The John Deere Classic has a knack for producing entertaining finishes on the PGA Tour. While the annual trip to TPC Deere Run doesn't always draw the biggest field in terms of name power, it does routinely give us a good battle into Sunday. And that was certainly the case with the likes of Lucas Glover, Chris Gotterup, Ben Kohles and many more battling for not just a trophy but for a more than $1 million payout this week at the 2026 John Deere Classic.
Just how much money are the players vying for this week in Moline, IL? That's where we come in. We're breaking down the full John Deere Classic payouts with prize money for every finishing position, but also providing more details about how the purse and more compare to both past years and the rest of the PGA Tour.
John Deere Classic winner's prize money, total purse for 2026
The winner of the 2026 John Deere Classic will take home $1.584 million this week, the most prize money awarded to the winner at TPC Deere Run in the tournament's history and up about $70,000 from last season on the PGA Tour. That's because it's also a record total purse for the tournament this week at $8.8 million, which is up $400,000 from the purse last year.
John Deere Classic payout distribution by finishing position
Finishing Position | John Deere Classic Prize Money |
|---|---|
Winner | $1.584 million |
2nd | $959,200 |
3rd | $607,200 |
4th | $431,200 |
5th | $360,800 |
6th | $319,000 |
7th | $297,000 |
8th | $275,000 |
9th | $257,400 |
10th | $239,800 |
11th | $222,200 |
12th | $204,600 |
13th | $187,000 |
14th | $169,400 |
15th | $160,600 |
16th | $151,800 |
17th | $143,000 |
18th | $134,200 |
19th | $125,400 |
20th | $116,600 |
21st | $107,800 |
22nd | $99,000 |
23rd | $91,960 |
24th | $84,920 |
25th | $77,880 |
26th | $70,840 |
27th | $68,200 |
28th | $65,560 |
29th | $62,920 |
30th | $60,280 |
31st | $57,640 |
32nd | $55,000 |
33rd | $52,360 |
34th | $50,160 |
35th | $47,960 |
36th | $45,760 |
37th | $43,560 |
38th | $41,800 |
39th | $40,040 |
40th | $38,280 |
41st | $36,520 |
42nd | $34,760 |
43rd | $33,000 |
44th | $31,240 |
45th | $29,480 |
46th | $27,720 |
47th | $25,960 |
48th | $24,552 |
49th | $23,320 |
50th | $22,616 |
51st | $22,088 |
52nd | $21,560 |
53rd | $21,208 |
54th | $20,856 |
55th | $20,680 |
56th | $20,504 |
57th | $20,328 |
58th | $20,152 |
59th | $19,976 |
60th | $19,800 |
61st | $19,624 |
62nd | $19,448 |
63rd | $19,272 |
64th | $19,096 |
65th | $18,920 |
66th | $18,744 |
67th | $18,568 |
68th | $18,392 |
69th | $18,216 |
70th | $18,040 |
71st | $17,864 |
72nd | $17,688 |
73rd | $17,512 |
74th | $17,336 |
75th | $17,160 |
76th | $16,984 |
77th | $16,808 |
78th | $16,632 |
79th | $16,456 |
Unfortunately, this is one of the now-rare weeks on the PGA Tour in which the winner is the only player to hit the seven-figure mark when it comes to prize money, though an outright runner-up would end up just over $40,000 short of that mark. Even still, we're seeing the most prize money available to the players in the history of the John Deere Classic this year, which includes everyone who finishes in the top 21 (before ties and split payouts) getting at least $100,000.
John Deere Classic purse and winners in the last 5 years
Year | Winner | Winner's Prize Money | Total Purse |
|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Brian Campbell | $1.512 million | $8.4 million |
2024 | Davis Thompson | $1.44 million | $8 million |
2023 | Sepp Straka | $1.332 million | $7.4 million |
2022 | J.T. Poston | $1.278 million | $7.1 million |
2021 | Lucas Glover | $1.116 million | $6.2 million |
Obviously, an event on the PGA Tour like the John Deere Classic still doesn't boast the total purse that other tournaments and sponsors are able to. The $8.8 million available this year is a record-high, but it's still among the lowest total purses on tour. At the same time, though, the money at TPC Deere Run annually has clearly grown exponentially in recent years.
Consider the fact that, just one year after the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the purse for the John Deere Classic was just $6.2 million. In the five years since then, that total prize money available to the players has increased by a full $2.6 million, more than a 33.3 percent increase in the purse size over that time. All that is to say, you can't fault this event and the sponsors for not putting more money into it.
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