BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
In most events, the leaders in multiple categories have usually taken considerable leads by this point in the season.
That’s not the case in the steer wrestling, which over the last few years seems to consistently have the most parity of any event in rodeo - it feels like anyone in the Top 15 can win the World Title each year.
Some of the stats show that as well. In Average Time, the Top 12 are all within 5.5 and 6.5 seconds and in Qualified Times, eight cowboys have at least 65 clean runs, but none have more than the 75.
Not to mention, there’s 18 bulldoggers with at least 10 runs of 4.2 Seconds or Faster and 15 with at least 5 Go-Round wins.
You can see how the Top 20 ranks in seven categories below and check out the full PRA Steer Wrestling World Standings here.
QUALIFIED TIMES
1. Tyler Waguespack - 74
2. Nick Guy - 71
T3. Stan Branco - 70
T3. Bridger Anderson - 70
5. Tucker Allen - 69
6. Jesse Brown - 68
7. Dalton Massey - 67
8. Cody Devers - 65
9. Walt Arnold - 64
10. Cash Robb - 62
T11. JD Struxness - 56
T11. Dakota Eldridge - 56
T11. Don Payne - 56
14. Dirk Tavenner - 53
15. Will Lummus - 52
T16. Ty Erickson - 49
T16. Jacob Talley - 49
T18. Stephen Culling - 47
T18. Stockton Graves - 47
20. Kyle Irwin - 42
QUALIFIED TIME PERCENTAGE
1. JD Struxness - 92%
2. Dalton Massey - 89%
3. Tyler Waguespack - 86%
T4. Cody Devers - 84%
T4. Dirk Tavenner - 84%
T4. Stephen Culling - 84%
7. Tucker Allen - 83%
8. Cash Robb - 82%
9. Jesse Brown - 80%
T10. Bridger Anderson - 79%
T10. Walt Arnold - 79%
T12. Stan Branco - 75%
T12. Don Payne - 75%
T14. Dakota Eldridge - 74%
T14. Nick Guy - 74%
16. Will Lummus - 73%
17. Jacob Talley - 71%
18. Ty Erickson - 69%
19. Stockton Graves - 66%
20. Kyle Irwin - 65%
AVERAGE TIME
1. Stockton Graves - 5.52
2. Tyler Waguespack - 5.78
3. Will Lummus - 5.79
4. Jacob Talley - 6.03
5. Ty Erickson - 6.06
6. JD Struxness - 6.08
7. Nick Guy - 6.28
8. Kyle Irwin - 6.39
9. Jesse Brown - 6.44
T10. Dalton Massey - 6.48
T10. Don Payne - 6.48
12. Dirk Tavenner - 6.49
13. Stan Branco - 6.69
14. Tucker Allen - 6.86
15. Bridger Anderson - 7.10
16. Dakota Eldridge - 7.17
17. Stephen Culling - 7.34
18. Cash Robb - 7.81
19. Cody Devers - 7.90
20. Walt Arnold - 8.93
3.7 SECOND OR FASTER RUNS
1. Jacob Talley - 9
T2. Jesse Brown - 7
T2. Will Lummus - 7
T2. Cash Robb - 7
T5. Dakota Eldridge - 5
T5. Don Payne - 5
T5. Kyle Irwin - 5
T8. Tyler Waguespack - 4
T8. Ty Erickson - 4
T8. Stockton Graves - 4
T11. Dalton Massey - 3
T11. Cody Devers - 3
T11. Dirk Tavenner - 3
T11. Bridger Anderson - 3
T11. Nick Guy - 3
T11. Walt Arnold - 3
T17. Stan Branco - 2
T17. Stephen Culling - 2
T20. Tucker Allen - 1
T20. JD Struxness - 1
4.2 SECOND OR FASTER RUNS
1. Tyler Waguespack - 25
2. Jacob Talley - 24
3. Will Lummus - 21
4. Cash Robb - 17
T5. Ty Erickson - 16
T5. Kyle Irwin - 16
T7. Jesse Brown - 15
T7. Dakota Eldridge - 15
T9. Dalton Massey - 14
T9. Dirk Tavenner - 14
T9. Bridger Anderson - 14
T12. Don Payne - 13
T12. Stockton Graves - 13
T14. Cody Devers - 12
T14. JD Struxness - 12
T14. Tucker Allen - 12
T17. Stan Branco - 11
T18. Walt Arnold - 11
19. Nick Guy - 9
20. Stephen Culling - 7
GO-ROUND WINS
1. Tyler Waguespack - 12
2. Cash Robb - 11
3. Jacob Talley - 10
4. Ty Erickson - 9
T5. Jesse Brown - 8
T5. Stan Branco - 8
7. Bridger Anderson - 7
T8. Dalton Massey - 6
T8. Will Lummus - 6
T8. Dirk Tavenner - 6
T8. Stockton Graves - 6
T12. Dakota Eldridge - 5
T12. Tucker Allen - 5
T12. Nick Guy - 5
T12. Don Payne - 5
T16. Cody Devers - 4
T16. JD Struxness - 4
T16. Kyle Irwin - 4
T19. Stephen Culling - 3
T19. Walt Arnold - 3
RODEO WINS (PRCA PLAYOFF WINS IN PARENTHESIS)
1. Tyler Waguespack - 8 (1)
2. Will Lummus - 7 (2)
T3. Dirk Tavenner - 5 (2)
T3. Stan Branco - 5 (1)
T5. Bridger Anderson - 4 (3)
T5. Tucker Allen - 4 (1)
T5. Cash Robb - 4 (0)
T5. Don Payne - 4 (1)
T5. Stockton Graves - 4 (0)
T10. Dalton Massey - 3 (1)
T10. Jacob Taley - 3 (0)
T12. Jesse Brown - 2 (2)
T12. Ty Erickson - 2 (1)
T12. Dakota Eldridge - 2 (0)
T12. Nick Guy - 2 (1)
T16. Cody Devers - 1 (0)
T16. JD Struxness - 1 (1)
T16. Stephen Culling - 1 (0)
T16. Walt Arnold - 1 (0)
Stats via ProRodeo.Com are accurate as of 9 AM ET on Thursday, Aug. 3. Only steer wrestlers ranked in the Top 20 in the PRCA World Standings were included.
