https://worldchampionbull.com/insights What the data reveals about the bulls shaping the sport — dated analysis from WorldChampionBull.com. en-us https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/does-the-hot-start-last https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/does-the-hot-start-last Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT We audited our own Rising Stock watchlist against every career in the record: qualifiers became elite at sixteen times the rate of everyone else — and a third of them still washed out. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/spotting-a-champion https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/spotting-a-champion Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT We pulled the first ten recorded outs of 3,000 careers. Six of the seven best debuts ever became World Champions — and five other champions started so ordinary you'd never have picked them. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-iron-bulls https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-iron-bulls Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The median bucking bull career is 13 recorded outs. Exactly eight bulls ever reached 100 — and one is still adding to a total no bull has ever seen: 161 outs and counting. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/programs-behind-the-gold https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/programs-behind-the-gold Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Map all 32 world championships to the partnerships behind them and the sport's real dynasties emerge: names that keep showing up behind different bulls, decade after decade — Teague behind 7 titles, Berger 7, D&H from 2015 to the reigning champion. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-stopwatch https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-stopwatch Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Half of all premier-series buckoffs are over inside 3.78 seconds, and the fast ones are marked higher. What 21,822 timed buckoffs say about speed. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-champions-ransom https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-champions-ransom Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT A premier-series debut in December 2025 and a world title five months later. The reigning champion's 47.85 at Billings was the highest mark of the 2026 season. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-26 https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-26 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT 90,676 scored outs are in the record. Exactly 26 ever reached 48 points — spread across just eight bulls in a quarter century. Seven of the eight became World Champions. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/remembering-ridin-solo https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/remembering-ridin-solo Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Back-to-back world titles, 93 recorded outs, and only 11 riders who ever made the whistle. A look back at Ridin' Solo, who died on August 10, 2026. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/remembering-man-hater https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/remembering-man-hater Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Two world titles. The two highest bull scores ever recorded, and a share of the third. A look back at what the record shows about Man Hater, who died on March 8, 2026. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/ten-rides-one-whistle https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/ten-rides-one-whistle Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Bushwacker and J.B. Mauney met ten times. Nine buckoffs. One 95.25-point night in Tulsa that ended a 48-out unridden streak — and after it, nobody made the whistle on Bushwacker again. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-old-masters https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/the-old-masters Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT The average bull's career-best trip comes at age 5. The average World Champion wins at 7.1 — and the dynasty bulls won at 9, 10, nearly 11. Longevity, not fireworks, decides titles. https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/one-scale-many-judging-pools https://worldchampionbull.com/insights/one-scale-many-judging-pools Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT PBR Brazil reaches the 45-point line more often than the premier series — and hasn't scored past 47.00 in 2,338 recorded outs. What locally calibrated judging looks like, in numbers.