FORT WORTH, Texas – After seeing Texas Rattlers star Brady Fielder best 24 of his 34 bulls throughout the 2024 PBR Camping World Team Series en route to earning the tour’s first-ever Great 8 Award, we knew a storm was coming in 2025.

Thus, it was only right the Australian went on to produce a career-best No. 3 finish during the 2025 Unleash The Beast campaign.

Bringing that kind of momentum into the individual season is quite the fierce weapon for any cowboy, let alone a long-bodied, ever-talented rider like the 25-year-old we’ve come to know and love.

Leading the premier series pack for nearly one-third of the season is a bragging right in its own.

But it’s the accolade he earned during the 2024 camaraderie-driven campaign which we came to celebrate: Being crowned the most efficient man to lace ‘em up over the course of a grueling 10-week slate.

And let’s be clear – For as many middle of the pack scores as the Aussie has settled for in seasons past, be it via his Head Coach Cody Lambert accepting them on behalf of the Rattlers or Fielder accepting them himself, that wasn’t the vibe last summer.

Amongst his two dozen conversions, the Texas star was marked below 86 points just twice.

Regularly in control of his matchups, he may have only recorded three 90s – but his average ride score of 87.9 points was more than enough to keep the Rattlers competitive.

So, as we prepare to learn more about teams heading into respective training camp and ramp-up sessions ahead of the fourth season of PBR Camping World Team Series action, with the season officially kicking off July 11-13 during Wildcatter Days in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, we’re taking a trip down memory lane as we re-plant some much deserved flowers for the Rattlers’ star.  

Today, PBR.com’s From the Vault series looks back on the 5-on-5 landscape’s first-ever Great 8 Award winner!

Red-hot Brady Fielder leads race for Great 8 award with riding percentage of 73.08%

FORT WORTH, Texas – Last fall, Fielder went 13-for-29 for the Texas Rattlers as a linchpin of the 2023 PBR Camping World Team Series Championship squad on its push for the title.

When the 2024 Unleash The Beast season rolled around, he notched the first win of his career in Manchester, New Hampshire in December. He then finished third at the 2024 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast, clocking in at No. 8 in the UTB standings at season’s end.

Then, it was time to return to the Rattlers.

And whatever was working for Fielder during the individual season has only kicked it up a notch during PBR Teams.

Fielder is 19-for-26 this season for a riding percentage of a stunning 73.08%.

Since beginning the season 2-for-6, Fielder has gone 17-for-20 through August and September. He’s only bucked off twice in a row two times this season, way back in July/early August. He’s ridden for 90 points twice and has been in the mix of the regular-season MVP race all season – he’s currently No. 2, 242.5 points (three rides) behind No. 1 John Crimber of the Florida Freedom.

But where Fielder is currently untouchable is the race for the Great 8 award, which will be given out at the end of the regular season to the rider with the highest riding percentage with at least 20 outs. The winner also receives a $25,000 bonus.

Great 8 Award Standings
1. Brady Fielder, Texas Rattlers – 73.08%
T2. John Crimber, Florida Freedom – 66.67%
T2. Sandro Batista, Kansas City Outlaws – 66.67%
4. Jose Vitor Leme, Austin Gamblers – 65.38%
5. Eduardo Matos, Oklahoma Wildcatters – 60%
6. Cassio Dias, Kansas City Outlaws – 58.62%
7. Koltin Hevalow, Kansas City Outlaws – 58.33%
8. Cooper Davis, Carolina Cowboys – 56.52%
9. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, Missouri Thunder – 56%
10. Joao Ricardo Vieira, Texas Rattlers – 55%

“Brady Fielder is really good,” Rattlers head coach Cody Lambert said. “About as good as they get.”

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Brady Fielder wins first-ever Great 8 award riding for the love of the game

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Brady Fielder may have bucked off the only bull he got on Saturday night at Ridge Rider Days, but that was immaterial.

With just a few bulls remaining in the 2024 PBR Camping World Team Series regular season, Fielder has clinched the Great 8 award as the rider with the highest riding percentage with at least 20 outs.

This season, Fielder is 24-for-33 for a stunning 72% riding percentage.

“Awesome!” the soft-spoken Australian said with a grin as he learned the award was his. “I’m very thankful for it, and very thankful for the season I’ve had so far, and thankful for my team and everybody that’s helped me along the way.”

The Great 8 award is new in 2024, and Fielder is the first to etch his name in the history books with this honor.

The only other rider to date who has won regular-season individual honors is Jose Vitor Leme, a two-time World Champion. Fielder is also just the third rider in PBR Teams history to finish a season with a riding percentage above 70%, joining Leme in 2022 (73%) and 2024 World Champion Cassio Dias in 2023 (71%).

“It’s a great achievement, I suppose,” Fielder said. “To me, it’s what I expect, and it’s what I do for a living. It’s an everyday thing for me. Bull riding comes to me fairly normal, so I expect to ride every bull I get on.

“I’ve always known I could do it and was feeling good about the season. I set goals with that expectation, to achieve those kind of things, and I just thank God for his guidance each and every day. It helps a lot.”

While this is undoubtedly Fielder’s breakout season, he’s been slowly climbing into the limelight for the last year. He finished seventh in the 2023 PBR Teams MVP race as his Texas Rattlers stormed to the championship, and then won two Unleash The Beast events in 2024, finishing the season ranked No. 8. He’s the first Australian to win a UTB event since 2015.

“I knew all along (I could do it), but getting started, it just kept getting better and better for me,” Fielder said. “I’m just thankful for how it happened, really, and becoming better in myself and in my bull riding.

“It’s just living and learning as I go, becoming better each and every day, and following God’s guidance that he continues to give me. I’m very thankful for it. And putting in the work each and every day has been a great help – leaving nothing left out on the table.”

Fielder says he works out daily and rides horses as much as he can to stay in shape during the week.

“It’s all related to bull riding, and that’s what helps me stay focused,” he said. “Seeing it and feeling it during the week every day, that’s what helps when it comes time to ride.”

While the Great 8 is an individual award, Fielder credits his Rattlers teammates and head coach Cody Lambert with helping him get there. All season long, the team has allowed Fielder to get on extra bulls in the Shootout Rounds after wins, giving him additional chances to ride and chase not just the Great 8, but the MVP award.

“I’m very thankful for these guys to allow me to have that opportunity to have a chance of achieving what I want to,” Fielder said. “I wouldn’t be able to do it without them.”

It’s his teammates stepping aside that has given Fielder that extra bit of motivation to chase his goals.

“It is like a little fire that’s lit in my belly, really,” he said. “Just having to want to do it. When they allow me to get on them extra-out bulls, it’s kind of like, ‘How bad do you want it?’ And that’s what gives me that bit of fire and drive to do my job.”

Lambert is matter-of-fact when he discusses his superstar rider.

“That’s how he rides,” Lambert said. “He’s getting to the point where he realizes that, and we all realize that, and now everyone else is realizing it, too.

“We talk every day, and it’s about who he is and riding for the love of the game and with love in your heart. He loves his job, and he’s a great example for all bull riders and all people because he chooses to have a good day every day.”

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