Michael Kim finished -27 and took 18% of the purse. It was his first PGA Tour win, and 78% of the $1,335,906 he earned that season.
How the 2018 John Deere Classic purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 61% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2018 John Deere Classic prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kim | USA | -27 | $1,008,000 | $1,044,000 +4% |
| T2 | Bronson Burgoon | USA | -19 | $604,800 | $382,800 |
| T2 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | -19 | $604,800 | $382,800 |
| T2 | Joel Dahmen | USA | -19 | $604,800 | $382,800 |
| T2 | Sam Ryder | USA | -19 | $604,800 | $382,800 |
| 6 | Harold Varner III | USA | -18 | $208,800 | |
| T7 | Andres Romero | Argentina | -16 | $168,780 | |
| T7 | Chad Campbell | USA | -16 | $168,780 | |
| T7 | John Huh | USA | -16 | $168,780 | |
| T7 | Keith Mitchell | USA | -16 | $168,780 | |
| T7 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -16 | $168,780 | |
| T12 | Matt Jones | Australia | -15 | $103,200 | $117,450 |
| T12 | Scott Brown | USA | -15 | $103,200 | $117,450 |
| T12 | Steve Wheatcroft | USA | -15 | $103,200 | $117,450 |
| T12 | Tyler Duncan | USA | -15 | $103,200 | $117,450 |
| T16 | David Hearn | Canada | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Mackenzie Hughes | Canada | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Parker McLachlin | USA | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Séamus Power | Ireland | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Whee Kim | South Korea | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T16 | Zach Johnson | USA | -14 | $81,366 | |
| T23 | Chris Kirk | USA | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | Derek Fathauer | USA | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | Dominic Bozzelli | USA | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | Fabián Gómez | Argentina | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | Joaquín Niemann | Chile | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | John Merrick | USA | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T23 | Richy Werenski | USA | -13 | $48,886 | |
| T30 | Chris Stroud | USA | -12 | $36,830 | |
| T30 | Jason Bohn | USA | -12 | $36,830 | |
| T30 | Patton Kizzire | USA | -12 | $36,830 | |
| T30 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -12 | $36,830 | |
| T34 | Austin Cook | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | Cody Gribble | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | C.T. Pan | Chinese Taipei | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | Denny McCarthy | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | J.J. Henry | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | John Senden | Australia | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | Nick Taylor | Canada | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T34 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -11 | $27,453 | |
| T43 | Blayne Barber | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Dylan Meyer | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Nick Hardy | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Patrick Rodgers | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Ricky Barnes | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Steve Stricker | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T43 | Troy Merritt | USA | -10 | $18,096 | |
| T50 | Corey Conners | Canada | -9 | $13,821 | $13,990 |
| T50 | Hudson Swafford | USA | -9 | $13,821 | $13,990 |
| T50 | Kevin Tway | USA | -9 | $13,821 | $13,990 |
| T50 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | -9 | $13,821 | $13,990 |
| T50 | Tom Lovelady | USA | -9 | $13,821 | $13,990 |
| T55 | Andrew Landry | USA | -8 | $12,824 | $13,108 |
| T55 | Conrad Shindler | USA | -8 | $12,824 | $13,108 |
| T55 | Matt Atkins | USA | -8 | $12,824 | $13,108 |
| T55 | Ryan Blaum | USA | -8 | $12,824 | $13,108 |
| T55 | Ryan Moore | USA | -8 | $12,824 | $13,108 |
| T60 | Lanto Griffin | USA | -7 | $12,376 | $12,644 |
| T60 | Nick Watney | USA | -7 | $12,376 | $12,644 |
| T60 | Sam Saunders | USA | -7 | $12,376 | $12,644 |
| T63 | Kelly Kraft | USA | -6 | $12,354 | |
| T63 | Mark Wilson | USA | -6 | $12,354 | |
| T65 | Arjun Atwal | India | -4 | $12,006 | |
| T65 | Ben Silverman | Canada | -4 | $12,006 | |
| T65 | Brett Stegmaier | USA | -4 | $12,006 | |
| T65 | J.T. Poston | USA | -4 | $12,006 | |
| T69 | Nicholas Lindheim | USA | -3 | $11,658 | |
| T69 | Tommy Gainey | USA | -3 | $11,658 | |
| 71 | Kris Blanks | USA | -2 | $11,256 | $11,484 +2% |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Aaron Wise | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Schenk | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Putnam | USA | -1 | $10,556 | |
| MC | Andrew Yun | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Crane | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Haas | USA | -3 | $11,136 | |
| MC | Billy Hurley III | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandon Harkins | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brendon de Jonge | Zimbabwe | +3 | $10,208 | |
| MC | Brendon Todd | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Bullington | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Davis | England | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Stuard | USA | +1 | $10,324 | |
| MC | Brice Garnett | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Broc Everett | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Cameron Beckman | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Cameron Percy | Australia | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Cameron Tringale | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Chad Proehl | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Beljan | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Wi | South Korea | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Chesson Hadley | USA | -3 | $11,136 | |
| MC | Chez Reavie | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Couch | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Barlow | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Chopra | Sweden | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Summerhays | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Lee | New Zealand | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | David Berganio Jr | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | David Lingmerth | Sweden | -3 | $11,136 | |
| MC | Davis Love III | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Dicky Pride | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | D.J. Trahan | USA | E | $10,440 | |
| MC | Doug Ghim | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Dru Love | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ethan Tracy | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | George McNeill | USA | -3 | $11,136 | |
| MC | Harris English | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Gore | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | John Rollins | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jonathan Byrd | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jonathan Randolph | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ken Duke | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kyle Stanley | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Kyle Thompson | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Manav Shah | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Martin Flores | USA | -3 | $11,136 | |
| MC | Martin Piller | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Every | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Thompson | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Norman Xiong | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Omar Uresti | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Malnati | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rob Oppenheim | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Allenby | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Streb | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Roberto Díaz | Mexico | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | -2 | $10,730 | |
| MC | Scott Piercy | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Stallings | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Sean McCarty | USA | -2 | $10,730 | |
| MC | Sean O'Hair | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Shawn Stefani | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Si Woo Kim | South Korea | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephan Jaeger | Germany | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Bowditch | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Sung Kang | South Korea | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Talor Gooch | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Herron | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Trey Mullinax | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Matteson | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tyrone Van Aswegen | South Africa | E | $0 | |
| MC | Vince India | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Wesley Bryan | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Will Claxton | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | William McGirt | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Xinjun Zhang | China | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Zac Blair | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Zecheng Dou | China | +3 | $0 |
John Deere Classic winner's share over time
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2018 John Deere Classic payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2018 John Deere Classic get?
Michael Kim won $1,044,000 from a $5,800,000 purse.
What was the 2018 John Deere Classic purse?
$5,800,000.
How much did last place get at the 2018 John Deere Classic?
The smallest check was $10,208, to Brendon de Jonge (None).
How many players made the cut at the 2018 John Deere Classic?
71 players made the cut and finished, and 85 players missed it.