BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
The 2023 saddle bronc riding regular season continues to look awfully similar to 2022. Sage Newman, who set a regular season earnings record a year ago, is No. 1 in the world once again.
The last two World Champions, Stetson Wright and Zeke Thurston are both within $26,000 of Newman and all three have already made more than $150,000. Despite being No. 2 and No. 3 in the world, Wright and Thurston lead more statistical categories than Newman and both are well positioned for future success.
Wright leads the PRCA in Total Qualified Rides, Go-Round Wins, PRCA Playoff Series Wins, 85+ Point Rides and 90+ Point Rides while Thurston is tops in Riding Percentage and Average Score.
You can see all of the PRCA leaders below and the full World Standings here.
TOTAL QUALIFIED RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 65
2. Kade Bruno - 65
3. Damian Brennan - 64
T4. Sage Newman - 61
T4. Ryder Wright - 61
T6. Wyatt Casper - 60
T6. Lefty Holman - 60
T8. Chase Brooks - 58
T8. Statler Wright - 58
T10. Tanner Butner - 57
T10. Brody Cress - 57
12. Zeke Thurston - 55
13. Layton Green - 54
14. Shorty Garrett - 53
15. Isaac Diaz - 50
T16. Leon Fountain - 48
T16. Kolby Wanchuk - 48
18. Q Taylor - 46
19. Ben Andersen - 41
20. Dawson Hay - 37
RIDING PERCENTAGE
1. Zeke Thurston - 100%
2. Tanner Butner - 97%
3. Chase Brooks - 95%
T4. Stetson Wright - 93%
T4. Layton Green - 93%
T4. Shorty Garrett - 93%
T7. Lefty Holman - 92%
T7. Ryder Wright - 92%
T9. Kade Bruno - 89%
T9. Brody Cress - 89%
T11. Sage Newman - 87%
T11. Wyatt Casper - 87%
T13. Dawson Hay - 86%
T13. Damian Brennan - 86%
15. Q Taylor - 85%
T16. Ben Andersen - 84%
T16. Statler Wright - 84%
T18. Isaac Diaz - 83%
T18. Kolby Wanchuk - 83%
20. Leon Fountain - 81%
AVERAGE SCORE
1. Zeke Thurston - 85.82
2. Stetson Wright - 85.74
3. Dawson Hay - 85.14
4. Sage Newman - 84.8
5. Ben Andersen 84.04
6. Chase Brooks - 83.79
7. Kade Bruno - 83.78
8. Ryder Wright - 83.16
9. Lefty Holman - 83.15
10. Wyatt Casper - 83.03
11. Layton Green - 82.89
12. Tanner Butner - 82.86
13. Brody Cress - 82.57
14. Kolby Wanchuk - 82.48
15. Leon Fountain - 81.67
16. Damian Brennan - 81.43
17. Statler Wright - 81.60
18. Isaac Diaz - 80.91
19. Q Taylor - 80.89
20. Shorty Garrett - 79.94
90+ POINT RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 7
2. Sage Newman - 6
3. Dawson Hay - 5
4. Zeke Thurston - 4
T5. Tanner Butner - 2
T5. Lefty Holman - 2
T7. Ben Andersen - 1
T7. Chase Brooks - 1
T7. Leon Fountain - 1
T7. Damian Brennan - 1
85+ POINT RIDES
1. Stetson Wright - 45
2. Sage Newman - 39
3. Zeke Thurston - 37
4. Kade Bruno - 31
5. Brody Cress - 28
6. Ryder Wright - 27
7. Wyatt Casper - 24
T8. Dawson Hay - 22
T8. Chase Brooks - 22
T10. Layton Green - 21
T10. Tanner Butner - 21
12. Lefty Holman - 19
T13. Ben Andersen - 15
T13. Kolby Wanchuk - 15
15. Leon Fountain - 14
T16. Statler Wright - 13
T16. Damian Brennan - 13
18. Shorty Garrett - 10
T19. Q Taylor - 9
T19. Isaac Diaz - 9
GO-ROUND WINS
1. Stetson Wright - 19
2. Sage Newman - 14
T3. Kade Bruno - 11
T3. Brody Cress - 11
5. Zeke Thurston - 10
6. Dawson Hay - 9
T7. Layton Green - 8
T7. Ben Andersen - 8
T7. Statler Wright - 8
10. Lefty Holman - 7
11. Chase Brooks - 6
T12. Ryder Wright - 5
T12. Shorty Garrett - 5
T12. Q Taylor - 5
T12. Kolby Wanchuk - 5
T16. Tanner Butner - 4
T16. Leon Fountain - 4
T18. Wyatt Casper - 3
T18. Damian Brennan - 3
T18. Isaac Diaz - 3
PRCA PLAYOFF SERIES WINS
1. Stetson Wright - 6
2. Sage Newman - 4
3. Dawson Hay - 3
T4. Tanner Butner - 2
T4. Statler Wright - 2
T6. Zeke Thurston - 1
T6. Kade Bruno - 1
T6. Ben Andersen - 1
T6. Brody Cress - 1
T6. Ryder Wright - 1
T6. Damian Brennan - 1
T6. Shorty Garrett - 1
T6. Q Taylor - 1
T6. Kolby Wanchuk - 1
Stats via ProRodeo.com are accurate as of 9 AM ET on Wednesday, July 19. Only the Top 20 in the PRCA World Standings were included.
