“I think, especially when I was first coming up, from ’12 to ’16, obviously I don’t want to say ‘idolized,’ that would be the wrong word. But I looked up to him a little bit,” said Brooks Koepka about McIlroy when he was struggling through the Challenge Tour and DP World Tour to get into the PGA Tour. Rory McIlroy then was already establishing himself as a multiple major champion.

Now, many years later, Koepka is LIV Golf’s greatest modern major champion; and McIlroy is pretty much the face of the PGA Tour along with big names like Scottie Scheffler, and Xander Schauffele after Tiger Woods. The two have started getting off well. There is no shocker that they have taken home a lot of money from the golf tournaments, given their career accolades. But the question comes down to, who has earned more?

Rory McIlroy has earned almost three times more than Koepka

The former No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy currently enjoys a net worth of $170 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. The 35-year-old is popular not for just playing in the American Tour but also as a top player on the DP World Tour. The Northern Irishman joined the PGA Tour in 2010, and after almost fifteen years, he had officially made about $90,448,748 from the tournaments.

Well, that is not all for his career earnings from golf. Rory McIlroy has endorsed top brands like Nike and TaylorMade. The Northern Irishman manages to generate nearly $40 million every year from his brand endorsements.

The Irish golfer is among the only players to have bagged four majors by the age of 25. He won the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship, and 2014 PGA Championship. McIlroy joined the list with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

The 4x major winner is also regarded as one of the highest-paid athletes globally. While McIlroy declined the offer of moving to the breakaway league, a news that garnered a lot of attention this year when he had a change of heart for the Saudi-funded league. He went from downrating hating it to accepting the fact that unification of the golf world needs to happen. Brooks Koepka took on the offer, and joined LIV, and was hence banned from the PGA Tour. So, how much does he earn from the breakaway league?

Brooks Koepka enjoys a total net worth of $60 million

As of 2024, Brooks Koepka worth around $60 million, which is almost three times less than McIlroy. During his career on the PGA Tour, he earned $43,426,092 from tournament prizes. When he made his shift, he was reportedly believed to accept a $100 million payday from LIV Golf. This was back in 2022. He won close to $8 million in the first year of joining the league.

As of August 2024, Brooks Koepka has reportedly earned $38.8 million from LIV Golf. There isn’t much information about how much Brooks Koepka earns from brand endorsements. Nonetheless, he has been sharing an extensive deal with Nike for a long time and has also done commercials for Srixon, Rolex, and NetJets.

Although McIlroy has more net worth than Koepka, the latter has bagged five major titles in his career, which is one more than that of the Northern Irishman. His latest major victory was at the 2023 PGA Championship which made him the first LIV golfer in history to lift the major trophy, and he then also became the first and only LIV player so far to play in the Ryder Cup (2023 edition).

So, who are you a bigger fan of? Koepka or McIlroy? Let us know in the comments section below!