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Current World Champions
August 17-21, 2021, 63rd Annual
Saddle Bronc Riding
RYDER WRIGHT
Career earnings: $1,377,920
2020 world standings place: 1st
2020 Wrangler NFR standings place: 1st 2020 Wrangler NFR earnings: $247,135 2020 earnings: $358,471
Education: Milford High School (Milford, Utah)
World Titles Won: 2 (2017, 2020)
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 5 (2016-2020) Wrangler NFR average titles: 1 (2020) Professional
2021 Highlights
• Won The American (Arlington, Texas)
• Won the Georgia (Perry) National Rodeo
• Won the Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo (Herriman, Utah) Career Highlights
• 2020: Won four rounds outright and split a fifth while placing in nine rounds to win the Wrangler NFR average with a record-setting 876.5 points on 10 head. Won five rounds at the NFR for the second time in his career, one of only three cowboys to win five rounds in one NFR. Finished first in the world standings. Won the Ute Stampede (Nephi, Utah), the Range Days Rodeo Xtreme Broncs (Rapid City, S.D.), the Golden Spike PRCA Bronc Riding Classic (Tremonton, Utah)
• 2019: Placed in three rounds to rank 12th in the average with 348.5 points on four head at the Wrangler NFR. Finished third in the world standings with $273,129. Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Colorado (Pueblo) State Fair & Rodeo, the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the Angelina Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah), Las Vegas Days, the Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo (Moab, Utah), the Eagle (Idaho) Rodeo, the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), California Rodeo Salinas, the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.) and the Young Living’s Last Chance Rodeo (Mona, Utah). Co-champion at the Jerome (Idaho) County Fair and Rodeo.
• 2018: Placed in four rounds to rank 13th in the average with 351.5 points on four head at the Wrangler NFR. Ranked fifth in the world standings with $243,194. Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo, California Rodeo Salinas, the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.) Round-Up, the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah), the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo, the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo, the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo, Cave Creek (Ariz.) Rodeo Days, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas), the Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah), the PRCA Xtreme Broncs Match (Rapid City, S.D.), the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.), the Wind River PRCA Rodeo Roundup (Riverton, Wyo.), the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse PRCA Rodeo; the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), and Utah’s
(Salt Lake City) Own Rodeo at the Utah State Fair. Co- champion at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, the Lehi (Utah) Roundup, the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo and the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah).
• 2017: Won Rounds 4,6, 8 and 9 and placed in eight rounds at the Wrangler NFR to rank seventh in the average with 702.5 points on eight head. Finished first in the world standings with $284,938. Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho), the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.), the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo, the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo, the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Santa Maria, Calif.), the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo, the Amargosa Days PRCA Rodeo (Amargosa Valley, Nev.), the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah), Utah’s (Salt Lake City) Own Rodeo at the Utah State Fair and the Industry (Calif.) Hills Charity Pro Rodeo. Co-champion at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas).
• 2016: Won every round he placed in – Rounds 1-4 and 9 – to finish 12th at the Wrangler NFR. Climbed from 14th to fourth in the world standings with $211,758. Won the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas), the Silver State Stampede (Elko, Nev.), the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.), the Wind River PRCA Rodeo Roundup (Riverton, Wyo.), the Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah), the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo (Douglas, Wyo.), the Eastern Montana Fair Rodeo (Miles City), the Goliad (Texas) County Fair PRCA Rodeo, the Central Ark PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Ark.), the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) and the Stonyford (Calif.) Rodeo. Co-champion at Kern County Sheriff ’s Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo (Bakersfield, Calif.), the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho). He was also the PRCA | Resistol Rookie of the Year for Saddle Bronc Riding.
Personal
5-8, 135 ... Wife, Cheyenne ... Daughter, Bexley ... Parents, Cody and ShaRee Wright; brothers Rusty, Stetson and Statler; sister, Lily ... Cody is a two-time world champion saddle bronc rider (2008, 2010) ... Uncles are world champion saddle bronc riders Jesse Wright (2012) and Spencer Wright (2014); uncles Jake, Calvin and Alex Wright also compete in saddle bronc riding ... Started competing in rodeo in 2012 because his family competes and Cody is his rodeo idol; says he tries to keep his riding style similar to his dad’s ... Graduated from Milford High School in 2016 with a class of 32 students ... Played football (wide receiver and cornerback) and baseball (center field) ... Likes to watch the Denver Broncos play ... Enjoys hunting for mule deer and coyotes and riding a Polaris RANGER with his brother Rusty ... Favorite rodeo is Pendleton because the arena is “old-school with a cool atmosphere” ... Favorite food is pizza ... Favorite movie is Creed ... enjoys all kinds of music and plays on his phone when on the road