As of Sept. 1, 2022, Clay Tryan has won $3,073,681 in Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association competition—a new ProRodeo record for team ropers.
This puts him inside the top 10 alltime PRCA money earners behind Trevor Brazile, Cody Ohl, Fred Whitfield, Joe Beaver, Kaycee Feild and Tuf Cooper, surpassing eight-time World Champion Rich Skelton who’s won $2,990,270 and seven-time World Champion Clay O’Brien Cooper, who’s won $3,009,776.
“Passing Clay Cooper and Rich Skelton, man, those guys are legends,” Tryan, with three gold buckles to his name, said. “I don’t look at myself like that at all. I try to keep things in perspective, because once I’m done, I’m done, and the younger guys will pass me pretty quickly, too. They need to, because the rodeos need to keep paying better and…