Challenge Tour Rankings Winners
The Challenge Tour Rankings have been calculated in Euros since 1999. Prior to that they were calculated in British Pounds.
| Year | Player | Country | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Espen Kofstad | Norway | €131,099 |
| 2011 | Tommy Fleetwood | England | €148,913 |
| 2010 | Álvaro Velasco | Spain | €134,297 |
| 2009 | Edoardo Molinari | Italy | €242,980 |
| 2008 | David Horsey | England | €144,118 |
| 2007 | Michael Lorenzo-Vera | France | €128,927 |
| 2006 | Mark Pilkington | Wales | €119,152 |
| 2005 | Marc Warren | Scotland | €103,577 |
| 2004 | Lee Slattery | England | €95,980 |
| 2003 | Johan Edfors | Sweden | €94,509 |
| 2002 | Lee S James | England | €121,531 |
| 2001 | Mark Foster | England | €97,737 |
| 2000 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | €108,711 |
| 1999 | Carl Suneson | Spain | €69,642 |
| 1998 | Warren Bennett | England | £81,053 |
| 1997 | Michele Reale | Italy | £51,679 |
| 1996 | Ian Garbutt | England | £37,661 |
| 1995 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | £46,471 |
| 1994 | Raymond Burns | Northern Ireland | £43,584 |
| 1993 | Klas Eriksson | Sweden | £48,366 |
| 1992 | Paul Affleck | Wales | £39,769 |
| 1991 | David R Jones | England | £35,533 |
| 1990 | Giuseppe Calì | Italy | £28,383 |
| 1989 | Neal Briggs | England |
The PGA European Tour does track career earnings on the Challenge Tour. A ranking of career earnings would be of little value as a measure of success, since the objective of players on the tour is to leave it as soon as possible by winning promotion to the main tour.
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