who had the highest earnings by a player in 1998 to 1999'

Between the 1998 and 1999 seasons, Tiger Woods had the highest earnings, with $8,457,702.

NAMEMONEYEVENTSTOP 10WINSROUNDS
1Tiger Woods
T. Woods
$8,457,702
160
29
9
152
2David Duval
D. Duval
$6,232,937
165
24
8
157
3Vijay Singh
V. Singh
$4,522,231
204
18
3
194
4Davis Love III
D. Love III
$4,016,480
161
23
1
152
5Hal Sutton
H. Sutton
$3,966,318
195
22
3
194
6Jim Furyk
J. Furyk
$3,881,927
201
20
2
197
7Justin Leonard
J. Leonard
$3,692,814
206
15
1
208
8Phil Mickelson
P. Mickelson
$3,559,927
168
15
2
157
9Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
$3,271,946
145
11
2
148
10John Huston
J. Huston
$3,063,497
175
15
2
173
11Jeff Maggert
J. Maggert
$3,009,433
171
14
1
165
12Chris Perry
C. Perry
$2,875,878
235
18
1
235
13Jeff Sluman
J. Sluman
$2,769,866
218
11
2
225
14Fred Funk
F. Funk
$2,760,869
233
16
1
240
15Mark O'Meara
M. O'Meara
$2,655,495
132
10
2
131
16David Toms
D. Toms
$2,594,745
196
10
2
196
17Nick Price
N. Price
$2,591,806
133
13
1
124
18Steve Pate
S. Pate
$2,538,464
194
9
1
189
19Ernie Els
E. Els
$2,474,539
116
11
2
108
20Tom Lehman
T. Lehman
$2,469,237
162
10
159
21Fred Couples
F. Couples
$2,419,581
127
11
2
124
22Scott Hoch
S. Hoch
$2,409,745
201
15
203
23Glen Day
G. Day
$2,392,929
188
13
1
189
24Jesper Parnevik
J. Parnevik
$2,346,290
144
9
2
135
25Bob Estes
B. Estes
$2,345,548
215
16
212
StatMuse has season-level data for dollars in earnings going back to the 1980 season.