Tom Watson led the 1980 Money List standings with $530,808 in 88 events.

	RANK	PLAYER	MONEY	WINS	TOP-10	EVENTS	AVG SCORE
1	1	Tom Watson T. Watson	$530,808	7	16	88	70.0
2	2	Lee Trevino L. Trevino	$385,814	3	13	82	69.7
3	3	Curtis Strange C. Strange	$271,888	2	9	114	70.9
4	4	Andy Bean A. Bean	$269,033	1	9	104	70.7
5	5	Ben Crenshaw B. Crenshaw	$237,727	1	10	101	70.9
6	6	Jerry Pate J. Pate	$222,976		12	95	70.7
7	7	George Burns G. Burns	$219,928	1	12	106	71.1
8	8	Craig Stadler C. Stadler	$206,291	2	7	91	71.6
9	9	Mike Reid M. Reid	$206,097		13	111	70.8
10	10	Raymond Floyd R. Floyd	$192,993	1	9	103	71.5
11	11	Larry Nelson L. Nelson	$182,715	1	9	103	71.3
12	12	Billy Kratzert B. Kratzert	$175,771	1	9	115	71.1
13	13	Jack Nicklaus J. Nicklaus	$172,386	2	3	49	71.0
14	14	Howard Twitty H. Twitty	$166,190	1	6	108	71.9
15	15	John Mahaffey J. Mahaffey	$165,827	1	5	89	71.1
16	16	Bruce Lietzke B. Lietzke	$163,884	1	6	87	71.3
17	17	Doug Tewell D. Tewell	$161,684	2	5	91	72.1
18	18	Don Pooley D. Pooley	$157,973	1	7	98	71.4
19	19	Bob Gilder B. Gilder	$152,597	1	5	93	72.0
20	20	Tom Kite T. Kite	$152,490		10	96	71.0
21	21	Jim Colbert J. Colbert	$150,411	1	3	93	71.8
22	22	Mike Sullivan M. Sullivan	$147,759	1	8	95	71.5
23	23	Bill Rogers B. Rogers	$146,883		9	98	71.0
24	24	Scott Simpson S. Simpson	$141,323	1	4	108	71.9
25	25	Leonard Thompson L. Thompson	$138,826		7	100	71.3