	Jerry Pate J. Pate	$222,976	95	12		107
7	George Burns G. Burns	$219,928	106	12	1	110
8	Craig Stadler C. Stadler	$206,291	91	7	2	103
9	Mike Reid M. Reid	$206,097	111	13		115
10	Raymond Floyd R. Floyd	$192,993	103	9	1	107
11	Larry Nelson L. Nelson	$182,715	103	9	1	114
12	Billy Kratzert B. Kratzert	$175,771	115	9	1	122
13	Jack Nicklaus J. Nicklaus	$172,386	49	3	2	53
14	Howard Twitty H. Twitty	$166,190	108	6	1	111
15	John Mahaffey J. Mahaffey	$165,827	89	5	1	101
16	Bruce Lietzke B. Lietzke	$163,884	87	6	1	91
17	Doug Tewell D. Tewell	$161,684	91	5	2	99
18	Don Pooley D. Pooley	$157,973	98	7	1	106
19	Bob Gilder B. Gilder	$152,597	93	5	1	105
20	Tom Kite T. Kite	$152,490	96	10		108
21	Jim Colbert J. Colbert	$150,411	93	3	1	100
22	Mike Sullivan M. Sullivan	$147,759	95	8	1	102
23	Bill Rogers B. Rogers	$146,883	98	9		102
24	Scott Simpson S. Simpson	$141,323	108	4	1	116
25	Leonard Thompson L. Thompson	$138,826	100	7		108

StatMuse has season-level data for dollars in earnings going back to the 1980 season.