The week's top bull scores on U.S. circuits — where the world title is decided.

Who's bucking best over the last 45 days on U.S. circuits — average bull score, three-out minimum.

The full Hot List →

Ransom is the 2026 PBR World Champion Bull.

The 2026 Unleash The Beast season ran Dec 12, 2025 – May 17, 2026. The 2027 season opens Dec 11, 2026 — 9 weeks away.

Final 2026 top 5

The 2026 title season →

The Teams season opened Jul 11, 2026. 3 events left — the season wraps Nov 6, 2026, 4 weeks from now.

Teams bull race: King Tut 46.13 · Wicked Intentions 46.04 · Fire Zone 46.03 (best-8 average). Full Teams standings →

The 2026 Teams season so far →

The Draw Report

This week the Oklahoma Wildcatters drew the rankest bulls — they had bucked off 75.0% of riders before the game — and covered 6 of 15. All season, the Texas Rattlers have faced the toughest draw (72.4%) and stand 14-13 in decided games. Every team's draw →

Every week we grade the Matchup Projector against real outs, using only what the record held the day before each one.

Wicked Intentions vs Gustavo Luiz da Silva: we projected a 43.38 bull score and a 95% buckoff likelihood. Result: buckoff, marked 47.40, 4.02 points above our projection.

This week we graded 112 outs. Our call was right on 77 (69%); always picking the bull, 71 (63%). 69% of bull scores landed within a point of our projection.

Beat the numbers: Brock Poulin covered Little Tony for 85.25, a bull we gave a 99% buckoff likelihood.

2026 season: 68% of calls right against 64% for always the bull, over 2,885 graded outs.

The full scorecard →

Marks reached this week on U.S. circuits.

Wicked Intentions — First 47-point out (47.40)
Oct 10 · Glendale, AZ

Tijuana Two-Step — 100th recorded out
Oct 8 · Glendale, AZ

Bayou Boy — New career high: 44.15
Oct 10 · Glendale, AZ

Wicked Intentions — Bucked off his 10th straight rider
Oct 10 · Glendale, AZ

Koopatroopa — New career high: 44.55
Oct 9 · Glendale, AZ

Lights Out — First 46-point out (46.00)
Oct 9 · Glendale, AZ

The program whose bulls posted the best average bull score on U.S. circuits, Oct 5 – Oct 11 (four-out minimum).

K Bar C Bucking Bulls

4 outs, 4 buckoffs, a 43.80 average bull score. Best out: Just Kidding, 44.10 in Louisville, KY.

Also strong: Blake Sharp / Hanks (43.31) · 3B Cattle Co (43.14)

Every Program of the Week →

Young bulls trending toward elite on U.S. circuits — first recorded out inside 14 months, already averaging big scores over a small sample.

The full watch list →

PBR's national circuits crown their own champions, separate from the world title — and each is judged on its own scale, so compare bulls within a circuit, not across them. Why →

PBR Australia

On form: Stetson Nirvana, 43.47 avg over 3 outs in 45 days. Season leader: Stetson Nirvana (43.92 best-8 avg). Standings →

Fresh from the editorial desk — what the data is telling us, on the record and dated.

The Iron Bulls

The median bucking bull career is 13 recorded outs. Exactly eight bulls ever reached 100 — and one is still adding to a total no bull has ever seen: 161 outs and counting.

The Programs Behind the Gold

Map all 32 world championships to the partnerships behind them and the sport's real dynasties emerge: names that keep showing up behind different bulls, decade after decade — Teague behind 7 titles, Berger 7, D&H from 2015 to the reigning champion.

All Insights →

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