Twelve cowgirls in each of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s 13 breakaway roping circuits finished the 2026 ProRodeo season inside the top 12 of the unofficial year-end circuit standings, the line that sends them to circuit finals that open Oct. 9 in Minot, North Dakota, and run into January.
Each cowgirl earns money in one circuit, and her top-12 finish there earns her a seat at that circuit’s finals. Each circuit crowns a year-end and an average champion, and those titles carry a berth at next July’s NFR Open. The WPRA’s year-end files are stamped Oct. 2 and remain subject to audit.
Jordan Minor finished with more circuit money than any cowgirl in any circuit. She climbed from $14,648 on Aug. 25 to $38,283 in the Columbia River, Pendleton win included, across 35 rodeos. Bradi Whiteside held Maple Leaf at $36,404, and Josie Conner took the Wilderness at $34,224. The Wilderness is also the deepest finals of the year, with five cowgirls past $26,000. Texas, though, drew the toughest line: Rheagan Cotton made the field at No. 12 with $13,220, the highest cut in any circuit.
