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 — 8 weeks away.

Final 2026 top 5

The 2026 title season →

The Teams season opened Jul 11, 2026. 2 events left — the season wraps Nov 6, 2026, 3 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 Kansas City Outlaws drew the rankest bulls — they had bucked off 78.6% of riders before the game — and covered 8 of 13. All season, the Texas Rattlers have faced the toughest draw (72.6%) and stand 16-14 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.

Nasubi vs Marcelo De Souza Dias Junior: we projected a 41.71 bull score and a 96% buckoff likelihood. Result: buckoff, marked 46.50, 4.79 points above our projection.

This week we graded 107 outs. Our call was right on 65 (61%); always picking the bull, 54 (50%). 56% of bull scores landed within a point of our projection.

Beat the numbers: Murilo Henrique de Oliveira covered R Watson for 90.10, a bull we gave a 97% buckoff likelihood.

2026 season: 68% of calls right against 63% for always the bull, over 2,992 graded outs.

The full scorecard →

Marks reached this week on U.S. circuits.

Hay Train — New career high: 44.15
Oct 18 · Belmont Park, NY

Show Me The Money — New career high: 44.05
Oct 18 · Belmont Park, NY

Bullistic — New career high: 44.10
Oct 17 · Belmont Park, NY

EmmDee — New career high: 44.50
Oct 17 · Belmont Park, NY

Nasubi — First 46-point out (46.50)
Oct 17 · Belmont Park, NY

Chili Mango — New career high: 44.25
Oct 16 · Belmont Park, NY

The program whose bulls posted the best average bull score on U.S. circuits, Oct 12 – Oct 18 (four-out minimum).

Cord McCoy / McCoy Rodeo

4 outs, 3 buckoffs, a 43.95 average bull score. Best out: Iron Skillet, 44.50 in Belmont Park, NY.

Also strong: Blake Sharp / Hanks (43.17) · Sho-Me / Halpain (43.15)

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: Alpha Blokes Warden, 44.23 avg over 3 outs in 45 days. Season leader: Last Post (44.08 best-8 avg). Standings →

PBR Canada

Season leader: Freyr (44.30 best-8 avg). Standings →

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

How Early Can You Spot a Champion?

We pulled the first ten recorded outs of 3,000 careers. Six of the seven best debuts ever became World Champions — and five other champions started so ordinary you'd never have picked them.

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.

All Insights →

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