At the 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast, one rider, not including ride score points, has the chance to earn a maximum 1,240 Unleash The Beast points across both Eliminations and Championship. Each round winner will earn 80 points, with the event winner of Eliminations collecting 200 points and the winner of the Championship earning 400 points. Riders will also earn points for their ride scores: from 70-79.75 points/7 points, 80-89.75/8 points and rides 90-99.75/9 bonus points. A rider registering all 90-point rides at both Eliminations and the Championship, would earn an additional 72 world points.


The 2025 PBR World Championship battle has been one of the fiercest in the organization’s history. 

The charismatic Texan has ridden in seemingly unstoppable form throughout 2025, winning a PBR-best five Unleash The Beast events and an unrivaled 14 rounds, while recording five 90-point rides and leading the PBR in money won with $353,078. He has gone 33-for-60, covering 55% of his animal athlete opponents.

Kasel delivered the second-best score of the season when he teamed with reigning World Champion Bull and current No. 1 bovine Man Hater for an unrivaled 93.5-point score. 

Kasel led the World Championship race for the final five weeks of the regular season, holding the largest lead of any rider throughout the campaign when he began the regular season Unleash The Beast finale in Tacoma, Washington, this past weekend with a 187-point lead over No. 2 Fielder. 

During his career-best regular season push, Kasel made history when he won three consecutive Unleash The Beast events in March. He is now just the fourth rider ever to achieve the feat, joining two-time World Champions Chris Shivers, J.B. Mauney and Jose Vitor Leme.

Kasel, however, always remained within the sights of Australian sensation Fielder, who is attempting to become just the second rider from Down Under to win the PBR World Championship, joining Troy Dunn who achieved the feat in 1998. 

Fielder led the World Championship race for eight weeks prior to being surpassed by Kasel in late March following his win in Palm Springs, California. 

During the 2025 campaign Fielder led the PBR in outs, 61, qualified rides, 40, and riding percentage, 65.57%. He was one of five riders to win multiple Unleash The Beast events – in Chicago and Pittsburgh in January.

Fielder also registered four 90-point rides and seven round wins, the second most of any rider. 

Teenage phenom John Crimber will begin the 2025 PBR World Finals No. 3 in the world, 483 points behind No. 1 Kasel, as he attempts to become the youngest PBR World Champion in history. 

After being narrowly denied the World Championship in 2024, finishing runner-up by 238.5 points, Crimber began 2025 with a bang, winning the season-launch tour stop in Tucson, Arizona, to vault to the world No. 1 rank. 

Adding an additional win two weeks later in St. Louis, Missouri, Crimber was the world No. 1 ranked bull rider for the first nine weeks of the season. Despite sustaining a back injury in late January in Houston, Texas, which sidelined Crimber for several weeks and led him to being surpassed in the standings, Crimber has battled throughout the remaining weeks, registering an additional four Top 10 finishes to remain a gold buckle contender. 

In addition to his two event wins, Crimber also recorded five 90-point rides and six round wins in going 29-for-54 (53.7%).  

Sage Steele Kimzey will look to build on his World Finals event win from 2024 by winning his first PBR World Championship come May 18. Currently No. 4 in the world, seven-time PRCA Champion Kimzey is within 489.75 points of No. 1 Kasel. 

The remainder of the Top 10 who will compete at the 2025 PBR World Finals includes: No. 5 Luciano De Castro (-566.17 points); No. 6 Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (-567.75 points); No. 7 Cort McFadden (-579.92 points); No. 8 Keyshawn Whitehorse (-626 points); No. 9 Andrew Alvidrez (-657.25 points) and No. 10 Kaique Pacheco (-661 points). 

The Top 10 features a strong Texas presence with four riders ranked inside the threshold hailing from the Lone Star State: Kasel (Muleshoe), Crimber (Decatur), McFadden (Novice) and Alvidrez (Seminole). Should any of these contenders be crowned the 2025 PBR World Champion they would become the first Texan since Cooper Davis in 2016 to earn the coveted gold buckle. 

Within the 40-rider field, Eduardo Aparecido will be making his fourteenth consecutive appearance at the PBR World Finals. He will be joined by veterans Joao Ricardo Vieira (13th), Pacheco (10th) and Derek Kolbaba (10th) who have all now qualified to compete at bull riding’s crown jewel 10 times or more. 

Pacheco is also one of three World Champions competing at the 2025 PBR World Finals. He is accompanied by current No. 18 and two-time PBR World Champion Leme and No. 28 and 2022 PBR World Champion Daylon Swearingen. 

Five members of Fort Worth’s own Texas Rattlers have also qualified to compete. Those riders are: No. 2 Fielder, No. 17 Claudio Montanha Jr., No. 31 Vieira, No. 32 Daniel Keeping and No. 38 Dawson Branton. 

PBR also revealed the World Finals bullfighters who will take to the dirt to protect the best bull riders in the world: Cody Webster, Lucas Teodoro, Nathan Harp and Austin Ashley. While Harp was voted to work the PBR World Finals, he will be unable to fill the role due to an injury sustained earlier this season at the Unleash The Beast event in North Little Rock, Arkansas. His position will be filled by Knox Dunn. 

The 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast will begin with Eliminations at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth from May 8-11. The competition will begin at 7:45 p.m. CT on May 8-10, and 1:45 p.m. CT on May 11.

During Eliminations, each of the 45 competing riders will get on one bull daily. When the dust settles, the Top 15 in the Unleash The Beast standings, and Top 5 in the event not already advancing, will earn a direct berth to the Championship in Arlington the following weekend.

Competition continues with Ride For Redemption on May 14-15 at Cowtown Coliseum. Following the two rounds of action on May 15, the Top 5 in the aggregate will earn the final berths to the Championship. Action for Ride For Redemption begins nightly at 7:45 p.m. CT. 

Single-day tickets for both Eliminations and Ride For Redemption are on-sale now and can be purchased at PBRWorldFinals.com, CowtownColiseum.com and AXS.com, or by phone at 1-800-732-1727.  

The on-the-dirt action for the two segments of the 2025 PBR World Finals inside Cowtown Coliseum will be accompanied by a myriad of programming throughout the Fort Worth Stockyards, including the Stockyards Stampede Fan Fest, which will take over the historic district beginning May 8 as the fan hub.

The Stockyards Stampede will house special activations from PBR partners, feature daily musical and DJ performances and serve as the home for the official 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast parade on Saturday, May 10 at 11:45am CT.

The complete schedule of programming accompanying the 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast is available at https://pbrworldfinals.com/schedule.   

The 2025 PBR World Finals will then conclude with the Championship on Saturday, May 17 at 7:45 p.m. CT and Sunday, May 18 at 1:45 p.m. CT in Arlington at AT&T Stadium. Inside the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, there will be two rounds of competition nightly. Following those four rounds, PBR will crown the World Champion, World Finals event winner, Rookie of the Year and more. 

Single-day tickets for the PBR World Finals – Championship are on sale now. They can be purchased online at ATTStadium.com, SeatGeek.com and PBRWorldFinals.com, or by phone at 1-800-732-1727.

Cole Hauser’s Ultimate Tailgate will take over AT&T Stadium’s East Plaza from May 16-18, kicking off the festivities prior to Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo, presented by $VET, at 4 p.m. CT on Friday, May 16 and the PBR World Finals – Championship at 5 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 17 and 11 a.m. CT on Sunday, May 18.

Yellowstone’s Hauser will make daily appearances at his Ultimate Tailgate, including hosting the fan-favorite Rider Arrival Show on May 17 at 5:30 p.m. CT. 

In addition to the LIVE musical performances from Dean James (May 16), Chris Lane (May 17) and Annie Bosko (May 18), Cole Hauser’s Ultimate Tailgate Party will include the fan-favorite Rider Arrival Show on May 17, hosted by Hauser and Matt West featuring all 25 competing riders in the race for the season’s coveted gold buckle and $1 million bonus. Eventgoers can also participate in PBR World Finals Cowboy Church, presented by Compass Church, on Sunday, May 18.

During the PBR World Finals, Rounds 1 and 3 of Eliminations (May 8 and May 10), Ride For Redemption (May 14-15) and Rounds 2-3 of Championship (May 17-18) will be populated by a random draw, while Rounds 2 and 4 of Eliminations (May 9 and May 11) and Rounds 1 and 4 of the Championship (May 17-18) will feature a draft format. The YETI PBR World Champion Bull and Bull of the Final contenders will buck during Round 2 and Round 4 of Eliminations (May 9 and May 11), and during Round 3 of the Championship on May 18.

For more information about the 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast and to see the complete event schedule, visit PBRWorldFinals.com.  

Stay tuned to PBR.com for the latest news and results and be sure to follow the sport on all social media platforms at @PBR. 

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