PBR Teams, through the bulls

The Draw Report

Every team faces a different pen. This report measures how rank the bulls each team's riders drew had been before each game — and what the riders did with them. In 2026, the Texas Rattlers have faced the toughest draw (72.6% prior buckoff rate) and stand 16–14; the Carolina Cowboys have drawn the most ridable pen (68.5%) and stand 18–13.

The 2026 Teams season in review: best trips, unridden bulls and the programs behind them →

How the draw works

The pen

Before every game, each team is drawn a balanced pen of five bulls, as determined by PBR's Director of Livestock. Pens are randomly drawn to the teams.

The pairing

The coach decides which rider gets on which bull, pairing them to get the most out of the team, and can change the pairings from game to game.

The result

The team with the highest total score from its five riders wins the game (PBR Teams 101).

So read the table in two halves. Bulls' prior buckoff % is the luck of the draw — with balanced pens drawn at random, it should even out over a season, and the table shows how much it actually did. Rides covered is what each team's pairings and riders made of the bulls they got.

2026 season draw

Toughest draw first · click a column to sort

#	Team	Record*	Outs faced	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Bulls' prior avg	Rides covered
1	Texas Rattlers	16–14	171	72.6%	42.65	36.6% (53/145)
2	Nashville Stampede	17–14	173	71.4%	42.64	42.2% (57/135)
3	Florida Freedom	12–17	172	70.6%	42.64	28.5% (39/137)
4	New York Mavericks	12–16	174	70.6%	42.58	32.4% (44/136)
5	Missouri Thunder	22–10	169	70.6%	42.69	51.6% (66/128)
6	Kansas City Outlaws	13–17	178	70.1%	42.62	41.0% (59/144)
7	Arizona Ridge Riders	13–17	175	69.9%	42.57	34.5% (50/145)
8	Austin Gamblers	19–12	172	69.9%	42.70	44.4% (59/133)
9	Oklahoma Wildcatters	9–21	173	69.7%	42.73	30.0% (42/140)
10	Carolina Cowboys	18–13	175	68.5%	42.68	36.6% (52/142)
	League	—	1,732	70.4%	42.65	37.6%

Records count the 151 of 160 games whose ride records are complete enough to decide (at least five recorded outs per side); 9 games are not counted, so these records can sit a few games under PBR's official standings. Ride records through Oct 18, 2026.

Latest weekend

Oct 12, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

Team	Outs	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Rides covered
Kansas City Outlaws	17	78.6%	8/13
Texas Rattlers	17	74.4%	8/14
Florida Freedom	14	74.3%	5/10
Arizona Ridge Riders	15	70.8%	3/12
Oklahoma Wildcatters	15	69.1%	4/13
Nashville Stampede	18	67.0%	7/12
Austin Gamblers	16	66.9%	7/9
Missouri Thunder	15	65.6%	5/10
New York Mavericks	19	65.3%	5/12
Carolina Cowboys	16	63.4%	5/12

The rankest bull each team drew

Ridge Riders Buck Nasty — never ridden in 40 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Cowboys Buck Nasty — never ridden in 39 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Stampede Slick Rick — never ridden in 29 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →
Outlaws Slick Rick — never ridden in 28 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Rattlers Cherry Chew — never ridden in 22 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →
Freedom Cherry Chew — never ridden in 21 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Wildcatters Cherry Chew — never ridden in 20 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Thunder Dirty Bomb — never ridden in 19 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →
Gamblers Jailer — never ridden in 19 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Mavericks Dirty Bomb — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →

2025 season draw

Toughest draw first · click a column to sort

#	Team	Record*	Outs faced	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Bulls' prior avg	Rides covered
1	Oklahoma Wildcatters	11–23	184	75.3%	42.52	33.1% (49/148)
2	Nashville Stampede	13–20	187	74.2%	42.38	41.0% (57/139)
3	Carolina Cowboys	18–15	181	72.8%	42.48	39.7% (56/141)
4	Missouri Thunder	14–16	186	72.7%	42.39	34.0% (48/141)
5	New York Mavericks	9–24	188	72.3%	42.41	34.3% (48/140)
6	Austin Gamblers	23–11	190	71.9%	42.46	46.4% (71/153)
7	Arizona Ridge Riders	20–13	195	71.9%	42.37	40.9% (67/164)
8	Florida Freedom	23–10	189	71.1%	42.45	51.0% (76/149)
9	Kansas City Outlaws	11–21	199	70.2%	42.31	37.5% (57/152)
10	Texas Rattlers	20–9	184	69.8%	42.50	41.1% (58/141)
	League	—	1,883	72.2%	42.43	40.0%

Records count the 162 of 175 games whose ride records are complete enough to decide (at least five recorded outs per side); 13 games are not counted, so these records can sit a few games under PBR's official standings. Ride records through Oct 26, 2025.

The rankest bull each team drew

Gamblers Magic Potion — never ridden in 55 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Cowboys Magic Potion — never ridden in 54 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Freedom Magic Potion — never ridden in 53 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Wildcatters Magic Potion — never ridden in 52 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Rattlers Magic Potion — never ridden in 51 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Mavericks Dirty Deeds — never ridden in 34 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Stampede Buck Nasty — never ridden in 21 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Ridge Riders Slick Rick — never ridden in 20 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Outlaws Slick Rick — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Thunder Windy — never ridden in 14 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →

2024 season draw

Toughest draw first · click a column to sort

#	Team	Record*	Outs faced	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Bulls' prior avg	Rides covered
1	Texas Rattlers	13–10	141	80.1%	42.45	46.2% (54/117)
2	Arizona Ridge Riders	9–16	152	79.7%	42.51	39.8% (49/123)
3	New York Mavericks	12–14	155	79.6%	42.51	23.1% (30/130)
4	Oklahoma Wildcatters	10–15–1	149	79.2%	42.48	32.8% (40/122)
5	Austin Gamblers	13–13	148	78.9%	42.47	39.3% (46/117)
6	Florida Freedom	15–9	143	78.6%	42.48	46.5% (53/114)
7	Nashville Stampede	11–15	147	78.3%	42.41	30.8% (40/130)
8	Carolina Cowboys	15–9–1	151	78.2%	42.50	43.3% (55/127)
9	Kansas City Outlaws	18–8	143	78.1%	42.47	50.4% (61/121)
10	Missouri Thunder	9–16	147	78.1%	42.48	32.8% (40/122)
	League	—	1,476	78.9%	42.48	38.3%

Records count the 126 of 140 games whose ride records are complete enough to decide (at least five recorded outs per side); 14 games are not counted, so these records can sit a few games under PBR's official standings. Ride records through Oct 20, 2024.

The rankest bull each team drew

Wildcatters Salty Brindle — never ridden in 44 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Ridge Riders Salty Brindle — never ridden in 43 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Gamblers Magic Potion — never ridden in 40 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Rattlers Magic Potion — never ridden in 39 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Thunder Magic Potion — never ridden in 38 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Freedom Stone Cold Gangster — never ridden in 27 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Outlaws Stone Cold Gangster — never ridden in 26 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Stampede Midnight City — never ridden in 25 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Mavericks Stone Cold Gangster — never ridden in 22 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Cowboys Smooth Criminal — never ridden in 21 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →

2023 season draw

Toughest draw first · click a column to sort

#	Team	Record*	Outs faced	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Bulls' prior avg	Rides covered
1	Carolina Cowboys	11–14	148	81.0%	42.81	34.2% (41/120)
2	Nashville Stampede	10–16–1	155	80.9%	42.87	25.6% (33/129)
3	Oklahoma Freedom	14–12	158	80.9%	42.77	28.0% (37/132)
4	Arizona Ridge Riders	13–14	162	80.5%	42.87	30.7% (43/140)
5	Kansas City Outlaws	16–9	155	80.5%	42.80	36.1% (48/133)
6	Missouri Thunder	8–19–1	162	80.3%	42.81	20.3% (27/133)
7	Texas Rattlers	16–12	166	80.2%	42.79	38.0% (52/137)
8	Austin Gamblers	18–10	157	80.0%	42.82	32.3% (40/124)
	League	—	1,263	80.5%	42.82	30.6%

Records count the 107 of 118 games whose ride records are complete enough to decide (at least five recorded outs per side); 11 games are not counted (6 of them playoff games, which stay out of regular-season records), so these records can sit a few games under PBR's official standings. Ride records through Oct 22, 2023.

The rankest bull each team drew

Outlaws Salty Brindle — never ridden in 30 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Rattlers Salty Brindle — never ridden in 29 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Oklahoma Freedom Man Hater — never ridden in 28 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Ridge Riders Man Hater — never ridden in 25 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Thunder Man Hater — never ridden in 24 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Stampede Man Hater — never ridden in 22 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Gamblers Pete's Dejavu — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →
Cowboys Punchy Pete — never ridden in 17 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →

2022 season draw

Toughest draw first · click a column to sort

#	Team	Record*	Outs faced	Bulls' prior buckoff %	Bulls' prior avg	Rides covered
1	Missouri Thunder	8–17	149	79.8%	42.96	31.5% (40/127)
2	Kansas City Outlaws	11–12–2	150	79.3%	42.83	33.1% (43/130)
3	Austin Gamblers	16–11	150	79.2%	42.82	34.7% (41/118)
4	Nashville Stampede	8–17–2	154	78.9%	42.87	32.5% (39/120)
5	Carolina Cowboys	14–11	147	78.3%	42.79	37.9% (44/116)
6	Texas Rattlers	17–10	149	77.9%	42.74	30.6% (37/121)
7	Arizona Ridge Riders	14–13–1	145	77.6%	42.94	39.2% (47/120)
8	Oklahoma Freedom	14–11–1	144	76.7%	42.84	30.3% (36/119)
	League	—	1,188	78.5%	42.85	33.7%

Records count the 105 of 112 games whose ride records are complete enough to decide (at least five recorded outs per side); 7 games are not counted, so these records can sit a few games under PBR's official standings. Ride records through Nov 6, 2022.

The rankest bull each team drew

Outlaws Red Scorpion — never ridden in 20 earlier outs; this time: covered Pick a rider for him →
Oklahoma Freedom Red Scorpion — never ridden in 19 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Gamblers Black Cherry — never ridden in 19 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Thunder Milk Mustache — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Stampede Black Cherry — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Ridge Riders Brusta — never ridden in 18 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Rattlers Black Cherry — never ridden in 17 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →
Cowboys Kingdom — never ridden in 13 earlier outs; this time: bucked off Pick a rider for him →

Play coach

Coaches get five bulls and five riders and have to decide who gets on what. Make the same call in Coach's Pen: draw a pen, pick your riders, and see the lineup the numbers favor — then set your own and compare. Or load a real pen from any game in the last two seasons to see the coach's actual lineup, what happened, and how the numbers read the same pen. Or start from one of the rank bulls above: tap Pick a rider for him for a one-on-one projection.

One honest limit: the projector works from the numbers only — buckoff rates, ride rates, and scores. It doesn't know which way a bull turns back, how he leaves the chute, or which hand a rider rides with. Treat it as the stat sheet, not the whole call.

How this is measured

Draw toughness is each bull's record before the game — his buckoff rate and average bull score across every earlier recorded out, on any circuit. Bulls with fewer than five earlier outs are unrated and left out of the draw and ride columns. Teams come from the game listings ("Away @ Home"): a rider belongs to the side he appears on most often that season, which also follows mid-season moves. Game results follow PBR's rule — the higher total score from the five riders wins — computed from the recorded ride scores; games without complete ride records are not decided. We checked the method against PBR's official 2025 regular-season table: every computed record sits at or under the official totals, the gap being the undecided games. For official standings, see PBR.com.

This report doesn't say why one team's draw was tougher than another's — it shows what the numbers show. Data as of Oct 19, 2026. Bull-by-bull Teams standings live on the Teams bull race page.