The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) created the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy to recognize extraordinary athletes, both human and animal, in the sport of rodeo. Induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame is the highest honor for rodeo contestants participating in the PRCA today. Contestants are honored in several categories on a yearly basis. The hall opened its doors in 1979. Since 1979, 307 people, 40 animals and 35 rodeo committees have been inducted. More than 100 are nominated each year, but only a few are selected.

Both the PRCA and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy informs the public about rodeo.

Inductees

Human inductees Human ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees Year Name CategoryBirthdateDeath DateFromRef(s)2022Trevor BrazileAll-Around November 16, 1976 Amarillo, TX2017Buck Rutherford*All-Around Lenapah, OK Tulsa, OK2016Dave AppletonAll-Around Clermont, Queensland, AUS2015Tom Nesmith*All-Around McAlester, OK Sulphur, OK2014Pete Grubb*All-Around May, ID La Honda, OK2013John Bowman*All-Around Rogers, AR San Francisco, CA2009Leonard Ward*All-Around Chehalis, WA Dufur, OR2008Paul TierneyAll-Around Kearney, NE2006Chris LybbertAll-Around Ephrata, WA2005Jimmie CooperAll-Around Hobbs, NM2003Dee PickettAll-Around San Diego, CA2003Todd Whatley*All-Around Rufe, OK Hugo, OK2002Joe BeaverAll-Around Victoria, TX2001Paul Carney*All-Around Galeton, CO Flagstaff, AZ2000Ty MurrayAll-Around Phoenix, AZStephenville, TX2000Chuck Sheppard*All-Around Globe, AZ Prescott, AZ1999Tom FergusonAll-Around Tahlequah, OK1995Fritz Truan*All-Around Seeley, CA KIA Japan1993Benny Reynolds*All-Around Twin Bridges, MT Twin Bridges, MT1992Lewis Feild*All-Around Salt Lake City, UT Elk Ridge, UTElk Ridge, UT1991Louis Brooks*All-Around Fletcher, OK Stephenville, TX1990Gerald Roberts*All-Around Council Grove, KS Abilene, KS1989Gene Rambo*All-Around San Miguel, CA Parkfield, CA1979Everett Bowman*All-Around Hope, NM near Baghdad, AZ1979Clay Carr*All-Around Farmersville, CAApril 1957 Visalia, CA1979Bill Linderman*All-Around Bridger, MTRed Lodge, MT1979Phil LyneAll-Around San Antonio, TX Cotulla, TX1979Larry MahanAll-Around Salem, OR Valley View, TX1979Jim Shoulders*All-Around Tulsa, OK Henryetta, OK1979Casey Tibbs*All-Around Fort Pierre, SD Ramona, CA2025Jeff Collins Bareback Riding Kansas City, MO2024Kaycee FeildBareback Riding Payson, UT2022Bobby MoteBareback RidingJune 3, 1976 Portland, OR2019Larry PeabodyBareback Riding Hardin, MT2018Deb GreenoughBareback Riding Red Lodge, MT2016Bud Linderman*Bareback Riding Bridger, MT Phoenix, AZ2015Mark GarrettBareback Riding Gettysburg, SD2014Wayne HermanBareback Riding Golden Valley, NDDickinson, ND2013Chuck LogueBareback Riding Upland, CA2011Lan LaJeunesseBareback Riding Bountiful, UT2010Paul Mayo*Bareback Riding Grinnell, IA Stephenville, TX2005Chris LeDoux*Bareback Riding Biloxi, MS Casper, WYKaycee, WY2004Clint CoreyBareback Riding Bremerton, WA2002Clyde Vamvoras*Bareback RidingLake Charles, LABillings, MT1998Marvin GarrettBareback RidingBelle Fourche, SD1995Jack WardBareback Riding Caldwell, KS1994J.C. TrujilloBareback Riding Prescott, AZ1993Bruce FordBareback Riding Greeley, CO1979Eddy Akridge*Bareback Riding Pampa, TX Las Vegas, NV1979Joe AlexanderBareback Riding Jackson Hole, WY1979Jack Buschbom*Bareback Riding State Center, IA Pierre, SD1979John Hawkins*Bareback Riding Elk City, OK Eugene, OR1979Jim HoustonBareback Riding Omaha, NE1979Sonny Tureman*Bareback Riding Prairie City, OR Okedale, OR2026Loretta ManuelBarrel Racing Pulaski County, IN 2026Mary BurgerBarrel Racing Decatur, IN 2025Joyce Loomis Kernek Barrel Racing Silver City, NM2024Jeana DayBarrel Racing Woodward, OK2024Marlene McRaeBarrel Racing Rocky Ford, CO2023Sherry Combs JohnsonBarrel Racing Duncan, OK2022Ardith Bruce*Barrel Racing Clay Center, KS Fountain, CO2020Martha JoseyBarrel RacingLongview, TX2019Sammy Thurman BrackenburyBarrel Racing Wickieup, AZ California2019Jimmie Gibbs MunroeBarrel Racing Clifton, TX2018Billie McBride*Barrel Racing Copperas Cove, TX San Angelo, TX2018Kristie PetersonBarrel Racing Dayton, OH2017Wanda Harper Bush*Barrel Racing Mason, TX Mason, TXMason, TX2017Charmayne JamesBarrel Racing Amarillo, TX2026Jerome DavisBull Riding Colorado Springs, COArchdale, NC2024Blue Stone*Bull Riding Ogden, UT Willard, UT2020Butch KirbyBull Riding Woodstown, NJ2019Doug BrownBull Riding Buckley, WA2017Cody CusterBull Riding Kingman, AZ2016John Quintana*Bull Riding Creswell, OK Queensland, AUS2015Bob Wegner*Bull Riding Ponca City, OK Bandera, TX2012Frank Schneider*Bull Riding Madera, CA Los Banos, CA2009Ted NuceBull Riding Manteca, CA2007Ronnie Rossen*Bull Riding Ogallala, NE Rocky Ford, CO2006Jim SharpBull Riding Kermit, TX2002Gary LeffewBull Riding Santa Maria, CA1997Richard "Tuff" HedemanBull Riding El Paso, TX1996Charlie SampsonBull Riding Los Angeles, CA1992Johnie Schneider*Bull Riding Stockton, CA1990Lane Frost*Bull Riding La Junta, Colorado Cheyenne, WY1989Dick Griffith*Bull Riding Canton, OK Wickenburg, AZ1979Freckles Brown*Bull Riding Wheatland, WY1979Don GayBull Riding Mesquite, TX1979George Paul*Bull Riding Del Rio, TX Kemmerer, WY1979Ken Roberts*Bull Riding Council Grove, KS Strong City, KS1979Smoky Snyder*Bull Riding Cripple Creek, Colorado Taft, CA1979Harry Tompkins*Bull Riding Furnace Woods, NY Stephenville, TX2026Keith IsleyContract Personnel Goldston, NC2025Skipper VossContract Personnel Alvin, TX 2024Darrell Diefenbach Contract Personnel Queensland, AUS2023Kenny Clabaugh*Contract Personnel Gillette, WY Gillette, WY2022Rick Young*Contract Personnel Houston, TX2020Sunni Deb BackstromContract Personnel Butte, Montana2019Tommy Lucia*Contract Personnel Minneapolis, MN Weatherford, TX2018Leon CoffeeContract Personnel Blanco, TX2017Randy CorleyContract Personnel Miles City, MT2016Phil Gardenhire*Contract Personnel Poteau, OK Heavener, OK2015Hendricks Brothers*Contract Personnel twins, Springfield, MOLee Phoenix, AZ Byron died 19962014Miles HareContract Personnel Gordon, NE2013Joe BaumgartnerContract Personnel Oakland, CA2012Jon TaylorContract Personnel Orange, CA2011J.W. Stoker*Contract Personnel Colorado Springs, CO Weatherford, TX2010Rex Dunn*Contract Personnel Wichita Falls, TX Hastings, OK2008Leon Adams*Contract Personnel Stuart, OK Stuart, OK2008Vicki AdamsContract Personnel Toppenish, WA2007Dorothy Apodaca*Contract Personnel Salida, CO Casper, WY2007Lecile Harris*Contract Personnel Lake Cormorant, MS MS2006Rob SmetsContract Personnel Palo Alto, CAMerkel, TX2005Slim Pickens*Contract Personnel Kingsburg, CA Modesto, CA2004Bob TallmanContract Personnel Winnemucca, NV2004June Ivory*Contract Personnel Pampa, TX Pampa, TX2003Nancy Sheppard*Contract Personnel Fort Worth, TX Globe, Arizona2003Cecil Cornish*Contract Personnel Waukomis, OK Enid, OK2002Quail Dobbs*Contract Personnel Albany, TX Coahoma, TXCoahoma, TX2002Edith Happy Connelly*Contract Personnel Boston, MA Newhall, CA2002Jay Sisler*Contract Personnel Gern County, Idaho Emmett, Idaho2001Jo Decker*Contract Personnel Texas Clayton, OKSan Angelo, TX2001Tom Hadley*Contract Personnel Lawton, OK Mason, TX2001Jerry Olson*Contract Personnel Sturgis, SD Belle Fourche, SD2000George DoakContract PersonnelGeorge Fort Worth, TX2000Junior Meek*Contract PersonnelJunior Cleburne, TXJunior Fort Worth, TX1999Hadley Barrett*Contract Personnel North Platte, NE Denver, CO1998Andy Womack*Contract Personnel Flat Creek, TN Phoenix, AZ1997Gene Clark*Contract Personnel Seminole, OKRedmond, OR1997Bobby ClarkContract Personnel Seminole, OR1996Pete Logan*Contract Personnel Junction, IL Townsend, MT1995Ellen Backstrom*Contract Personnel Missoula, MT Wickensburg, AZ1995Chuck Henson*Contract Personnel Arcadia, FL Tucson, AZ1994Montie Montana*Contract Personnel Wolf Point, MT Agua Dulce, CA1993Glenn Randall*Contract Personnel Melbeta, NE Newhall, CA1990Mel Lambert*Contract Personnel Portland, OR Turner, OR1990Wilbur Plaugher*Contract Personnel Lima, OH Sanger, CA1989Chuck Parkison*Contract Personnel Rapid City, SD Cheyenne, WY1979Jasbo Fulkerson*Contract Personnel Midlothian, TX Saginaw, TX1979Dudley J. Gaudin*Contract Personnel Baton Rouge, LA Springs Branch, TX1979Homer Holcomb*Contract Personnel Sioux City, IA Moyie Springs, ID1979George Mills*Contract PersonnelBorn 1912 Palisade, ColoradoDied 1980 Phoenix, AZ1979Wick Peth*Contract Personnel Mount Vernon, WA Sedro Woolley, WA1979Jimmy Schumacher*Contract Personnel Prescott, AZ Las Vegas, NV2004Dave SmithMediaBorn 1948 Mansfield, OH2026Bobby GoodspeedNotable / Lifetime Achievement Okeman, OK2026Jeff MeddersNotable/Lifetime Achievement Hartshorne, OK2025Tom MillerNotable/Lifetime Achievement Rapid City, SD 2025Pam MinickNotable/Lifetime Achievement Las Vegas, NV 2024J.D. YatesNotable/Lifetime Achievement Colorado Springs, CO2023Butch KnowlesNotable/Lifetime Achievement Klamath Falls, OR2023Tom FellerNotable/Lifetime Achievement Waco, TX2023Fay Ann Horton LeachNotable/Lifetime Achievement Kilgore, TX 2022Mel Potter*Notable/Lifetime Achievement Wisconsin Rapids, WisconsinMarana, Arizona2022Cindy RosserNotable/Lifetime AchievementDecember 7, 1954