The Tier
Pro Rodeo
The professional circuit. Where the National Finals Rodeo crowns a World Champion every December.
Full-time competing cowboys and cowgirls and the fans who follow them.
- Bodies
- 7
- Athletes tracked
- 60
- Upcoming events
- 12
- Season
- Year-round. Winter run January through March, summer run June through August, NFR in December.
Sanctioning bodies at this level
The professional circuit. One crown. 650 rodeos, one NFR.
Enter > PBR Professional Bull RidersBull riding, only. The biggest bulls, the biggest purses, one world champion a year.
Enter > WPRA Women's Professional Rodeo AssociationThe oldest women's sports association in the United States. Barrel racing, breakaway, all-around.
Enter > WCRA World Champions Rodeo AllianceThe million-dollar rodeos. Open nomination format, one check that changes a career.
Enter > USTRC United States Team Roping ChampionshipsThe jackpot circuit. Number-rating system. Team roping for everyone.
Enter > Tuff Hedeman Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding TourBull riding tour founded by the four-time World Champion. Smaller arenas, bigger bulls.
Enter > Xtreme Bulls PRCA Xtreme Bulls TourPRCA-sanctioned, bull riding only. Stand-alone events at the majors.
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Upcoming pro rodeos
- Apr 22 Angelina Benefit Rodeo Lufkin, TX PRCA
- Apr 22 Clovis Rodeo (112th) Clovis, CA PRCA
- Apr 22 Clovis Rodeo Xtreme Bulls Clovis, CA PRCA
- Apr 23 Clovis Rodeo Clovis, CA PRCA
- Apr 23 Clovis Rodeo Breakaway Clovis, CA PRCA
- Apr 23 Lakeside Rodeo Lakeside, CA PRCA
- Apr 24 48th George Paul Memorial Xtreme Bull Riding Del Rio, TX PRCA
- Apr 24 George Paul Memorial Xtreme Bull Riding (48th) Del Rio, TX PRCA
- Apr 24 Henderson County First Responders PRCA Rodeo Athens, TX PRCA
- Apr 24 Jonesboro Breakaway Roping Jonesboro, AR PRCA
- Apr 24 Jonesboro Pro Rodeo Jonesboro, AR PRCA
- Apr 24 Kananaskis Pro Rodeo Coleman, AB, AB PRCA
About pro rodeo
American professional rodeo traces to 1936 when the Cowboys Turtle Association broke off from a promoter-driven system to give the athletes a seat at the table. That association became the PRCA. The PBR split off in 1992 to build a bull-only tour. The WPRA, founded in 1948, is the oldest women's sports association in the country. Together these three bodies govern the professional tier.