Chris Shivers

Chris Shivers

Chris Shivers (born on December 30, 1978 in Natchez, Mississippi) 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.

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

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