
The 2026 LIV Golf League is off to a memorable start with its opener in Riyadh quickly followed by its hugely popular Adelaide event.
Both tournaments produced brilliant stories, with new Ripper GC recruit Elvis Smylie taking the honors in Saudi Arabia, before Anthony Kim's incredible victory in Australia to give him his first professional golf title in 16 years.
Smylie and Kim each banked $4m for their wins, giving them a flying start in the 2026 LIV Golf Money List, but remarkably, it is another name who sits proudly at the top of it.
Jon Rahm finished runner-up at both events, giving him two payouts of $2.25m. Therefore, even at this early stage of the season, the Legion XIII captain has a haul of $4.5m - almost $300,000 more than 4Aces GC star Kim's overall earnings of $4.20m.
Smylie is third on the list with $4.17m following a T27th result in Adelaide.

Another player who has enjoyed a strong start to the season is Peter Uihlein. The Range Goats GC player has finished third both weeks to leave him fourth on the money list with earnings of $2.6m.
In total, nine players have earnings of over $1m already, with Bryson DeChambeau, Abraham Ancer, Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Herbert and Thomas Pieters also having banked seven-figure sums. Sebastian Munoz completes the top-10 of the money list with $967,500.
Further down, Joaquin Niemann, who came close to winning the Individual Championship in 2025, before Rahm beat him to it, has had a relatively quiet start to the campaign.
Finishes of T22nd and T12th mean he's currently 19th on the money list with earnings of $553,000.

At the bottom, three players are yet to reach six-figures for the season, with reserves John Catlin and Ollie Schniederjans - as well as Cleeek GC captain Martin Kaymer - each on $50,000 from one appearance so far.
Below is the full LIV Golf money list after two tournaments.
LIV Golf League Money List 2026
Position |
Player |
Prize Money |
1st |
Jon Rahm |
$4,500,000 |
2nd |
Anthony Kim |
$4,203,000 |
3rd |
Elvis Smylie |
$4,177,500 |
4th |
Peter Uihlein |
$2,600,000 |
5th |
Bryson DeChambeau |
$1,350,000 |
6th |
Abraham Ancer |
$1,183,000 |
7th |
Tyrrell Hatton |
$1,150,000 |
8th |
Lucas Herbert |
$1,065,000 |
9th |
Thomas Pieters |
$1,010,500 |
10th |
Sebastian Munoz |
$967,500 |
11th |
David Puig |
$883,333 |
12th |
Branden Grace |
$857,500 |
13th |
Thomas Detry |
$765,000 |
14th |
Cameron Smith |
$753,750 |
15th |
Dean Burmester |
$700,000 |
16th |
Marc Leishman |
$645,500 |
17th |
Byeong-hun An |
$610,000 |
18th |
Talor Gooch |
$605,000 |
19th |
Joaquin Niemann |
$553,000 |
20th |
Scott Vincent |
$506,250 |
21st |
Dustin Johnson |
$495,000 |
22nd |
Graeme McDowell |
$481,667 |
23rd |
Richard T Lee |
$448,750 |
24th |
Jason Kokrak |
$448,000 |
25th |
Yosuke Asaji |
$445,000 |
26th |
Carlos Ortiz |
$440,750 |
27th |
Ben Campbell |
$401,071 |
28th |
Charl Schwartzel |
$401,071 |
29th |
Caleb Surratt |
$381,250 |
30th |
Brendan Steele |
$351,667 |
31st |
Matt Wolff |
$351,667 |
32nd |
Tom McKibbin |
$338,500 |
33rd |
Josele Ballester |
$331,500 |
34th |
Adrian Meronk |
$309,500 |
35th |
Ian Poulter |
$306,250 |
36th |
Paul Casey |
$300,000 |
37th |
Sergio Garcia |
$293,571 |
38th |
Louis Oosthuizen |
$293,571 |
39th |
Charles Howell III |
$287,750 |
40th |
Min-kyu Kim |
$280,250 |
41st |
Danny Lee |
$280,250 |
42nd |
Michael La Sasso |
$280,250 |
43rd |
Richard Bland |
$260,000 |
44th |
Bjorn Hellgren |
$253,000 |
45th |
Young-han Song |
$244,571 |
46th |
Harold Varner III |
$244,571 |
47th |
Luis Masaveu |
$229,750 |
48th |
Victor Perez |
$227,500 |
49th |
Ben Schmidt |
$217,250 |
50th |
Anirban Lahiri |
$206,071 |
51st |
Laurie Canter |
$191,250 |
52nd |
Bubba Watson |
$187,500 |
53rd |
Cameron Tringale |
$178,750 |
54th |
Miguel Tabuena |
$138,500 |
55th |
Wade Ormsby |
$137,500 |
56th |
Sam Horsfield |
$100,000 |
57th |
John Catlin |
$50,000 |
58th |
Martin Kaymer |
$50,000 |
59th |
Ollie Schniederjans |
$50,000 |