Dustin Johnson’s insane LIV Golf earnings as American hits new low after painful 13 months

Dustin Johnson has bolstered his bank balance as hoped since his controversial LIV Golf switch, but his game has fallen off a cliff since claiming the maiden individual championship

Dustin Johnson may have hit a slump with LIV Golf as of late, but he’s still the second-highest earner on the tour.

The 40-year-old made quite the name for himself on the PGA Tour between 2008 and 2022, winning 24 events and bagging two majors in the form of the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Masters. But he ultimately made the decision to team up with the controversial LIV breakaway league three years ago, initially finding success with the set-up.

Johnson was said to have pocketed a total of $55,370,380 from the tour prior to last weekend’s event in Hong Kong, where he’s estimated to have made $50K despite finishing rock bottom of the individual standings. That’s in large part thanks to the $18M awarded to him when he was crowned the 2022 LIV Golf Individual Champion in its maiden season. In 2022, Johnson racked up a total of 135 points with his 4Aces team.

He clinched the crown at September’s LIV Invitational Boston event, while his team won events in Portland, Bedminster and Chicago – as well as the Team Championship in Miami to cap off an incredible season. However, the South Carolina native’s career has suffered a substantial slump in the years since.

While the 2023 season saw him earn a second individual victory in Tulsa, he fell to fifth in the overall year-end standings. And while he won the second event of the 2024 season in Las Vegas last February, he failed to break into the top five in any of the 11 events that followed – missing out of the top 20 in seven of the matches.

His 2025 campaign thus far has looked even more lackluster still, with Johnson currently sitting 50th and in the drop zone of the league after three events, with zero points to his name – a far cry from first-place Sergio Garcia, who has 54. Johnson kicked off his year with a T44 finish in Riyadh with an overall score of two-under-par, before improving slightly in Adelaide with a 31st-place finish.