Rory McIlroy is a four-time major champion and three-time FedEx Cup winner. Here at SportsLens, we have decided to take an in-depth look at McIlroy’s career thusfar. This includes the net worth, career earnings and endorsement deals of the PGA Tour’s biggest asset.
Rory McIlroy Net Worth Estimated At $220 Million
Rory McIlroy is without a doubt one of the best golfers in the world right now. He is the biggest name in the sport aside from the great Tiger Woods, and is one of the most consistent performs on the course week in, week out on the PGA Tour.
As the 2024 PGA tour season begins, here at SportsLens we have decided to take an in-depth look at Rory McIlroy’s net worth, career earnings and sponsorship deals. According to Golf Monthly, Rory McIlroy’s net worth is estimated to be in the region of $220 million.
The 34-year-old is worth an absolute fortune and outside of Tiger Woods, is the biggest name in the entire sport of golf. McIlroy has won everything there is to win as a professional golfer, apart from The Masters. He has won the three other majors, as well as winning the FedEx Cup three times.
Golf Monthly now estimates his net worth to be at least $220 million, based on his lifetime earnings. McIlroy is without a shadow of a doubt the biggest name in golf bar Tiger Woods and will be until he eventually calls it a day on his career.
Since winning his maiden golf tournament way back in May 2010, McIlroy has earned hundreds of millions of dollars. More about the Northern Irishman’s career earnings later in this article.
McIlroy’s net worth has also been heavily enhanced through ventures off the golf course too. His other main earners off the course comes through his various endorsements and his real estate portfolio. Just like world number one Scottie Scheffler, McIlroy is a Nike athlete and get paid a hefty sum by them every year. Again, more on this later.
The career of Rory McIlroy has been an incredibly successful one thusfar, and a win at the 44th Ryder Cup with Team Europe would cement his legacy as one of the greatest players to ever pick up a golf club.
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Rory McIlroy Career Earnings
| Year | Earnings |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $200,170 |
| 2023 | $20,321,008 |
| 2022 | $40,456,566 |
| 2021 | $8,475,559 |
| 2020 | $5,428,415 |
| 2019 | $22,785,286 |
| 2018 | $4,450,296 |
| 2017 | $2,430,182 |
| 2016 | $5,790,585 |
| 2015 | $5,113,312 |
| 2014 | $8,395,096 |
| 2013 | $1,802,443 |
| 2012 | $8,047,952 |
| 2011 | $2,321,859 |
| 2010 | $3,104,280 |
| 2009 | $1,212,219 |
Figures courtesy of pgatour.com
Ever since Rory McIlroy turned professional, he has had a serious amount of hype and support surrounding him. His first win came at the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship (now the Wells Fargo Championship) and since then he has went on a rampage over the next decade and beyond.
Overall, McIlroy has won 38 events as a professional golfer, including four major championships as well as three FedEx Cup’s. Now, this year, McIlroy is the world’s second best golfer behind Scottie Scheffler, according to the Official World Golf Rankings.
Forget off the course earnings for a minute, purely just on the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy has earned $80,295,728 according to PGA Tour. This puts McIlroy at number two on the PGA Tour career earnings list of all time. Only the great Tiger Woods has won more money throughout his golf career.
The career earnings don’t stop there though for ‘Rors’. According to Spotrac, McIlroy’s career earnings in total equates to over $140 million. As mentioned, his official pay-outs are somewhere in the region of $80 million, but he has earned over $60 million more than that in total.
His three FedEx Cup triumphs will have helped that figure, earning over $50 million alone in bonuses. In 2022, Forbes released the highest paid golfers list and, although LIV Golf players dominated, McIlroy placed sixth with $43 million – $9 million on-course and $34 million off-course.
More about the Northern Irishman’s off the course earnings next.
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Rory McIlroy Endorsement & Sponsorship Deals
Another reason that Rory McIlroy has a net worth of $220 million+ and has earned upward of $140 million in his career is due to the fact he has various sponsors. Just like Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler, the Holywood man is one of the leading athletes on the Nike roster.
Although Nike are McIlroy’s main sponsor, he is also endorsed by several other high-class brands. Some of these include the likes of TaylorMade, NBC Sports/Golf Pass, Omega, Optum and Workday. It is estimated that Rory McIlroy is paid $35 million per year from his various sponsors.
Another of McIlroy’s main sponsors are of course TaylorMade. The 1989-born golf prodigy signed a deal with the golf manufacturer back in 2017 worth $10m per year for 10 years. He plays with solely TaylorMade clubs, a TaylorMade golf ball and has a TaylorMade bag.
Just like Tiger Woods’ previous Nike deal, McIlroy has earned millions of dollar over the years. In 2017, the Northern Irishman was extender for another 10 years, which is said to be worth $10 million per year. His previous Nike deal from 2013-2016 had been worth $20 million per year when he was also using Nike clubs, ball and bag (source: Golf Monthly).
All of these sponsors, along with his earnings on the golf course are all huge factors in the growth of McIlroy’s net worth.
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