The 2025 ProRodeo season proves once again that the circuit system is anything but static as each year shows major growth in all circuits.

While sometimes subtle and not always dramatic, each PRCA circuit is seeing growth year over year in the team roping, from higher earnings inside the top five in the circuit to the monetary amount it takes to qualify increasing.

Here’s a look at how the PRCA circuits continue to shift and evolve year after year.

*Note: Data was collected from the same week in August of each year. In 2025, the earnings were taken specifically on Aug. 16.*

Columbia River Circuit

• In 2025, the No. 1 team carries a large portion of the circuit earnings, which makes sense as Riley and Brady Minor also sit inside the Top 15 of the PRCA world standings.
• Riley Minor led the way all three years, with an increase in earnings each year.

California Circuit

• Year after year, the No. 1 header’s earnings drastically increased. In the heeling, however, it jumped in 2024 but dropped slightly in 2025.
• Neither the heading nor the heeling had the same leader each year at this current week in August.
• The separation between first and fifth in the California Circuit in 2025 is more significant than in 2023 or 2024, suggesting a potential dominance by the No. 1 team.

Wilderness Circuit

• The amount won by the No. 1 team has actually decreased year over year, but the money is more spread out amongst the top five each year. In 2023, Kaleb Driggers had a $27,605.24 lead over second, whereas in 2025 only $3,410.58 separate Jake Smith from the No. 2 header.
• Jake Smith and Douglas Rich have led the Wilderness Circuit two years in a row with similar earnings both years.
• While the leading team may not have as much won in 2025 as the 2023 team did, the amount to be in the top five of the standings is increasing each year.

Montana Circuit

• Brady Tryan has led the Montana Circuit in August three years in a row.
• While No. 1 had more money won in 2024, fourth and fifth in both the heading and heeling continues to grow, suggesting a more even dispersion of earnings.

Mountain States Circuit

• The Mountain States Circuit is seeing strong growth amongst the No. 1 team year over year.
  • On the head side, the No. 1 position has grown by nearly $10,000 each year. In the heeling, however, it grew by over $10,000 from 2023 to 2024, but the 2025 earnings have not had that major jump.
• While Clayton Van Aken is a multiple-time Mountain States Circuit champion, he continues to climb each August.
• On the heel side, Carson Johnson and Cullen Teller remain familiar faces inside the top five year and year.

Turquoise Circuit

• The Turquoise Circuit has seen a large increase in money won by its No. 1 team in 2025.
• Despite also being inside the top three of the PRCA world standings, Derrick Begay and Colter Todd have a stronger start on their circuit year as well, having $19,829.68 won on the 2025 season in August in comparison to $7,761.28 in 2023.
• Overall, the top five field in the heading and heeling have increased year over year.

Texas Circuit

• Earnings in the Texas Circuit are more evenly distributed in 2025. In 2024, Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord dominated the circuit, winning multiple winter Texas Swing rodeos.
• It also took more to be inside the top five of the heading and heeling in 2024 with fifth place have over $20,000 won on each end, compared to the $18,733.72 in the heading and $16,946.35 in the heeling this year.
• In the heading and heeling, the gap between first and fifth widened in 2024 (over $31,000 difference) but narrows again in 2025, showing fluctuations in competition and payouts.

Prairie Circuit

• The top headers and heelers show a clear upward trend in earnings from 2023 to 2025
• However, in 2024, third through fifth dropped off in comparison to 2023 but increased again in 2025.
• Each year introduces new leaders, showing turnover at the top.
• Bubba Buckaloo and Joseph Harrison have had a strong circuit year, winning major rodeos like Guymon; however, the teams behind them are also holding their own with less than $2,000 separating first from second.

Great Lakes Circuit

• Like many other circuits, the Great Lakes continues to see growth year over year at the top of the heading and heeling.
• In 2023, the competition was extremely tight amongst the top four of the heading and top three in the heeling but has since seen more of a gap each year.
• Dalton Turner was consistently strong in 2023 and 2024 but is outside the top five in 2025.
• Cooper Bruce has consistently been inside the top three year after year, even after swapping ends after the 2023 season.
• Earnings growth is evident on the heel side, with Cooper Bruce earning $26,915.41—over $9,000 more than Clay Clayman in 2023.

Southeastern Circuit

• The Southeastern Circuit saw a major jump in earnings for the No. 1 header and heeler from 2023 to 2024, but it has remained consistent from 2024 to 2025.
• The earnings needed to be inside the top five has also grown year over year.

First Frontier Circuit

• In 2024, the First Frontier Circuit saw a slight dip in earnings but has leveled back out and on an upward trajectory in 2025.
  • The field was also much tighter in 2024 with less than $2,000 separating first from fifth in both the heading and heeling.
• Year after year, the amount to be inside the top five gradually increases.

Badlands Circuit

• The No. 1 header and heeler saw a small but steady increase from 2023 to 2024, but it has jumped significantly from 2024 to 2025 by almost $10,000 on the head side and over $8,000 on the heel side.
• Specifically on the head side, Guy Howell shows the biggest jump from 2024 to 2025, moving from fourth in 2024 to first in 2025 and nearly doubling his earnings to $23,451.13.
• In the heeling, Logan Schliinz also had a big jump from 2024 to 2025, moving from second to first but by almost $10,000.