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| Kaycee Feild |
Full Name: Kaycee Feild | Current Status: Retired from full-time PRCA competition (2023); made a limited 2025 comeback for The American Rodeo
Six world titles. Twenty-nine NFR round wins. One name that no other bareback rider in PRCA history has managed to catch. Kaycee Feild didn't just chase his father's rodeo legacy — he built a bigger one, then walked away from it on his own terms.
Biography Summary
Kaycee Feild spent more than a decade as the most decorated bareback rider the PRCA has ever produced. He won six world championships, a mark no one else in the event's history has reached.
Along the way he broke his own family's records. His father, Lewis Feild, had been a five-time world champion in his own right. Kaycee didn't settle for matching that number; he surpassed it as an individual event specialist.
Behind the buckles sits a story with real stakes — a 2019 head injury that could have ended his career, a Utah family that pulled him toward retirement in 2023, and a 2025 return to the arena chasing one more shot at history.
Early Life
Feild was born March 4, 1987, in Payson, Utah, into a family already steeped in rodeo. His father, Lewis Feild, was a three-time all-around world champion and two-time bareback riding world champion in the 1980s.
As a kid, Kaycee and his brother Shadrach traveled the rodeo circuit with their dad, absorbing the rhythm of go-rounds and short rounds before they were old enough to compete themselves. He began practicing on bareback broncs at age 13, aiming from the start at becoming the best in the world at the event.
He graduated from Payson High School in 2005 and enrolled at Utah Valley University, where his father coached the rodeo team. In 2008, Feild won the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association bareback title and the College National Finals Rodeo bareback championship — the same year he made his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Professional Career
Feild's career reads less like a steady climb and more like two separate championship runs separated by a five-year gap, bookended by a nasty injury and a proud return, with his father's shadow hanging over every step of it.
Breaking Through: The First Four Titles (2011-2014)
Feild turned pro in 2007 and reached his first NFR in 2008, but the breakthrough came in 2011. He won his first world championship that year, edging into rare company as one of the top bareback riders of his generation.
He repeated in 2012, beating Will Lowe and closing the season with $276,850 in winnings. "To come here and stay on top the whole time in Vegas and stay strong was tough," Feild said of defending the title. A third title followed in 2013 with $239,465 in earnings, making him the first cowboy ever to win three consecutive bareback riding average titles at the NFR.
In 2014 he won a fourth straight world championship, edging Austin Foss, becoming only the second bareback rider in history to win four consecutive gold buckles. That same year, at the 2018 running of The American, he rode C5 Rodeo's Virgil for 90.75 points to win his share of a $1 million side-pot, worth $433,333.33 — a payday he called the most memorable ride of his career.
The Injury That Almost Ended Everything (2019)
On March 30, 2019, during the short round at Rodeo Austin, Feild's ride went wrong after the whistle. He was thrown forward, smacked his face on his own riggin, and was knocked unconscious before the horse's hoof caught the top of his head.
He landed in intensive care with a brain bleed, a fractured skull, a fractured nasal cavity, a fractured jaw, and a concussion. Doctors determined the fractures were small enough to avoid surgery, but Feild still missed more than three months of competition to recover.
What struck me most cross-checking this stretch of his career is how little time it actually cost him in the standings — he came back, made his 10th NFR that December, and still finished second in the world behind Clayton Biglow. That comeback alone reframes the second half of his career as much as any buckle does.
The Second Act: Titles Five and Six (2020-2021)
Feild won The American again in 2020, scoring 93 points on Virgil to top 2019 world champion Clayton Biglow's 91.75-point ride from the same event. Months later, at the pandemic-altered 2020 NFR in Arlington, Texas, he took a reride decision in Round 10 and delivered a 91-point ride on Junior Bonner to claim his fifth world championship, tying Joe Alexander and Bruce Ford for the most bareback riding titles in PRCA history.
In 2021, he went further still. Feild won Rounds 3, 4, 5, and 8 at the NFR, setting new records for Go-Round wins and Gold Buckles along the way, and edged Jess Pope by roughly $17,000 in the final world standings to capture a record sixth world championship — one no other bareback rider has ever matched. "My legacy that I'll leave behind is for my kids," Feild said afterward. "It's an honor to carry it on."
Retirement, Return, and Unfinished Business (2022-2025)
Feild finished runner-up in the 2022 world standings, then competed a reduced 2023 schedule before finishing 16th, one spot outside NFR qualification. In November 2023, he announced his retirement on the No Spin Rodeo podcast, citing time with his wife and three children as the deciding factor.
He stayed away through all of 2024. Then, on January 9, 2025, he announced alongside Teton Ridge that he was coming out of retirement to chase the $1 million prize at The American Rodeo's Contender Series. He advanced through the West Region Contender Finals and, at Globe Life Field on April 12, 2025, tied for the bareback riding win in the Round of 10 with an 85.75-point ride on Pow Wow Nights — good for $12,500, though not enough to reach the championship round's million-dollar shootout.
Career Timeline
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Graduates Payson High School |
| 2007 | Earns PRCA card while at Utah Valley University |
| 2008 | Wins NIRA and College National Finals Rodeo bareback titles; first NFR qualification |
| 2011 | First PRCA world championship |
| 2012 | Second world championship; $276,850 season earnings |
| 2013 | Third world championship; first cowboy to win 3 straight NFR average titles |
| 2014 | Fourth consecutive world championship |
| 2018 | Wins The American on Virgil (90.75 points, $433,333.33 payout) |
| 2019 | Serious head injury at Rodeo Austin; returns to make 10th NFR, finishes 2nd in world |
| 2020 | Wins The American again (93 points); fifth world championship at NFR |
| 2021 | Sixth world championship; sets NFR records for round wins and gold buckles |
| 2022 | Finishes 2nd in world standings behind Jess Pope |
| 2023 | Finishes 16th in world standings; announces retirement in November |
| 2024 | Inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame alongside father Lewis Feild |
| 2025 | Returns for The American Contender Series; inducted into Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame and Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame |
Major Achievements
Feild's résumé is built around one number that no bareback rider before him ever reached, backed up by a stack of related records that reinforce just how dominant his peak years were.
- Six PRCA Bareback Riding World Championships (2011-2014, 2020-2021) — the most in event history
- PRCA-record 29 NFR go-round wins in bareback riding
- First cowboy to win four consecutive NFR bareback riding average titles (2011-2014)
- Three-time champion of The American Rodeo
- 13 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications
- Two RAM Top Gun Awards
Highlights & Video
Awards & Honors
- ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee (2024)
- Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee (2025)
- Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame inductee, Contestant Category (2025)
- RAM Top Gun Award (multiple years)
- Subject of "Unbroken," a 2022 Ariat-produced documentary on his career and comeback
Career Statistics
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| World Championships | 6 |
| NFR Qualifications | 13 |
| NFR Go-Round Wins | 29 |
| NFR Average Titles | 4 (consecutive, 2011-2014) |
| The American Rodeo Titles | 3 |
| Career Earnings | More than $3,500,000 |
Records
- Most PRCA Bareback Riding World Championships (6), surpassing Joe Alexander and Bruce Ford (5 each)
- Most NFR go-round wins in bareback riding history (29), surpassing Bobby Mote
- First bareback rider to win four consecutive world titles since Leo Camarillo's all-around run
- First cowboy to win four consecutive NFR bareback riding average titles
Net worth figures circulating online (commonly cited between $3 million and $5 million) come from unverified celebrity-finance aggregator sites rather than Feild's own disclosures, and should be read as rough estimates based on his documented PRCA and The American earnings rather than confirmed personal wealth.
Net Worth
Feild's verifiable career earnings from PRCA competition and The American Rodeo total more than $3.5 million, placing him among a small group of ProRodeo cowboys to cross that mark. Endorsement income from long-term sponsors adds to that figure, though exact terms were never made public.
Gear & Equipment
Feild has been a longtime Ariat athlete, wearing the brand's boots throughout his competitive career. His wife, Stephanie, has noted the family's long relationship with the brand extends to her own footwear as well.
Playing Style
Feild built his reputation on consistency rather than one signature move — he strung together 25 rides of 90 points or better from 2011 onward, including eight 90-point rides at the NFR alone. Competitors and commentators alike pointed to his composure in the chute as much as his spurring technique.
Injuries and Challenges
The defining physical challenge of Feild's career came on March 30, 2019, at Rodeo Austin, where a brain bleed, fractured skull, fractured nasal cavity, fractured jaw, and concussion sidelined him for more than three months. He returned the same year to qualify for his 10th NFR and finish runner-up in the world standings.
Training, Diet & Fitness
Feild has described preparation, more than any single physical drill, as the habit he valued most across his career. "What it took to get ready and find a routine is something that can translate into anything that I decide to do in life," he said ahead of his 2025 comeback, describing the structured build-up he still relies on.
Personal Life
Feild is the son of five-time PRCA world champion Lewis Feild and Veronica Feild. Lewis, a ProRodeo Hall of Fame all-around inductee since 1992, died in February 2016 after battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Kaycee married Stephanie, whom he met at a rodeo in Wyoming, in 2012. The couple has three children — daughters Chaimberlyn and Remi and son Huxyn — and calls Genola, Utah, home. Feild is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Beginning in 2010, Feild spent roughly five years volunteering with the Wrangler National Patriot Program, traveling to Kuwait and Iraq each Memorial Day weekend to visit deployed U.S. troops.
Official Social Media Profiles
- Instagram: @kayceefeild
- Official Website: kayceefeild.com
Legacy
What Feild leaves behind isn't just six gold buckles — it's a family record book he rewrote himself. His father set the standard with five world titles; Kaycee didn't just tie it, he became the winningest bareback rider the sport has ever seen.
In July 2024, he joined Lewis in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, the two Feild men now standing side by side among rodeo's all-time greats with a combined 11 world championships between them. "To be in the hall with my dad, of anything I've ever won in my life, this tops it," Feild said of the moment.
Interesting Facts
- Feild began practicing on bareback broncs at age 13, well before he was old enough to compete professionally.
- He is the first cowboy in PRCA history to win four consecutive NFR bareback riding average titles.
- His 2018 win at The American came aboard C5 Rodeo's Virgil, a horse he rode to victory again in 2020.
- His 2019 head injury required no surgery despite a brain bleed and three separate facial fractures.
- He tied Joe Alexander and Bruce Ford's five-title record in 2020 before breaking it outright in 2021.
- His father, Lewis Feild, coached the Utah Valley University rodeo team while Kaycee competed there.
- He volunteered roughly five years with the Wrangler National Patriot Program, visiting troops overseas.
- Ariat produced a 2022 documentary, "Unbroken," chronicling his career and comeback from injury.
- He came out of a 14-month retirement in January 2025 specifically to chase The American's $1 million prize.
- In 2025 he was inducted into two separate regional halls of fame — the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame — the same year.
- His 29 career NFR go-round wins remain the most by any bareback rider in the event's history.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many world championships did Kaycee Feild win?
Feild won six PRCA Bareback Riding World Championships — 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, and 2021 — the most of any bareback rider in PRCA history.
Is Kaycee Feild related to Lewis Feild?
Yes. Kaycee is the son of Lewis Feild, a five-time PRCA world champion (three-time all-around, two-time bareback riding) who was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1992.
Is Kaycee Feild retired?
He announced his retirement from full-time PRCA competition in November 2023. He made a limited return in 2025 to compete in The American Rodeo's Contender Series but has not returned to the full PRCA schedule.
What injury did Kaycee Feild suffer in 2019?
At Rodeo Austin in March 2019, Feild suffered a brain bleed, a fractured skull, a fractured nasal cavity, a fractured jaw, and a concussion after being kicked in the head. He recovered without surgery and returned to qualify for the NFR that same year.
How many times did Kaycee Feild qualify for the NFR?
Feild qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 13 times, spanning 2008 through 2015 and again from 2018 through 2022.
When was Kaycee Feild inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame?
He was inducted in July 2024, joining his father, Lewis Feild, who had been inducted in 1992.
How much money has Kaycee Feild won in his career?
His verified PRCA and American Rodeo career earnings total more than $3.5 million.
The Final Verdict
Kaycee Feild's career answers a question rodeo fans love to argue about: who is the greatest bareback rider ever? Six world titles and 29 NFR round wins put him at the top of that conversation, full stop.
What makes his story stick, though, is the shape of it — a father's five titles matched and passed, a horrific 2019 injury absorbed without derailing his prime, and a 2023 retirement he still couldn't fully walk away from in 2025. The Feild name entered the ProRodeo Hall of Fame twice, and Kaycee's half of that legacy is the biggest one bareback riding has on record.
If you followed Kaycee Feild's career, competed against him, or have a firsthand detail about his comeback from that 2019 injury worth adding, share it in the comments below — corrections and memories from people who were actually there are always welcome here.