The top bucking bulls competing at the World Finals will receive three outs, and World Champion contenders will be able to drop their lowest score in the competition spanning May 7-17 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The 2026 PBR World Finals will also crown a YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Finals, who will be awarded a $25,000 bonus for posting the top combined score based on his three outs at the season-culminating event.

In this year’s extremely tight bull race, Pegasus (McCoy Rodeo/Spencer Neil) will buck into the World Finals atop the standings by less than a fifth of a point. He’s earned an average score of 45.79 through 11 events this season.

With 14 outs on the season, the bovine athlete has only been ridden three times during the 2026 campaign. He was the YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event in Little Rock where he put up a score of 45.75 when he bucked off UTB No. 24 Koltin Hevalow in 1.58 seconds.

Sitting just 0.16 points behind him in the standings is Ransom (D&H Cattle Co./Flinn) with 45.63 points throughout 10 events. He’s been ridden three times, bucking off 70% of the riders he’s faced this season.

Ransom has established himself as a dominant force, delivering the highest bull score of the year with 47.85 points in Billings, where he was named the YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event. He earned the same honor in Sioux Falls with a standout 46.15-point performance and continued his consistency during the PBR Teams season in Oklahoma City, posting 45.50 points.

The remaining Top 10 active contenders in the YETI PBR World Champion Bull race set to compete at the World Finals are: No. 3 Buck Nasty (45.23-point average | -0.56 points); No. 4 Red Demon (45.19-point average | -0.6 points); No. 5 Fire Zone (45.16-point average | -0.63 points); No. 6 Eyes On Me (44.99-point average | -0.80 points); No. 7 Ridin’ Dirty (44.78-point average | -1.01 points); No. 8 Freedom Fighter (44.71-point average | -1.08 points); No. 8 Tigger(44.71-point average | -1.08 points); and No. 10 Jailor (44.48-point average | -1.31 points).

As an added layer of excitement, ABBI (American Bucking Bull Inc.) will buck roughly 36 bulls during Round 1 of the 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast Round 1 on May 7 when the top 4- and 5-year-old up-and-coming bulls will go up against the world’s best riders. These four-legged athletes will compete for an estimated purse of more than $60,000.

Bovines to watch include reigning ABBI Classic World Champion and current world No. 2 Ransom, current No. 1 in the ABBI Classic standings Tigger, in addition to No. 2 Jailor and No. 3 Jeffrey D.

The PBR World Finals will welcome the ABBI’s American Heritage Futurity. The American Heritage is one of the longest-running ABBI Futurities showcasing our Breeders programs. The free-to-attend event will be held May 15–16 at 9 a.m. at the Will Rogers Watt Arena and feature the top two-year-old bovine athletes competing for one of the biggest payouts in ABBI, with an estimated purse of $200,000.

The complete list of 2026 PBR World Finals bulls are:

Richard Slam (Carr Pro Rodeo)

Smokey Joe (Carr Pro Rodeo)

Brown Bomber (Carr Pro Rodeo)

American Made (3B Cattle Co)

Chicken in Black (3B Cattle Co)

Black Harbor (4B Bucking Bulls)

Hookie Monster (Hookin’ H Ranch/Leffew Bucking Bulls)

Body Bag (Jeff Baeza/Rock Solid/Folsom Point/Pro Genetics Bucking Bulls)

Mean Machine (Bennett Bucking Bulls/Folsom Point/BS Cattle Co)

Powerstroke (BS Cattle Co)

Fire Zone (Blake Sharp/Hanks/LS Performance Horses)

XIT Knock Out (Blake Sharp/XIT Ranch)

The Player (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilston)

Good Riddance (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

Lights Out (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson/Hanks)

Cookie (Blake Sharp/K&S Bucking Bulls/UB Bucking Company/Self Made Bucking Bulls)

Rockville (Blake Sharp/Koe Wetzel/Giocanni/Morris)

Game Over (Blake Sharp/K&S Bucking Bulls)

Velvet Revolver (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson)

Ground Pounder (Blake Sharp/UB Bucking Company)

Say When (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

Mike’s Motive (Blake Sharp/High Voltage/Wetzel/Knott)

Crazy Party (Blake Sharp/Michael Floyd)

Tijuana Two-Step (Blake Sharp/Michael Floyd)

Eyes On Me (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

Bex Red Eye (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

Hoobastank (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

XIT Socks In A Box (Blake Sharp/XIT Ranch)

Ridin’ Dirty (Blake Sharp/Hanks)

Hoka Hey (Blake Sharp/Chris UtzCarey Brothers)

Best Bet (C-B Bucking Bulls)

Peso (Cannon Cattle Co)

Tecovas Triple Aught (Addi Drury/Nothin’ But Try/Diggers)

OpitWize Mercy (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Overstreet)

BRUNT Haymaker (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/’Diggers Bucking Bulls)

Hard Candy (Braun Bucking Bulls)

Stryker (Cooper/Scruggs Bucking Bulls)

Ghost Face (Bierema Rodeo Inc/Cooper/Scruggs Bucking Bulls)

Level Up (D4 Redline Pro Rodeo)

Sucker Punch (D4 Redline Pro Rodeo)

Dana White’s Playmate (Dana White/DD Bucking Bulls)

Crazy Sox (Universal Pro Rodeo/Rachel & Dustin Powell)

Red Demon (Universal Pro Rodeo/Rachel & Dustin Powell)

DirtyBru (Universal Pro Rodeo/Rachel & Dustin Powell)

Cherry Chew (Flinn Cattle Co/JF Cattle Co)

Milestone (Flinn Cattle Co)

Dirty Bomb (D&H Cattle Co./Flinn)

Ransom (D&H Cattle Co./Flinn)

Cherry Shot (Flinn Cattle Co)

Jailer (D&H Cattle Co./Flinn)

Elmo (Flinn Cattle Co)

Cyrus (Evan Matthews)

Lap Dancer (Flying S/Dozier Cattle Co)

Snap Chatter (Flying S Bucking Bulls/Dozier)

War Cry (Prophet Bucking Bulls)

Apple Juicing (Humpz and Hornz)

Nefarious (Stoney Pointe Rough Stock/ET/Baer/Humpz & Hornz)

Easy Come, Easy Go (B-J Ranch/Hilton Bill Co)

Hurricane (Niphong Cattle Co/Hilton Bill Co)

Time for Magic (Lone Star Matejka Bucking Bulls/D&H/Hilton)

Freightliner Fever (Tim Cody/Hilton Bull Co.)

Jameson (Niphong Cattle Co/Hilton Bull Co)

Coach (Craig Moore/D&H Cattle/Buck Cattle)

Clyde (D&H Cattle Co./Futrell)

Kippers Rippers (Self Made Bucking Bulls/1886 Cattle/D&H Cattle)

Moolah (Self Made Bucking Bulls/1886 Cattle/D&H Cattle)

Simple Man (Emmett Cattle/D&H Cattle Co)

Charro (D&H Cattle/Craig Moore)

Electric Kitty (Moore Cattle/D&H Cattle Co.)

Hosel Rocket (Davenport/D&H Cattle)

Vindicated (D&H Cattle Company)

Hard Times (D&H Cattle Company)

Buck Nasty (Chapman/Buck/Moore/D&H Cattle)

Milestone (Rickey West Bucking Bulls/Steve Freeman/4L Rodeo)

Toad (Rickey West Bucking Bulls/D&D Cattle/4L Rodeo)

Wicked Intentions (Martinez Bucking Bulls, LLC)

Magic Hunter (Martinez Bucking Bulls, LLC)

Walk Hard (Ace of Spades/McGuire/Martinez)

El Patron (Martinez/Frank Froese Bucking Bulls)

Nasubi (Davis Rodeo Ranch/Black Canyon Ranch)

Sour Patch (Self Made Bucking Bulls/Davis Rodeo Ranch)

July (Leffew Bucking Bulls)

Black Eyes (Richardson Land & Cattle/Knapp Ranch)

All Magic (JvL Genetics)

Purple Rain (Wacey Hart/Hart Cattle/TNT Bucking Bulls)

Mystified (TNT Bucking Bulls/Hart Cattle Co)

Constant Payne (Jane Clark/Gene Owen)

Splash Tide (Jane Clark/Hart Cattle)

Tchoupitoulas (Hart Cattle Co/Hart)

Chico (TNT Bucking Bulls/Hart Cattle Co)

Kobi’s Train Station (Hart Cattle Co/Hale)

Living On A Prayer (K-C Bucking Bulls/RD Hill)

Krispy Kreme (K Bar C Bucking Bulls)

Magic Potion (K Bar C Bucking Bulls/Daniels Cattle Co.)

Freedom Fighter (K-C Bucking Bulls/Spark-lin Acres)

King Tut (Less Than 8 Cattle Co.)

Blonde Bomber (Austin Rodeo Ranch)

Hermes (Premier Livestock/Rafter G Rodeo)

Felix (Austin Ranch Rodeo/Rafter G Rodeo)

Landman (Rafter G Rodeo)

Doze You Down (Premier Livestock/Rafter G Rodeo)

Let Him Fly (WL Bucking Bulls/LH Cattle Co)

Heavy Load (LH Cattle Co)

Jeffrey D (Long Ranch/Teller)

Top Dollar (Hookin’ W Ranch/DeHoff/Beach)

Nobody (Snyder Family/Hookin’ W Ranch)

CID’s Kid (Jim & Shannon Barr/Hookin W Ranch)

Punchy Pete (Crescent City Bucking Bulls/Lari Crane/Gene Owen)

Night Agent (Herndon Bucking Bulls)

Flapjack (Herndon Bucking Bulls)

Rock ‘n Roll (Raymond & Coy Henry/Lidgard)

Huckleberry (Legend Pro Rodeo)

Ghostship Warrior (Phenom/Sankey/Westrom)

Magic Touch (Phenom/Lewis/Fay/Bohlman/Dragonetics/Sankey)

Big Mac (McCoy Rodeo/Phil Dahl)

The HONDO (McCoy Rodeo/Cody/Coker/Blanton)

Turning Point (Kelly & Cami Heath/McCoy Rodeo)

Big Dawg (McCoy Rodeo/TLG Livestock)

Pegasus (McCoy Rodeo/Spencer Neil)

Tulsa Time (Kelly & Cami Heath/McCoy Rodeo)

Ugly This (McCoy Rodeo/Spencer Neil)

Ridin’ Salty (Drink LMNT/McCoy Rodeo)

Mike Honcho (McCoy Rodeo/Spencer Neil)

Battle Tested (TZ Bucking Bulls/McCoy Bucking Bulls/Bill McCarty)

Smoke Screen (Hawkins Bucking Bulls/Emmett Cattle Co)

Johny Dang (Hawkins Bucking Bulls/Emmett Cattle Co)

Let’s Roll (Folsom Point Bucking Bulls)

Short Fire (Folsom Point/Bennett Bucking Bulls)

Punchy (Folsom Point/Bennett Bucking Bulls)

Tacky Jack (Folsom Point/Bennett Bucking Bulls)

Smooth Violation (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Take Down  (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Sucker Pop (Spencer/Sherman Cattle Co/Farris)

Lieutenant Dan (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Cougar Uber (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo/Spencer)

Oyster Creek Brawler (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Dirty Honey (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Traux’s Bear Cat (Farris Cattle/Big Schott Rodeo)

Tigger (Spencer/Sherman Cattle Co/Farris)

Wreck It Ralph (Twisted Horns Cattle Co)

Semi Sober (Ty Rinaldo TZ Bucking Bulls)

The Done (Edge of 8/Ogden/Viducic)

Scrappy (Edge of 8 Bucking Bulls/Viducic Bucking Bulls)

I’m a Hostage (Edge of 8/Hide Out Farms/Viducic Bucking Bulls)

Fire Fight (Edge of 8 Bucking Bulls/Viducic Bucking Bulls)

Chateau Montelena’s Montana Jacket (Vella/Coleman/Ogden/Viducic)

Mr. Demon (Schott/Sutton Rodeo)

Icky Thump (Sutton/Broken Arrow S)

Rolex (Schott/Sutton Rodeo)

Maserati (Sutton/Broken Arrow S)

What’s Poppin (3B Cattle Co.)

Long Gone (Twisted Horns Cattle Co)

Dirty South (Blake Sharp/Brantley Gilbert)

The 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast will begin with the first four rounds at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth from May 7-10. The competition will begin at 7:45 p.m. CT on May 7-9, and 1:45 p.m. CT on May 10. During Rounds 1-4, each of the 45 competing riders will get on one bull daily. The five riders who qualified from the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour must ride at least one bull to advance. Following the conclusion of competition at Cowtown Coliseum, the remaining riders will advance to Rounds 5-8 at Dickies Arena May 14-17. The Championship Round will feature the Top 15 riders competing for a chance at the event title and – if they have yet to be eliminated by points – the World Championship.

Single-day tickets for Rounds 1-4 are on-sale now and can be purchased at PBRWorldFinals.com, CowtownColiseum.com and AXS.com.

The on-the-dirt action for the rounds of the 2026 PBR World Finals inside Cowtown Coliseum will be accompanied by fun, family-friendly programming throughout the Fort Worth Stockyards, including the Stockyards Stampede Fan Fest, which will take over the historic district beginning May 7 as the fan hub, offering special activations from PBR partners and daily musical and DJ performances while serving as the home for the official 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast parade on Saturday, May 9 at 11:45am CT.

The complete schedule of World Finals programming is available at https://pbrworldfinals.com/schedule.  

Single-day tickets for the PBR World Finals – Championship are on sale now. They can be purchased online at dickiesarena.com, ticketmaster.com and PBRWorldFinals.com.

For more information 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.