The top 15 list of 2022 NFR Qualifying Headers came down to the wire this year, with the final performances at Pasadena, Texas, deciding the last spot.
Jake Orman’s second-round, 4.2-second run sealed the deal, however, putting him third in the go, worth a critical $860 to keep him firmly ahead of Cory Kidd, who had the best chance of unseating him after No. 16-man Derrick Begay ran out of rodeos. Orman, 31, of Prairie, Mississippi, enters the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with season-long partner Brye Crites with $85,067.18 won on the year.
UNOFFICIAL ProRodeo 2022 NFR-Qualifying Headers
(Results from ProRodeo.com. Updated Sept. 30, 2022)
| Ranking | Name | PRCA Earnings |
| 1 | Kaleb Driggers | $227,877.85 |
| 2 | Clay Tryan | $144,663.14 |
| 3 | Andrew Ward | $124,618.63 |
| 4 | Coleman Proctor | $110,691.37 |
| 5 | Tanner Tomlinson | $107,368.21 |
| 6 | Dustin Egusquiza | $106,022.46 |
| 7 | Tyler Wade | $98,572.98 |
| 8 | Rhen Richard | $97,652.70 |
| 9 | JR Dees | $95,434.16 |
| 10 | Cody Snow | $91,842.70 |
| 11 | Lightning Aguilera | $90,421.44 |
| 12 | Riley Minor | $89,022.28 |
| 13 | Clay Smith | $88,851.56 |
| 14 | Chad Masters | $87,443.82 |
| 15 | Jake Orman | $85,067.18 |
We’ll release the official rundown of NFR partnership pairings in the coming days, but with long-time past partners Chad Masters and Joseph Harrison and the one-time San Antonio champ pairing of Lightning Aguilera and Jonathan Torres being the two odd teams out, these partnerships will likely decide themselves.