The Top 15 on the heel side have made their choice of heel ropes as they gear up to run their first steer in the Thomas & Mack at the 2025 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
2025 NFR Heel Rope-Choice Breakdown
- Classic is the top choice amongst the 2025 NFR heelers with 12 of the 15 using one.
- Nine are using a Powerline while two are using an NV4, including the reigning World Champ Wesley Thorp. Coleby Payne is using a Rattler GT4 Lite.
- Cactus Ropes shows up twice in the field, both men using different ropes. Levi Lord uses a Thrilla and Jake Long uses a Mojo.
- Cactus Ropes has won $305,630.08 in the regular season.
- Classic Ropes have powered $1,679,862.66 in combined 2025 earnings among the Top 15 heelers.
- Travis Graves is the only Lone Star endorsee in the 2025 NFR heeling field, calling on a Helix Pro.
| 1 | Junior Nogueira | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM |
| 2 | Colter Todd | Classic | Powerline | HM |
| 3 | Jade Corkill | Classic | Powerline | HM |
| 4 | Levi Lord | Cactus | Thrilla | MH |
| 5 | Travis Graves | Lone Star | Helix Pro | HM |
| 6 | Coleby Payne | Rattler | GT4 Lite | HM |
| 7 | Jake Long | Cactus | Mojo | HM |
| 8 | Wesley Thorp | Classic | NV4 | HM |
| 9 | Lane Mitchell | Classic | NV4 | HM |
| 10 | Dillon Graham | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM |
| 11 | Brady Minor | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM or M |
| 12 | Trey Yates | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM |
| 13 | Douglas Rich | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM |
| 14 | Kaden Profili | Classic | Powerline Lite | HM |
| 15 | Jonathan Torres | Classic | Powerline Lite | M |