BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
Reigning World Champion Zeke Thurston is in a position any bronc rider would be envious of - not only has he ridden all of his broncs this years - he has been doing so for the biggest scores.
Outside of World No. 3 Thurston, only No. 1 Sage Newman, No. 2 Stetson Wright, No. 4 Kade Bruno, No. 9 Chase Brooks and No. 15 Ryder Wright also rank in the Top 10 in both Riding Percentage and Average Score. And none of them are in the Top 5 in both.
One other major thing worth nothing, both Thurston and Stetson Wright have an Average Score higher than 85.47, which is relevant because that’s the highest average in the bronc riding since the PRCA starting tracking stats in 2012. Stetson set the record of 85.44 in 2021 and then broke his own record in 2022.
You can see how the Top 20 looks in seven different statistics below and see the full PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Standings here.
QUALIFIED RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 67
2. Ryder Sanford - 66
3. Damian Brennan - 65
T4. Kade Bruno - 64
T4. Ryder Wright - 64
T6. Lefty Holman - 62
T6. Statler Wright - 62
T8. Sage Newman - 61
T8. Tanner Butner - 61
10. Wyatt Casper - 60
11. Chase Brooks - 58
12. Brody Cress - 56
13. Zeke Thurston - 55
T14. Layton Green - 54
T14. Shorty Garrett - 54
16. Isaac Diaz - 53
17. Leon Fountain - 51
18. Q Taylor - 46
19. Ben Andersen - 41
20. Dawson Hay - 37
RIDING PERCENTAGE
1. Zeke Thurston - 100%
T2. Chase Brooks - 95%
T2. Tanner Butner - 95%
T2. Shorty Garrett - 95%
5. Lefty Holman - 94%
6. Stetson Wright - 93%
7. Ryder Wright - 91%
8. Layton Green - 90%
9. Kade Bruno - 88%
T10. Sage Newman - 87%
T10. Wyatt Casper - 87%
T10. Damian Brennan - 87%
T13. Dawson Hay - 86%
T13. Statler Wright - 86%
T15. Q Taylor - 85%
T15. Brody Cress - 85%
T15. Isaac Diaz - 85%
T18. Ben Andersen - 82%
T18. Leon Fountain - 82%
20. Ryder Sanford - 80%
AVERAGE SCORE
1. Zeke Thurston - 85.93
2. Stetson Wright - 85.87
3. Dawson Hay - 85.14
4. Sage Newman - 84.70
5. Kade Bruno - 83.91
6. Chase Brooks - 83.79
7. Ben Andersen 83.76
8. Lefty Holman - 83.47
9. Ryder Wright - 83.27
10. Tanner Butner - 83.07
11. Wyatt Casper - 83.03
12. Layton Green - 82.87
13. Brody Cress - 82.56
14. Statler Wright - 81.74
15. Leon Fountain - 81.53
16. Damian Brennan - 81.18
17. Ryder Sanford - 80.97
18. Isaac Diaz - 80.91
19. Q Taylor - 80.89
20. Shorty Garrett - 79.67
90+ POINT RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 8
2. Sage Newman - 6
3. Dawson Hay - 5
4. Zeke Thurston - 4
5. Tanner Butner - 2
6. Lefty Holman - 2
T7. Kade Bruno - 1
T7. Ben Andersen - 1
T7. Chase Brooks - 1
T7. Q Taylor - 1
T7. Ryder Sanford - 1
T7. Leon Fountain - 1
85+ POINT RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 47
2. Zeke Thurston - 39
3. Sage Newman - 37
4. Kade Bruno - 31
5. Ryder Wright - 29
6. Brody Cress - 28
7. Wyatt Casper - 24
8. Tanner Butner - 23
T9. Dawson Hay - 22
T9. Chase Brooks - 22
11. Lefty Holman - 21
12. Layton Green - 20
13. Leon Fountain - 15
T14. Ben Andersen - 14
T14. Statler Wright - 14
16. Ryder Sanford - 13
17. Isaac Diaz - 12
18. Damian Brennan - 11
19. Shorty Garrett - 10
20. Q Taylor - 9
GO-ROUND WINS
1. Stetson Wright - 21
2. Sage Newman - 13
3. Brody Cress - 12
4. Kade Bruno - 11
5. Zeke Thurston - 10
T6. Dawson Hay - 9
T6. Ben Andersen - 9
T6. Ryder Sanford - 9
T9. Layton Green - 7
T9. Lefty Holman - 7
T11. Chase Brooks - 6
T11. Statler Wright - 6
T11. Q Taylor - 6
T11. Shorty Garrett - 6
T15. Ryder Wright - 5
T15. Leon Fountain - 5
T17. Tanner Butner - 4
T17. Isaac Diaz - 4
19. Wyatt Casper - 3
20. Damian Brennan - 2
RODOEO WINS (PRCA PLAYOFF SERIES WINS IN PARENTHESIS)
1. Stetson Wright - 13 (6)
T2. Sage Newman - 8 (4)
T2. Ryder Sanford - 8 (1)
4. Brody Cress - 7 (0)
T5. Zeke Thurston - 6 (1)
T5. Dawson Hay - 6 (3)
T5. Ben Andersen - 6 (1)
T8. Kade Bruno - 5 (1)
T8. Leon Fountain - 5 (0)
T8. Statler Wright - 5 (2)
11. Lefty Holman - 4 (1)
T12. Layton Green - 3 (1)
T12. Chase Brooks - 3 (0)
T12. Q Taylor - 3 (1)
T12. Wyatt Casper - 3 (0)
T16. Tanner Butner - 2 (2)
T16. Shorty Garrett - 2 (1)
T18. Ryder Wright - 1 (1)
T18. Isaac Diaz - 1 (0)
20. Damian Brennan - 1 (1)
