Belmo's $288,290 Top PBA Earnings For 2019
Belmo's $288,290 Top PBA Earnings For 2019
There were more six-figure winners on the PBA Tour in 2019 than any other point in the decade as Jason Belmonte led the way with $288,290.
There were more six-figure winners on the PBA Tour in 2019 than any other point in the decade as Jason Belmonte led the way with $288,290.
In all, nine players earned more than $100,000 last season, the most since the 2012-13 season when eight players eclipsed the milestone.
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For Belmonte, it’s the third consecutive year and fifth out of the past six seasons he has topped the earnings list. His total in 2019 far exceeded the $110,500 he earned in 2018. In 2017, Belmonte took home $238,912, his previous career best.
The last player to earn more in a season than Belmonte did in 2019 was Mika Koivuniemi, who pocketed $333,040 during the 2010-11 season. A big chunk of that came from a $250,000 payday when he won the PBA Tournament of Champions.
Here are the top 50 in PBA Tour earnings for the 2019 season, provided by the PBA. The amounts only include prize money earned in events and do not include any sponsorship money players may have earned.
| POS | NAME | AMOUNT | |
| 1 | Jason | Belmonte | $288,290.00 |
| 2 | Jakob | Butturff | $235,780.00 |
| 3 | Bill | O'Neill | $192,448.00 |
| 4 | Kristopher | Prather | $183,960.00 |
| 5 | Sean | Rash | $181,897.00 |
| 6 | Anthony | Simonsen | $176,598.00 |
| 7 | EJ | Tackett | $172,945.00 |
| 8 | Dom | Barrett | $125,720.00 |
| 9 | Norm | Duke | $105,515.00 |
| 10 | Kyle | Sherman | $97,558.00 |
| 11 | Dick | Allen | $77,805.00 |
| 12 | Jesper | Svensson | $76,058.00 |
| 13 | Kyle | Troup | $74,485.00 |
| 14 | Tom | Daugherty | $72,420.00 |
| 15 | AJ | Johnson | $62,543.00 |
| 16 | Wes | Malott | $62,342.00 |
| 17 | Marshall | Kent | $60,723.00 |
| 18 | Chris | Barnes | $58,977.00 |
| 19 | Rhino | Page | $55,450.00 |
| 20 | Tommy | Jones | $54,418.00 |
| 21 | BJ | Moore | $50,535.00 |
| 22 | Andres | Gomez | $46,820.00 |
| 23 | Brad | Miller | $45,646.00 |
| 24 | Francois | Lavoie | $44,734.00 |
| 25 | Mitch | Hupe | $42,483.00 |
| 26 | Jason | Sterner | $41,875.00 |
| 27 | Stuart | Williams | $41,721.00 |
| 28 | AJ | Chapman | $41,319.00 |
| 29 | Josh | Blanchard | $40,228.00 |
| 30 | Matthew | McNiel | $38,997.00 |
| 31 | Shawn | Maldonado | $37,525.00 |
| 32 | Mykel | Holliman | $36,580.00 |
| 33 | DJ | Archer | $36,115.00 |
| 34 | Andrew | Anderson | $35,515.00 |
| 35 | Darren | Tang | $35,483.00 |
| 36 | Ryan | Ciminelli | $35,282.00 |
| 37 | Anthony | Lavery-Spahr | $34,800.00 |
| 38 | Sam | Cooley | $33,110.00 |
| 39 | Jake | Peters | $31,788.00 |
| 40 | Patrick | Girard | $31,300.00 |
| 41 | Tom | Smallwood | $30,448.00 |
| 42 | Nicholas | Pate | $28,137.00 |
| 43 | Thomas | Larsen | $26,977.00 |
| 44 | Arnar | Jonsson | $26,464.00 |
| 45 | Michael | Tang | $24,691.00 |
| 46 | Osku | Palermaa | $20,240.00 |
| 47 | Zacharay | Wilkins | $19,463.00 |
| 48 | Matthew | Ogle | $19,000.00 |
| 49 | Chris | Via | $18,807.00 |
| 50 | Martin | Larsen | $17,300.00 |