You can’t talk about LIV Golf for long without bringing up the exorbitant amount of money the players compete for each event.
With $20 million up for grabs at regular season events ($4 million to the winner), it certainly pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask the likes of Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith and Brooks Koepka.
The four players have each eclipsed $19 million in individual prize money across the last two LIV Golf seasons, with Gooch as the only player to hit the $20 million mark. Across 20 regular-season events, 11 players have earned more than $10 million by themselves, and that’s without including how much they each made upfront for signing with the upstart circuit financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
As the season comes to a close this weekend at the 2023 LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral, here’s a look at who has cashed in for the most individual prize money so far (We’re using individual prize money only as team prize money can be distributed in different ways within each squad).
Talor Gooch – $20,632,012
Dustin Johnson – $19,314,945
Cameron Smith – $19,271,417
Brooks Koepka – $19,146,933
Bryson DeChambeau – $15,284,250
Branden Grace – $14,912,083
Patrick Reed – $12,957,047
Peter Uihlein – $12,026,416
Anirban Lahiri – $11,024,750
Sergio Garcia – $10,365,917
Harold Varner III – $10,333,333
Full individual prize money list
| Position | Player | 2023 earnings | 2022 earnings | Total earnings |
| 1 | Talor Gooch | $17,320,012 | $3,312,000 | $20,632,012 |
| 2 | Dustin Johnson | $8,739,678 | $10,575,267 | $19,314,945 |
| 3 | Cameron Smith | $13,955,417 | $5,316,000 | $19,271,417 |
| 4 | Brooks Koepka | $13,495,833 | $5,651,100 | $19,146,933 |
| 5 | Bryson DeChambeau | $13,335,000 | $1,949,250 | $15,284,250 |
| 6 | Branden Grace | $8,402,417 | $6,509,666 | $14,912,083 |
| 7 | Patrick Reed | $7,808,833 | $5,148,214 | $12,957,047 |
| 8 | Peter Uihlein | $6,211,630 | $5,814,786 | $12,026,416 |
| 9 | Anirban Lahiri | $8,361,250 | $2,663,500 | $11,024,750 |
| 10 | Sergio Garcia | $6,362,131 | $4,003,786 | $10,365,917 |
| 11 | Harold Varner III | $9,125,833 | $1,207,500 | $10,333,333 |
| 12 | Charles Howell III | $8,078,333 | $1,432,833 | $9,511,166 |
| 13 | Carlos Ortiz | $5,363,845 | $4,010,314 | $9,374,159 |
| 14 | Charl Schwartzel | $2,734,166 | $6,010,000 | $8,744,166 |
| 15 | Henrik Stenson | $4,204,750 | $4,441,000 | $8,645,750 |
| 16 | Louis Oosthuizen | $5,237,880 | $3,270,167 | $8,508,047 |
| 17 | Joaquin Niemann | $4,042,666 | $4,274,286 | $8,316,952 |
| 18 | Eugenio Chacarra | $3,284,583 | $4,807,000 | $8,091,583 |
| 19 | Mito Pereira | $7,970,583 | $0 | $7,970,583 |
| 20 | Matthew Wolff | $3,920,833 | $3,913,667 | $7,834,500 |
| 21 | Marc Leishman | $6,436,250 | $905,500 | $7,341,750 |
| 22 | Sebastian Muñoz | $7,178,917 | $0 | $7,178,917 |
| 23 | Abraham Ancer | $4,381,964 | $2,320,500 | $6,702,464 |
| 24 | Richard Bland | $4,404,726 | $2,295,833 | $6,700,559 |
| 25 | Danny Lee | $5,929,250 | $0 | $5,929,250 |
| 26 | Cameron Tringale | $5,134,584 | $778,700 | $5,913,284 |
| 27 | Scott Vincent | $4,617,917 | $1,248,700 | $5,866,617 |
| 28 | Paul Casey | $2,871,250 | $2,980,867 | $5,852,117 |
| 29 | Dean Burmester | $5,715,749 | $0 | $5,715,749 |
| 30 | Kevin Na | $3,632,262 | $1,664,286 | $5,296,548 |
| 31 | Brendan Steele | $5,260,345 | $0 | $5,260,345 |
| 32 | Jason Kokrak | $3,916,666 | $1,334,500 | $5,251,166 |
| 33 | Lee Westwood | $2,143,000 | $2,897,914 | $5,040,914 |
| 34 | Pat Perez | $3,952,500 | $961,000 | $4,913,500 |
| 35 | Ian Poulter | $2,853,333 | $1,628,333 | $4,481,666 |
| 36 | Phil Mickelson | $2,671,250 | $1,512,850 | $4,184,100 |
| 37 | Laurie Canter | $2,251,214 | $1,906,950 | $4,158,164 |
| 38 | Matt Jones | $2,781,833 | $1,342,200 | $4,124,033 |
| 39 | David Puig | $3,903,333 | $139,000 | $4,042,333 |
| 40 | Graeme McDowell | $2,497,679 | $1,498,381 | $3,996,060 |
| 41 | Bernd Wiesberger | $2,462,917 | $1,531,000 | $3,993,917 |
| 42 | Sihwan Kim | $1,648,000 | $2,132,000 | $3,780,000 |
| 43 | James Piot | $1,991,333 | $1,686,000 | $3,677,333 |
| 44 | Chase Koepka | $1,880,714 | $1,703,964 | $3,584,678 |
| 45 | Sam Horsfield | $1,373,333 | $2,159,000 | $3,532,333 |
| 46 | Jediah Morgan | $1,966,250 | $1,155,000 | $3,121,250 |
| 47 | Thomas Pieters | $3,055,666 | $0 | $3,055,666 |
| 48 | Martin Kaymer | $1,465,833 | $1,536,800 | $3,002,633 |
| 49 | Bubba Watson | $2,714,583 | $0 | $2,714,583 |
| 50 | Hennie Du Plessis | $0 | $2,405,000 | $2,405,000 |
| 51 | Turk Pettit | $0 | $1,441,000 | $1,441,000 |
| 52 | Justin Harding | $0 | $1,319,167 | $1,319,167 |
| 53 | Phachara Khongwatmai | $0 | $1,233,333 | $1,233,333 |
| 54 | Jinichiro Kozuma | $0 | $1,205,000 | $1,205,000 |
| 55 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | $0 | $1,162,286 | $1,162,286 |
| 56 | Wade Ormsby | $40,833 | $1,007,000 | $1,047,833 |
| 57 | Adrian Otaegui | $0 | $1,044,500 | $1,044,500 |
| 58 | Shaun Norris | $0 | $1,006,000 | $1,006,000 |
| 59 | Hudson Swafford | $0 | $991,000 | $991,000 |
| 60 | Andy Ogletree | $788,333 | $120,000 | $908,333 |
| 61 | Hideto Tanihara | $0 | $752,600 | $752,600 |
| 62 | Oliver Bekker | $0 | $737,500 | $737,500 |
| 63 | Ryosuke Kinoshita | $0 | $624,000 | $624,000 |
| 64 | Yuki Inamori | $0 | $501,000 | $501,000 |
| 65 | Travis Smyth | $0 | $471,000 | $471,000 |
| 66 | Ian Snyman | $0 | $316,000 | $316,000 |
| 67 | Pablo Larrazabal | $0 | $315,000 | $315,000 |
| 68 | Blake Windred | $0 | $263,000 | $263,000 |
| 69 | Itthipat Buranatanyarat | $0 | $249,000 | $249,000 |
| 70 | JC Ritchie | $0 | $226,000 | $226,000 |
| 71 | Viraj Madappa | $0 | $154,000 | $154,000 |
| 72 | Kevin Yuan | $0 | $146,000 | $146,000 |
| 73 | Shergo Al Kurdi | $0 | $144,000 | $144,000 |
| 74 | Oliver Fisher | $0 | $136,000 | $136,000 |
| 75 | Kieran Vincent | $81,666 | $0 | $81,666 |
| 76 | Ratchanon Chantananuwat | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
