BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
Last season, no bareback rider had more than 50 rides of 85 Points or More. In fact, since the PRCA started tracking stats in 2012, no one has cleared the half-century mark in that stat in that event.
Rookie Keenan Hayes, who re-wrote the record books for a permit-holder a year ago, has quickly done the same for the entire ProRodeo record book.
His 56 rides of 85 Points or More are the likely the most ever by a bareback rider and his $246,895 is definitively the most money ever earned by a bareback rider in the regular season. Hayes has also added 24 Go-Round Wins in 2023, the same number World Champion Jess Pope had a year ago.
You can how the full Top 20 fares in all six statistical categories below.
QUALIFIED RIDES
1. Dean Thompson - 111
2. Keenan Hayes - 106
3. Jake Lees - 100
4. Tanner Aus - 94
5. Jayco Roper - 92
6. Sam Petersen - 86
7. Taylor Broussard - 85
8. Jess Pope - 82
T9. Kade Sonnier - 78
T9. Tim O’Connell - 78
11. Clayton Biglow - 76
T12. Richmond Champion - 71
T12. Mason Clements - 71
14. Rocker Steiner - 70
15. Cole Franks - 67
16. Cole Reiner - 66
17. Leighton Berry - 60
18. Kody Lamb - 58
19. Kaycee Field - 51
20. Orin Larsen - 47
RIDING PERCENTAGE
1. Cole Reiner - 99%
T2. Keenan Hayes - 96%
T2. Kade Sonnier - 96%
T2. Kaycee Feild - 96%
T2. Dean Thompson - 96%
T2. Richmond Champion - 96%
T7. Tim O’Connell - 94%
T7. Jayco Roper - 94%
T7. Jess Pope - 94%
10. Sam Petersen - 93%
T11. Tanner Aus - 92%
T11. Cole Franks - 92%
T11. Jake Lees - 92%
T11. Mason Clements - 92%
T11. Kody Lamb - 92%
16. Rocker Steiner - 91%
17. Clayton Biglow - 89%
18. Leighton Berry - 86%
19. Taylor Broussard - 84%
20. Orin Larsen - 80%
AVERAGE SCORE
1. Kaycee Feild - 84.54
2. Keenan Hayes - 84.30
T3. Rocker Steiner - 84.16
T3. Jess Pope - 84.16
5. Cole Reiner - 84.04
6. Clayton Biglow - 83.77
7. Leighton Berry - 83.59
8. Orin Larsen - 83.04
9. Tim O’Connell - 82.90
10. Mason Clements - 82.87
11. Richmond Champion - 82.54
12. Kade Sonnier - 82.22
13. Tanner Aus - 82.09
14. Cole Franks - 81.48
15. Dean Thompson - 81.46
16. Taylor Broussard - 81.37
17. Sam Petersen - 81.31
18. Jayco Roper - 81.17
19. Jake Lees - 80.78
20. Kody Lamb - 80.09
85+ POINT RIDES
1. Keenan Hayes - 56
2. Jess Pope - 40
3. Rocker Steiner - 39
4. Tim O’Connell - 38
5. Clayton Biglow - 37
6. Cole Reiner - 31
T7. Kade Sonnier - 29
T7. Tanner Aus - 29
9. Leighton Berry - 28
T10. Jayco Roper - 26
T10. Kaycee Feild - 26
T10. Mason Clements - 26
13. Taylor Broussard - 25
T14. Dean Thompson - 24
T14. Richmond Champion - 24
16. Cole Franks - 24
17. Orin Larsen - 20
18. Sam Petersen - 20
19. Jake Lees - 17
20. Kody Lamb - 8
90+ POINT RIDES
T1. Keenan Hayes - 5
T1. Rocker Steiner - 5
T3. Leighton Berry - 4
T3. Clayton Biglow - 4
T5. Cole Reiner - 3
T5. Kaycee Feild - 3
T7. Kade Sonnier - 1
T7. Tim O’Connell - 1
T7. Jayco Roper - 1
T7. Jess Pope - 1
T7. Dean Thompson - 1
T7. Cole Franks - 1
GO-ROUND WINS
1. Keenan Hayes - 24
2. Clayton Biglow - 20
3. Rocker Steiner - 18
4. Tim O’Connell - 17
5. Jess Pope - 16
T6. Leighton Berry - 15
T6. Tanner Aus -15
T8. Kaycee Feild - 13
T8. Dean Thompson - 13
T8. Jake Lees - 13
11. Kade Sonnier - 12
12. Jayco Roper - 11
T13. Richmond Champion - 10
T13. Taylor Brouusard - 10
T15. Cole Reiner - 9
T15. Cole Franks - 9
17. Mason Clements - 8
18. Sam Petersen - 7
19. Orin Larsen - 5
20. Kody Lamb - 1
Stats via ProRodeo.Com are accurate as of Sept. 26, 2023 at 6 PM ET.
