ProRodeo Sports News 2022 Wrangler NFR Preview Issue

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BY THE NUMBERS 3 Cody Lee won the average at the 2022 National Finals Steer Roping, Nov. 4-5 in Mulvane, Kan., with a 123.3-second time on 10 head. This is the third NFSR average crown for Lee, as he also won in 2016 and 2018. Lee earned $30,349 for the average title and finished third in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $113,096. 30 Vin Fisher won the most rounds of any cowboy at the 2022 NFSR – three – Rounds 2, 4, and 8, that upped his career total round wins at the NFSR to 30. $64K The amount of money ($64,575) earned by J. Tom Fisher at the 2022 National Finals Steer Roping in Mulvane, Kan., Nov. 4-5. That was the most of any competitor at the 2022 NFSR. It propelled Fisher to his first gold buckle.

2022 NFR Payout Breakdown revealed The Professional Rodeo Cowboys 2022 WRANGLER NFR PAYOUT

Association and Las Vegas Events announced the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® presented by Teton Ridge will see an increase in the payout at the world’s largest rodeo in December for the second consecutive year. The Wrangler NFR, which is at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Dec. 1-10, will have a record-setting competition payout of more than $10.9 million. This amount includes guaranteed prize money of $1.2 million for all NFR qualifiers and $9,700,098 in competition prize money. Based on the updated purse in 2022, the increase will see round winners take home $28,914 per round and average winners earn $74,150. Each go-round will pay a total of $93,270, while the average total will pay $279,811 per event. The stock contractor pay – which is 30% of the contestant payout – increased to $3,270,030. A breakdown of this year’s payout at the Wrangler NFR:

Total Prize Money: ................. $10,900,098 Guaranteed Prize Money: ........ $1,200,000 Competition Prize Money: ....... $9,700,098

PER GO-ROUND, PER EVENT

1st: .............................................. $28,914 2nd: .............................................. $22,851 3rd: .............................................. $17,255 4th: .............................................. $12,125 5th: .............................................. $7,462 6th: .............................................. $4,664 Total payoff per event, per go-round: $93,270 1st: .............................................. $74,150 2nd: .............................................. $60,159 3rd: .............................................. $47,568 4th: .............................................. $34,976 5th: .............................................. $25,183 6th: .............................................. $18,188 7th: .............................................. $12,591 8th: .............................................. $6,995 Total payoff for average per event: $279,811

AVERAGE PER EVENT

ProRodeo Sports News 11/18/2022

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