05/20/2026
At 35-years-old, Michael Lane got the late call to replace Jess Lockwood after Round 4 of the PBR World Finals, he showed up at Dickies Arena the winningest cowboy in Velocity Tour history, but he hadn’t registered a World Finals qualified ride since 2015.
After bucking off of his first bull in Fort Worth, he covered Socks in a Box for the 88.05 points, the best score of his UTB career. Afterward, he said he just wanted to capitalize and keep riding bulls for his daughters.
Saturday night was the real story for Lane, though. He covered Let’s Roll for 89.5 points to win Round 7. Since making his Built Ford Tough Series debut at the Ty Murray Invitational in 2013, he had never won a round at the PBR’s top level.
There were no shortcuts for Lane, who made his PBR debut in the Touring Pro Division in 2008. Since then, he has racked up 746 total outs, 268 qualified rides, and 19 event wins, a majority of each of those coming in the PBR’s lower leagues.
But over the weekend, he was one of the best bull riders in the World. Only six different men won a round at the 2026 PBR World Finals. Michael Lane was one of them.