The PGA Championship purse is continuing its upward trajectory once again this year, offering its biggest-ever collective payout to the 156 players who teed it up this week at Aronimink.
Like all the major championships, the PGA Championship purse has increased significantly every year over the last several years — nearly doubling over the last seven editions. Check out the increases since 2020:
2020 PGA Championship purse: $11 million
2021 PGA Championship purse: $12 million
2022 PGA Championship purse: $15 million
2023 PGA Championship purse: $17.5 million
2024 PGA Championship purse: $18.5 million
2025 PGA Championship purse: $19 million
This year, the trend continued, with the 2026 PGA Championship purse setting a new record at a total at $20.5 million. (The Players championship remains the richest purse in golf at a total of $25 million.)
This year’s PGA Champion will surpass the payout received by 2025 PGA champion Scottie Scheffler by $270,000, with a $3.69 million total payday. The runner-up will receive a cool $2.214 million, and third place will clear seven figures too, with a payout of $1.394 million.
Even the players who missed the cut will receive a payout of $4,300 each. So how much did the rest of the players in the field come away with this year? You can find a complete list of the 2026 PGA Championship payouts for each player below.
How much money every player made at the 2026 PGA Championship
This information will be updated at the conclusion of the PGA Championship.
1. Aaron Rai — $3,690,000
2. Jon Rahm — $2,214,000
T3. Justin Thomas — $981,400
T3. Ludvig Åberg — $981,400
T3. Alex Smalley — $981,400
T3. Matti Schmid — $981,400
T7. Cameron Smith — $637,050
T7. Rory McIlroy — $637,050
T7. Xander Schauffele — $637,050
T10. Kurt Kitayama — $496,708
T10. Chris Gotterup — $496,708
T10. Justin Rose — $496,708
T10. Patrick Reed — $496,708
T14. Matt Fitzpatrick — $364,763
T14. Scottie Scheffler — $364,763
T14. Max Greyserman — $364,763
T14. Ben Griffin — $364,763
T18. Jordan Spieth — $229,129
T18. Stephan Jaeger — $229,129
T18. Padraig Harrington — $229,129
T18. David Puig — $229,129
T18. Harris English — $229,129
T18. Min Woo Lee — $229,129
T18. Joaquin Niemann — $229,129
T18. Maverick McNealy — $229,129
T26. Alex Noren — $125,523
T26. Cameron Young — $125,523
T26. Andrew Novak — $125,523
T26. Daniel Hillier — $125,523
T26. Tom Hoge — $125,523
T26. Sam Burns — $125,523
T26. Hideki Matsuyama — $125,523
T26. Bud Cauley — $125,523
T26. Nick Taylor — $125,523
T35. Christiaan Bezuidenhout — $78,806
T35. Patrick Cantlay — $78,806
T35. Ryo Hisatsune — $78,806
T35. Daniel Berger — $78,806
T35. Ryan Fox — $78,806
T35. Haotong Li — $78,806
T35. Aldrich Potgieter — $78,806
T35. Si Woo Kim — $78,806
T35. Martin Kaymer — $78,806
T44. Matt Wallace — $50,348
T44. Shane Lowry — $50,348
T44. Jhonattan Vegas — $50,348
T44. Denny McCarthy — $50,348
T44. Chandler Blanchet — $50,348
T44. Taylor Pendrith — $50,348
T44. Dustin Johnson — $50,348
T44. Nicolai Højgaard — $50,348
T44. Michael Kim — $50,348
T44. Kristoffer Reitan — $50,348
T44. Chris Kirk — $50,348
T55. Collin Morikawa — $34,186
T55. Corey Conners — $34,186
T55. Andrew Putnam — $34,186
T55. Brooks Koepka — $34,186
T55. Mikael Lindberg — $34,186
T60. Sami Valimaki — $29,218
T60. Sahith Theegala — $29,218
T60. Rico Hoey — $29,218
T60. Rickie Fowler — $29,218
T60. Brian Harman — $29,218
T65. Casey Jarvis — $26,900
T65. Jason Day — $26,900
T65. Rasmus Højgaard — $26,900
T65. Keith Mitchell — $26,900
T65. Sam Stevens — $26,900
T70. Luke Donald — $25,070
T70. Ryan Gerard — $25,070
T70. John Parry — $25,070
T70. William Mouw — $25,070
T70. Kazuki Higa — $25,070
T75. Elvis Smylie — $24,193
T75. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen — $24,193
T75. Alex Fitzpatrick — $24,193
T75. Daniel Brown — $24,193
79. Johnny Keefer — $23,970
80. Ben Kern — $23,930
81. Michael Brennan — $23,910
82. Brian Campbell — $23,900
