Champions Awards Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends Tours Statistics
It culminates at the PBR Unleash the Beast World Finals at the end of the regular season.
[4] Major events offered competition in different formats, bonus bulls, and more prize money.
[4] The PBR did not visit New York City or Los Angeles in 2021 because of COVID-19 restrictions in said locations, and the Iron Cowboy event took place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, that year in the summer instead of its usual run in the winter.
The UTB series returned to Madison Square Garden in New York City[15] and Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) in Los Angeles in 2022.
[17] In 2025, the Last Cowboy Standing became a part of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.
[21] Mexico also had a PBR tour, but the COVID-19 pandemic and financial struggles were major factors that led to its eventual shutdown in 2023.
This includes the $1 million bonus to the World Champion, who also receives a trophy cup and championship gold belt buckle.
[1] In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous stops on the PBR schedule were either cancelled or rescheduled to later dates.
The PBR World Finals was moved from its usual location at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas because of Nevada state restrictions on large events to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The number of riders who qualified for the Championship Round at Unleash the Beast Series events was cut from 15 to 12.
[23] The PBR World Finals returned to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in 2021 and had an event format similar to the one from 2020.
[27] The PBR World Finals moved from its longtime home in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
The first cut, at the end of the sixth round, eliminated riders who failed to make a qualified ride.
[31] From 2015 through 2022, the year-end champion from the U.S. PBR circuit's lower-level Velocity Tour, the top three finishers from the Velocity Tour Finals event, and the invitee rider representing one of PBR's four international circuits from Canada, Mexico, Brazil or Australia that placed the highest at the Velocity Tour Finals received wild-card berths; joining the top 35 riders who earned the most world points during the regular season at the PBR World Finals.
The PBR World Finals are now an eight-day event taking place at two different venues in two different cities in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex; the first six days being held at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, then the final two days taking place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.