Chris Shivers
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Chris Shivers (born December 30, 1978 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American former bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders' Built Ford Tough Series. Shivers turned pro in 1997, and earned the title of PBR World Champion Bull Rider in 2000 and 2003.
Career
Shivers has twenty-two 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 (96.5 points - twice); and the first bull rider to win three consecutive Bud Light Cup events (2000). He is the second man to win multiple PBR world titles, after Adriano Moraes (1994, 2001).
Retirement
Shivers announced that the 2012 PBR season would be his last.[1] He retired after the Finals that year. His final earnings during his 16-year PBR career total to $3,989,209.33.[2] He was inducted into the PBR's Ring of Honor in 2013.
Unfinished Business
On May 30, 2015, Shivers came out of retirement for one more ride at "Unfinished Business" (a special event featuring several PBR legends coming out of retirement to attempt one final bull, held during the PBR's J.W. Hart Challenge at the Wise County Sheriff's Posse Arena in Decatur, Texas). There, he rode a bull named Black Cat for 88.5 points and split the event win with J.W. Hart (whose 88.5-point ride came aboard King Buck).[3] Shivers and Hart were the only two PBR legends to ride their bulls for the full 8 seconds in the event.
Family
Shivers resides with his wife, Kylie, and their two sons in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.
Shivers is of Irish descent on his father's side.
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)
- First PBR bull rider to earn $1 million World Champion bonus (2003)
- 93 career 90-point bull rides (most of any rider in PBR history)
- 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) (2000 Tampa Open & 2001 PBR World Finals)
- 15-time Qualifier to the PBR Finals (1997–2003, 2005–2012)
- 22 career Bud Light Cup/Built Ford Tough Series wins
- 4-time PBR Touring Pro Division Finals Qualifier (1999–2001, 2004)
- 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)
2017
- Inducted into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame[4]
2015
- PBR Unfinished Business (Decatur, TX) Co-Champion
2013
- PBR Heroes and Legends Celebration: Ring of Honor[5]
2012
- PBR Atlanta (GA) Invitational Champion
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
References
- ^ "Shivers: 'This is it for me. It's my last year.'". Professional Bull Riders. www.pbr.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "All Time Money Earners". www.pbr.com. Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Ring of Honor members discuss coming out of retirement". Professional Bull Riders. www.pbr.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "The Bull Riding Hall of Fame Class of 2017". The Bull Riding Hall of Fame. www.the-bull-riding-hall-of-fame.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Professional Bull Riders - Heroes & Legends Celebration - Chris Shivers". Professional Bull Riders. www.pbr.com. Retrieved 30 March 2017.