Trevor Brazile


Trevor Brazile is an American rodeo champion who competes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He holds the record for the most PRCA world champion titles with 25. Brazile won his 25th title in 2019. Brazile also holds the record for the most World All-Around Cowboy Champion titles at 14, breaking the record of 7 titles held by Ty Murray, Murray's last earned was in 1998. In 2010, Brazile won his 8th all-around title, surpassing Murray's seven titles from 1998. Murray's titles were won all in roughstock events, as opposed to Brazile's timed-event wins, and he is still the youngest winner of the title.
Brazile won the World All-Around Cowboy Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 through 2015, and in 2018. He won the World Tie-down Roping Championship in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He won the World Team Roping Championship in 2010. He won the World Steer Roping Championship in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2019. He also won two Wrangler NFR Average titles. One was in Team Roping in 2008 and one was in Tie-Down Roping in 2010.
The late Jim Shoulders set the record of 16 world championships in 1959 when he won his 15th and 16th titles. Steer roper Guy Allen matched the record in 2001 after winning his 16th steer roping title. Two years later in 2003, he broke Shoulder's record after winning a 17th title. Allen won his 18th and final record to date in 2004. In 2013, Brazile won another all-around title and his total number of world titles moved to 19 world titles. This broke Allen's record of 18 world titles. As of 2019, Brazile has 25 world titles, six more than Allen, who is in second place with 18 titles, and Shoulders is in third place with 16 titles.
In 2008, he became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings.
Brazile was born in Amarillo, Texas, and says that "he wants to be remembered as a great cowboy".
Brazile has been married since 2001 to Shada Cooper, the daughter of ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy, Roy Cooper, who mentored Brazile early in his rodeo career. They live in Decatur, Texas, with their three children.

Career highlights

2019

This season Brazile was on a reduced schedule as per his announcement at the end of last year's season. It did not stop him from winning the steer roping event this year and his 25th gold buckle. Brazile placed in all ten rounds of the PRCA National Finals Steer Roping in Mulvane, Kansas, and he was the only cowboy who did. He earned $56,707 at the NFSR. Part of that check was $27,347 for winning the NFSR Average title, making a 10-run time of 131.0 seconds. He won the championship with total earnings of $129,834. His total earnings at the NFSR was $60,989, which was the most of all the competitors.

2015

All-Around titles
Tie-Down Roping titles
Team Roping titles — partner Patrick Smith
Steer Roping titles
2009 Highlights
He tied for first place in Round 5 of the tie-down roping with a time of 7.1 seconds and placed in three other rounds en route to clinching his second world championship in that event in three years and a record-tying seventy all-around gold buckle; placed in one round of the team roping with Patrick Smith. By earning his 11th world championship, Brazile moved into a tie for third place on the career list with Dean Oliver and Charmayne James."

All-around titles
Tie-down roping titles
Team roping titles
Co-champion
Steer roping titles
He became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings.
All-Around Titles
Tie-Down Roping Titles
Team Roping Titles — with partner Patrick Smith
Steer Roping Titles
Became first Triple Crown winner in 24 years and just the 10th in history by winning the all-around, tie-down roping and steer roping gold buckles. Broke his own single-season record with earnings of $425,115 and moved from seventh to third on the career earnings list

All-Around Titles
Co-Champion
Tie-Down Roping Titles
Steer Roping Titles
Won the most money during the Fourth of July week for the 2006 season with $24,894 and became the youngest PRCA cowboy and the seventh overall to cross the $2 million mark in career earnings.

All-Around Titles
Team Roping Titles
Co-Champion
Tie-Down Roping Titles
Steer Roping Average Titles
Co-Champion