Redefining Greatness: Riley Webb Wins Three Straight World Titles

At the 2025 National Finals Rodeo, Riley Webb accomplished a three-peat unseen in tie-down roping for more than four decades. He placed himself in the rarest company the event has ever known. The only other man to ever do it is Super Looper Roy Cooper himself. 

We witnessed history. We have witnessed greatness. At just 22 years old, Riley Webb backed into the box with a gold buckle goal. Pressure does not get to the Denton, Texas, cowboy. He has proven time and time again he can rise to any occasion on any stage. 

He needed one clean run, nothing more was required to secure that 3rd consecutive world title. 

Webb stopped the clock at 7.7 seconds, placing third in Round 10, and with it made sure he won both the average title and his third consecutive tie-down roping world championship. The run was controlled and smart. 

World champion in 2023, 2024, and now again in 2025.

At 22, Webb has already done something no one has accomplished since Roy Cooper dominated the event in the early 1980s.

Webb becomes the youngest tie-down roper ever to win three straight world championships, and the first since Cooper claimed his historic run starting in 1981. Cooper’s five consecutive world titles is one of the greatest accomplishments of any calf roper in history. 

This parallel mattered more this year than ever. The rodeo world lost Roy Cooper this year, and his influence was widely felt throughout the finals. Webb mentioned how closely he studied his roping, his technique, and his career, and how deeply he respected the path Cooper carved for young up-and-coming ropers like Riley. Roy was a personal mentor in Riley's life, a very important one. He changed the game for any and all tie down ropers that came after him. 

After securing that special third gold buckle, Webb said, 

“God is good all the time. He lets me shine for him everyday. We lost Roy this year and he has been huge in my career. We pulled off the three-peat and he is the last one to do that.”

The final night of the NFR didn’t belong to Webb alone. There were other stories also playing out. 

Ty Harris won Round 10 with a 6.8-second run, followed by Dylan Hancock at 7.4 seconds. The round itself was fast and unforgiving, but Webb never needed to win the whole thing.  He needed to finish smooth and clean, and he did just that placing 3rd in the round too. 

Across the ten head in Vegas, Webb closed his fourth NFR with a total average time of 82.3 seconds, winning the average championship and removing any doubt about where the gold buckle belonged. 

In the last three trips Webb has made to the finals, he has been nearly flawless. He gets by the tough calves, and dominates on the good ones. In the past 30 runs in the Thomas and Mack, every calf since 2022, he averages 8.16 per calf. He has a total of 244.9 on those 30 head. This is very impressive for anyone on any stage, but that much more in Vegas under such pressure. It was no big feat for Riley, who is himself changing the game. 

Much of that consistency came aboard Rudy, the Horse of the Year, the mount Webb trusts in the biggest moments. Together, they are one of the most reliable teams in the sport. 

 In October, Rudy was selected as the 2025 PRCA Tie-Down Horse of the Year, a well-earned reflection of the consistency this team has continued to show. 

Webb claimed 12 rodeo wins during the regular season, including big wins at Puyallup, Reno, and Deadwood to name a few. A RODEOHOUSTON, his second in his career, in late March sent him to No. 1 in the world standings, which he then held for the rest of the year, despite constant pressure from the rest of the talented field. 

Entering the NFR, Webb had earned more than $315,000, putting him approximately $49,000 ahead of second Shad Mayfield, and more than $119,000 ahead of third Kincade Henry. Through the first five rounds in Las Vegas, Webb added $65,298, including $36,668 for a Round 3 win, pushing his season earnings to $370,430 at that point.

Mayfield, however, grew increasingly close, banking $120,201 over the first five rounds, briefly overtaking Webb in the World standings. But not for long. Mayfield had some trouble in a few rounds, taking himself out of the average. Riley did what he does best, no mistakes, taking care of business. 

The numbers surrounding Webb’s 2025 season tell their own story. He earned more than $500,000 this year alone, separating himself financially and competitively from the rest of the field. That margin didn’t come from one rodeo or one hot streak he may have hit, it came from month after month of winning when it counted. 

Webb carries himself with humble confidence and faith. There is humility in how he credits those who shaped him, and there is no hesitation in how he acknowledges success. 

He believes he is capable of making history, thanks to his support and God given talent. 

Three gold buckles say he’s right.

Maybe the best part of this story is that Webb is only 22. The records he is touching were built by men whose careers spanned decades. He is matching them before reaching his prime, reshaping the entire timeline of what greatness looks like.

Round 10 closed the 2025 season. It did not close the door for Webb. He is just beginning and has a chance to break all records that have come before him. 

Round 10 winner - Ty Harris

2025 NFR Average Champ - Riley Webb