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All the NFR Barrel Racing Records, Updated for 2026

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Casey AllenNov 3, 2026

See all of the records from the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association when it comes to dollars and times during the WPRA regular season and National Finals Rodeo, including NFR go-rounds, the average, earnings and the arena record. Updated through the 2025 NFR, ahead of the 2026 NFR in Las Vegas.

(Psssst…say thank you to our friends at the WPRA and The Money Barrel podcast for helping us gather all of these up.)

Table of contents

NFR barrel racing arena record

*inside the Thomas & Mack Center

13.11 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, Round 3, 2017

NFR barrel racing go-round records

*inside the Thomas & Mack Center

Round 1

13.38 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, 2024

Round 2

13.48 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, 2024

Round 3

13.11 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, 2017

Round 4

13.42 seconds, Tricia Aldridge and Adios Pantalones, 2025

Round 5

13.42 seconds, Summer Kosel and FireWaterFrenchFame, 2023

Round 6

13.25 seconds, Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye, 2024

Round 7

13.19 seconds, Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye, 2024

Round 8

13.30 seconds, Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye, 2023

Round 9

13.20 seconds, Carlee Otero and AM Regina George, 2025

Round 10

13.17 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, 2019

NFR average record

136.18 seconds on 10 runs, Andrea Busby and Jets Top Gun, 2024. Busby was the only barrel racer to stay clean all 10 rounds that year. The previous record was 136.83, set by Jordon Briggs in 2021.

Most money won at a single NFR

$295,526, Kassie Mowry, 2024. The previous record was $270,615, set by Hailey Kinsel in 2020.

Most NFR go-round wins

26, Hailey Kinsel. She set the record with a 13.53 to win Round 2 of the 2025 NFR on DM Sissy Hayday. The count includes the 2020 NFR at Globe Life Field.

Most NFR qualifications

20, Lisa Lockhart (2007-2026). Lockhart tied Charmayne James and Sherry Cervi at 19 in 2025 and qualified for her 20th straight in 2026 to hold the record alone.

More NFR records

  • NFR standard pattern: 16.56 seconds, Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, Round 8, 2020, Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
  • Fastest run by a stallion in the Thomas & Mack (unofficial): 13.42, Tricia Aldridge and Adios Pantalones, Round 4, 2025
  • Back-to-back world titles: Kassie Mowry won in 2024 and 2025, one of nine women to defend a WPRA world title. Kinsel was the last before her (2018-2020).

Highest single-year earnings in WPRA barrel racing

*regular season plus NFR

  1. $496,499, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 2023
  2. $457,808, Kassie Mowry, 2024
  3. $430,352, Hailey Kinsel, 2024
  4. $403,882, Kassie Mowry, 2025
  5. $386,567, Tricia Aldridge, 2025

Total NFR-only barrel racing earnings

*money won at the NFR, through the 2025 NFR

  1. $1,869,263, Lisa Lockhart
  2. $1,522,055, Hailey Kinsel
  3. $1,307,319, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi
  4. $1,279,547, Sherry Cervi

WPRA regular-season earnings record

$270,563, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 2023

Highest-earning WPRA barrel racers of all time

Lisa Lockhart became the first WPRA member to pass $4 million in career earnings when she placed second in the average at Tucson in March 2026.

*through the 2025 season

  1. Lisa Lockhart, $3,985,366
  2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $3,772,506
  3. Sherry Cervi, $3,404,976

Resistol Rookie earnings record

$182,971, Bayleigh Choate, 2022. The previous record was $164,780, set by Jackie Ganter in 2015.

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