Justin Thomas is one decent check away from cracking the top five of the PGA Tour’s all-time earnings list.Tiger Woods‘ reigned for years with his $120.99 million haul, but Scottie Scheffler finally reeled him in in August.Thomas has not won a Major for four yearsGettyRory McIlroy is also closing in on the all-time great, with Justin Rose some way off in fourth on $79.4 million.Adam Scott rounds out the top five on $74.9 million, with Thomas ($74.6 million) hot on his heels.Both are in action at the Yokohama Country Club this week, with an $8 million purse on offer.The rivals are locked in a tie for 26th after shooting two-under to open their Baycurrent Classic challenges.PGA Tour earnings listScottie Scheffler : $130.4MTiger Woods : $121MRory McIlroy : $119.6MJustin Rose : $79.4MAdam Scott : $74.9MJustin Thomas : $74.6MJim Furyk : $71.5MVijay Singh : $71.3MXander Schauffele : $70.1MJordan Spieth : $69MHideki Matsuyama : $68.2MJason Day : $66.7MPatrick Cantlay : $64.2MMatt Kuchar : $62.1MRickie Fowler : $59.1MKeegan Bradley : $58.4MRussell Henley : $54.9MCollin Morikawa : $52.8MTommy Fleetwood : $51.1MZach Johnson : $50.2MJacob Bridgeman currently leads on eight under par chasing the $1.44 million top prize.Thomas would have to finish at least fifth to move up, and hope that 46-year-old Scott falls down the chart.LIV Golf made Jon Rahm a fortuneTo put LIV Golf‘s outlandish spending in perspective, Jon Rahm earned over $100 million on the breakaway tour.A net result has been an increase in prize money on the PGA Tour, although tensions are still high as Rahm and others return following the Saudi Arabian backers pulling out.Thomas thinks it could be a positive and create some headline-grabbing rivalries, especially if Bryson DeChambeau decides to cut his losses and come back to stir the pot.“You’d have to have somebody that kind of plays into it a little bit, right?” Thomas told the We Need a Fourth podcast.Scott won the Masters in 2013GettyThomas will need to shoot some low scores to reel in his rivalGetty“You know, you look at someone like Scottie [Scheffler], and he just, like, he’s above that.“I think that we lost some of those potentials with the LIV guys. So, I think if they come back, there’ll be some.”Thomas turned pro in 2013 and has 16 PGA Tour victories, including two PGA Championships — the second of which came in 2022.The 33-year-old only has one top 10 in a Major in 2026 and will need to improve that record if he wants to climb further up the earnings list as McIlroy and Scheffler pile on the cash.