most career money won 1980 to 1990 pga tour

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, Tom Kite had the highest earnings, with $5,467,334.

NAME MONEY WINS EVENTS TOP 10 ROUNDS
1 Tom Kite
T. Kite
$5,467,334
12
1012
119
1,075
2 Curtis Strange
C. Strange
$5,097,033
16
1044
93
1,104
3 Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
$4,582,987
7
861
78
956
4 Greg Norman
G. Norman
$4,328,215
10
434
64
566
5 Tom Watson
T. Watson
$3,702,800
19
757
91
799
6 Paul Azinger
P. Azinger
$3,687,385
6
650
55
755
7 Lanny Wadkins
L. Wadkins
$3,681,519
12
960
75
1,000
8 Ben Crenshaw
B. Crenshaw
$3,532,865
8
903
73
979
9 Chip Beck
C. Beck
$3,428,851
3
1009
58
1,047
10 Fred Couples
F. Couples
$3,330,978
4
916
67
987
11 Mark O'Meara
M. O'Meara
$3,325,208
6
957
60
1,012
12 Wayne Levi
W. Levi
$3,202,712
10
986
60
1,043
13 Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
$3,158,742
6
593
48
739
14 Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
$3,080,366
8
930
81
1,001
15 Hal Sutton
H. Sutton
$2,931,904
7
881
65
914
16 Scott Hoch
S. Hoch
$2,860,119
4
972
68
1,083
17 Bruce Lietzke
B. Lietzke
$2,832,117
7
852
67
872
18 Tim Simpson
T. Simpson
$2,750,880
4
1121
55
1,165
19 Gil Morgan
G. Morgan
$2,691,942
3
828
66
908
20 John Mahaffey
J. Mahaffey
$2,656,835
6
1062
53
1,146
21 Raymond Floyd
R. Floyd
$2,641,031
10
850
65
898
22 Larry Mize
L. Mize
$2,589,722
2
849
50
908
23 Peter Jacobsen
P. Jacobsen
$2,572,940
4
946
49
1,020
24 David Frost
D. Frost
$2,508,968
4
533
44
555
25 Hale Irwin
H. Irwin
$2,486,016
8
824
51
871
StatMuse has season-level data for dollars in earnings and tournament wins going back to the 1980 season.