Tom Lehman led the 1996 Money List standings with $1,780,159 in 79 events.

	RANK	PLAYER	MONEY	WINS	TOP-10	EVENTS	AVG SCORE
1	1	Tom Lehman T. Lehman	$1,780,159	2	13	79	69.3
2	2	Phil Mickelson P. Mickelson	$1,697,799	4	8	77	70.2
3	3	Mark Brooks M. Brooks	$1,429,396	3	8	101	70.4
4	4	Steve Stricker S. Stricker	$1,383,739	2	7	82	70.1
5	5	Mark O'Meara M. O'Meara	$1,255,749	2	8	80	69.7
6	6	Fred Couples F. Couples	$1,248,694	1	9	66	69.6
7	7	Davis Love III D. Love III	$1,211,139	1	11	80	69.8
8	8	Brad Faxon B. Faxon	$1,055,050		9	82	69.9
9	9	Scott Hoch S. Hoch	$1,039,564	1	8	96	70.0
10	10	David Duval D. Duval	$977,079		6	75	70.2
11	11	Justin Leonard J. Leonard	$943,140	1	8	101	70.5
12	12	Nick Faldo N. Faldo	$942,621	1	7	56	69.9
13	13	Kenny Perry K. Perry	$925,079		9	81	70.4
14	14	Ernie Els E. Els	$906,944	1	6	65	69.8
15	15	Greg Norman G. Norman	$891,237	1	5	51	69.8
16	16	Tommy Tolles T. Tolles	$871,589		6	95	70.3
17	17	Vijay Singh V. Singh	$855,140		9	90	70.2
18	18	Corey Pavin C. Pavin	$851,320	1	9	81	69.8
19	19	John Cook J. Cook	$831,260	2	5	89	70.5
20	20	Michael Bradley M. Bradley	$820,825	1	6	87	70.4
21	21	Fred Funk F. Funk	$814,334	1	8	108	70.5
22	22	Steve Jones S. Jones	$810,644	1	6	83	70.6
23	23	Jeff Maggert J. Maggert	$804,955		9	91	70.5
24	24	Tiger Woods T. Woods	$790,594	2	5
25	25	Tom Watson T. Watson	$761,238	1	4	54	69.7