Chris Shivers
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Chris Shivers is a top-rated bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders' Built Ford Tough Series
with career PBR earnings of $3,842,739.33 (as of September 2011). Shivers has earned the title of PBR World Champion Bull Rider in 2000 and 2003. He turned pro in 1997.
Shivers has nineteen career BFTS wins. He has recorded the following history-making firsts: the first PBR bull rider to win more than $300,000 in prize money in one year (1998); the first PBR bull rider to reach the $1 million mark (2001), the $2 million mark (2003) and the $3 million mark (2006); the first PBR bull rider to register 13 90-point rides in one season (1998); the highest marked ride in PBR history (a 96.5 point ride); and the first bull rider to win three consecutive Bud Light Cup events (2000).
Shivers resides with his wife, Kylie, and their two sons in Jonesville
in Catahoula Parish
, Louisiana
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2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Built Ford Tough Series
The Built Ford Tough Series is the "major league" tour of the PBR competitions. It is a 30-city event series culminating in the PBR World Finals every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The top 45 riders of the PBR compete in the BFTS with the rankings determined by points and money won...
with career PBR earnings of $3,842,739.33 (as of September 2011). Shivers has earned the title of PBR World Champion Bull Rider in 2000 and 2003. He turned pro in 1997.
Shivers has nineteen career BFTS wins. He has recorded the following history-making firsts: the first PBR bull rider to win more than $300,000 in prize money in one year (1998); the first PBR bull rider to reach the $1 million mark (2001), the $2 million mark (2003) and the $3 million mark (2006); the first PBR bull rider to register 13 90-point rides in one season (1998); the highest marked ride in PBR history (a 96.5 point ride); and the first bull rider to win three consecutive Bud Light Cup events (2000).
Shivers resides with his wife, Kylie, and their two sons in Jonesville
Jonesville, Louisiana
Jonesville is a town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, at the confluence of the Ouachita, Tensas, and Little rivers. The three rivers become the Black River at Jonesville though the "Black" is primarily the continuation of the Ouachita River. A new bridge has been built over the Black River...
in Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Catahoula Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its seat is Harrisonburg, located on the Ouachita River, which forms the eastern boundary of the parish. In 2000, the population of the parish was 10,920.-Prehistory:...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
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Career highlights
- First PBR bull rider to register 13 90-point rides in one season (1998)
- First PBR Bull Rider to Earn $1 Million (2001), $2 Million (2003) & $3 million (2006)
- 2-time PBR World Champion Bull Rider (2000, 2003)
- PBR 90-Point Club Champion (2000)
- U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Touring Pro Division Series Champion (2000)
- Tied PBR Record High-Mark Ride (96.5 points) (Scored this mark twice in career)
- 14-time Qualifier to the PBR Finals (1997–2003, 2005–2011)
- 3-time PBR Touring Pro Division Finals Qualifier (1999–2001)
- PBR Touring Pro Year-End Champion (1998)
- Copenhagen Master Pro Series Year-End Champion (1998)
- First Bull Rider in PBR History to Win more than $300,000 in a Single Season (1998)
- National High School Rodeo Finals Qualifier (1996)
- Louisiana State High School Bull Riding Champion (1996)
- 2001 Lane Frost/Brent Thurman Award (96.5 on Dillinger)
- 2000 USSTC Challenger Tour Champion ($48,617)
- 1999 Lane Frost/Brent Thurman Award (96 on Trick or Treat)
- 1997 USSTC Challenger Tour Champion ($67,090)
2011
- PBR Des Moines (IA) Invitational Champion
2009
- PBR U.S. Army Invitational (Worcester, MA) Champion
2008
- PBR Tacoma (WA) Classic Bull Riding Champion
2007
- PBR Myron Duarte Maui (HI) Invitational Bull Riding Champion
2006
- PBR Phoenix (AZ) Open Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Worcester (MA) Classic Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Charleston (SC) Classic Bull Riding Champion
2005
- PBR Grand Rapids (MI) Invitational Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Jerome Davis Challenge (Greensboro, NC) Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Southern Ford Dealers Invitational (Tampa, FL) Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Denver (CO) Chute Out Bull Riding Champion
2004
- ABBI Bucking Bull Classic Bull Riding Champion (Las Vegas, NV)
2003
- PBR Tampa (FL) Open Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Jerome Davis Challenge (Greensboro, NC) Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Mohegan Sun Invitational (Uncasville, CT) Bull Riding Champion
2002
- Alexandria, Louisiana U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Challenger Tour Bull Riding Champion
2001
- Jackson, Mississippi PBR Touring Pro Champion
- PBR NILE Invitational (Billings, MT) Bull Riding Champion
- PBR St. Louis (MO) Open Bull Riding Champion
- U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Master Pro Bull Riding Finals Champion
2000
- PBR Portland (OR) Open Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Cleveland (OH) Open Bull Riding Champion
- PBR St. Louis (MO) Open Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Tampa (FL) Open Bull Riding Champion
- Springdale, Arkansas PBR Copenhagen Tough Co. Bull Riding Champion
- Weatherford, Texas PBR Copenhagen Tough Co. Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Canadian Open (Calgary, Alberta) Bull Riding Champion
1999
- San Antonio, Texas PBR Touring Pro Bull Riding Champion
- Marshall, Texas PBR Touring Pro Bull Riding Champion
1998
- PBR Hell on Hooves III (Vancouver, British Columbia) Bull Riding Champion
- Lafayette, Louisiana Touring Pro Bull Riding Champion
- PBR Justin Bull Riding (Houston, TX) Champion
- Springdale, Arkansas Touring Pro Bull Riding Champion
- Marshall, Texas PBR Touring Pro Bull Riding Champion